Click here for the Fall 2016 Colloquium Schedule! 

 

September

• September 22, 2016 BRIANNE SMITH – Brooklyn College, Earth & Environmental Science
  • “Flash Flooding in Urban Watersheds: from Baltimore to New York City.”

• September 29, 2016 JIMMY BOOTH – City College of New York – Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • “Storm Association in the Northeast US: Characteristic Pathways for Storms Causing Wind, Surge, and/or Rainfall Extremes for the Period from 1979-2014.”

October

• October 13, 2016 ALLAN FREI – Hunter College – Geography Room TBD
  • “Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee: How Unique Were They in the Catskill Mountains?”

• October 20, 2016 BENJAMIN BLACK – City College of New York – Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • “The Earth System Consequences of the Largest Volcanic Eruptions.”

• October 27, 2016 TOM ANGOTTI, SYLVIA MORSE, DEEN SHARP & CLAIRE PANETTA, PRESENTERS; SAMUEL STEIN, MODERATOR. – Hunter College – Urban Affairs & Planning. CUNY PhD Programs in EES & Anthropology.
  • “Presentation and Discussion of two books: Beyond the Square: Urbanism and the Arab Uprisings & Zoned Out! Race, Displacement and City Planning in New York City.”

November

• November 03, 2016 MARC-ANTOINE LONGPRE – Queens – School of Room TBD Earth and Environmental Sciences
  • “Decoding Volcanic Eruptions Using Glass Droplets.”

• November 10, 2016 EMMA GAALAAS MULLANEY – Bucknell U. – International Relations
  • “Farm Field, Battlefield: Drones, Occupation, and Agricultural Militarization in the Colonial Present.”

• November 17, 2016 STUDENT RESEARCH DAY

December

• December 01, 2016 DAVID GRUBER – Baruch – Natural Sciences
  • “Biofluorescence in Sharks: Fundamental Description and Relevance for Elasmobranch Visual Ecology.”

• December 08, 2016 KEN GOULD & TAMMY LEWIS – CUNY Graduate Center & Room TBD Brooklyn College – Sociology
  • “Green Gentrification: Urban Sustainability and the Struggle for Environmental Justice. ”

Unless noted above, all talks are at 5:30 in the Science Center, Room 4102, 4th, Floor, at the Graduate Center and are followed by a reception