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Smallwood UF Water Institute Distinguished Scholar Seminar Series

A gift from the Frances C. and William P. Smallwood Foundation funds the Distinguished Scholar Seminar Series which invites high profile scholars to conduct a general Water Institute seminar at UF that will be of interest to a broad audience; meet with the Water Institute Faculty Advisory Committee to discuss strategic planning and partnering opportunities; and meet with interested Water Institute faculty to discuss specific research/education issues.

2008-2009

Foster Brown, Senior Scientist, Governance & Sustainable Development Woods Hole Research Center and Professor Graduate Program in Ecology and Natural Resource Management, Federal University of Acre (UFAC), Rio Branco, Brazil
Time: 3 pm Thursday, November 6, 2008
Location: 282 Reitz Union

Robert Costanza, Ph.D., Gordon Fund Professor of Ecological Economics and Director, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, The University of Vermont
Time: 3 pm Thursday, December 4, 2008
Location: 122 Rogers Hall

Tissa Illangasakare, AMAX Distinguished Chair of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Subsurface Processes, Colorado School of Mines
Time: 3 pm Thursday, January 8, 2009
Location: 282 Reitz Union

M. Pilar Cornejo-Grunauer, Professor, Faculty of Marine Science and Marine Engineering Escuela Superior Poliecnica del Litoral, Ecuador
Time: 3 pm Thursday, February 5, 2009
Location: 282 Reitz Union

Daniel P. Loucks, Professor of Water Resource Planning and Management, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
Time: 3 pm Thursday, March 5, 2009
Location: 282 Reitz Union

James Shortle, Distinguished Professor of Agricultural and Environmental Economics, Director, Environment and Natual Resources Institute, Penn State University
Time: 3 pm Thursday, April 2, 2009
Location: 282 Reitz Union

Carlos M. Duarte, Research Scientist, Aquatic Ecolopgy, Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies Mallorca (IMEDEA)

Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Eart Institute, Columbia University

2007-2008

Donelson Wright, Chancellor Professor of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary
Seminar Title: "Recent Advances in Understanding the Complex Impacts of Rivers on Coastal and Continental Shelf Environments" Abstract (PDF)
Presentation (PDF)
Time: 3 pm Thursday, September 5, 2007
Location: 282 Reitz Union

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Edward L. Miles, Virginia & Prentice Bloedel Professor of Marine & Public Affairs, and Senior Fellow Joint Institute for the Study of Atmosphere and Oceans, School of Marine Affairs, University of Washington
Seminar Title: "From the Global to the Local: Managing Climate Change Impacts across Scales" Abstract (PDF)
Presentation (PDF)
Time: 3:00 pm Thursday October 18, 2007
Location: Room 282 Reitz Union

Lonnie Thompson, Distinguished University Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, and Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University
Seminar Title: "Understanding Global Climate Change" Abstract (PDF)
Presentation (PDF 27mb)
Time: 3:00 pm Thursday November 1, 2007
Location: Room 282 Reitz Union
View Video Presentation (wmv file 90MB)

Charles Vorosmarty, Research Professor, Water Systems Analysis Group, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire
Seminar Title: “The Science of Global Hydrology: Lessons from the U.S. Northeast Corridor”
Abstract (PDF)
Presentation (PDF)
Time: 3:00 pm Thursday December 6, 2007
Location: Room 282 Reitz Union
View Video Presentation (wmv file 195MB)

George Hornberger, Ernest H. Ern Professor, Environmental Hydrology, Department of Environmental Science, University of Virginia
Seminar Title: "The Water Cycle Revisited: Linkages with Element Cycles"
Abstract (PDF)
Presentation (PDF)
Time: 3:00 pm Thursday January 10, 2008
Location: Room 282 Reitz Union

Len Shabman, Natural Resource Economist, Resident Scholar in Energy and Natural Resources, Resources for the Future, Washington DC
Seminar Title: "Ecosystem Service Markets: Myths, Realities and Prospects"
Abstract (PDF)
Time: 3:00-4:00pm Thursday, February 7, 2008
Location: Emerson Alumni Hall, room 209
Presentation (PDF)

Sandra Zellmer, Natural Resource and Water Law professor and Havelone Research Chair at the University of Nebraska College of Law
Seminar Title: The Anti-Speculation Doctrine in Water Law: Ghost-busting, Trust-busting, or Ensuring Reasonable, Beneficial Use?
Abstract (PDF)
Time: 3:00-4:00pm Thursday, March 27, 2008
Location: Emerson Alumni Hall, room 209

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