The George Perkins Marsh Institute announces a call for applications for The Albert, Norma and Howard Geller ’77 Endowed Research Awards. These awards support student-initiated research projects that advance our understanding of resource and environmental sustainability, and practical improvements that can move society toward more sustainable outcomes. Successful applications will balance originality with evidence of…
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Marsh Institute announces internship opportunities for summer 2013
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Call for student applications: Research awards for sustainability projects
The 2012-2013 Albert, Norma and Howard Geller ’77 Endowed Research Awards for Projects Relating to Sustainability The George Perkins Marsh Institute announces a call for applications for The Albert, Norma and Howard Geller ’77 Endowed Research Awards. These awards support student-initiated research projects that advance our understanding of resource and environmental sustainability and practical improvements…
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Marsh lecture will examine natural hazards, livelihoods and vulnerabilities
George Perkins Marsh Institute and Jeanne X. Kasperson Library 2011-2012 Seminar Series presents “Natural Hazards, Livelihoods, and Vulnerabilities: A Case of Taiwan Mountain Regions” featuring Elaine Lin, Visiting Research Scientist George Perkins Marsh Institute Thursday, Feb. 16; 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. Lurie Conference Room, University Center Seminars are open to all in the Clark community.…
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Marsh/Kasperson seminar series continues with Geller lecture: ‘Reversing Land Degradation in Western China”
The George Perkins Marsh Institute and Jeanne X. Kasperson Library Seminar Series continues on Thursday, Oct. 27 with the 2011-2012 Jeffrey Geller Endowed Lecture. It will be given by Jeffrey Bennett, Professor, Environmental Management and Development Program and Director, Environmental Economics Research Hub, Australian National University. He will speak about “Reversing Land Degradation in Western…
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Marsh Institute researchers preside over national economics conference
Director Robert Johnston of the Marsh Institute recently presided over the 2011 Joint Annual Meeting of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) and the Northeastern Agricultural and Resource and Economics Association (NAREA), of which he is president. The July conference, held in Pittsburgh, attracted over 1,200 participants. Along with traditional sessions, several special events…
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Biologist from the Census of Marine Life – Gulf of Maine Program to speak at Clark
Monday, April 18, 3 – 4 p.m. Grace Conference Room, Higgins University Center The Census of Marine Life was a global network of researchers in more than 80 nations engaged in a 10-year scientific initiative to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the oceans. The Census investigated life in the…
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Seminar examines links between human, animal and ecosystem health
Lead Poisoning Across Species Lines: Linking Human, Animal and Ecosystem Health Thursday, April 7; 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. Lurie Conference Room, Higgins University Center The last seminar of this year’s George Perkins Marsh Institute and Jeanne X. Kasperson Research Library seminar series will feature Mark A. Pokras, Associate Professor in Tufts University’s Department of Environmental…
