Join us for a talk by Sabina Haque, PhD Candidate at Harvard University, and Middlebury Class of 2018. Sabina’s talk is titled “A graph-theoretic approach to Markov processes with applications in biochemical reaction networks.” Talk description: The linear framework models biochemical reaction networks under timescale separation using finite directed graphs with labeled edges. Recently, the linear framework has provided a deterministic approach to understanding the thermodynamic properties of biological information processing systems.
First Show: Look, Dream, Begin, is a series of brand new, short plays from around the world interwoven into an inventive, truthful, and life-affirming piece about what it means to dream up a future during climate crisis.
First Show: Look, Dream, Begin, is a series of brand new, short plays from around the world interwoven into an inventive, truthful, and life-affirming piece about what it means to dream up a future during climate crisis.
First Show: Look, Dream, Begin, is a series of brand new, short plays from around the world interwoven into an inventive, truthful, and life-affirming piece about what it means to dream up a future during climate crisis.
First Show: Look, Dream, Begin, is a series of brand new, short plays from around the world interwoven into an inventive, truthful, and life-affirming piece about what it means to dream up a future during climate crisis.
A talk by Professor Peter Schumer, in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. Light refreshments will be provided. Talk description: Logic conundrums and brain teasers are nearly as old as mathematics itself. Some classic math puzzles involve liars and truth tellers, scales with a limited number of weighings, vessels holding various amounts of liquid, and river crossings with jealous spouses. In this talk we’ll discuss several variations on some colored hat puzzles plus a probabilistic problem involving numbered lockers. All are welcome to join us!
“Listening to a changing world: what soundscapes can teach us” an Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Megan McKenna, Academic Director of Study Away at Monterey, including California Coast and Climate Semester, Middlebury Institute of International Studies. Senior Data Scientist, affiliate with NOAA National Center for Environmental Information.
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
Writer and conservationist Adam Welz will read from his new book, The End of Eden: Wild Nature in the Age of Climate Breakdown, and speak of his reporting about the effects of climate change on wild species and natural ecosystems around the world. A deeply researched exploration of wild species reacting to climate breakdown, The End of Eden offers a radical new kind of environmental journalism that connects humans to nature in a more empathetic way than ever before and galvanizes us to act in defense of the natural world before it’s too late.
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
Documentary film screening of Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire followed by panel discussion and Q&A session with film director, experts interviewed in the film, and local experts from Middlebury.
“Beavers: A Tremendous Potential Ally” an Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Skip Lisle, M.S. Wildlife, Habitat, and Beaver Biologist, and President of Beaver Deceivers, LLC.
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
Chuck Collins is coming to campus this fall! He is the Director of the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies in DC, and the author of a new book, Altar to an Erupting Sun. The book has won praise from Bill McKibben, Kim Stanley Robinson and Winona LaDuke, among others, and asks us to confront our moral obligations to act in the face of climate change.
“The Texture of Landscape” Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Nancy Winship Milliken, Environmental Artist.
What is Celebratory Ecology? How do we memorialize a global event, such as climate change, that seemingly has no end? Where are the nature-centric monuments? Nancy shares her open studio approach that holds these questions at the center of her practice.
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
Come hear alums share their insights on the graduate school application and selection process. Panelists will represent diverse areas of chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, and related interdisciplinary fields, as well as myriad grad years and career aspirations. The session will be moderated by Professor Molly Costanza-Robinson (Chemistry & Biochemistry and the Program for Environmental Studies).
No registration necessary.
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
