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"Made in China," a four-part lecture series sponsored by School of Earth Sciences and the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford, explores the consequences of rapid modernization and burgeoning population growth in China. The first lecture took place Dec. 4; the remaining three will take at 7 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium on Jan. 23, Feb. 13 and March 6. Free and open to the public.
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2006/november29/china-112906.html
Chris Edwards, an associate professor of mechanical engineering and the John Henry Samter University Fellow in Undergraduate Education, discussed techniques and philosophy during a Nov. 30 "Award-Winning Teachers on Teaching" talk. Edwards conducts research into advanced combustion and propulsion systems and teaches sophomores in E 30 (Engineering Thermodynamics), juniors and seniors in ME 140 (Advanced Thermal Systems) and graduate students in ME 370B (Energy Systems II).
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2006/december6/edwards-120606.html
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'Oil and War' First Topic of Energy SeminarJan. 10, 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m., Building 260-113.
Amos Nur, Stanford Department of Geophysics, will discuss "Oil and War: Oil Peak vs. Oil Panic," at the first seminar on Jan. 10.
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Who Killed the Electric Car?Jan. 16, 5:30 p.m., Cubberly Auditorium.
Environmental Forum Kicks Off Jan. 18 with Climate-Change LectureJan 18, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Goldman Conference Room, 4th floor, Encina Hall West
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Working Solutions e-News provides highlights of activities and events from Stanford's university-wide Initiative on the Environment & Sustainability. It is distributed the first week of each month during the school year. Submissions are due on the 15th of each month. For more information, please see woods.stanford.edu, or contact us at environment@stanford.edu
The Energy Seminar, cross-listed as CEE301 and Energy 301: The Energy Seminar, will run Wednesdays, 4:15 to 5:15 p.m., in Building 260-113. Students are eligible to take the Energy Seminar for credit multiple times.
Film showing of "Who Killed the Electric Car?" and discussion by Sarah Lochlann Jain, Cultural and Social Anthropology Department, and David Kirsch, University of Maryland. We welcome also Chelsea Sexton, actor and star of the film. Snacks will be provided and t shirts to the first 100 people! Sponsored by the Program in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology; free and open to the public.
The Woods Environmental Forum for Winter Quarter kicks off Thursday, Jan. 18, with a lecture by MIT's Michael Greenstone on, "Climate Change, Mortality, and Adaptation: Evidence from Annual Fluctuations in Weather in the U.S." The forum brings in six visiting scholars each quarter to address interdisciplinary environmental faculty and IPER students. Most presentations take place from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Thursdays in the Goldman Conference Room, 4th floor, Encina Hall West. Future forums will address California coastal issues (Feb. 8) and the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta (Feb. 15). Space is limited.