Most Fridays between 3 and 4 pm, the Department of Geography hosts a colloquium in Davis Hall, Room 121. The colloquia provide a comfortable setting for innovative researchers both internal and external to NIU to share their work with NIU faculty, graduate students and the broader public. Critical and constructive discussion is encouraged in these settings. Listed below is the colloquium schedule for fall 2008.
- September 5: Tornadogenesis and the Nature of Tornadoes by Dr. Paul Sirvatka (College of DuPage)
- September 12: The Feedback between Deforestation and Climate in Amazonia by Dr. Somnath Roy (University of Illinois- Urbana/Champaign)
- September 26: “The Microphysical and Radiative Properties of Tropical Cirrus Observed During TWP-ICE: Implications for Climate Studies by Dr. Greg McFarquhar (University of Illinois- Urbana/Champaign)
- October 10: Rescaling the ‘Alien’, Rescaling Personhood: Neoliberalism, Immigration, and the State by Dr. Monica Varsanyi (City University of New York)
- October 24: The Carbon Cycle and Climate Change by Dr. Atul Jain (University of Illinois- Urbana/Champaign)
- November 7: Emerging Water Quality Challenges Facing the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago: An Overview of the Issues and Associated Research by Dr. Thomas Granato (Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago)
- November 14: Climate/Vegetation Interactions Simulated in Global Models by Dr. Samuel Levis (National Center for Atmospheric Research)
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