Public lectures: Fridays 1:00-2:00 pm in Tracy Hall Science Center Room 217 (campus map)
Student workshops + discussion follows the lectures: 2:00-2:20 pm
Students: Get credit by registering for GEO 4990 (SUS) CRN 32068, 2 credits. Counts as an upper-division elective.
Seminar Series Schedule
Speakers and topics are subject to change due to cancellations or other rescheduling needs.
Seminar videos are typically posted within a week of the seminar.
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| Jan 13 |  |
Dr. Carie Frantz Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Co-Director, Environmental Science Program Weber State University |
Series introduction: |
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| Theme I: Natural hazards | |||||
| Jan 20 |  |
Jessica Castleton Senior Geologist Geologic Hazards Program Utah Geological Survey |
Geologic hazards in Utah |
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| Jan 27 |  |
Sally Kuhn Sennert USGS Volcanologist Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program |
Volcanic hazards and the Global Volcanism Program video |
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| Feb 3 |  |
Emily Kleber Project Geologist (Earthquakes) Geologic Hazards Program Utah Geological Survey |
Living with earthquakes in Utah |
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| Feb 10 |  |
Kory Davis |
Avalanches and how to protect people from them video |
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| Theme II: Climate change as a hazard multiplier | |||||
| Feb 17 |  |
Annapurna Post-Leon |
Wildfires in the western U.S. video |
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| Feb 24 |  |
Dr. Kevin Perry Professor and Chair, Department of Atmospheric Sciences University of Utah |
Dust! Causes and consequences of a shrinking Great Salt Lake video |
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| Mar 3 |  |
Seth Arens Research Scientist Western Water Assessment |
How climate change amplifies natural hazards in the West video |
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| Mar 10 | Spring break (no seminar) | ||||
| Mar 17 | Flooding no seminar - students watching video |
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| Theme III: Mitigating hazards for sustainable societies | |||||
| Mar 23-24 |  |
Intermountain Sustainability Summit |
Various talks and workshops |
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| Mar 31 | TBA | Societal implications of natural hazards | |||
| Apr 7 |
Skyler Pyle & Katie Lewis Barry Locke Lisa Schwartz |
Panel: Local planning for hazard mitigation and response | |||
| Apr 14 | Student Presentations I | Hazard-related policy summaries | |||
| Apr 21 | Student Presentations II | Hazard-related policy summaries | |||
