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Biodiversity Special Seminar: “Realizing the Potential of Nature-based Solutions for Biodiversity and Carbon Conservation” Lian Pin Koh, associate vice president and chief sustainability scientist at National University of Singapore, will present “Realizing the Potential of Nature-based Solutions for Biodiversity and Carbon Conservation” in Guyot Hall, Room 10, and online via Zoom. Lian Pin is the first speaker in the Biodiversity Special Seminar Series. Nature-based solutions have the potential to address climate change and biodiversity challenges. However, successful outcomes may req...

'Construction Time Again' Group Art Exhibition at Bucks County Community College

Janet Currie, the Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, will present “Where there is Fire, there is Smoke: Effects on Air Pollution and Mental Health in Canada” in Guyot Hall, Room 10, and online via Zoom. Currie is the final speaker in the fall 2023 HMEI Faculty Seminar Series. Recent events have highlighted that air pollution from fires can travel great distances. Professor Currie’s work uses variation in local air pollution stemming from distant fires to identify the impacts of air pollution on hospitalizations for mental health in Canada. Her research shows that the...

Rachael DeLue, professor of art and archaeology and American studies, will present “Visuality Against the Anthropocene: Landscape Vision and Things That Do Not See” in Guyot Hall, Room 10, and online via Zoom. DeLue is the third speaker in the fall 2023 HMEI Faculty Seminar Series. Defined broadly as a portion of the Earth’s surface that can be seen at one time from one place, or narrowly as an artistic representation of the natural world, landscape supposedly hinges on the presence of a human observer. In this seminar, DeLue will consider instances of landscape representation from the s...

Mark Zondlo, professor of civil and environmental engineering, will present “Mysteries and Challenges of Agricultural Emissions to the Atmosphere” in Guyot Hall, Room 10, and online via Zoom. Zondlo is the second speaker in the fall 2023 HMEI Faculty Seminar Series. Agriculture is one of the largest sectors contributing greenhouse gases and air pollutant emissions to the atmosphere, but it receives relatively little attention compared to its outsized influences on climate, human health, and ecosystem degradation. Emissions from agriculture are extremely heterogeneous in space and time with...