The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth Academic Conferences
2001 Science and Technology Series
2001 Science and Technology Series
Explorations in Environmental Science & Policy
9:30 a.m. WELCOME
Sarah Storrs
Conference Coordinator
Center for Talented Youth
The Johns Hopkins University
Conference Coordinator
Center for Talented Youth
The Johns Hopkins University
9:40 a.m. OPENING REMARKS
George W. Flynn, Ph.D.
Higgins Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Columbia University
Higgins Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Columbia University
9:45 a.m. KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Antarctica: Mysteries Beneath the Ice
Robin E. Bell, Ph.D.
Doherty Senior Research Scientist
Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Columbia University
Doherty Senior Research Scientist
Department of Marine Geology and Geophysics
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Columbia University
10:30 a.m. MORNING SESSIONS BEGIN
STUDENT WORKSHOPS
Workshop choices (two sessions):
Nitrogen for Better or Worse
The Water Beneath Our Feet
Don't Drink the Water
Commotion in the Ocean
Get the Lead Out
Hot Air
Dr. Chaos and the Amazing Mixing Machine
Fixing the Salton Sea
Tree Kangaroos, Cassowaries, and Gold Mines, Oh My!
Starfish in Poughkeepsie
What You Make When It Shakes
Putting the World Into a Computer
The Water Beneath Our Feet
Don't Drink the Water
Commotion in the Ocean
Get the Lead Out
Hot Air
Dr. Chaos and the Amazing Mixing Machine
Fixing the Salton Sea
Tree Kangaroos, Cassowaries, and Gold Mines, Oh My!
Starfish in Poughkeepsie
What You Make When It Shakes
Putting the World Into a Computer
PARENT SESSIONS
SESSION I
Choose one:
Choose one:
1) Empire and Environment: Athens and Its Silver Mines
Roger S. Bagnall, Ph.D.
Professor of Classics and History
Departments of Classics and History
Columbia University
Professor of Classics and History
Departments of Classics and History
Columbia University
2) Walking Tour of Campus
SESSION II
Choose one:
Choose one:
1) Volcanoes as Windows to the Earth's Interior
Charles Langmuir, Ph.D.
Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor
Department of Earth and Environmental Science
Columbia University
Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor
Department of Earth and Environmental Science
Columbia University
2) Walking Tour of Campus
12:00 p.m. BREAK and LUNCH
1:30 p.m. AFTERNOON SESSIONS BEGIN
STUDENT WORKSHOPS
Workshop choices (one session):
Nitrogen for Better or Worse
The Water Beneath Our Feet
Don't Drink the Water
Commotion in the Ocean
Get the Lead Out
Hot Air
Dr. Chaos and the Amazing Mixing Machine
Fixing the Salton Sea
Tree Kangaroos, Cassowaries, and Gold Mines, Oh My!
Starfish in Poughkeepsie
What You Make When It Shakes
Putting the World Into a Computer
The Water Beneath Our Feet
Don't Drink the Water
Commotion in the Ocean
Get the Lead Out
Hot Air
Dr. Chaos and the Amazing Mixing Machine
Fixing the Salton Sea
Tree Kangaroos, Cassowaries, and Gold Mines, Oh My!
Starfish in Poughkeepsie
What You Make When It Shakes
Putting the World Into a Computer
PARENT SESSION
SESSION III
Choose one:
1) Life On the Edge
Stephanie L. Pfirman, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Environmental Science
Barnard College
Professor and Chair
Department of Environmental Science
Barnard College
2) The Color Purple and the Silver Bullet
Leonard Fine, Ph.D.
Director of Undergraduate Programs and Operations
Department of Chemistry
Columbia University
Director of Undergraduate Programs and Operations
Department of Chemistry
Columbia University
3) Walking Tour of Campus
2:15 p.m. BREAK
2:30 p.m. FINAL PRESENTATION
You Can't Fool Mother Nature, Or Can You?
Don Jay Melnick, Ph.D.
Executive Director
The Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC)
Professor of Anthropology and Biological Sciences
Departments of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology; Anthropology; and Biological Sciences
Columbia University
Executive Director
The Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC)
Professor of Anthropology and Biological Sciences
Departments of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology; Anthropology; and Biological Sciences
Columbia University
3:00 p.m. CLOSING REMARKS
Leonard Fine, Ph.D.
Director of Undergraduate Programs and Operations
Department of Chemistry
Columbia University
Director of Undergraduate Programs and Operations
Department of Chemistry
Columbia University
Stephanie L. Pfirman, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Environmental Science
Barnard College
Professor and Chair
Department of Environmental Science
Barnard College
3:15 p.m. CONCLUSION OF THE PROGRAM
3:30 p.m. OPTIONAL POST-PROGRAM ACTIVITY
Biosphere 2 Center Video/Web Conference and Discussion
Charles Wood, Ph.D.
Director of Education
Biosphere 2 Center, Inc.
Columbia University
Director of Education
Biosphere 2 Center, Inc.
Columbia University