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On Campus Event: The Water Complex: Preventing Water Catastrophes and Conflicts, Tues. 4/18 at 4PM
The Water Complex: Preventing Water Catastrophes and Conflicts
Tuesday, April 18 4:00 PM
Shannon Room 208 Hubbard
Luke Wilson, Bowdoin Class of 2006, Co-founder and Deputy Director of the Washington-based nonprofit Center for Water Security and Cooperation (CWSC)
Luke Wilson is co-founder and deputy director of the Center for Water Security and Cooperation (CWSC) and a professorial lecturer at George Washington University. Wilson focuses primarily on the public international law issues surrounding water resources and manages CWSC’s international efforts. Wilson joins the CWSC from a niche private practice where he specialized in advising attorneys, arbitrators, and clients on issues of international law. In addition to his practice, Wilson previously worked as a law clerk at the International Court of Justice, as a consultant with the World Bank, and at the US Department of Justice, Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, and US Department of State. His current research interests include the resolution of water conflicts through international dispute resolution, and the applicability of human rights to water availability.
Wilson earned his LLM in International and Comparative Law and his JD at George Washington University Law School, where he was executive articles editor of the George Washington International Law Review. He is a member of the Massachusetts, New York, and District of Columbia bars and is admitted to the bar of the US Supreme Court.
Off Campus Event: Earth Day Reading April 22nd at 4 PM
On Earth Day (Saturday. April 22) at 4 PM Gulf of Maine Books (134 Maine Street, Brunswick) will host author Brooke Williams, reading from his new book “Open Midnight –Where Ancestors & Wilderness Meet”. Brooke Williams has spent the past 30 years advocating for wilderness. He has published four books and numerous articles. He and his wife, author Terry Tempest Williams, divide their time between Utah and Wyoming. “Open Midnight weaves two parallel stories about the wilderness – that of Brooke Williams’ year alone, ground truthing backcountry maps of southern Utah by road and on foot, with his dog Rio, and the story of his great-great-great-grandfather, who in 1863 came with a group of Mormons from England to cross the ocean with his family, headed for the American West.
Come join us in celebrating Earth Day with Brooke Williams. The event is free, and open to the public. For more information please call Gulf of Maine Bookstore at 729-5083. For our Spring reading schedule, go to http://gulfofmainebooks.blogspot.com
On Campus Event: Genes and Environment in Evolution and Disease: Thursday April 6 @ 3:45
Professor David Rand, Brown University – “Genes and Environment in Evolution and Disease: Common features from our different genomes.”
April 6, 2017 | 3:45 PM – 5:15 PM | Druckenmiller Hall, Room 020
Dr. David Rand is the Stephen T. Olney Professor of Natural History at Brown University and Chair of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. In his talk, he will discuss the role of genetic interactions between the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes in determining fitness traits relevant to evolution and disease. The specific question he will address are the roles of gene-by-gene (epistasis) and gene-by-environment (GxE) interactions underlying complex traits.
The human genome projects have sought to identify the mutations causing human disease, but results reveal that genome wide association studies have failed to uncover much of the genetic basis of complex traits. Moreover, new technologies for curing mitochondrial diseases will generate âthree-parent babiesâ. These questions highlight the importance of epistasis and GxE in a variety of questions from evolution to medicine. Dr. Rand addresses these questions using different strains and species of Drosophila, employing quantitative genetic, genomic and transcriptomic approaches.
Dr. Rand earned his bachelor¹s degree from Harvard College and his PhD from Yale University, followed by postdoctoral studies in population genetics at Harvard University. He has been on the faculty at Brown University since 1991.
On Campus Event: Nicholas King: “Public Health in the ‘Post-Truth’ Era” 4/6 @ 7:30
Nicholas King: “Public Health in the ‘Post-Truth’ Era”
April 6, 2017 | 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM | Searles 315
Nicholas King, associate professor of social studies of medicine and associate member of epidemiology and biostatistics at McGill University, will speak as part of the ‘Public Health and the Liberal Arts Lecture Series’.
This lecture series is supported by the Public Health and the Liberal Arts Initiative and funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
This event is open to the public and free of charge.
On Campus Event: Audubon’s ‘Birds of America’ Page-Turning with Matthew Klingle, Friday 4/7 @ 12:30
Audubon’s ‘Birds of America’ Page-Turning with Special Guest Matthew Klingle
April 7, 2017 | 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM | Hawthorne Longfellow Library, Special Collections
Associate Professor of History and Environmental Studies and Director of Environmental Studies Program Matthew Klingle joins Special Collections & Archives staff for the monthly page-turning of Audubon’s magnificent Birds of America.
Experience the excitement as we reveal the bird of the month and take home a keepsake button. Friday, April 7, 2017 at 12:30 p.m. in the Special Collections & Archives reading room on the third floor of the Hawthorne-Longfellow Library.
Free and open to the public.
Off Campus Event: E2Tech Spring Networking Reception, 4/13
E2Tech Spring Networking Reception with Cleantech Open Northeast
Thursday, April 13 5:30 -7:30 pm
Cloudport, 63 Federal St., Portland
Cost: $15 
Come join us at Cloudport in Portland for our Spring Networking Reception! Start off the spring season by catching up with old friends and making new, valuable connections. There will be food, and local beer from Baxter Brewing Co., and you will have the opportunity to explore Cloudport, a cool new coworking space, and the home of the E2Tech office. Click here to: Register
In addition, we will hear a few words from Cleantech Open Northeast leaders as they kickoff their 2017 Cleantech Open Accelerator & Competition. More information on this program can be found below.
Speakers:
- David Markley- Co-Founder & CEO, Surge Hydro (invited)
- Tony Wood – CEO, F.E. Wood Natural Energy
- Kathryn Elmes- Executive Director, Cleantech Open Northeast
- Jeff Marks- Executive Director, E2Tech
The Cleantech Open is the oldest and largest cleantech startup accelerator program, with the mission to find, fund, and foster entrepreneurs with ideas to solve our greatest environmental and energy challenges. Through their annual business competition and accelerator program, they connect cleantech startups with the people and resources that will accelerate their success, and provide a national platform for public visibility.
You will hear from Cleantech Open Northeast leaders and learn more about how the program can help you grow your cleantech venture, expand your businesses’ services to young companies, or mentor entrepreneurs looking to solve our biggest environmental and energy challenges. In addition, you will hear from business owners who successfully competed in the Cleantech Open last year.
Last year two Maine companies, Delta Dewatering and F.E. Wood Natural Energy were semi-finalists, and Surge Hydro was one of four regional winners, and was awarded a recognition at the national competition in California! Surge Hydro joins two other Maine companies, Pika Energy and Rapport, who have won the regional award in the last five years.
Carry on Maine’s success and apply today!
You can learn about the Cleantech Open 2017
and the requirements for applying on the
Cleantech Open Northeast Website.
and the requirements for applying on the
Cleantech Open Northeast Website.
Cleantech Open Applications are due by May 1, 2017
Office hours with Cleantech Open Northeast Executive Director, Kathryn Elmes, will be held prior to the event- let us know if you’re interested in meeting with her to discuss your company and this great opportunity.
E2Tech would love to help!
Contact E2Tech’s Executive Director, Jeff Marks, at [email protected].
Off Campus Event: Feathers Over Freeport April 28-30
On Campus Event: Is the Press Still Free? A Conversation with Cynthia McFadden ’78, NBC News, Mon 3/27 @ 7:30 PM
Is the Press Still Free? A Conversation with Cynthia McFadden ’78, H’12 of NBC News
March 27, 2017 | 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM | Visual Arts Center, Kresge Auditorium
Award-winning journalist Cynthia McFadden ’78, H ’12 is the senior investigative correspondent at NBC News. She has reported from hot spots around the world, focusing on human rights abuses. In the last year, her work has helped lead to the president of the Maldives’ release from political imprisonment and to the commuting of Chelsea Manning’s sentence by President Obama. In the past six months alone, McFadden and her team have broken dozens of national security stories relating to Russian involvement in the US election, terrorism, and Yemen. Prior to NBC, she reported for twenty years for ABC News, the last ten of which as co-anchor of Nightline. A summa cum laude graduate of Bowdoin, she holds a JD degree from the Columbia University School of Law. Her work has been honored with Emmy, Peabody, duPont, and Foreign Press awards, among others.
Harriet Fisher ’17 and Marina Affo ’17 will moderate the discussion and facilitate questions from the audience.
Space is limited. Advance registration is required. One ticket per person.
TO REGISTER, GO TO BOWDO.IN/FREE-PRESS
On Campus Event: Watson Fellowship Info Session, Wed. 3/29 @ Noon
Watson Fellowship Info Session
Wed. March 29 12:00-1:00
Moulton Union Chamberlain Room
The Watson Fellowship is a one-year grant for independent study and travel outside the United States awarded to graduating college seniors nominated by participating institutions.
Bowdoin ES majors Teona Williams, and David Bruce received the Watson Fellowship in 2012 and 2013.