Vice President of European Commission Lectured on Future of Europe
Learn more about this April 6 talk.
CESP and Dept. of Geography Co-Sponsor Talk by Indiana University Professor
Learn more about Dr. Emilio Moran and his lecture this Wednesday, February 22, on "Population and Environment in the Brazilian Amazon: Social and Environmental Interactions."
5th Annual Environmental Ethics Conference - Free for Students
Learn more about this event being held in Ft. Lauderdale on Friday, February 17.
Phi Beta
Kappa Lecture Presents Harvard Historian
Phi Beta Kappa and the Departments of History and Religious Studies will
sponsor a lecture by Steven Shapin, professor of the history of science
at Harvard University, on Monday, January 30, at 8 p.m. in the Wilder Auditorium
of the James L. Knight Physics Building on the Coral Gables campus. Shapin
is being presented as part of the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program
and will speak on "The Way We Trust Now: The Authority of Science and the
Character of the Scientist." Shapin's work probes the intersection of the
history of science, the sociology of knowledge, and cultural history. The
lecture is free and open to the University community. For more information,
click here
.
Secretary Babbitt Talk Cancelled Due to Hurricane
Information on rescheduled events TBA.
'Running Dry' Screening Co-Sponsored by CESP and EarthAlert
Event raised awareness about the global water crisis.
CESP-Funded Seed Grant Garners Headlines
National Geographic Magazine Features Chesapeake Bay
Traditional Wetland Cultures in Transition Global Conference
View photos of the conference and read event recap.
Professor Mary Doyle Moderates Talk with Hiaasen, Cousteau
Learn more about this event.
ECS Student Honored with Merit Award
Lara Yael Polansky has been awarded the National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) annual Merit Award. The award is presented to an outstanding new member who embodies the NSCS mission: "Honoring and inspiring academic excellence and engaged citizenship for a lifetime." The award is a financial scholarship of $1,000 and is presented to only 50 new members from NSCS chapters across the nation. CESP congratulates Lara!
Politics
of the Environment Lecture Series
The University of Miami's Center for Ecosystem Science & Policy
convened a series of lectures on environmental policy surrounding the presidential
debate. Politics of the Environment brought to campus a distinguished group
of current and former federal environmental policy-makers to discuss environmental
policy issues.
Photos from
the lecture series...
Learn more about a paid summer internship with NOAA Fisheries and the USGS.
View photos of ECS students currently studying abroad.
Learn more about the THYMUN Youth Water Forum.
Learn more about LEAD International's new Young Leaders Project 2005.
Learn more about the Environmental Careers Organization.
Learn more about the state Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs).
Learn more about the American Cancer Society, Florida Division, 2005 Summer Research Fellowship Program.
View photos from the ECS party held 1.29.05 at the home of Dr. Hood.
Earth Week 2005
Learn more about the schedule for this year's events.
ECS 202 Seminar Series
List of speakers for Dr. Terri Hood's Spring 2005 class.
Faculty Seed Grant Applications
The application deadline for the CESP Faculty Seed Grants has been extended to February 15, 2005. Please call Andee at 305.284.8259 if you have questions or applications to turn in.
Workshop on Spatial Ecology: The Interplay Between Theory and Data
The Institute of Theoretical and Mathematical Ecology (ITME) at the University of Miami is an interdisciplinary venture being formed by faculty from the Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences and from the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. The workshop is the inaugural conference for the Institute and will be held at the Rosenstiel campus on Key Biscayne January 7-10, 2005.
Photos of CESP Launch Party
Check out pics of our students and faculty at the August 27 Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy launch party!
South Florida Environmental Ethics Consortium - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11
Co-founding and supporting the South Florida Environmental Ethics Consortium (SFEEC), a collaborative regional effort to link educational institutions, governmental agencies, nongovernmental agencies, advocacy groups and others.
Free for UM students!
First Fellow of the University
of Miami Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy
Dr. Daniel A. Griffith (Department of Geography & Regional Studies,
U. of Miami) has been named the first CESP Fellow of the University of Miami
Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy (CESP), and will be in residence
during the Spring 2005 semester. His research project is entitled "Pediatric
lead poisoning: shifting from secondary to primary intervention through
the use of geospatial analysis."
Read more...
Dr. Rita Colwell to Deliver Keynote at Rosenstiel School
Dr. Rita Colwell, former Director of the National Science Foundation, will present a Keynote Address on Oceans and Human Health at the Rosenstiel School on Tuesday February 1, 2005.
CESP Undergraduate Program
August 2004 marks the beginning of the first ever undergraduate program in Ecosystem Science and Policy at the University of Miami. For further information on the new program, please contact our undergraduate program directors.
Launch of the new CESP Web site
Welcome to the new Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy Web site. We welcome feedback, so please feel free to contact us at cesp@miami.edu with comments, suggestions and/or questions.
Global Reach Interactive Application
We have created a multimedia showcase featuring some of our international research projects. Learn more.