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Paul
A. Baker, professor of geochemistry, presented
(et al) “Late Quaternary Paleoclimatic History of Tropical
South America from Drilling Lake Titicaca and the Salar de
Uyuni,” at the Fall 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical
Union (AGU), held in San Francisco, Calif. Baker
(et al) presented “The Record of Tropical Glaciation from
Drill Cores in Lake Titicaca, Peru/Bolivia,” at the Geological
Society of America (GSA) Annual Fall Meeting held in Seattle,
Wash.
 Alan
E. Boudreau, professor of geology, gave two presentations
at the Fall AGU Meeting: “Compaction in the Bushveld Complex,”
and “Vapor Separation and Migration in a Solidifying and Compacting
Crystal Pile.”
Norman
L. Christensen Jr., professor of ecology and
founding dean of the Nicholas School, presented “The Bush
Administration Revision of the National Forest Management
Act Planning Rule: Species Viability Versus Ecosystem Management”
at the November Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum on
Natural Resources Policy Under the Bush Administration held
on the Duke campus.
 Gabriele
Hegerl, associate research professor, attended
the International Conference on Earth System Modelling held
in Hamburg, Germany, in September and gave a talk on “Detection
of Anthropogenic Climate Change.”
Marie Lynn
Miranda, Gabel Associate Professor of the Practice
in Environmental Ethics and Sustainable Environmental Management,
participated with research associate, Jennifer Silva, in the
Emerging Water-borne Pathogens conference in October at Wrightsville
Beach, N.C. Together, they presented results from a project
aimed at building GIS (Geographic Information Systems) capacity
in local health departments. Miranda and the
Children’s Environmental Health initiative
(CEHI) hosted the Durham County Lead Intervention Strategic
Planning Group (SPG) retreat in early September. During the
retreat the group developed a mission statement, identified
available resources from different groups, and created a specific
action plan to fulfill the mission statement.
In August, Miranda and doctoral student Dana Dolinoy presented
“Methodologies for GIS-based Dispersion Modeling of Air Toxics
Releases from TRI and Non-TRI Facilities: Impacts for Children’s
Health and Environmental Justices” at the 2003 Environmental
Health Conference sponsored by the Association of Schools
of Public Health.
 Lynn
A. Maguire, associate professor of the practice
of environmental management and director of professional studies,
taught a weeklong workshop on “Decision Analysis for Water
Resource Management” to Army Corps of Engineers employees
in December at the Nicholas School. In November
she gave a talk on “Managing Risk: Insights from Behavioral
Decision Theory” at a conference on Risk Assessment for Decision-Making
Related to Uncharacteristic Wildfire, in Portland, Ore. And,
in October, Maguire acted as workshop leader for the Workshop
on Decision Analysis for Marine Conservation at the Annual
Meeting of the Pew Fellows in Conservation in Blaine, Wash.
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Brad Murray, assistant professor of geomorphology
and coastal processes, presented two talks at the Geological
Society of America Annual Meeting held in November in Seattle,
Wash.: “Large- Scale Grain-Size Sorting on Inner Shelves:
From Grab Samples to Numerical Modeling,” and “Numerical Modeling:
Different Strategies for Different Goals.”
Lincoln F.
Pratson, associate professor of sedimentary geology
and director of graduate studies in earth and ocean sciences,
presented “Modeling the Impact of Flood Sedimentation on the
Acoustic Response of the Seabed,” at the December meeting
of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco and in
October at COMDELTA Conference: Comparing Mediterranean and
Black Sea Prodeltas (sponsored by the European Commission
and ONR) in Aix-en-Provence, France. In September,
at the Ocean Margin Research Conference (sponsored by the
European Commission and UNESCO) in Paris, France, he presented
“Seascape Evolution on Clastic Continental Shelves and Slopes.”
Kenneth H.
Reckhow, professor of water resources, co-chaired
a two-day workshop on the National Science Foundation (NSF)
CLEANER initiative for the NSF Environmental Engineering Division.
The workshop was held at the Duke University’s R. David Thomas
Executive Conference Center in November. Also
in November, he was a participant on a five-member panel for
the U.S. National Academy of Engineering in collaboration
with a five-member panel from the Spanish Royal Academy of
Engineering in Majorca, Spain.
 Katheryn
Saterson, research scientist and executive director
of the Center For Environmental
Solutions, moderated the Forest and Wilderness
Management session of the November Duke Environmental Law
and Policy Forum on Natural Resources Policy Under the Bush
Administration held on the Duke campus.
In November, William
H. Schlesinger, Nicholas School dean, Robert
B. Jackson, professor of environmental sciences
and biology and M.
Susan Lozier, Truman and Nellie Semans Professor
of Physical Oceanography, held a Senate briefing on global
climate change for Senate staffers in Washington, D.C. The
event was hosted by Sen. Elizabeth Dole.
Molly Tamarkin, director, Information Technology
department, presented results from some recent changes in
information technology at the Nicholas School during a session
on “Improving IT Support for Academic Research: Integration
and Infrastructure Expansion” at the Educause mid-Atlantic
meeting in Baltimore, Md., January, 2004.
Jonathan B.
Wiener, professor of law and professor of environmental
policy, moderated the “Statutes and The Courts” session of
the November Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum.
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