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Events at Smith

Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City
February 5, 2019
This event is part of the Landscape Studies Spring 2019 Lecture Series, which is free and open to the public. Eric Sanderson, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, N.Y., will present "Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City."
Graham Hall, Hillyer
2:40 pm

Events Off Campus

The Conway School Info Session
February 2, 2019
The Conway School, a graduate program in ecological landscape design and planning, is holding an information session. The information session will include a presentation about Conway from faculty, presentations by two current students, and presentations from alums. The three-hour event includes lunch! Registration is requested.
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88 Village Hill Road, Northampton
10:00 am to 1:00 pm

Events at Smith

Panel Discussion on Climate Justice & Migration
February 8, 2019
Divest Smith College is hosting a panel discussion on climate justice and migration. Climate change disproportionately affects marginalized communities, especially immigrants. This panel will bring in Gabriella Della Croce and Andrea Schmid ('17), both from the Pioneer Valley Workers Center, and Professor Rick Lopez, from Amherst College, to present on their work and its relation to climate justice. There will be a Q&A following the panel. This event is open to all.
Campus Center 103/104
4:30 pm

S'mores and Spooky Stories
February 9, 2019
Join us at the MacLeish Field Station Saturday night for an evening of marshmellow roasting and spooky story telling. Reserve a spot at tinyurl.com/macleishvans. Vans will leave from the Chapin Loading dock at 7:00pm.
MacLeish Field Station
7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Urban Greening and Landscape Design
February 11, 2019
This talk is part of the Landscape Studies Spring 2019 Lecture Series, which is free and open to the public. Deborah Martin, Urban Development and Social Change Program, Clark University, will present "Urban Greening and Landscape Design: Place-Making in the Greening of the Gateway Cities Program in Massachusetts."
Graham Hall, Hillyer
2:40 pm

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Info Session
February 12, 2019
Will you be a junior or senior next year studying biology, chemistry, geology, geophysics, oceanography, meteorology, mathematics, physics or engineering? Are you looking for in-depth research experience in ocean science or engineering? Spend a semester at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and see what the ocean has to teach you. You will be able to immerse yourself in a semester-long independent research project directly advised by a WHOI scientist or engineer, take on new challenges in upper-level undergraduate/graduate ocean science courses, and surround yourself with WHOI's cutting-edge laboratories and research groups which are motivated to address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Semester at WHOI (SAW) is an undergraduate residential “study-away” opportunity at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, MA, on Cape Cod. Rolling admissions - apply now for Fall 2019! Tuition assistance is available.
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CEEDS, Wright Hall, Lower Level
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Self-Driving Cars & Forest Ecology: Modeling for Machine Learning
February 12, 2019
This talk is part of the Sigma Xi Series, and will be presented by Albert Y. Kim, Statistical & Data Sciences at Smith College. Talks begin at approximately 12:10 pm and are open to all faculty, staff, and students. A complimentary lunch is offered in McConnell Foyer.
McConnell Auditorium
12:10 pm

Events Off Campus

Ever the Land Film Screening
February 13, 2019
This film explores the sublime bond between people and their land through a landmark architectural undertaking by one of New Zealand’s most passionately independent Maori tribes, Ngāi Tūhoe. Part of the Hitchcock Center's Environmental Justice Series. Registration and donations appreciated.
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Hitchcock Center for the Environment, 845 West St, Amherst
7:00 pm

The North Atlantic Ocean and Climate: from Ice Ages to Hurricanes to Global Warming
February 18, 2019
A presentation by Thomas Delworth, Senior Scientist at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, and faculty member in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science at Princeton University.
Science Center, Kirkpatrick Lecture Hall (SCCE - Room A011), Amherst College
7:15 pm