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Are ‘Nature-Based Solutions’ a Natural Policy Choice? – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

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, […]

Physics Colloquium: “Data-Driven Studies of Magnetic Two-Dimensional Materials”

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 […]

BLACK NATURE: An Evening with Camille T. Dungy

Virtual Event CO, United States

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

Black Nature: Race and the Environment

Virtual Event CO, United States

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 […]

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Health Innovation NOW Series: Conversation with Matthias Heyden from Arizona State University

Virtual Event CO, United States

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 […]

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Payne Institute Webinar: Energy Security in the Era of Hybrid Warfare

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 […]

Energy Efficiency as an Energy Resource: Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

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 […]

Nature, Race, and Writing

Virtual Event CO, United States

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 […]

BIPOC Nature: Race, Nature, and Writing

Virtual Event CO, United States

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 […]

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bp Energy Outlook – 2020 Edition

Virtual Event CO, United States

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 […]

Van Tuyl Lecture (Virtual): Dr. Julie Rowland, University of Aukland

Berthoud Hall 1516 Illinois St., Golden, CO, United States

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 […]

Hennebach Panel on Race and Writing and Nature

Virtual Event CO, United States

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. […]

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Physics colloquium-“Quantum-Coherent Silicon Electronics”

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 […]

Empathy and Forgiveness

Virtual Event CO, United States

Empathy and Forgiveness: Seeing the heart of the enemy as a Servant Leader with Marleen Ramsey Zoom link: https://mines.zoom.us/j/96941462001

The Future of Natural Gas – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

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, […]

What the U.S. Election Means for Canadian Energy – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

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 […]

Payne Institute Webinar: World Energy Outlook 2020

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, […]

RECs and Carbon Offsets — Webinar

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: […]

Healing Our Country Event: The Justice and Forgiveness Panel

Virtual Event CO, United States

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 […]

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The Reparation, Empathy & Forgiveness Panel

Virtual Event CO, United States

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 […]

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CCUS in Clean Energy Transitions – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

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 […]

Graduate Seminar Series

Berthoud Hall 1516 Illinois St., Golden, CO, United States

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 […]

Towards a Just Transition – Webinar

Please join the University of Cambridge, UK as they welcome Payne Institute Director Morgan Bazilian for a webinar titled Towards a Just Transition on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 from 8:00am – […]

Unit-Level Analyses of the Power Sector – Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

Please join the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Steven J. Davis, JD, PhD, Professor of Earth System Science and Civil and […]

Climate Finance for Oil and Gas Webinar

Virtual Event CO, United States

Please join Payne Institute Senior Research Associate Sara Hastings-Simon, David Keith, and Ed Whittingham, on the Energy vs. Climate series for a webinar titled Climate Finance for Oil and Gas on Wednesday, November […]

Van Tuyl Lecture (Virtual): Dr. Lesli Wood, Colorado School of Mines

Berthoud Hall 1516 Illinois St., Golden, CO, United States

Lesli Wood, Colorado School of Mines, Robert J. Weimer Chair in Sedimentary and Petroleum Geology Title: Elephants in Northeastern South America: The Origin and Evolution of Cross-shelf Valleys Feeding the […]