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ContentDepartment Meetings and Seminars
Meetings:
Monday, November 17, 3pm, B32 Warren - Field Meeting
Seminars:
Friday, November 21, 3pm, B32 Warren - CaRDI Future of Rural NY Seminar
Promotions, Awards, Grants and Honors
Publications
CaRDI Publications
Presentations and Recent Travels
Workshops and Conferences
Professional Grant Development Workshop
THE EIGHTH INSTITUTE FOR QUALITATIVE AND MULTI-METHOD RESEARCH
Job Opportunities
CALS Career Development Newsletter
USAID Careers
NASULGC Careers
Academic Careers Online
Farmscape Position
ASA SOCIOLOGY OF POPULATION SECTION
Ithaca College
Junior Faculty Positions in Demography
Student Activities
New Course
Fellowships, Internships and Other Funding Opportunities
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies - Funding
NYU Academic Diversity Fellowship Opportunities
Non-Dept. Seminars
CSS
Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology
Call for Papers, Abstracts and Panels
Call for Papers:The Sixth AnnualSOCIAL THEORY FORUM
Miscellaneous News
MPA ESP Information Session
Mann Library GIS Event
Department Meetings and Seminars
To View the entire schedule of Department meetings and seminars, please click here. This schedule is frequently updated.
Monday, November 17, 3pm, B32 Warren - Field Meeting
Seminars:
Friday, November 21, 3pm, B32 Warren - CaRDI Future of Rural NY Seminar entitled: Transportation: A Critical Issue in Fostering Healthy Communities and Economies. The seminar will feature a panel of speakers, including Yael Levitte and Maralyn Edid from ILR, Chrispohia Somerfeldt from CCE Tompkins County, and Tim O'Hearn, County Administrator from Schuyler County.
Promotions, Awards, Grants and Honors
CaRDI Publications: All CaRDI publications are available on the CaRDI website at http://www.cardi.cornell.edu.
- Gas Drilling in NYS: Riches or Ruin for Landowners and Communities?
- The Economic Significance of the Not-for-Profit Sector
- Community Attitudes Toward Scientific Research
- Community Response to Immigrants in New Destinations
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In early October, Issue #22 of our Rural New York Minute series was released, entitled "Gas Drilling in NYS: Riches or Ruin for Landowners and Communities?" by Rod Howe and David L. Kay, Cornell University.
This month we published our 23rd issue of the Minute, entitled "The Economic Significance of the Not-for-Profit Sector", by David L. Kay, Cornell University.
In mid-October, Issue #22 of our Research & Policy Brief Series was released, entitled "Community Attitudes Toward Scientific Research", by Katherine A. McComas (Cornell University), John C. Besley (University of South Carolina), and Zheng “Janet” Yang (Cornell University).
We will release our 23rd issue of the Brief in mid-November, entitled "Community Response to Immigrants in New Destinations", by Max J. Pfeffer and Pilar A. Parra, Cornell University.
Professional Grant Development Workshop
Master the techniques of writing superior and winning proposals
Proposal Writing I – December 3rd – 5th, 2008
To be held at:
The City College of New York
138th St. & Convent Avenue
Sponsored by: The Grant Training Center. Online at: http://www.granttrainingcenter.com This intensive three-day grant proposal workshop is geared for: 1) those who wish to strengthen their grant writing skills and 2) beginners who wish to acquire and master the techniques of preparing, writing and winning proposals from various funding agencies. The center of attention will be on how to effectively tell the story that leads to funding, be it for the researcher in the sciences and social sciences, educator and non-profit professional.
Participants Will Learn How To:
• Comprehend the diversity of the grant funding community
• Research and identify potential funding sources
• Create the right fit with the funding agency
• Address the guidelines of proposals
• Identify and effectively write the key elements of a proposal
• Integrate each component of the grant into the final product
• Develop focused and realistic budgets
• Package professional grants submissions
Space is limited, and since this class fills-up quickly, it is on a first-come-first serve basis. Workshop fee: $595.00, including tuition, materials, certificate of completion, and continental breakfast. Rebate of $50.00 per person is given for two or more registrants from the same organization. Click here to register http://www.granttrainingcenter.com/ To register by phone or for more information call (866)-704-7268.
THE EIGHTH INSTITUTE FOR QUALITATIVE AND MULTI-METHOD RESEARCH, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, MAY 25 -JUNE 10, 2009The Consortium on Qualitative Research Methods (CQRM) is pleased to announce the eighth Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research.The institute seeks to enable students to create and critique methodologically sophisticated qualitative research designs, including case studies, tests of necessity or sufficiency, and narrative or interpretive work. It will explore the techniques, uses, strengths, and limitations of these methods, while emphasizing their relationships with alternative approaches. Topics include research design, concept formation, methods of structured and focused comparisons of cases,typological theory, case selection, process tracing, comparative historical analysis, congruence testing, path dependency, interpretivism, counter factual analysis, interview and field research(including archival) techniques, necessary and sufficient conditions,fuzzy set methods, and philosophy of science issues relevant to qualitative research. Attendees will receive constructive feedback on their own qualitative research designs, and the course will also include master class discussions led by the authors of well known works which employ qualitative methods. Examples will be drawn from exemplary research in international relations, comparative politics, and American politics.The schedule and reading list from the seventh annual institute,available on the CQRM website at:http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/moynihan/programs/cqrm/institute.html,indicates the range of the issues to be covered. Please note, however,that this syllabus will be revised for the eighth institute, and should be viewed with this in mind. CQRM member institutions will use their own meritocratic criteria toselect students or junior faculty to attend the institute, and should notify CQRM of their choices by February 13, 2009. Students, fellows and junior faculty who are not sure if they will be selected, or who attend non-member organizations, should apply directly to CQRM using the form available at this link:http://survey.maxwell.syr.edu/Survey.aspx?s=5bfb265123954e9eb2a7cbbf46d13707. Open pool applications must be received by November 15, 2008.Applicants will be notified of the outcome by December 9, 2008. CQRM will cover the costs of tuition, lodging, and meals for successful applicants. Attendees will be responsible for their own transportation costs to and from Syracuse University. Participants for the institute will arrive on Monday, May 25, and depart late Tuesday June 9, or anytime on Wednesday June 10, 2009. The seminar will meet daily, beginning on Tuesday, May 26, with some break days to be announced. The final meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 9. The 2009 Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research will be the first to be held at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University, and consequently to be scheduled for a summer time slot. We anticipate that the move to Maxwell will bring several advantages. First, the Moynihan Institute and the Maxwell School are providing substantial long-term support for further broadening our activities. Second, the institute was previously bracketed by New Years Day and the beginning of the Arizona State University Spring semester, limiting us to two weeks. By moving to the summer, we will be able to have a longer and more flexible timetable. Third, in recent years we have seen a very substantial increase in participation by attendees from European universities, and this move significantly reduces the travel distance for those students.Finally, the move to a venue with the standing and reputation of the Maxwell School is further recognition of the institute's growing national and international prominence.
Job Opportunities
CALS Career Development Newsletter, "CALS Jobs, Internships, and Events", is now available on line at: http://www.cals.cornell.edu/cals/current/career/newsletter/
USAID Careers link (http://www.usaid.gov/careers/applicant.html)
NASULGC Careers - NASULGC is the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges.
Academic Careers Online, since 1998, is an academic job site where universities and colleges in the US, Canada, and around the globe, advertise faculty, adjunct, post doc, library, endowed chairs, administrative and senior management jobs. There is no charge for our applicant services. You can: (1) Search current job openings (and remember, new ones are added daily), (2) Post your resume for employers to review, and/or (3) Receive e-mail alerts when matching jobs are posted. To search jobs and/or open an applicant account at Academic Careers Online then select "Applicants Enter Here." Your resume will be visible within seconds to employers. If you are part of a search committee you can also post your job opening.
Farmscape Position - RURAL SOCIOLOGIST / AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIST
Farmscape Ecology Program, Hawthorne Valley Farm, Ghent, NY 12075.
We are looking for a rural sociologist/agricultural economist (or someone with a similar background and research interest) to join our small, farm-based research and outreach program. The Farmscape Ecology Program conducts research in Columbia County, New York to understand the past, present and future of agrarian land use in our landscape. Our goal is to help farmers and the general public better understand this aspect of their surroundings and hence consider it more consciously. As such, we undertake primary research and share the results directly via place-based outreach including reports, articles, walks, talks and workshops. There is more about our program at www.hawthornevalleyfarm.org/fep. The Hawthorne Valley Association, of which we are part, is an educational non-profit which includes a biodynamic production farm, a Waldorf School, a Visiting Students Program, and a Learning Center. For more on the Association and its components, see www.hawthornevalleyassociation.org/. The applicant would be expected to help us explore the socio-economic aspects of current and historical land use in our semi-rural (albeit suburbanizing) county with a particular focus on the role of agriculture and on anticipating future patterns. A particular interest is in understanding those factors that influence citizen connection to the landscape and hence to land use therein. We expect the applicant to develop their own research agenda and outreach program based on their interests and these general goals. Responsibilities would also include helping to mentor the students and volunteers who assist us with our work. We are looking for someone with at least a Master’s Degree or equivalent life experience in a related field. Familiarity with research techniques, ability to communicate with a diversity of people, grant and report writing skills, and knowledge of the relevant computer programs (e.g., word processing, work sheets, statistical analysis, mapping) are desired. This is a full-time job based on a five-day week with occasional weekend and evening activities. We have dedicated funding available for this position through mid-2011, but would hope to work together to extend that funding. The Program’s primary sources of income are grants, donations, and consulting. Salary is $30,000 - $36,000/yr plus benefits depending on experience. We are also open to collaborative arrangements with graduate students interested in pursuing their studies and subsequently working with us. Interested individuals should send a resume including a summary of research interests to Dr. Conrad Vispo at fep@taconic.net or c/o Farmscape Ecology Program, Hawthorne Valley Farm, Ghent, NY 12075. For more information contact us as per the above or call us at 518 781 0243.
ASA SOCIOLOGY OF POPULATION SECTION - JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Week of November 14, 2008
- University of North Dakota
- University of Missouri
- City University of New York
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1. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
University of North Dakota-Department of Sociology is seeking applicants for a tenure track Assistant Professor of Sociology beginning August 16, 2009. Teaching areas should include some combination of Diversity in American Society, Aging, Population, Research Methods and Introduction to Sociology. Courses in the candidate=s specialty will also be considered. Candidates are expected to have a Ph.D. in Sociology or evidence of its completion before appointment. Evidence of excellence or promise of excellence in teaching effectiveness and research is required. The candidate will teach undergraduate and graduate courses, maintain an active research program and provide service to the university and the discipline. Salary dependent upon qualifications. The University of North Dakota, the state’s flagship university, offers opportunities to collaborate with an entrepreneurial team of social scientists affiliated with the Northern Plains Center for Behavioral Research, the Center for Rural Health, the Social Science Research Center and the Center for Conflict Resolution. Regular teaching load is five courses per year. Send letter of application, statement of teaching and research philosophy, teaching evaluations, current vita, sample publications and three letters of reference to: Kathleen A. Tiemann, Chairperson, Sociology Department, 225 Centennial Drive Stop 7136, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202-7136. Review of applications will begin November 1, 2008 and continue until the position is filled. Applications accepted by mail only. The University of North Dakota is an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
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2. UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
Millsap Professorship of Diversity in Human Development and Family Studies
The Department of Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS) at the University of Missouri is recruiting for the endowed Millsap Professorship of Diversity in (HDFS). The department emphasizes diversity and seeks a productive scholar who specializes in diversity issues related to human development and/or family studies. The applicant should have demonstrated success in conducting an externally funded program of research and merit appointment at the rank of Associate or Full Professor, with tenure. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. in HDFS or a related social and behavioral science. Duties include maintaining an active program of research; applying for external funding; providing leadership on diversity issues on campus and in the community; and teaching and advising graduate and undergraduate students. Salary is commensurate with experience, and the position includes supplemental monetary support for scholarly activities. HDFS does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, disability, status as disabled veteran or veteran of the Vietnam era, or sexual orientation. Review of applications will begin January 15, 2009 and will continue until the position is filled. Send a cover letter addressing qualifications and interests, vitae, reprints, and 3 letters of reference to: Mark Fine, Ph.D., Millsap Search Committee Chair; Dept. of Human Development and Family Studies; 410 Gentry Hall; University of Missouri; Columbia, MO 65211; finem@missouri.edu; 573-884-6301.
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3. CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
The City University of New York has embarked on an initiative to create a program in demographic research and training of the highest quality. Towards that end, we now have the University-wide CUNY Institute for Demographic Research (CIDR), located at Baruch College, and have committed to hiring ten new demography faculty, several of whom are already on board, to supplement our substantial existing core of demographers. Currently, we're conducting two searches, for which I'd like your help in identifying appropriate candidates. The faculty positions for which we're searching are:
- Family Demography (with some background in survey research) – Baruch College, School of Public Affairs, Assistant Professor
- Social Demography – Queens College, Department of Sociology, Assistant/early Associate Professor
Complete position announcements and contact information are available on our web site: www.cuny.edu/cidrjobs
Ithaca College - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - GLOBAL/INTERNATIONAL: Ithaca College's Department of Sociology invites applications for a tenure-eligible, assistant professor, to begin Fall 2009. We seek a colleague with culturally and academically diverse interests and commitments to teach courses with global/international foci; we're seeking a fit with department strengths in inequalities, culture, and social justice. Candidates who employ critical/creative analyses and those with public sociology orientations/interests are especially encouraged. The position requires a rotation in one (or more) of Sociological Theory, Research Methods, and/or Introduction to Sociology. Ph.D. in Sociology is required by time of appointment. The ideal applicant will have a clear interest in teaching along with supervising undergraduate research and learning in a liberal arts environment. The department's goal is to encourage students to integrate a wide range of social issues. We are 12 diverse faculty, committed to refining our ! approaches to teaching and research. Interested applicants should apply online (www.icjobs.org) and attach a cover letter and CV (initially this is all we require). Questions about the online application should be directed to the Office of Human Resources at (607) 274 1207. Review of applications will begin November 30, 2008 and will continue until the position is filled. Ithaca College is committed to building a diverse academic community and encourages members of underrepresented groups to apply. Experience that contributes to the diversity of the college is appreciated.
Junior Faculty Positions in Demography - Two Tenure Track Junior Faculty Positions in Demographyfor Fall 2009 City University of New York’s (CUNY) newly established Institute for Demographic Research (CIDR)
Deadline for Applications: Open until filled. Review of Applications begins 18 November and 25 November
To apply go to: www.cuny.edu/cidrjobs
Baruch College, CUNY, School of Public Affairs. Appointment will be made at the Assistant Professor level. Candidates must have expertise in family demography. Preference will be given to candidates with a doctorate in either demography, sociology, public policy, or some other allied discipline; a demonstrated record of explicitly demographically-oriented publication and grantsmanship (or potential thereof); hands-on experience with survey data analysis, development, or implementation; and an ability to teach courses in demography and some aspects of survey research. See the above URL for more information and instructions on how to apply. Open until filled with review of applications to begin November 18, 2008.
Queens College, CUNY, Department of Sociology. Appointment at Assistant or early Associate Professor. The department will consider highly qualified candidates in all areas of social demography. Candidates must show promise of excellence in research, including a well-defined research program and some scholarly publications, as well as excellence in and commitment to teaching. See the above URL for more information and instructions on how to apply. Open until filled with review of applications to begin November 25, 2008. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in hand at time of appointment. To apply, go to : www.cuny.edu/cidrjobs.
Student ActivitiesNew Course -Tomorrow's Nature: Critiques and Constructions of Market Logic in Environmental Governance, DSOC 6940/DNR 6940, Spring, 2009,Wed. 1l:30-1:00, 304 Fernow (2 Credits). To view the poster, click here.
NYU Postdoctoral and Transition Program for Academic Diversity
The Program New York University (NYU) is dedicated to ensuring that its scholarly community is ready to compete in a global world and is enriched by individuals who, through their different races and ethnicities, gender identities, age, abilities, political beliefs, economic status, and sexual orientation, contribute to an intellectually challenging and inclusive educational environment. To that end, NYU has created the NYU Postdoctoral and Transition Program for Academic Diversity fellowship program to support promising scholars and educators from different backgrounds, races, ethnic groups, and other diverse groups whose life experience, research experience, and employment background will contribute significantly to academic excellence at NYU.Eligibility The fellowship program is open to all areas of study at the University. U.S. citizens or permanent residents who are from the following three categories may apply:
- Graduate students in the final year of their dissertation
- Postdoctoral students who have completed their dissertation within the last three years
- Professionals transitioning to academic careers (for those in fields for which the doctorate is not the terminal degree)
Awards NYU will award five in-residence fellowships in 2009. The two-year appointments, which begin September 2009 and end August 2011, have a possibility of a third-year extension. Graduate students in the final year of their dissertation must make significant progress toward the dissertation. Fellows teach a maximum of one course per semester. Stipends and Allowances Fellows receive an annual stipend of $40,000 as well as allowances for housing ($20,000), research ($2,000), and one-time relocation ($3,000). The University also provides a medical and dental benefits package. Application Procedure Application Procedure Required application materials include (1) a fellowship application; (2) a curriculum vitae; (3) a statement of research and goals; (4) a personal statement detailing the reasons for applying for the fellowship; (5) three letters of reference from individuals familiar with your scholarly or creative work; and (6) one of the following: a dissertation abstract (postdoctoral applicants), a dissertation proposal (doctoral students), or a statement of how your professional experience prepares you for a faculty position (professionals). Incomplete submissions will not be accepted. All materials must be received by January 15, 2009. Applications will be reviewed as they are received. Awards will be announced on March 15, 2009. The fellowship application and instructions for submission are available here. NYU Postdoctoral & Transition Program for Academic Diversity Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Development 70 Washington Square South, #1230 New York, NY 10012.
New York University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity institution.
Non-Dept. Seminars
CSS - “The influence of winter field cover on spring nitrous oxide emissions”presented by Ranae Dietzel MS Candidate, Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University AND “Yield of corn strip-cropped with soybean under variable population and nitrogen rates” presented by Clay MitchellMS/PhD Student, Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University, Thursday, November 20, 2008 12:20 – 1:10 pm 135 Emerson Hall.Abstract Dietzel: Agriculture is responsible for 60% of anthropogenic emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), a harmful agent of climate change. A majority of this N2O is emitted during spring soil thawing. In this study, I examined the influence of two winter field covers, snow and winter rye, on soil temperatures and subsequent spring N2O emissions in a NY field. Field measurements were followed by a soil freeze-thaw simulation that focused on the effect of slower thaw rates on N2O fluxes and tracked changes in N2O / N2 ratios during thawing. The occurrence of a freeze-thaw cycle, the absence of field cover, and slower thawing rates led to increases in N2O fluxes. N2O / N2 ratios exhibited dramatic and unexpected behavior during soil thawing. These results have climate change implications and provide a basis for field management recommendations.Abstract Mitchell: Increased nitrogen costs require agronomic practices that increase corn (Zea mays L.) yields without losing the benefits of rotation. Recent availability of corn and soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] sharing the same herbicide tolerance, and automated navigation systems for agricultural machines with sub-inch accuracy make strip intercropping the two species a costless alternative to monocropping for large-scale farms possessing these technologies. Objectives of this research were to determine the effects of strip intercropping on corn yields, and to identify interactions with row position, plant populations, and nitrogen rates. Treatments consisted of row position, three plant populations (58 000, 80 000, and 108 000 seeds ha-1), and four N rates applied at four row positions within the corn strips (0, 90, 130, and 160 kg N ha-1). Population was randomly assigned to 260 m subplots within each of the four strips. Nitrogen rate was randomly assigned within each subplot to subunits consisting of a set of 3 adjacent rows.
Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology Fall 2008 Seminar Series, Wednesday, November 19, 2008. Omer Frenkel, PP&P-MB, Cornell University, “Ecological, epidemiological and genetical characterization of fungi causing Ascochyta blight in wild and domesticated Cicer spp.” 12:20 PM, H. H. Whetzel Seminar Room, 404 Plant Science Bldg.
Call for Papers, Abstracts and Panels
Call for Papers: The Sixth Annual SOCIAL THEORY FORUM, April 8 and 9, 2009, University of Massachusetts Boston.
This year’s conference will explore the relationship between immigration and the changing cultural, political, and social landscape of the global North. The conference organizers seek papers that use thick descriptions and rigorous analyses of the dynamics of immigration, especially to re-examine some of the guiding assumptions and core propositions of modern social theory. We seek papers that relate to any of the following themes.
- Immigration enforcement, national security and the debate over civil liberties/ human rights (before or after 9/11)
- Re-theorizing immigrant integration and cultural pluralism
- Becoming “white”, “black”… “American”…or not? The politics of racial/cultural assimilation and identity construction among immigrant populations
- Refugees, stateless peoples and the dynamics of marginality on the global stage
- Analyses of the legal discourse on immigrant/human rights and its consequences for paradigms of national sovereignty
- The impact of immigrant incarceration and deportation on immigrant communities
- Transnational migrant communities and ethnic diasporas
- The new immigration and the transformation of citizenship
- The racialization of new immigrant populations
- Patterns in social inequality/stratification that revolve around differences in legal status between immigrants, temporary workers, unauthorized migrants and citizens
- Immigration and new social movements
- Theorizing the nation, the border, and the meaning of “security”
- Immigration and the social construction of gender, race, class and sexuality
- Immigration policy and strategies of governance: neoliberalism, popular nationalism and other variations
- The discursive construction of immigration as a “social problem”
- Immigrant labor markets and the global economy: centers and peripheries
The conference will feature both invited and submitted papers and presentations, as well as audiovisual materials. Please send a one-page abstract or proposals as email attachment (MS Word Format) to Jorge.Capetillo@umb.edu or Glenn.Jacobs@umb.edu by January 15, 2009. Upon selection and notification of approval by the organizing committee, submitters must send completed presentation paper manuscripts (around 12-15 pages, preferably double-spaced in Times 12 typeface) by March 15, 2008. We are in the process of securing a publishing venue for selected papers. As in prior years, the papers will be peer-reviewed by anonymous referees for possible publication. Details will be announced before the conference.
Co-organizers: Glenn Jacobs, Associate Professor of Sociology, UMass Boston, glenn.jacobs@umb.edu
Jorge Capetillo-Ponce, Associate Professor of Sociology, UMass Boston, jorge.capetillo@umb.edu
Philip Kretsedemas, Assistant Professor of Sociology, UMass Boston
Siamak Movahedi, Professor of Sociology, UMass Boston, siamak.movahedi@umb.edu
About the Social Theory Forum
Department of Sociology
University of Massachusetts, Boston
The Social Theory Forum (STF) is an annual conference organized jointly by the sociology and other departments, interested faculty and students at University of Massachusetts Boston, in order to creatively explore, develop, promote, and publish cross-disciplinary social theory in an applied and critical framework. STF offers faculty and students of UMass Boston and other area colleges and universities an interactive medium to discuss various aspects of the way in which particular theoretical traditions can be relevant to present everyday issues, as well as to the current state and the future of social theory.
STF’s goals are:
- To critically engage with and evaluate classical and contemporary social theories in a cross-disciplinary and comparative cross-cultural framework in order to develop new integrative theoretical structures and practices;
- To foster individual and collective self-reflexivity in exploring social theories in global and world-historical contexts to aid people effectively address social problems;
- To foster an interactive and dialogical learning experience and research in theory within and across faculty, students, and community divides on and off campus; and
- To foster exchange of ideas open to constructive and integrative exploration of diverse and conflicting viewpoints, modes of thinking, and world-views.
Correspondence address: Attn.: Social Theory Forum, Department of Sociology, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125
Miscellaneous News
MPA ESP Information Session - You are cordially invited to attend an information session about the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program on December 4th at Columbia University to find out how this 12-month MPA ESP program's hands-on approach to teaching policy combines innovative thinking about the environment and sustainable development and will give you the practical tools needed to pursue a career in environmental management and sustainable development. This information session will also give you the opportunity to learn about the application process, upcoming deadlines, as well as details about the courses. You will also be able to speak with the faculty and a few graduates of the program. When: Thursday, December 4th, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Where: Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, Room 1501 Refreshments will be served. RSVP: ael2130@columbia.eduIf you are unable to attend the Information Session, please call our office to speak to a program representative. Please pass on this message to others who may be interested in this exciting program. Our application is available online at: http://redir.targetx.com/cgi-bin/email/redir.cgi?id=0000558599-86800553Application deadlines: Fellowship consideration deadline: January 15; Final application deadline: February 15 For more information, please call 212-854-3142, e-mail: ael2130@columbia.edu, or visit: http://redir.targetx.com/cgi-bin/email/redir.cgi?id=0000558600-86800553Mann Library GIS Event -Mann Library will be hosting GIS Day events Wednesday, November 19th: http://www.mannlib.cornell.edu/services/reference/GIS/gisday2008.cfm
This year's GIS Day will feature geocaching, a poster/demo session, and a keynote talk by Ann Forsyth, professor in Cornell's department of City and Regional Planning.