Carpenter-Everett Family Topical Lunches
A popular Atkinson Center program, Topical Lunches bring together faculty and researchers from across campus in an informal setting to discuss coordinating major grants, to "test the waters" for future collaborations, to introduce new faculty to the sustainability community, and to explore emerging concepts with diverse faculty audiences. A key strength of Topical Lunches is the kind of unconstrained dialogue among faculty that leads to rich and wide-ranging discussions.
Topical lunches are also used to engage visiting scholars or guests in a less formal setting to allow for a free-flow of conversation.
To organize or RSVP for a lunch, contact Kurt Fritjofson.
Our Topical Lunch program is sponsored by a generous gift from the Carpenter-Everett Family.
Topical Lunches by Year
Upcoming
2020
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Sep 16
- The Future of Metals and Sustainability
- Organizers: Natalie Mahowald, Karin Olson Hoal
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Jul 27
- Climate and Ag/Working Lands
- Organizers: Patrick Beary, Cynthia Mathys, Steven Wolf
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May 6
- COVID-19 and One Health: Connecting Research Perspectives
- Organizers: Patrick Beary, Gail Phillips
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Jan 30
2019
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Nov 25
- The Big Thaw: Policy, Governance and Climate Change in the Circumpolar North
- Organizers: Katherine Bunting-Howarth, Kim Diana Connolly
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Nov 12
- Global Climate Change and Its Consequences: Science Assessments to Inform Decision-making
- Organizers: Lindsay Anderson, Dr. Chris Avery, Jillian Goldfarb
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Nov 6
- Walmart's Sustainability Goals
- Organizers: Patrick Beary, Megan Dillinger
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Oct 31
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Oct 28
- Climate Change Policy Engagement in D.C.
- Organizers: Patrick Beary, Jason Cole
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Oct 23
- Plans for a Center grant focused on Precision Nutrition
- Organizers: Saurabh Mehta, Chris Barrett
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Oct 21
- Meeting with Commissioner John Howard
- Organizers: Lindsay Anderson, Charles Kruzansky, Max Zhang
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Oct 15
- Managing Supply Chains in a Circular Economy
- Organizers: Nagesh Gavirneni, Renzo Akkerman
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Oct 4
- What Does the Owasco Farming Community Think About Soil Health Farming Practices?
- Organizers: Dr. John Pickering, Nina Ruzsicska
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Oct 3
- Upcycling Food Waste
- Organizers: Lori Leonard, Ruth Richardson
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Sep 30
- Trends, Challenges, and Research Opportunities in Climate Finance
- Organizers: Natalie Mahowald, Sharon Tennyson
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Sep 9
- Increasing Climate Resiliency as Part of Atkinson's Reducing Climate Risk Working Group
- Organizers: Natalie Mahowald, Patrick Beary
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Aug 9
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Jun 21
- Lessons from Austin, TX for a Sustainable Cornell
- Organizers: Tim Mount, Lindsay Anderson
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May 22
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May 21
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May 20
- Carbon Dioxide Removal: Cornell as a Living Laboratory
- Organizers: Tobias Hanrath, Natalie Mahowald
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May 7
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Apr 22
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Apr 10
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Feb 19
- Nature, Health, and Big Data
- Organizer: Steven Osofsky
2018
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Nov 19
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Nov 12
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Nov 5
- Unchain Foundation
- Organizer: Mark Milstein
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Oct 22
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Oct 5
- Challenges of the Clean Energy Transition: Technologies, Economics, Politics
- Organizers: Lindsay Anderson, Allison Chatrchyan
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Oct 2
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Sep 25
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Aug 22
- Human Dimensions of a New Carbon Economy: Brainstorming a Webinar/Workshop
- Organizers: Natalie Mahowald, Cathy Kling, Kieran Donaghy
- (Follow-up Report)
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May 14
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May 2
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Apr 26
- Cornell Presence at the COP24 Climate Change Conference
- Organizers: Natalie Mahowald, Allison Chatrchyan, Johannes Lehmann
- (Follow-up Report)
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Apr 19
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Apr 10
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Apr 9
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Mar 27
- Policy Engagement
- Organizer: Jennifer Havercamp
- (Follow-up Report)
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Mar 15
- Governance of Solar Radiation Management of Climate
- Organizers: Natalie Mahowald, Douglas MacMartin
- (Follow-up Report)
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Mar 14
2017
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Dec 7
- Sustainable Futures: Linking Science and Decision Making
- Organizers: Johannes Lehmann, Jonathon Schuldt
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Dec 6
- What Research Is Needed to Assess Solar Geoengineering?
- Organizers: Douglas MacMartin, Natalie Mahowald
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Nov 17
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Nov 10
- The Cigarette Economy and Sustainability
- Organizers: Marina Welker, Jeff Niederdeppe
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Nov 9
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Nov 7
- Citizens' Climate Lobby
- Organizer: David Kay
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Nov 1
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Oct 27
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Oct 6
- Oxfam America's Research Agenda
- Organizer: Kimberly Pfeifer
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May 15
- Decision Systems: from sensors and data to models and prediction -Applications of Technology to Environmental Challenges
- Organizers: Alex Travis, Sheila Hemami (Draper)
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May 12
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May 5
- Forming Successful Academic-Practitioner Collaborations
- Organizer: Adam Levine
- (Follow-up Report)
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Apr 11
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Mar 27
- Cornell Engagement at the Climate Change COP: Lessons Learned and Future Directions
- Organizers: Allison Chatrchyan, Johannes Lehmann
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Feb 6
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Jan 10
- Laurentian Great Lakes Research: Responding to a NOAA Opportunity
- Organizers: Lars Rudstam, David Lodge
- (Follow-up Report)
2016
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Nov 30
- The Santorini Project: The advantage of a Multidisciplinary Approach to Solving Water Problems on a Water-scarce Greek Island
- Organizers: Gail Holst-Warhaft, Abhinav Vijay, Laura Kenny, Jared Enriquez
- (Follow-up Report)
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Nov 18
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Nov 16
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Oct 20
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Oct 4
- FHI 360
- Organizer: Alex Travis
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Sep 16
- Building Collaborations Around Potential Changes In Regional Drought Risks
- Organizers: Todd Walter, Art DeGaetano
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May 19
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May 12
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May 5
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Apr 29
- Sustainability Curricula: What Is To Be Done?
- Organizer: Aaron Sachs
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Apr 28
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Apr 11
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Apr 7
- Art for Gaia's Sake
- Organizer: Jack Elliott
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Apr 5
- Nature Rx at Cornell: Engaging Students in Nature
- Organizers: Don Rakow, Marcia Eames-Sheavly
- (Follow-up Report)
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Mar 22
- Climate Change Comedy Hour (CREST*)
- Organizer: Aaron Sachs
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Mar 11
- Adding Value to Cornell Resilience Research in NYC: Opportunities for Collaboration in Research, Extension and Engagement
- Organizers: Matthew Hare, Katherine Bunting-Howarth
- (Follow-up Report)
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Feb 23
- Fragile Legacy - Film Screening & Discussion (CREST*)
- Organizer: Aaron Sachs
2015
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Dec 1
- Energy: The Human Equation
- Organizer: Anindita Banerjee
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Nov 19
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Nov 17
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Nov 10
- Discussion of the Pope's Recent Encyclical on Climate Change (CREST*)
- Organizer: Aaron Sachs
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Nov 9
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Nov 5
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Oct 27
- Environmental Flows: How can we assess tradeoffs between hydropower dam proliferation and provisioning, regulating and cultural ecosystem services from water flows?
- Organizers: Gregory Poe, Alex Flecker, Carla Gomes, Todd Walter
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Oct 19
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Oct 16
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Oct 1
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May 27
- Exploring Earth Source Heat (ESH) as a demonstration project at Cornell
- Organizers: Bert Bland, Todd Cowen
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May 8
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Apr 9
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Apr 7
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Mar 27
- Ensuring Success for Climate Actions Plans through Education (ESCAPE)
- Organizers: Mike Hoffmann, Charles Greene
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Mar 19
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Mar 16
- Saving the Great Cornell Baroque Organ from the Ravages of the environment
- Organizers: Annette Richards, David Yearsley
- (Follow-up Report)
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Feb 25
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Feb 17
- Seeking Empirical Evidence of Food Sovereignty
- Organizers: Karim-Aly Kassam, Rebecca Nelson
- (Follow-up Report)
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Jan 20
2014
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Nov 18
- TBD (CREST*)
- Organizer: Aaron Sachs
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Nov 17
- Wildlife Disease Association 2016 Planning
- Organizers: Krysten Schuler, Elizabeth Bunting
- (Follow-up Report)
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Oct 23
- Discussion with Former Governor of Hawaii Linda Lingle
- Organizers: Todd Cowen, Christopher Dunn
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Oct 16
- Climate Changed: A Personal Journey through the Science (CREST*)
- Organizer: Aaron Sachs
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Oct 10
- Sustainable Communities Research
- Organizers: Rod Howe, K. Max Zhang
- (Follow-up Report)
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Oct 2
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Sep 24
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Sep 11
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Jun 25
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Apr 16
- Working Together in Shale Gas Policy
- Organizers: Todd Cowen, Christine Shoemaker
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Mar 19
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Mar 13
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Mar 6
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Feb 25
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Feb 12
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Jan 23
2013
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Nov 20
- Shale Gas Emissions
- Organizers: Jeff Tester, Todd Cowen
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Nov 18
- Mining and Sustainability
- Organizers: Wendy Wolford, John F. Thompson
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Nov 14
- David Cleary, The Nature Conservancy
- Organizers: Alex Travis, Wendy Wolford
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Nov 6
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Nov 4
- Public Trust Policy: Implications for State Wildlife Professionals
- Organizers: Dan Decker, Chuck Geisler
- (Follow-up Report)
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Oct 10
- Landscapes Research Forum
- Organizer: Louise Buck
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Oct 1
- Social Movements and Sustainability: Contributions, Debates and Outreach
- Organizers: Wendy Wolford, Shorna Allred
- (Follow-up Report)
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Sep 17
- Ecosystem Services: An Interdisciplinary Conversation and More
- Organizers: Steven Wolf, Alex Flecker
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Sep 6
- Social Mobilization and the Politics of Climate Change
- Organizers: Wendy Wolford, Mike Hoffmann
- (Follow-up Report)
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Aug 2
- Innovation of the Surface Transportation Sector
- Organizers: Rick Geddes, Al George
- (Follow-up Report)
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May 28
- Integrated Building Energy Efficiency
- Organizers: Howard Chong, Brandon Hencey
- (Follow-up Report)
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May 14
- The Science of Science Communication
- Organizer: Lauren Chambliss
- (Follow-up Report)
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May 8
- Permaculture
- Organizers: Marcia Eames-Sheavly, Lori Brewer
- (Follow-up Report)
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May 2
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Apr 30
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Apr 30
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Apr 23
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Apr 19
- Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth
- Organizers: Lauren Chambliss, Frank DiSalvo
- (Follow-up Report)
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Apr 15
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Apr 11
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Apr 8
- Communicating Climate Change: A Moviemaker's Perspective
- Organizers: Lauren Chambliss, Frank DiSalvo
- (Follow-up Report)
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Apr 4
- The Future of Fracking
- Organizers: Lauren Chambliss, Jefferson Tester
- (Follow-up Report)
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Mar 26
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Mar 21
- An Urban Initiative
- Organizers: Marianne Krasny, Marvin Pritts
- (Follow-up Report)
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Mar 11
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Mar 8
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Jan 28
- Stimulating Changes in Environmental Policy (Postponed until later in Spring)
- Organizers: Frank DiSalvo, Drew Harvell
2012
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Dec 13
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Dec 6
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Nov 27
- Energy, Water and Food: A Preliminary Conversation with the Food and Agriculture Organization
- Organizers: Peter Hobbs, Wendy Wolford
- (Follow-up Report)
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Nov 27
- New York After Sandy: New and Old Challenges to Urban Sustainability
- Organizers: Rick Geddes, Oliver Gao
- (Follow-up Report)
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Nov 13
- Energy, Modernity, and Everyday Trauma (CREST*)
- Organizers: Michael Jones-Correa, Anindita Banerjee
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Nov 7
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Oct 25
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Oct 16
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Oct 8
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Oct 5
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Sep 24
- Andy Revkin: A Conversation on the Public Face of University Climate and Energy Research (Invitation Only)
- Organizer: Paula Euvrard
- (Follow-up Report)
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Sep 13
- The Ecology and Evolution of Infections and Disease
- Organizers: Laura Harrington, Colin Parrish
- (Follow-up Report)
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Sep 5
- Climate Change and the Humanities (CREST*)
- Organizers: Karen Pinkus, Nancy Menning - IC
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Jun 12
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Jun 1
- Dairy Industry Challenges and Opportunities
- Organizers: Frank DiSalvo, Kathryn Boor
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May 30
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May 11
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May 1
- The Canada Tar Sands and Society's Future Relationship with Energy
- Organizers: Deborah Sills, Richard Stedman, Drew Harvell
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Apr 5
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Mar 23
- Collaborating with New York Sea Grant
- Organizers: Kathy Bunting-Howarth, Cornelia Schlenk
- (Follow-up Report)
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Mar 8
- Shifting Agrarian Landscapes: Climate Change and Adaptation in Bangladesh
- Organizers: Shelley Feldman, Jason Cons
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Mar 2
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Feb 21
- Developing a Smarter Garment Center
- Organizer: Tasha Lewis
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Feb 8
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Feb 8
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Jan 25
2011
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Dec 8
- Cornell and the Road to Rio plus 20
- Organizers: Keith Tidball, Marianne Krasny
- (Follow-up Report)
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Dec 6
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Nov 29
- Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems: Exploring Contemporary Policy Issues
- Organizers: Miguel Gomez, Todd Schmit
- (Follow-up Report)
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Nov 21
- Natural Hazards and Disaster Management
- Organizers: Rick Allmendinger, Larry Brown
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Nov 17
- The Ultimate Environmental Discipline? Exploring the Geographical Imagination at a University with No Geography Department (CREST*)
- Organizers: Jeremy Foster, Wendy Wolford
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Nov 4
- Sahara Forest Project
- Organizer: Charles Greene
- (Follow-up Report)
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Oct 25
- Large-scale Land Acquisitions in Contemporary Ethiopia: Implications for Water
- Organizers: Gail Holst-Warhaft, Tammo Steenhuis
- (Follow-up Report)
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Oct 18
- Mathis Wackernagel - Global Footprint Network
- Organizers: Laurie Drinkwater, Wendy Wolford
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Oct 7
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Oct 4
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Sep 12
- Teaching Environmental Studies: What Is Essential? (CREST*)
- Organizers: Barbara Bedford, Kevin Pratt
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May 17
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May 2
- UN Climate Negotiations: Progress in Cancun, Cornell involvement and plans for COP17 in Durban
- Organizers: Johannes Lehmann, Antonio Bento, Sean Sweeney
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Apr 21
- Subsistence communities and sustainability (CREST*)
- Organizers: Phoebe Sengers, Hronn Brynjarsdottir
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Apr 7
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Apr 5
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Mar 29
- Water for a Thirsty World: Cornell's Role in International Water
- Organizers: Gail Holst-Warhaft, Tammo Steenhuis
- (Follow-up Report)
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Mar 17
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Mar 3
- NSF Science and Technology Center on Biodiversity Proposal
- Organizers: Alex Travis, Kelly Zamudio
- (Follow-up Report)
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Mar 1
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Feb 22
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Feb 17
2010
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Nov 30
- CSC Proposal Development
- Organizers: Art DeGaetano, David Wolfe, Bill Fisher
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Nov 18
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Nov 16
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Nov 12
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Nov 11
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Oct 19
- Is Sustainable Climate Adaptation Possible in Indonesia?
- Organizers: Drew Harvell, Alice Pell
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Oct 15
- Sustainable Ocean Systems
- Organizers: Chuck Greene, Drew Harvell
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Jun 28
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May 24
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May 19
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Mar 4
- Outreach
- Organizers: Warren Allmon, David Wolfe
- (Follow-up Report)
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Feb 24
- Post Copenhagen Discussion
- Organizer: Antonio Bento
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Feb 17
2009
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Dec 10
- Launching a Cornell Examination of the Marcellus System
- Organizers: Terry Jordan, Drew Harvell
- (Follow-up Report)
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Dec 3
- UN COP 15
- Organizer: Antonio Bento
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Dec 2
- Biodiversity Conservation & Poverty Traps
- Organizers: Chris Barrett, Alex Travis
- (Follow-up Report)
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Oct 28
- Systems Approach to Sustainable Energy
- Organizers: Albert George, Jeff Tester
- (Follow-up Report)
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Oct 14
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Sep 24
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Sep 22
- Cross-disciplinary Communication
- Organizer: Helene Schember
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Sep 2
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May 21
- Exploration of Funding Opportunities for the Advancement of Faculty Research
- Organizers: Kristen Ford, Morton Sosna
- (Follow-up Report)
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May 13
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Apr 7
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Mar 31
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Mar 23
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Mar 13
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Jan 28
- Institute for Sustainable Mechanical Designs
- Organizers: Matt Miller, Paul Dawson
- (Follow-up Report)
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Jan 21
- Estimating the Economic Impacts of Climate Driven Disease Outbreaks
- Organizers: Drew Harvell, Chris Barrett
- (Follow-up Report)
2008
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Dec 15
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Dec 2
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Nov 19
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Nov 18
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Sep 17
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Sep 10
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Sep 3
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Aug 27
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Aug 20
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Jul 16
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Jul 2
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Jun 4
- Mycotoxins
- Organizers: Michael Milgroom, Rebecca Nelson
- (Follow-up Report)