ASHA: Fwd: Departmental announcement-Please circulate

[vineeta yadav <vyadav@students.wisc.edu>]

> >Dear Madison Ecology Community:
> >
> >Please join us for the Madison Ecology Group's Fifth Annual Ecology
> >Symposium, September 16 and 17.  We pleased to announce this year's
> >keynote speaker, Dr. John Wiens, University Distinguished Professor at
> >Colorado State University. Dr. Wiens is a leading landscape ecologist of
> >national and international renown.
> >
> >Dr. Wiens' Thursday evening lecture is entitled, "Science versus Advocacy:
> >the Lessons of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill". This year marks the tenth
> >anniversary of the supertanker disaster. The talk will review the extent
> >of ecological recovery and consider how scientists and environmental
> >advocates measure an accident's "impact" and its "recovery."
> >
> >At the Friday Symposium 8 UW-Madison professors, representing natural and
> >social science departments, will speak briefly about their on-going
> >research.  Dr. Weins will conclude the Symposium with a lecture entitled
> >"Heterogeneity and Scaling in Ecological Landscapes: The Proper Focus for
> >Global Change Research?"
> >
> >The Thursday evening lecture will begin at 7:00. The Friday afternoon
> >Symposium will take place from 1:00 to 4:00. Both events will occur in the
> >Wisconsin State Historical Society Auditorium.
> >
> >Refreshments will be served.
> >
> >Please join colleagues and friends of the Madison Ecology Group for
> >this event.
> >
> >
> >Michelle Steen
> >Institute for Environmental Studies
> >60 Science Hall
> >550 N. Park Street
> >Madison, WI 53706
> >608-258-8804
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