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Out and About Archive
Rafael Smith, Josh Messmer, and Brent Ladd represented the Center in the National Idea 2 Product Competition for Social Entrepreneurship held at Georgia Institute for Technology. April 4-5, 2008.
Lesley Oliver presented a talk to Purdue's Natural Resources & Environmental Science program, February 28, 2008.
Brent Ladd presented a talk to Friends of Big Pine Creek, Lafayette, IN February 26, 2008
Dr. John Bickham, Director, participates in Texas Society of Mammologists annual meeting, February 22-24, 2008.
Brent Ladd, together with Discovery Park faculty and staff, meets with BioTown Authority from Reynolds, IN, February 12, 2008.
Lynn Corson, Brent Ladd, and other staff and students from Purdue visited Subaru of Indiana Automotive to learn about their zero waste manufacturing processes, and green business practices. January 28, 2008
Director John Bickham presented Biodiversity, Ecotoxicology, and other Initiatives in Discovery Park’s Center for the Environmentat for Purdue's Veterinary Pathobiology Department. January 17, 2008
Director Bickham gave a presentation for the ecotoxicology course at Purdue, November 29, 2007
John Bickham gave presentations at Texas A&M University and University of Texas at Austin, November 19-21, 2007
John Bickham presented talks at Dayton University, Ohio November 14-15, 2007
Brent Ladd presented on ecology and lifeways of native woodlands to Klondike mulitage classes, November 30, 2007
John Bickham presented about systematics of ocean mammals to the Purdue Biology Department during EcoLunch, October 31, 2007.
John Bickham met with University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists on collaborative initiatives, October 22, 2007.
Brent Ladd and Linda Lee held a student call out for the Center's Environmental Entrepreneurship Initiative, October 16, 2007
John Bickham presented "A Decade of Environmental Research in Azerbaijan", Purdue, October 11, 2007.
Brent Ladd presented on "The World of Water" to the Purdue President's Council members. October 5, 2007.
Lesley Oliver presented Center activities to Purdue undergraduate Pre-Environmental Studies and Natural Resources Environmental Science students during a Discovery Park visit. October 4, 2007.
John Bickham spoke with representatives from Tsinghua University during a Discovery Park visit. October 2, 2007.
Brent Ladd spoke with the Boiler Green student club about environmental entrepreneurship. October 2, 2007.
Lesley Oliver, Linda Lee, and John Bickham participated in Greening the Region: Economic Prospects of the Wabash River symposium. September 24, 2007.
Brent Ladd represented the Center and the ESE graduate program at the Big Ten Graduate Expo, Purdue, September 24, 2007.
John Bickham met with faculty from Purdue Calumet to discuss environmental projects. September 21, 2007.
Brent Ladd presented a hands-on workshop on soil ecology and water quality to the Natural Resources Engineering Purdue undergraduate course. September 21, 2007.
John Bickham gave the keynote address during the U.S. - China Workshop: Environmental Aspects of Bioenergy at Oakridge National Labs, Tennessee, September 11, 2007.
John Bickham participated in the conference, Convergence of Genomics and the Land Grant Mission, Purdue University, September 10, 2007.
Brent Ladd participated in the Greening of the Campus conference at Ball State University, September 6, 2007.
John Bickham presented about biofuels, environment, and biodiversity to Purdue graduate students and faculty, August 29, 2007.
Mike Smolen traveled to Alaskan Villages to meet with Inupiat leaders on environnmental monitoring and science education initiatives, August 22 - 28, 2007.
Brent Ladd was invited to speak about environmental entrepreneurship to the Communicating Global Climate Change graduate course at Purdue, August 22, 2007.
John Bickham traveled to Azerbijan with PhD student Brian Rinner to conduct field research and meet with BP environmental personnel, July 9-18, 2007.
Brent Ladd presented a talk to the Elderhostel Group June 19th, 2007at Martel Forest
John Bickham presented C4E at the Indiana Rivers Rally Conference June 7th, 2007
Brent Ladd, Learning & Engagement, was interviewed May 25 on Inside Indiana Business regarding economic impact of river systems for the upcoming Indiana Rivers Rally conference. to view a clip from the interview (follows the 30 sec. infomercial) click here .
John Bickham, Director, participated in the 59th annual International Whaling Commission meetings in Anchorage , Alaska , May 5 - 21, 2007. The IWC trip is related to our project on the population genetics of bowhead whales. Student, Ryan Huebinger also was in attendance. John and Ryan co-authored several papers that have used the genetics data we generated over the past 4 years. The study is related to the subsistence harvest of bowhead whales by Alaskan Eskimo communities and the hunt is regulated by IWC.
Caleb Phillips , C4E Graduate student is in Russia on an island in the Sea of Okhotsk during the months of May and June. He is assisting an ongoing program by Russian scientist s who are studying the population biology of Steller sea lions. The studies focuses on evolution and stock structure of the species and this will serve as Caleb's dissertation topic.
John Bickham attended the 54th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Naturalists April 19-21, 2007 at Tarleton State University , Stephenville , TX . Student, Caleb Phillips also attended and he and John (and others) coauthored a paper that Caleb presented on population genetics of Steller sea lions. John is the Past-President of SWAN and serves on the Board of Governors for the Assocation.
Linda Lee, Associate Director, presented on energy and environment at the Wabash Valley Power Association annual meeting on April 18-19, 2007 sponsored by the Energy Center at Purdue University .
John Bickham, Director, travelled to Tennessee to help establish inter-institutional relationships for future projects between Purdue, OakRidge Laboratory, and University of Tennessee . April 12-13, 2007.
John Bickham, Director, presented the mission and activities of the Center to the Indiana Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, and also to a group of prospective environmental engineering graduate students on March 2, 2007.
Brent Ladd, Learning and Engagement Coordinator, presented a workshop for the Tippecanoe County Master Naturalists on February 27, 2007.
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