{"id":9616,"date":"2010-01-27T12:29:48","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T16:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=9616"},"modified":"2011-05-31T12:37:58","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T16:37:58","slug":"coastal-perspectives-lecture-series-begins-feb-2-at-avery-point-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2010\/01\/coastal-perspectives-lecture-series-begins-feb-2-at-avery-point-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Coastal Perspectives Lecture Series Begins Feb. 2 at Avery Point Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Connecticut&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marinesciences.uconn.edu\/public.html\">Coastal Perspectives<\/a> Lecture Series begins Feb. 2. The series, hosted by UConn&#8217;s\u00a0 Department of Marine Sciences, is held annually during the spring semester and is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Lectures will be held on alternate Tuesday evenings at 7:30 p.m. at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.averypoint.uconn.edu\/avery_point\/index.htm\">Avery Point Campus<\/a>, in room 103 of the Marine Sciences Building. Coffee and light refreshments will be available at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The series is sponsored by UConn&#8217;s major in Coastal Studies and Connecticut Sea Grant.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s schedule:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feb. 2 <\/strong>\u201cBeluga Whales, The Arctic, and Climate Change\u201d<br \/>\nTracy Romano, senior vice president of research and zoological operations at Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feb. 16<\/strong> \u201cScientists and Sailors: SUBMARINE NR-1\u2019s Scientific Contributions\u201d<br \/>\nCommander John McGrath, officer in charge of Submarine NR-1<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 2<\/strong> \u201cIn The Same Net: The Ocean and Us\u201d<br \/>\nCarl Safina, founder of the Blue Ocean Institute and adjunct professor at Stony Brook University<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 16<\/strong> \u201cOcean: Our Water, Our World\u201d<br \/>\nDeborah Cramer, author and visiting scholar at MIT\u2019s Earth System Initiative<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 30<\/strong> \u201cFilm, Oceans, and Social Change\u201d<br \/>\nJennifer Galvin, scientist, educator, entrepreneur, and global health and environmental filmmaker with Reelblue LLC<\/p>\n<p><strong>*April 13 <\/strong>\u201cStaying Dry and Paying for It: Symposium on the Costs of Coastal Living in a Changing Climate\u201d<br \/>\nModerator: W. Frank Bohlen, professor, UConn Department of Marine Sciences<br \/>\nPanelists:\u00a0 E. Zell Steever,\u00a0 chairman, Town of Groton Task Force on Climate Change<br \/>\nTodd Fake, research sssociate, UConn Department of Marine Sciences<br \/>\nJames Edson, sssociate professor, UConn Department of Marine Sciences<br \/>\nThomas Sullivan, commissioner, State of Connecticut Department of Insurance<br \/>\n*Symposium\/panel to be held in Branford House<\/p>\n<h4>For more information:<\/h4>\n<p>Lisa Hastings, 860-405-9262<\/p>\n<p>For other UConn news, follow us on Twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/UCToday\">UC Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Connecticut&#8217;s Coastal Perspectives Lecture Series begins Feb. 2. The series, hosted by UConn&#8217;s\u00a0 Department of Marine Sciences, is held annually during the spring semester and is free and open to the public. 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