“Genetic and Epigenetic Mechanisms of Cell Fate Specification in the Arabidopsis root” will be presented by Dr. Hongchang Cui, Duke University, at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, February 20, 2008 in E228 Beadle Center. Open to the Public
The Walt Disney World Resort, will be recruiting on-campus for their College Program internship experience. This internship offers real-world work experience to students of all majors. Visit our website for more information, and attend either upcoming presentation being held in the Student Union: Tues, Feb 19 at 5:00 and Wed, Feb 20 at noon.
"Permanence and Transmission: Willa Cather's Entropology" Speaker: Guy Reynolds, Professor of English and Director, Cather Project, UNL. Reception begins at 3:00 p.m. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Center for Great Plains Studies.
Suddenly, it’s bioenergy - ethanol and biodiesel. Bioenergy to solve the climate change problem caused by greenhouse gases. Bioenergy to inject vitality into declining rural communities. Bioenergy to free us from international oil villains. But wait… Bioenergy will drive food prices up and starve the poor by appropriating the food supply for energy. Bioenergy will ruin our livestock sector. Bioenergy will deforest the tropics and desertify the plains. Bioenergy will benefit farm landowners, but no one else. And bioenergy will happen only with billions of dollars of subsidies - can we afford it? In this course, students will evaluate the prospects for biofuels in the context of climate change and the world energy market. Participants will first review climate change assessments and the relationship of climate change to world energy markets, and will then examine the potential role of biofuels in reducing carbon emissions. Issues to be addressed include the potential effects of biofuels on food security and on natural resource sustainability, and a comparison of biofuel subsidies versus carbon taxes in mitigating climate change. Participants will be expected to research and report on scientific studies, and to learn and utilize various approaches to cost-benefit evaluation of public policies. Our goal is not to resolve the difficult questions raised above, but help students to sharpen their ability to analyze them and perhaps to more effectively advocate world-saving choices.
“Development of Switchgrass into a Biomass Energy Crop,” will be presented by Dr. Ken Vogel, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m. The event is open to the public.
