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 Nezukhumatathil’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 […]