WESTON OBSERVATORY
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Boston College
2014-2015 Colloquium Series
Fall 2014
(All colloquia are from 7:00-9:00 PM)
September 24, 2014:
THE LOST HISTORY OF THE NEW MADRID EARTHQUAKES OF 1811-12
Convery Bolton Valencius, Ph.D.
History Professor, Department of History
University of Massachusetts, Boston
October 15, 2014:
EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS AND THE ENVIRONMENT: HUMILITY IN THE FACE OF THE POWER OF NATURE
Alan L. Kafka, Ph.D., Geophysicist
Director, Weston Observatory, Boston College
(This Colloquium is being repeated due to popular demand.)
November 12, 2014:
AWE AND WONDER: WHERE SCIENCE AND RELIGION MEET
Rabbi Randy Kafka
Temple Kol Tikvah, Sharon, MA
December 10, 2014:
FROM THE ICE AGE TO THE ANTHROPOCENE: WHAT THE LAST 21,000 YEARS TELLS US ABOUT 21ST CENTURY CLIMATE CHANGE
Jeremy D. Shakun, Ph.D., Geologist
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Boston College
(This Colloquium is being repeated due to popular demand.)
381 Concord Road, Weston, MA 02493 (617) 552-8300
www.bc.edu/westonobservatory
All colloquia are open to the public free-of-charge. Reservations REQUIRED due to limited seating. Ample parking is available and light refreshments are provided.
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