Calendar of Events

Results For Spring Quarter: 3/27/2012 - 6/14/2012

Thought Leadership Forum : Electric Vehicle Integration and Deployment Into the Smart Grid of the Future - G2V & V2G

Hosted by UCLA-WINMEC and UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

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Nature, Urban Development and Sustainability

Presented by Professor Stephanie Pincetl, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Monday, April 02, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, Large conference room

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THE TRUE NATURE OF STORYTELLING - Why narrative is essential in solving environment problems

Presented by Andy Goodman, The Goodman Center
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
4:30 PM - 6:15 PM
La Kretz Hall 110

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Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar

"Emergency Response for Drinking Water Treatment after the Chemical Spill Accidents in China: Technologies and Case Studies" presented by Professor Chao Chen, Division of Drinking Water Safety, School of the Environment, Tsinghua University, China
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
4275 Boelter Hall

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Climate Change Consortium Roundtable

Climate Change Consortium Roundtables are open, lively, and dynamic opportunities for UCLA Faculty and Researchers to engage with colleagues and identify interdisciplinary research opportunities. Prof. David Jacobs (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology) will lead the inaugural Roundtable in a discussion of how past and regional climates can serve as proxies and guides for understanding current and future climate change in other parts of the world, including impacts on ecosystems and resources.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
IoES Large Conference Room

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Confronting Climate Change and Extreme Weather: A Public Health Perspective

Presented by UCLA's Center for Public Health and Disasters, the California Dept. of Public Health, and the Center for Public Health and Climate Change at the Public Health Institute.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
UCLA Center for Health Sciences Room 17-256

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The Drying of the U.S. Southwest

Presented by Professor Glen MacDonald, Director, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
4:30 PM - 6:15 PM
La Kretz Hall 110

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Performance of School Bus Retrofit Systems: Tailpipe Emissions and In-cabin Air Quality

Presented by Yifang Zhu, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health
Thursday, April 12, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, Large conference room

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Reset 2012 - Renewable & Sustainable Energy Technology Workshop

A cross-disciplinary IGERT workshop proudly hosted by the UCLA Clean Green IGERT (CGI).
Thursday, April 12, 2012
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
California NanoSystems Institute, UCLA

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Bag It The Movie: Is Your Life Too Plastic?

Free Movie Screening with Q & A from Assemblymember Holly Mitchell and the 47th Environment Cabinet
Friday, April 13, 2012
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
West Los Angeles College, ATA 128 (Theatre Room), 9000 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA 90230

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Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar

"Osmotically Driven Membrane Processes: Early Concepts, Current Research, and Future Integrated Systems" presented by Professor Tzahi Cath, Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
4275 Boelter Hall

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The National Ignition Facility: Pathway to Fusion Ignition, Frontier Science and Clean Energy

Presented by Edward Moses, Principal Associate Director for the National Ignition Facility and Photon Science Directorate
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
4:30 PM
1178 Franz Hall

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Renewable Energy and Conservation Deserts

Presented by Julie Cart, Reporter, Los Angeles Times
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
4:30 PM - 6:15 PM
La Kretz Hall 110

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California Water Politics: Managing Stakeholder Concerns in an Era of Fiscal and Environmental Uncertainty

A Water Resources Student Group Seminar presented by Joseph Byrne, Vice-Chair of the California Water Commission and Partner at Burke, Williams and Sorensen, LLP
Thursday, April 19, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, Large conference room

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Seeing Red: An Introduction to Orangutans, Palm Oil, and Sustainability

Presented by world-renowned primatologist Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas
Thursday, April 19, 2012
7:00 PM
UCLA School of Law, Room 1347

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California State University Channel Islands Biology Program Presents: The 8th Poe Symposium: Agriculture in the Golden State

This symposium will educate the public about the ongoing research on agriculture and the challenges facing growers and policy makers.
Friday, April 20, 2012
12:30 PM - 5:30 PM
CSU Channel Islands – Aliso Hall Auditorium, One University Drive, Camarillo

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Earth Day celebration at LACMA

LACMA presents Earth Day: Because EARTH without ART is Just “EH”, a day to celebrate nature, creativity, and everything green!
Sunday, April 22, 2012
12:00 PM
5905 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90036

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City of Los Angeles 2nd Annual Forum on Climate Change

Presented by the Department of Public Works Bureau of Sanitation
Monday, April 23, 2012
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Japanese American National Museum, 100 North Central Avenue, L.A. 90012

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Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar

"Biotransformation of Perfluorinated Compounds by Lignin Peroxidase Enzymes" presented by Professor Jack Huang, Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
4275 Boelter Hall

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Avoiding Biodiversity Collapse in Tropical Protected Areas

Featuring William F. Laurance, Ph.D., Distinguished Research Professor & Australian Laureate, Prince Bernhard Chair in International Nature Conservation, Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science (TESS) and School of Marine & Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
2320 Life Sciences Building

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“Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time”

A Film Screening and Panel Discussion with Stanley Temple, Senior Fellow and Science Advisor, Aldo Leopold Foundation and Green Fire's Producer/Director Steve Dunsky and Producer/Editor Ann Dunsky.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012

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Aldo Leopold, Phenology and Climate Change

Presented by Stan Temple, Senior Fellow and Science Advisor, Aldo Leopold Foundation
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
4:30 PM - 6:15 PM
La Kretz Hall 110

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“It’s a Dam Shame: A Community Defends its Home” featuring: Ikal Angelei

A Social Justice Workshop Series presented by the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Monday, April 30, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Public Affairs Building, Room 3333

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Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar

"How to Prevent Chemical Hazards in Wastewater Treatment Plants: H2S, Chlorine and Methanol" presented by Jao-Jia Horng, Professor, Dept. of Health and Environmental Safety, National Yulin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
4275 Boelter Hall

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New Sustainable Cities in China

Presented by Brian Heimberg, Bluepath City Consulting
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
4:30 PM - 6:15 PM
La Kretz Hall 110

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Behavioral Responses to Real-Time Individual Energy Usage Information: Evidence from a Smart-Meter Experiment

Presented by Professor Magali Delmas, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, Anderson School of Management
Monday, May 07, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, Large conference room

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Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar

"Gas Exchange at the Air-Water Interface in Engineered Wetlands" presented by Professor Evan Variano, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
4275 Boelter Hall

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UCLA Change Consortium Roundtable

TOPIC: CMIP5 -- Updated Global Climate Models and the opportunity they provide
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
4:00 PM
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, large conference room

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Japan's problems of managing natural resources

Presented by Professor Jared Diamond, Department of Geography
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
4:30 PM - 6:15 PM
La Kretz Hall 110

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Canada's approach to sustainability presented by Consul General of Canada David Fransen

An Institute of the Environment and Sustainability & International Institute Canadian Studies Program Seminar
Monday, May 14, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, Large conference room

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Breakfast and Conversation with David Miller, former Mayor of Toronto

An Institute of the Environment and Sustainability & International Institute Canadian Studies Program Event
Monday, May 14, 2012
9:00 PM - 10:00 AM
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, Large conference room

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Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar

“Omics” Applications in Environmental Microbiology and Bioremediation presented by Dr. Christopher Sales, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
4275 Boelter Hall

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Towards finding the world's most endangered forest

Presented by Associate Professor Tom Gillespie, Department of Geography
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, Large conference room

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Sustainable Food Systems

Presented by Lawrence Yee, Director of UC Hansen Trust Emeritus
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
4:30 PM - 6:15 PM
La Kretz Hall 110

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Integrated Water Resources Management in Los Angeles County

A Water Resources Student Group Seminar presented by Mark Pestrella, Assistant Director of the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works
Thursday, May 17, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, Large conference room

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Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar

Arsenic “Eating” and “Breathing” Microbes: from Mesophile to Extremophile presented by Professor Chad Saltikov, Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, UC Santa Cruz
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
4275 Boelter Hall

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Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar

"Experimental Design for Understanding the Toxicity of Nanoparticles" presented by Professor Vishal Shah, Biology, Dowling College
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
4275 Boelter Hall

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A World Predominately Powered by Solar and Wind Energy?

The Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics invites you to attend the 2012 Green Family Lecture featuring Walter Kohn, Nobel Laureate, University of California Santa Barbara.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
4:00 PM
Fowler Museum, Lenart Auditorium

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Research Lecture: Electronic Structure of Matter: Wave Functions and Density Functionals

The Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics invites you to attend the 2012 Green Family Lecture featuring Walter Kohn, Nobel Laureate, University of California Santa Barbara.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
CNSI Auditorium (between Boelter Hall and La Kretz Hall)

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Environmental Science Senior Practicum Presentations - May 30th & June 6th


Wednesday, May 30, 2012
4:30 PM - 6:15 PM
La Kretz Hall 110

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Special Research Lecture: A Physicist’s Approach to Macular Degeneration

The Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics invites you to attend the 2012 Green Family Lecture featuring Walter Kohn, Nobel Laureate, University of California Santa Barbara.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
BH Conference Room, Jules Stein Eye Institute

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Valuing anti-logging and anti-poaching policies in the creation of Malaysia's largest Tropical Forest Reserve.

Presented by J.R. De Shazo, Director, Luskin Center for Innovation & Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Planning and Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Monday, June 04, 2012
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, Large conference room

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Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar

"The Influence of Wastewater Constituents on Silver Nanoparticle Toxicity to Ammonia Oxidizing Bacteria" presented by Professor Tyler Radniecki, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, San Diego State University
Tuesday, June 05, 2012
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
4275 Boelter Hall

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Environmental Science Senior Practicum Presentations


Wednesday, June 06, 2012
4:30 PM - 6:15 PM
La Kretz Hall 110

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Education for Sustainable Leadership Program Year-end Action Research Team Presentations

The Institute of the Environment and Sustainability's Action Research Teams will present their research projects. Come hear what the teams have accomplished!
Thursday, June 07, 2012
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
CNSI Auditorium (between Boelter Hall and La Kretz Hall)

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UCLA Change Consortium Roundtable


Tuesday, June 12, 2012
4:00 PM
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300, large conference room

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