Academics

Spring 2009 Events

Here's a link to the CEWS Spring 2009  flyer advertising the semester's events.

All events are at 4:15 PM in the Meyerhoff Auditorium, 101 Ho Science Center, unless otherwise noted

Date Event

Feb. 4-5

National Teach-In on Global Warming Solutions: a day-long series of symposia and other events at various locations on campus.
A link to the full schedule of National Teach-In on Global Warming events is
here (PDF).

Feb.19 Bill Easterling, Professor of Geography and Dean of the Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences: "Will We All Be Forced to a Bread and Water Diet by Climate Change?"
Feb.27 - Mar. 2 Power Shift: Thousands of young adults will meet in Washington, DC for the second national youth summit to solve the climate crisis. Colgate students will report on their trip in early March.
Mar. 5 Reverend Richard Cizik, Senior Fellow at the United Nations: "For God's Sake: Take Care of It"
Mar. 26 Barry Rabe, Professor of Public Policy at the University of Michigan: "States on Steroids: the Intergovernmental Odyssey of American Climate Policy" 
Apr.13, 7:00 PM Alison Gannett, world champion free skier and consultant for solutions to climate change: title TBA

Apr. 17, 7:00 PM

Students from Colgate's Debate Society will debate the importance of climate change policies compared to other world problems. Location TBA