Global Change & Sustainability Center

Recipients of GCSC/SWC seed grant funding will discuss their research projects. Paula Williams, Associate Professor, Psychology:  "Individual Differences in Environmental Attitudes and Behavior: Personality and Neurocognitive Mechanisms" Bill Anderegg, Assistant Professor, Biology : "Crossing scales and Disciplines to Examine the Effects of Climate Change on Western Forests" Lunch provided with RSVP to austin.westley@csbs.utah.edu with subject […]

This terrific event is an all-day orientation for new and continuing graduate students and postdocs working with GCSC affiliate faculty who are interested in learning more about opportunities for interdisciplinary research and training at the University of Utah.  

Barbara Reck is a Senior Research Scientist at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. This presentation discusses the challenges of metal recycling in the context of broader material cycles and the role of interdependencies among metals– from byproducts in ores, to alloying elements and complex multi-material products. 4:00 pm | 210 ASB

Masood Parvania, Assistant Professor, University of Utah Electrical and Computer Engineering, is Director of Utah Smart Energy Laboratory (U-Smart). Seminar 4:00 pm | 210 ASB This talk will provide an engineering perspective on how closer collaboration and operation co-optimization of interdependent power and water infrastructure enhances the energy and economic efficiency of both systems.

Ken Tape is a Research Associate Professor at University of Alaska, Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. His lecture explores a century of changes in the arctic tundra landscape and its wildlife.  4:00 pm | 210 ASB