Archived Schedule
This is an archived schedule from a previous year's series. Click here for this year's seminar series schedule.
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Geoscience
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Seminar
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Due to coronavirus, all Weber State classes--and this seminar series--have been moved online.
To access the webinars, click on the posted links during the scheduled times.
Spring 2020
Public lectures: Thursdays 1:30-2:20 pm, Tracy Hall Science Center TY 211 (campus map)
Student workshops follow the lectures: 2:30-3:20 pm, TY 211
Students: Get credit by registering for GEO 4990 CRN 31380, 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.
| Date | Speaker & Affiliation | Topic or Title | Flyer |
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| Jan 9 | Dr. Carie Frantz Weber State Earth & Environmental Sciences |
Intro to geoscience & society |  |
| Jan 16 |
Mary Ann Wright Paul Anderson |
Regulating extraction: Is it a green job? Mining & regulation in Utah |
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| Jan 23 | Dr. Carla Trentelman Weber State University Sociology |
Public health & environmental justice |  |
| Jan 30 | Dr. Scott Williams Executive Director, HEAL Utah |
Disposal of high level radioactive waste: What is the "least worst" option? |  |
| Feb 6 | Justin Owen Energy Director, Weber State University |
Groundsource energy: the key to WSU's climate goal |  |
| Feb 13 | Lucy Jordan Hydrogeologist, Utah Geological Survey |
Ogden Valley water resources and protection |  |
| Feb 20 |
Michael Vanden Berg |
Utah's changing energy landscape and fossil fuels |
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| Feb 27 | Dr. David Wilkins Boise State Univeristy Department of Geology |
The climate, soil, and geology of wine |  |
| Mar 6 | Spring Break, No Seminar | ||
| Mar 12 | Monica Traphagan Meteorologist, National Weather Service |
Air quality on the Wasatch Front: Forecasting inversions |  |
| Mar 19 | Intermountain Sustainability Summit | Various online seminars, see https://www.weber.edu/issummit |   |
| Mar 26 | Ember Herrick Mitigation & Recovery Plannner, Utah Department of Public Safety |
State of Utah natural hazard risk assessment |
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| Apr 2 | Dr. Stacy Palen Weber State University Physics Department |
Global climate change - Recording link |  |
| Apr 9 | Natalie Little Regional Sustainability & Climate Coordinator, USDA Forest Service |
Climate change & the Intermountain West |  |
| Apr 16 | Student Presentations |