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"As scientists and engineers, you have knowledge and expertise critical to policy debates in Congress."
     -- Sen. Tom Harkin

courses

Spring 2007 -- Professional Ethics for Environmental Scientists
ECL 290, CRN 34612
2 units, Fridays, 11:30-1:30, 2342 Storer Hall

Discuss issues in professional ethics with students in a seminar setting before you actually are confronted with them in real life. Led by Professor Ed Caswell Chen and Carole Hom, with contributions from other faculty. Enrollment limited to 20 students; no other restrictions on enrollment. Contact Carole Hom (clhom@ucdavis.edu) for more information.

Fall 2005 -- Biological Invasions IGERT Core Course
PBG 250A, CRN 53479, MW 1:10-3:00, 2342 Storer Hall.
Coordinated by Professor Don Strong. Required of all Biological Invasions IGERT long-term fellows, open to all students. Contact Carole Hom (clhom@ucdavis.edu) for more information.

Winter 2006 -- Biological Invasions: Historical Perspectives and Implications for Society, Policy, and Law

HIS 298, 4 units, CRN 78269, T Th 10:30am-12:30pm, 2320 Storer Hall

Coordinated by Professor Louis Warren. Required of all Biological Invasions IGERT long-term fellows, open to all students, and highly recommended for other UC Davis students who wish to apply for IGERT long-term fellowship support. Contact Carole Hom (clhom@ucdavis.edu) for more information or see the course web page.

Spring 2004: Regulatory Frameworks: Potential Invasiveness of Genetically Engineered Crops in the USA and International Centers of Biodiversity
For more information (registration information, speaker and reading list), see the course web page.

symposia

Cattle ranchers and yellow star thistle

  • symposium, 21 September 2006, 3001 Plant and Environmental Sciences.

Gardens & Guppies: Working together to prevent introductions of invasive species via the horticulture and aquarium trades

21 September 2005, 8:30am - 5:00pm
Plant and Environmental Sciences Bldg, Room 3001, UC Davis

The symposium will provide a forum for leading academics, industry representatives, NGO staff, agency personnel, and students to discuss the issues of invasive species relating to the nursery and aquarium trades. The symposium is organized around the themes of student projects focused on imports of potentially invasive species by the aquarium and horticulture trades. Confirmed speakers include Jamie Reaser (Ecos Systems Institute), Sarah Reichard (University of Washington), Marshall Meyers (Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council), and students from the Biological Invasions IGERT.

Free registration. For more information, please see the symposium website, www.cpb.ucdavis.edu/bioinv/g&g.html

Angling for Solutions: Collaboration in Invasive Species Management

In 1994, state fish and game officials discovered a voracious invasive fish species, Northern Pike, in a reservoir in rural Plumas County. The department proposed applying pesticides to the lake, which provides drinking water to the nearby town of Portola, to get rid of the fish. Six UC Davis graduate students captured the story of this ongoing environmental conflict on film, and organized a symposium around the themes presented in the film.

The symposium features Mark Lubell, Mike McGinness, Ed Weber, Michael McCloskey, Bill Jennings, personnel from the California Department of Fish and Game, and members of the Portola community

Saturday, 2 April, 9am-4pm, 3001 PES

download a symposium schedule here

Biological Invasions and Biocultural Diversity:
an international symposium was held at University of California, Davis
Thursday, 24 April 2003 -- Sunday, 27 April 2003
See http://www.cpb.ucdavis.edu/bioinv/bibd.html for more information.

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