Office of the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Message Archive

Monday April 13, 2015

 

This email is being sent to all members of the Baruch College faculty.

For an archive of announcements sent from the Associate Provost beginning June 2011, click here.

 

 

The Baruch Climate Change Seminar Speaker

Series

presents:

 

  

 

Baruch Faculty Climate Change

 

Research

featuring:

Professors Engle-Friedman, Mohan & Hallowell

 

Thursday, April 16^th from 2:30 to 4 p.m., NVC 14-285

 

Topics and Presenters

 

Baruch Students: Their Attitudes About Climate Change and Their Environmentally Sustainable Behaviors

Presented by Mindy Engle-Friedman – Department of Psychology

 

Prof. Engle-Friedman will discuss how Baruch students view issues of climate change and natural resources as well as the actions they are taking to protect our planet.

 

The Relationship Between Information Technology and Climate Change: Teaching and Research
Presented by Kannan Mohan – Department of Statistics and Computer Information Systems

Prof. Mohan will discuss questions that connect IT to climate change: How does IT contribute to climate change? What solutions used in practice mitigate the negative impact of IT on climate change? How does IT reduce the negative impact of other business processes on climate change?

 

Journalistic Responsibility: A  Look at the Lesser Known Sides of Climate Change
Presented by Christopher Hallowell –Department of Journalism

Prof. Hallowell will discuss the subtler societal impacts of climate change often ignored by the press.

  

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITH RSVP

Light refreshments will be served.

 

Location: Newman Vertical Campus 55 Lexington Ave. @ 25th St., Room 14-285

RSVP: Matthew.LePere@baruch.cuny.eduor 646-312-3231