Monday, November 16th, 2009
Engineering Life & the Massapequa Preserve Restoration
6PM-8PM in SAC 302
Ever wonder how accurately “The Office” depicts professional life?
Have questions about life after college?
How is professional life different from college life?
What are engineering firms looking for?
How do you impress an interviewer?
How important are office dynamics?
How has engineering changed lately?
How has the economy affected engineering?
Join the LI Water Environment Association to find out!
They will also discuss a project to restore a local waterway by dredging the pond bottom, augmenting streamflow, removing stormwater pollutants and stabilizing streambanks in a 423 acre preserve.
The Massapequa Preserve is a 423 park whose streamflow has been reduced over the past few years. Stormwater silt and erosion have degraded this preserve. To restore the preserve, streamflow augmentation will increase stream flows. Drainage swales will divert stormwater around the ponds. Stormwater pollutants will be removed.
Come learn more about this $6 Million project to restore a vital Long Island habitat. This event will take place in SAC 302. Pizza and soda will be served.
Friday, December 11th, 2009
Living World:"Forensic Anthropology and Diseases: the Wrath of the Gods"
Angelique Corthals, Assistant Professor at CUNY John Jay College for Criminal Justice
Earth and Space Sciences Lecture Hall 001 at 7:30 P.M
Although a relatively new field, the application of molecular scientific methods to the study of ancient civilizations is providing a great deal of new information about the way people lived and died. This lecture will review an introduction to some aspects of this fascinating area, including a special report on the recent research on the Children of Llullaillaco, featured in the this year's National Geographic Explorer program: "Child Mummy Sacrifice".
Dr. Angelique Corthals, an assistant professor at CUNY John Jay College for Criminal Justice, is a forensic scientist specialized in infectious diseases. She earned her D.Phil. from the University of Oxford and has researched and taught at Stony Brook University, the University of Manchester and the American Museum of Natural History. She is a consultant on HIV viral load technology and clinical guidelines in resource limited settings for Doctors without Borders. Corthals has studied human remains in museums and on archaeological and criminal sites around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the museum of High Mountain Archaeology in Argentina and the Valley of the Nobles in Gurnah, Egypt.
