YIBS 1999-2000 Annual Report

V.  SPONSORED PROGRAMS AND SEMINARS

The Society for Conservation Biology
1999-2000 YIBS Support for Spring Seminar Series

Speaker:  David Olson	World Wide Fund for Nature
Speaker:  Peter Seligmann	Conservation International
Speaker:  James Leape	World Wide Fund for Nature
Speaker:  George Hall	Woods Hole Oceanographic Research Center

 

Symposium on “Molecular Approaches to Conservation”
Presented at the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution meeting in June – 2000

This symposium was sponsored by the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies and the World Wildlife Conservation Society and was organized by Dr. Gisella Caccone, Director of the ECOSAVE Conservation Genetics Laboratory and by Dr. George Amato of the World Wildlife Conservation Society.

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VI.  COURSES

STEV 110b/EEB 110b, Environmental Studies – Rob Dorit
An introduction to environmental studies.  Concepts include demography, complexity, risk assessment, and interaction.  Case studies include emerging infectious disease, the design of conservation areas, and global warming.  Emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches to environmental issues.

STEV 205b^G/MCDB 150 b^G, Global Problems of Population Growth – Robert Wyman
The worldwide population explosion in its human, environmental, and economic dimensions.  Sociobiological bases of reproductive behavior.  Population history and the cause of demographic change. Interactions of population growth with economic development and environmental alteration.  Political, religious, and ethical issues surrounding fertility; human rights and the status of women.

STEV 466b, Multidisciplinary Approaches to Managing Earth and Its Resources.  Gordon Geballe, Mary Helen Goldsmith (in charge)
An introduction to the techniques, methods of analysis, and interpretation of data that different disciplines apply to investigating global environmental concerns.  In preparation for designing their senior research projects, students work on cooperative projects during the term.

STEV 496a or b, Senior Research Project and Colloquium – Steven Stoll and Staff
Research projects under the supervision of members of the faculty.  Students are encouraged to undertake projects that not only meet the requirements of their primary majors, but that provide substantial opportunity for multidisciplinary work on environmental problems. Throughout the year, students meet at intervals to discuss their progress with their peers and the faculty.  During the spring term of their junior year, Studies in the Environment majors must submit a written proposal for their senior project for approval.  Prior to this, students should consult with the adviser of their research project and the directors of undergraduate studies in both majors about the design of the project.

G&G 362b^G, Observing the Earth From Space – Ronald Smith
A practical introduction to satellite image analysis of the Earth’s surface.  Topics include the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation, satellite-borne radiometers, data transmission and storage, computer image analysis, the merging of satellite imagery with GIS and applications to weather and climate, oceanography, surficial geology, ecology and epidemiology, forestry, agriculture, archaeology, and watershed management.  Preference to undergraduates in Geology and Geophysics, Anthropology, and Studies in the Environment.

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VII.  FACULTY COUNCIL MEMBERS

Karl K. Turekian
Silliman Professor, Geology & Geophysics
Director, Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies

Richard Burger
Director, Peabody Museum of Natural History

Michael Donoghue
G. Evelyn Hutchinson Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Menachem Elimelech
Professor, Environmental & Chemical Engineering

Paul Fleury
Dean of Engineering

Mary Helen Goldsmith
Professor, Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

Pierre Hohenberg
Deputy Provost, Science & Technology

Michael Merson
Dean, Public Health
Chair & Professor, Epidemiology & Public Health

L. Nicholas Ornston
Professor, Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology
Director, Center for Biological Transformation

Jeffrey Powell
Professor and DUS, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Gustav Ranis
Professor, International Economics
Director, Center for International & Area Studies

Danny Rye
Chair and Professor, Geology & Geophysics

Oswald Schmitz
Professor, Forestry & Environmental Studies and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Director, Center for Computational Ecology

Ronald Smith
Professor, Geology & Geophysics
Director, Center for Earth Observation

James Gustave Speth
Dean, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

Michael Snyder
Chair and Professor, Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

J. Rimas Vaisnys
Professor, Electrical Engineering

Elisabeth Vrba
Professor, Geology & Geophysics

Günter Wagner
Chair and Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Robert Wyman
Professor, Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

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VII.  EXTERNAL ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS

Edward P. Bass, Chair
Fort Worth, Texas

Edward A. Adelberg
New Haven, Connecticut

Frances Beinecke
New York, New York

John Bermingham
Denver, Colorado

Wallace Broecker
Palisades, New York

Coleman P Burke
New York, New York

William J. Cronon
Madison, Wisconsin

Duane Dickson
Danbury, Connecticut

Strachan Donnelley
Garrison, New York

W. Daniel Hillis
Glendale, California

F. Donald Hudson
Marion, Massachusetts

Thomas Lovejoy
Washington, D.C.

George Montgomery
San Francisco, California

Michael Novacek
New York, New York

Nicholas Pappas
Wilmington, Delaware

William K. Reilly
San Francisco, California

Ralph C. Schmidt
New York, New York

Nelson S. Talbott
Cleveland, Ohio

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