News & Events

Upcoming Public Lecture

John Harte, distinguished professor of Energy & Resources and Ecosystem Sciences at U.C. Berkeley will be giving a public lecture Monday April 17 at Randolph-Macon Woman's College. The topic of his lecture will be "Predicting Climate Change on a Green Planet: A Daunting Challenge", and will be held in Martin Science Building 315 at 7:00pm.

John Harte will also be giving a research talk called "Toward a Unified Theory of the Distribution and Abundance of Species" on Tuesday, April 18 at 4.30pm in the Casner Suite.

Environmental Studies students participate in Summer 2006 Research

This summer, students Marwa-Abdel Latif '09, Matea Osti '08 and Jessica Shahan '08 will be conducting 2 summer research projects in collaboration with Professor Warren. Marwa and Matea will be helping with research for a book Professor Warren is co-authoring entitled Consider a Spherical Calf. The book will examine quantitative approaches to global environmental problems for undergraduate level study. Jessica is conducting a research project on the prospect of biodiesel at Randolph-Macon Woman's College and will be collaborating with the community organization Lynchburg Grows to look at future options for the College regarding this fuel source.

R-MWC Students Participate in NCSE Conference
Annual Conference on Science Policy and Environment held in Washington, D.C.
January, 2006

Green Chemistry one-day workshop April 8, 2005. Open to advanced undergraduate students thinking about a career in chemistry. All expenses are paid save travel to Groton, MA, but if any students are interested and accepted to participate, perhaps we can put our heads together and find funds to get them there. Deadline to apply is March 11! Contact Professor Warren and check out the website if interested! http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=greenchemistryinstitute%5Cmeetings.html

The Department of Environmental Quality participates in the Adopt-A-Stream program, and has adopted a section of Blackwater Creek (Thomson Rd. to Hollins Mill dam). In support of the program, DEQ volunteers will be collecting litter from the creek to celebrate Earth Day and would like to invite interested folks to help out! The cleanup is Thursday, April 21 from 1:30pm to 4:30pm. They meet at Hollins Mill dam at 1:30, where we’ll pass out trash bags and gloves. Everyone will need to provide their own water. If interested, you may e-mail Kelly Wills at kjwills@deq.virginia.gov.

R-MWC Academic and Leadership Awards Ceremony April 25th!...Environmental awards tba