After Hours Lecture Series

Reservations to this free public lecture series are required due to limited space. Please register online or call 804-684-7846 for further information. Funding for this series is provided by the CBNERRVA and CCRM programs at VIMS and the VIMS Communications Department. Return here for details on upcoming lectures, which are generally scheduled for the last Thursday of each month, except May and December. Access information on past lectures here (2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003).

Reserve Space

Suggest Topic

Evaluate Speaker

All After Hours lectures begin at 7 pm in McHugh Auditorium in Watermen's Hall on the VIMS campus in Gloucester Point. Click for directions or a campus map.

Join us during the coming months as the After Hours lectures series takes on the topic of global climate change. This special series of After Hours lectures is brought to you by our regular sponsors as well as the VIMS Initiative for Coastal Climate Change Research. Please note that the June 5 and August 1 lectures will NOT occur on the last Thursday of the month.

Corn ethanol and Chesapeake Bay: Unforeseen consequences
Thursday, August 28, 2008
How might our drive to shift from fossil fuels toward renewable options such as corn ethanol affect Chesapeake Bay? Join Virginia Tech Professor Jim Pease as he explores the potential economic and environmental consequences of large-scale ethanol production for the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

Links

Can algae fuel our cars?
Thursday, September 25, 2008
State and federal energy plans call for production of ethanol and biodiesel fuels from corn, soybeans, and other sources. Join VIMS Professor Liz Canuel as she describes her collaborative project to turn the algae that's choking Chesapeake Bay into a renewable fuel that might one day help power our cars.

Links