ANNOUNCEMENTS
"GREEN WEEK 2009"
19-21 October 2009 more details..
ECS Seminars
Wednesdays 12.00-1.00pm (Fall schedule)
Special Seminars
Dr. Michael Keller, NEON Chief of Science, Oct. 1st: "NEON: Enabling Research and Education in Continental Scale Ecology"
Marshall Johnson, Audubon Dakota, Oct. 13th: "Climate Change and Our way of life: History, Facts, Solutions"
Dr. Ari Jumpponen from Kansas State University Manhattan, Nov. 2nd: "Seasonally dynamic foliar fungal communities differ among urban and non-urban environments"
Dr. Michael Reed, Tufts University, Nov. 13th:"The Elvis Dilemma - How can you tell when a species has gone extinct?"
Dr. Stephen J. DeCanio, UC Santa Barbara, Nov. 16th: "Economics: Climate Change and Climate Stewardship - the economics and moral and ethical implications of responding to climate change"
Upcoming Courses- Fall 2009
Environmental Law & Policy - ECS 770 (more details)
Environmental Sociology - SOC 631
Advanced Conservation Biology - ZOO 750 (more details)
Work shops
STELLA dynamic modeling workshop, August 12-14 (more details)
Symposia / Meetings
Northern Plains Biological Symposium at NDSU in April
WELCOME TO NDSU ENVIRONMENTAL AND CONSERVATION SCIENCES GRADUATE PROGRAM
The Environmental and Conservation Sciences Graduate Program is an interdisciplinary program which builds on established research strengths across several colleges. ECS provides a collaborative framework to integrate research and education across disciplines to resolve complex environmental issues facing North Dakota and our nation in the new century.
The ECS graduate program comprises an integrative curriculum that emphasizes the common ground shared by all sciences. There are two tracks; Conservation Biology and Environmental Sciences.
One cornerstone of this curriculum will be a regular "outreach" seminar series that will provide opportunity for students to interact with professionals "in the trenches." Local professionals as well as nationally recognized experts will provide seminars, workshops and mini-courses to ECS students. Some workshops will be offered via video-conference networks to increase opportunities for off-campus students. This series will help foster collaborations between NDSU and the regional community.