Press Releases

January 25, 1996
CURRENT TOPICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Contact: Jane Finalborgo
(516) 287-8313

Dr. Scott Carlin, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Geography, will be hosting a weekly seminar course, Current Topics in Environmental Science, this spring semester at Southampton Graduate Campus. The seminar is open to the public. Starting February 7th, this course will cover current environmental issues and technological developments in the field. The seminars will be presented by both Southampton Graduate Campus faculty and outside speakers from prominent environmental organizations.

All seminars will take place in the Ocean View Lounge on Wednesdays from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. The talks will be followed by a discussion and exchange of ideas. The following is the schedule for this series:

February 7: Long Island's South Shore Bay Fisheries

William M. Wise, Associate Director, Marine Science Research Center, SUNY, Stony Brook.

February 14: Toxic Algal Blooms and Their Impact on Shellfish

Sandra Shumway, Southampton Graduate Campus

February 21: The Long Island Sound Study

Richard D'Amico, Bureau of Marine Habitat Protection, NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation, Stony Brook

February 28: Sustainability: Reconciling the Built and Natural Environments

Randolph Croxton, Croxton Collaborative Architects, N.Y.

March 6: The Need for Organic Farming on Long Island

Hugh McGuinness, Friends World Program, Southampton College

March 13: Robert Moses, Jones Beach, and Ecology

Marc Fascanella, Southampton Graduate Campus

March 20: Remediation of Contaminated Soils

Matt Giles, Brookhaven National Labs

April 3: Sustainable Development: A Feasible Alternative for Long Island

Scott Carlin, Southampton Graduate Campus

April 10: Conserving the Coastline - The Conflict of Armoring the Shore

Robert Deluca, Director, Group for the South Fork

April 17: Managing Biodiversity

Stuart Lowry, Nature Conservancy

April 24: Man-Made Vitreous Fibers as Asbestos Substitutes: Are They Safe?

Arthur Langer, Environmental Science Laboratory

May 1: Dioxins and Related Compounds: Environmental Exposure and Health Consequences

Theodore Goldfarb, Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook

May 8: My Heart is Green

Minna Barrett, Department of Psychology, SUNY Westbury