Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy as we welcome Prince Musab Al-Saud, Director – Office of Political and Congressional Affairs, The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, DC for a webinar titled Saudi Arabia Foreign Policy Priorities, Vision 2030 and the Response to COVID in the Kingdom on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 […]
Please join Engineers Ireland and Morgan D. Bazilian present at the virtual National Conference titled Engineering Climate Action: Solutions to Combat Climate Change in Ireland on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 from 2:00am – 10:00am MT. TOPIC: ENGINEERING CLIMATE ACTION: SOLUTIONS TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE IN IRELAND SPEAKER: PAYNE INSTITUTE DIRECTOR DR. MORGAN D. BAZILIAN HOSTED BY: ENGINEERS IRELAND TIME: WEDNESDAY, […]
Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 from 9:00am – 10:00am. MT as we welcome Jamie Webster, Senior Director, BCG Center for Energy Impact, for a webinar titled Oil Demand Metamorphosis from COVID-19. TOPIC: OIL DEMAND METAMORPHOSIS FROM COVID-19 SPEAKER: JAMIE WEBSTER, SENIOR DIRECTOR, BCG CENTER FOR ENERGY IMPACT HOSTED BY: PAYNE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY TIME: WEDNESDAY, […]
The Payne Institute for Public Policy and the Humanitarian Engineering Program at Colorado School of Mines are pleased to host a webinar featuring members of the NSF Partnerships for International Research and Education Program (PIRE) Responsible Mining, Responsible Communities project discussing Nurturing Global Engineering Education During The COVID-19 Pandemic on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 from […]
Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Fellow Arvind P. Ravikumar, Assistant Professor of Energy Engineering, Harrisburg University, presenting a webinar titled Is the Expansion in the Global LNG Industry Compatible with Paris Climate Targets? on Thursday, October 22, 2020 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm MT. TOPIC: IS […]
The Graduate Student Skills Seminar is Scheduled in a Virtual Format Topic: Time Management: Insights from Current and Past Graduate Students (Establishing Successful Routines) Virtual Meeting Information: Cheryl Ann Medford is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Graduate Seminar Series Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime Join from PC, Mac, Linux, […]
Please join Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Sara Hastings-Simon, David Keith, and Ed Whittingham, with special guest Mark Tercek, former president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy and co-author of “Nature’s Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature.”on the Energy vs. Climate series for a webinar titled Are “Nature-based Solutions” a natural policy choice? on Friday, […]
Trevor Rhone Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Abstract: When the dimensionality of an electron system is reduced from three dimensions to two dimensions, new behavior emerges. This has been demonstrated in gallium arsenide quantum Hall systems since the 1980’s, and more recently in van der Waals (vdW) materials, such as graphene. This talk will discuss the behavior […]
Camille Dungy will feature poetry and environmental writing in her discussion and reading that will focus on nature, race, and writing. Her anthology of black writers, Black Nature, was published last year and is a historical look at black writers and writing about the environment. Zoom Link: BLACK NATURE: An evening with Camille T. Dungy
Join the Hennebach Program in the Humanities for a night with award-winning author and poet and professor Camille T. Dungy; her reading and book discussion will feature poetry and environmental writing devoted to questions of nature, race, and writing as a black academic in our current culture. Her anthology of black writers, Black Nature, was […]
Solvent-Mediated Driving Forces in (Bio)Molecular Systems: Understanding direct intermolecular interactions in atomistic simulations on a qualitative or even semi-quantitative level is relatively straightforward with simplified empirical models that include just enough detail. For example, we can understand the consequences of Pauli repulsion and dispersion interactions between atoms or molecules using the Lennard-Jones potential. Likewise, we […]
Payne Institute welcomes Dr. Daniel Nussbaum, Chair, Energy Academic Group, Naval Postgraduate School, will present a webinar titled Energy Security in the Era of Hybrid Warfare on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 from 11:00am-12:00pm. TOPIC: ENERGY SECURITY IN THE ERA OF HYBRID WARFARE HOSTED BY: PAYNE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY TIME: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2020 – 11:00AM – 12:00PM MT […]
Please join the Mines Natural Resources & Energy Policy Master’s Program (NREP), Mines Sustainability Group, and Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Howard Geller, Executive Director of the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP), presenting at webinar titled Energy Efficiency as an Energy Resource on Wednesday, October […]
Born to a Filipino mother and Malayali-Indian father, Aimee Nezhukumatathil (neh-ZOO / koo-mah / tah-TILL) is the author of four books of poetry: Oceanic; Lucky Fish, winner of the Hoffer Grand Prize for Prose and Independent Books; At the Drive-In Volcano; and Miracle Fruit. With Ross Gay, she co-authored Lace & Pyrite, a chapbook of […]
Aimee Nezhukumatathil's most recent book “World of Wonders” is an exploration of race, motherhood, gender, and the natural world. Professor Nezhukumatathil's reading and discussion will feature poems and essays devoted to these topics. BIO: Aimee Nezhukumatathil is an essayist and poet Born to a Filipino mother and Malayali Indian father, Aimee Nezhukumatathil (neh-ZOO / koo-mah […]
Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Fellow Michael Cohen, Chief U.S. Economist and Head of Oil Analysis at bp, presenting at webinar titled bp Energy Outlook – 2020 Edition on Thursday, October 29, 2020 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm (MT). TOPIC: BP ENERGY OUTLOOK – 2020 EDITION […]
Julie Rowland, University of Aukland Title: Aotearoa New Zealand’s Metal-transfer Superhighway and the Golden Trigger Abstract: Like many Pacific rim countries, Aotearoa New Zealand's mineral endowment is intimately linked to pulses of hydrothermal activity resulting from magmatism, metamorphism, and tectonism. What makes New Zealand exceptional is that it is one of the few places on Earth […]
Zoom Link: Panel Discussion with Camille T. Dungy and Aimee Nezhukumatathil: Join Aimee Nezhukumatathil and Camille T. Dungy for a performance and panel oriented on their recent readings and lectures. These two internationally renowned poets and powerhouse environmental writers will join forces for a panel discussion focused on nature writing, the environment, and race. Aimee Nezhukumatathil […]
Internationally recognized award-winning poets and writers Camille T Dungy and Aimee Nezhukumatathil will discuss race, writing, and nature in a panel for the ages! Topic: Hennebach Program in the Humanities Lecture Series Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://mines.zoom.us/j/96941462001 Or iPhone one-tap: 12532158782,96941462001# or […]
Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Dr. Leena Srivastava, Deputy Director General for Science of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, presenting at webinar titled Transformations Within Reach: Partnerships for the Future on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 from 9:00am – 10:00am […]
Susan Coppersmith University of New South Wales Abstract: Silicon is an attractive materials platform for developing large-scale quantum computers because of its compatibility with classical silicon electronics and its potential for scalability. This talk will discuss qubits made from quantum dots with multiple electrons in silicon/silicon-germanium heterostructures. These qubits can be manipulated on nanosecond time […]
Empathy and Forgiveness: Seeing the heart of the enemy as a Servant Leader with Marleen Ramsey Zoom link: https://mines.zoom.us/j/96941462001
Empathy and forgiveness: Seeing the heart of the enemy as a Servant Leader, with Marleen Ramsey. Details: Our world, our country, is facing a time of incredible uncertainty and strife, with confrontations and violent clashes happening everywhere we turn. It is a time of intense political division, cultural change, and protests for justice. There is […]
Please join the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies – Public Utilities Commission as they welcome Payne Director Morgan Bazilian presenting at webinar titled The Future of Natural Gas on Thursday, November 5, 2020 from 9:05am – 9:40am (MT). TOPIC: THE FUTURE OF NATURAL GAS SPEAKER: DR. MORGAN BAZILIAN, DIRECTOR PAYNE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY HOSTED BY: COLORADO DEPARTMENT […]
Please join Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Sara Hastings-Simon, David Keith, and Ed Whittingham, with special guest Dr. Leah Stokes, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and affiliated with the Bren […]
Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Laura Cozzi, Chief Energy Modeller, International Energy Agency (IEA), presenting World Energy Outlook 2020 on Tuesday, November 10, 2020 from 9:00am – 10:00am MT. TOPIC: World Energy Outlook 2020 SPEAKER: LAURA COZZI, CHIEF ENERGY MODELLER, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY (IEA) HOSTED BY: THE PAYNE INSTITUTE FOR […]
Please join the Business Renewables Centre Canada and Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Sara Hastings-Simon present a webinar titled RECs and Carbon Offsets on Tuesday, November 10, 2020 from 11:00am – 12:00pm MT. TOPIC: RECs AND CARBON OFFSETS SPEAKER: PAYNE INSTITUTE SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE SARA HASTINGS-SIMON HOSTED BY: BUSINESS RENEWABLES CENTRE (BRC) TIME: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2020 – 11:00AM – 12:00PM MT FORMAT: WEBINAR […]
Dimitri Dounas-Frazer and Ira Ché Lassen Western Washington University Abstract: Many lab courses include a final project that spans multiple weeks. Such projects serve several purposes, including nurturing students’ sense of project ownership. Project ownership refers in part to students’ control over and responsibility for an experiment. Research in science education suggests that ownership, motivation, […]
Details: In a time of personal and political upheaval, what brings peace, what secures greater justice, and what draws us into greater individual and communal beauty? Dr. Ferch considers the essence of ultimate forgiveness, the consciousness to live well with others, and the prophetic vision of Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King Jr.’s beloved […]
TALKING ROBOTICS - Mines new Robotics Program will hold the second of three discussions about current topics in robotics, based on articles in the September 2020 Robotics & Automation Magazine, a special issue titled "On the Horizon for Robotics and Automation 2021." You can see the Table of Contents here: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=100 (if on the Mines […]
November 11, 2020 5pm: The REPARATION AND FORGIVENESS Panel with Norman Coultier, Shann Ray Ferch, and Marleen Ramsey: experiential event on leadership, forgiveness, charity, and race Details: Panel discussion on Forgiveness, Leadership, Equity with three experts in Forgiveness Scholarship BIO: American Book Award winner Dr. Shann Ray Ferch spent part of his childhood on the […]
November 11, 2020 5pm: The REPARATION, EMPATHY & FORGIVENESS Panel with Norman Coultier, Shann Ray Ferch, and Marleen Ramsey: experiential event on leadership, forgiveness, charity, and race. Details: Panel discussion on Forgiveness, Leadership, Equity with three experts in Forgiveness Scholarship Norman Coultier is a native of Inglewood and South (Central) Los Angeles, California and grew […]
Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Samantha McCulloch, Head of CCUS Unit, International Energy Agency (IEA), presenting at webinar titled CCUS in Clean Energy Transitions on Thursday, November 12, 2020 from 10:00am – 11:00am (MT). TOPIC: CCUS IN CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITIONS SPEAKER: SAMANTHA MCCULLOCH, HEAD OF […]
The Graduate Student Skills Seminar is Scheduled in a Virtual Format Topic: The Writing Hurdle: Best Practices for Thesis and Manuscript Writing (Successful and No-So-Successful Approaches) Virtual Meeting Information: Cheryl Ann Medford is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Graduate Seminar Series Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime Join from PC, […]
Please join Québec Mines + Énergie as they welcome Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Dr. Sara Hastings-Simon on a webinar titled Critical and Strategic Minerals Strategies in the United States and Europe – What Place for Quebec? on Monday, November 16, 2020 from 9:15am – 11:30am (MT). TOPIC: CRITICAL AND STRATEGIC MINERALS STRATEGIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE – WHAT […]
Water is a symbol of life, wisdom, fertility, purity, and death. Water also sustains and nourishes, irrigates our crops, keeps us clean and healthy, and contributes to our energy needs. But a strain has been put on our water resources as increased energy demands combine with the effects of climate change to create a treacherous […]
November 16th, 2020 5pm: “Water in Contemporary Literature and Film” Paula Farca Book Talk Details: Water is a symbol of life, wisdom, fertility, purity, and death. Water also sustains and nourishes, irrigates our crops, keeps us clean and healthy, and contributes to our energy needs. But a strain has been put on our water resources […]
Water is a symbol of life, wisdom, fertility, purity, and death. Water also sustains and nourishes, irrigates our crops, keeps us clean and healthy, and contributes to our energy needs. But a strain has been put on our water resources as increased energy demands combine with the effects of climate change to create a treacherous […]
In this talk, we will define and provide a rationale for Creative Anticipatory Ethical Reasoning (CAER), a flexible blend of scenario analysis, design fiction, and ethical reasoning, that we have iteratively developed in the STS Futures Lab. CAER provides a framework for engaging participants in critically imagining and interrogating plausible future trajectories.