Events | Spring 2023

January

January 20 - LSU in the Galapagos Informational Meeting, Rm 2215, Energy Coast & Environment Building, 11 a.m.

January 25 - Dr. James Nguyen H. Spencer, Vice Provost & Dean of the Pinkie Gordon Lane Graduate School and Professor of Architecture, Dalton J Woods Auditorium, 1:30 p.m.
"Planning for Development in Global Deltas: Urbanization, Infrastructure and Community Participation"

January 27 - Coast & Environment Seminar, Dr. Chris D'Elia, Dean of CC&E and Professor of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences,
Dalton J Woods Auditorium, 11:30 a.m.
"The 1971 Symbios Expedition to Enewetak Atoll: A landmark team study of coral reef ecosystem metabolism"

February

February 3 - Coast & Environment Seminar, Dr. Kelly Sanks, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Tulane University,
Dalton J Woods Auditorium, 11:30 a.m.
“Past and Present Organic Carbon Accumulation in the Mississippi River Delta and its Implications for Restoration”

February 10 - Coast & Environment Seminar, Dr. Brent Thoma, Assistant Professor of Biology, Jackson State University,
Dalton J Woods Auditorium, 11:30 a.m.
"Marine Science at JSU: Progress and Challenges"

February 13 - King Cake Extravaganza, Energy Coast & Environment Building Rotunda, 1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m.

February 17 - Coast & Environment Seminar, Dr. Anthony Lupo, Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Missouri,
Dalton J Woods Auditorium, 11:30 a.m.
"Hurricane Ida: A Preview of the Future?"

February 24 - Coast & Environment Seminar, Dr. Chun Yang, Assistant Professor of Public Relations, LSU Manship School of Communications, Dalton J Woods Auditorium, 11:30 a.m.
“Experiencing infectious disease outbreaks: Information exposure, emotion, and emotion regulation”

February 25 - Eva Legard Spring Expo, Rotunda, Energy, Coast & Environment Building, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

February 28 - LSU in the Galapagos Informational Meeting - Rm 214, Foster Hall, 11 a.m.

March

March 3 - Coast & Environment Seminar, Sharon Lavigne, RISE St. James,
Dalton J Woods Auditorium, 11:30 a.m.
"David and Goliath"

March 24 - Dr. John Day, Professor Emeritus, LSU Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences
Dalton J Woods Auditorium, 11:30 a.m.
"The Coming Perfect Storm: Climate, Energy, Economics, and the Diminishing Sustainability of Modern Society"

March 28 - Dr. Hal Alper, Cockrell School of Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
Dalton J Woods Auditorium, 1 p.m.
"Metabolic Engineering and Synthetic Biology for a More Sustainable Future"

March 31 - Coast & Environment Seminar, Dalton J Woods Auditorium, 11:30 a.m.
Speaker TBA

April

April 6 - NCBI Training, an interactive controversial issues processing workshop. Get more information on our DEI page.
Morning Workshop: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Afternoon Workshop: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Dalton J Woods Auditorium - no registration required

April 14 - Coast & Environment Seminar, Dr. Kai Jensen, Universität Hamburg
Dalton J Woods Auditorium, 11:30 a.m.

April 19 - Graduate Student Symposium

April 21 - Coast & Environment Seminar, Dr. Walter Torres
Dalton J Woods Auditorium, 11:30 a.m.

April 28 - Coast & Environment Seminar, Dr. Olmo Zavala-Romero, Department of Scientific Computing, Florida State University,
Dalton J Woods Auditorium, 11:30 a.m.
“Convolutional Neural Networks For Data Assimilation In Ocean Models”

May

May 1 - Convocation