News & Events: Calendar of Events

October 19 - 10:30 a.m.

Seminar:
"Habitat-mediated production and recruitment of young alewives in Lake Michigan"
Speaker: Tomas Höök, Doctoral Candidate, University of Michigan

October 21 - 9:30 a.m.

Seminar:
"Ramblings About Algae in the Great Lakes"
Speaker: Dr. Gary Fahnenstiel, Research Ecologist, GLERL

See our Seminars page for more information.

September 30

GLERL's semi-annual American Red Cross Blood Drive

September 16

Seminar:
"Spatial modeling of fish growth rate and predator-prey interactions"
Speaker: Dr. Stephen Brandt, Director, GLERL

August 24-25

Coastal Observing System Steering Committee meeting

June 29

Seminar:
"Compartments in Food Webs: How they Help Quantify Structural Changes in the Food Web of Southeastern Lake Michigan after the Invasion of Zebra Mussels and Bythotrephes"
Speaker: Ann Krause, Doctoral Candidate, Michigan State University

June 17

Seminar:
"Sedimentary Signatures of Episodic Resuspension Events in Southern Lake Michigan"
Speaker: Dr. John Robbins, Environmental Geochemist, GLERL

See our Seminars page for more information.

June 10

Seminar:
"Winter Operation of Water Intakes in the Nearshore Zone of the Great Lakes"
Speaker: Dr. Steven F. Daly, Research Hydraulic Engineer,
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Center, Hanover, NH

See our Seminars page for more information.

May 20

Seminar:
"Biological Invasions in the Great Lakes: Science, Management, and Policy"
Speaker: Dr. David Raikow, Biologist, NOAA National Center for Research on Aquatic Invasive Species/GLERL

See our Seminars page for more information.

May 11

Seminar:
"Lacustrine organic matter bulk and isotopic markers of environmental processes and paleoenvironmental changes: Examples from Lagoa do Caço (Maranhão State, Brazil)."
Speaker: Dr. Abdel Sifeddine, Paléotropique. UR 055.
IRD: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement. France

See our Seminars page for more information.

May 9-16

Field Course: Great Lakes Oceanography (pdf)
A one-week field intensive course conducted at NOAA GLERL's Lake Michigan Field Station in Muskegon, MI is open to advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Enrollment ends when course is full. For more details, contact Gary Fahnenstiel. Class is full as of March 1, 2004.
(posted 02-03-04).

April 26

GLERL 30th Anniversary Celebration

April 25

Public Open House at GLERL: Noon - 4pm

April 15

Seminar:
"Recent Investigations into the use of Body Residues as a Dose Metric"
Speaker: Dr. Peter Landrum, Aquatic Toxicologist, GLERL

See our Seminars page for more information.

Seminar:

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April 8

Seminar:
"A Carbon Budget for Lake Malawi, Africa"
Speaker: Dr. Harvey Bootsma, Great Lakes Water Institute, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

See our Seminars page for more information.

March 30

Red Cross Blood Drive, Room 105, 9am - 3pm Make an appointment (Sponsor code: noaa)

March 18

Seminar:
"Great Lakes Coastal Observation Systems and Microsensor Development"
Speaker: Steven Ruberg, Research Engineer, GLERL

See our Seminars page for more information.

March 16

Seminar:
"A Physical-Biological Coupling for the West Florida Shelf and a New Development of Turbulence-Wave Interaction and Its Applications"
Speaker: Dr. Le Ly, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA

See our Seminars page for more information.

March 4-5

Lake Erie Science Planning Workshop, Room 105

February 26

Seminar:
"Numerical modeling of mixed sediment resuspension, transport, and deposition during the March 1998 episodic events in Southern Lake Michigan"
Speaker: Cheegwan Lee, Research Associate, Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER), University of Michigan

February 19

Seminar:
"GLERL's Distributed Hydrology Model for the Maumee River Watershed"
Speaker: Dr. Thomas E. Croley II, Research Hydrologist, NOAA/GLERL

See our Seminars page for more information.

February 12

Great Lakes Seminar Series: (Michigan Sea Grant and UofM SNRE)
"Using Integrated Assessments and Ecological Forecasts to Inform Great Lakes Policy "
Speaker: Dr. Donald Scavia, Director of Michigan Sea Grant and
Professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment

Time: 4:00-5:15 pm
Location: Dana 1024, UofM Central Campus

The Dana Building is located on the north-east corner of the Central Campus Diag, Map:http://www.umich.edu/news/ccamp.html

February 7

National Ocean Science Bowl: The Great Lakes Bowl Competition
NOSB is a nationwide academic competition for teams of high school students focusing on math and science skills. This regional competition is hosted by GLERL, University of Michigan, CILER, and Michigan Sea Grant.
Great Lakes Bowl Competition

February 2

U of M SNRE Seminar:
"An examination of nearshore processes and their influence on nutrient cycling and heterotrophic production in Lake Michigan".
Speaker: Dr. Thomas Johengen, Director of the University of Michigan's Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research.
Seminar at Noon in SNRE Room 2024 on Central Campus

January 14

Seminar:
"Observations of Steep Wave Statistics in Open Ocean Waters"
Speaker: Dr. Nicholas Scott, Post Doctoral Scholar,
Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

2003 Past Events

November 20

Seminar:
"The Benthification of Freshwater Lakes: Exotics Turning Ecosystems Upside Down"
Speaker: Christine Mayer, Assistant Professor, Department of E.E.E.S.
University of Toledo, Lake Erie Center

November 13

Seminar:
"The NOS (National Ocean Service) Great Lakes Observing Network"
Speakers: Mark Bushnell, Program Leader for the Ocean Sensor Technology and Evaluation Program within NOAA/NOS/CO-OPS, and, Jennifer Werner, Civil Engineer, NOAA/NOS/CO-OPS

See our Seminars page for more information.

November 12

Seminar:
"Oxygen Concentration and Demand in Lake Erie Sediments"

Speaker: Dr. Gerald Matisoff, Department of Geological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

October 24

Seminar:
"Body Residues: Implications in Ecotoxicology and Hazard Assessment"
Speaker: Dr. Lance J. Schuler, Southern Illinois University

October 24

The Huron River Watershed Council is hosting a State of the Huron Conference at Washtenaw Community College focusing on land use and other water quality issues of importance to local officials, planners, researchers, and all watershed residents. Conference hours: 8:30am - 3:30pm.

For information, contact Ellen Offen, 769-5123 Ext. #1
eoffen@hrwc.org

October 17

Great Lakes Panel at U of M School of Natural Resources and Environment, Room 2024, Dana Building, 9-11am
Keynote: "Cultural Eutrophication in the Great Lakes: A changing paradigm about causes and consequences of low-level phosphorus enrichment." , by Dr. Claire Schelske, to be followed by a discussion: "Past, Present and Future Great Lakes Activities in SNRE" led by SNRE Great Lakes Theme Leader, Dr. Ed Rutherford.

The Dana Building is located on the north-east corner of the Central Campus Diag, Map:http://www.umich.edu/news/ccamp.html

October 14

Seminar:
"Newly Discovered and Corroborated Deleterious Effects of Zebra Mussels on Lake Ecosystems"
Speaker: Dr. David F. Raikow, Ecologist

September 30

Red Cross Blood Drive
GLERL Conference Room, 9am - 3pm

September 22

Seminar:
"Calibrating in situ fluorescence to chlorophyll concentration for
Lake Michigan"
Speaker: Leah Welty, University of Chicago

September 11

Seminar:
"Evaluating changes in winter climatology and hydrology of the Lake Michigan basin from 1948 to 2000"
Speaker: Erin Argyilan, Ph.D. Candidate
University of Illinois at Chicago, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences

August 19

Seminar:
"If Only Benthos Could Talk, Fish Farming and Azoic Benthic Communities"
Speaker: Dr. Sandor Mulsow, International Atomic Energy Agency Laboratory, Monaco

August 5-6

Ecosystem Forecasting Workshop hosted at GLERL by Sea Grant Extension Specialist, Rochelle Sturtevant. The purpose of the workshop is to gain a user perspective on specific ecosystem forecast products that could be developed at GLERL to meet basin residents' needs.

July 30 - August 3

La Jolla, CA Ocean Sciences Bowl Team visits the Great Lakes as part of their (4th place) prize. The students will go on a research cruise aboard the R/V Laurentian in Lake Huron before visiting the Muskegon Field Station and other sites of interest.

July 22

Seminar:
"Analyses of Floc Characteristics and Suspended Particle Behavior"
Speaker: Rajat K. Chakraborti, Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York

June 30

Seminar:
"Report of an Invasion: Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857), or Golden Mussel, in South America"
Speaker: Dr. Gustavo Darrigran, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Paseo del Bosque - La Plata (1900), Argentina

June 19

Seminar:
"Observed Climate Variability and Change: Data Issues and Results"
Speaker: Dr. David R. Easterling, NOAA's National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, North Carolina

June 10

Deputy Assistant Secretary of NOAA, Tim Keeney, visits GLERL and announces the establishment of a new NOAA National Center for Aquatic Invasive Species Research to be located here at GLERL.

June 3

GLERL hosts NOAA Regionalization Workshop aimed at improving communication and cooperation between NOAA line offices in the Great Lakes region.

June 2

University of Michigan Aquatic Nuisance Species Awareness Symposium / NOAA-GLERL Seminar
Keynote speech: Predicting the Occurrence and Impact of Species Invasions in the Great Lakes
Speaker: Dr. Anthony Ricciardi, Redpath Museum & McGill School of Environment, McGill University, Montreal.
Location: Room 1040 Dana Bldg, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
A reception will follow in the Dana Commons.

June 2

Seminar:
"Characterization of Hydrodynamics using HGM and Ecoregions in Southeastern Michigan "
Speaker: David H. Merkey, M.L.A, CILER, University of Michigan
See our Seminars page for more information.

May 29

Seminar:
"Beach Profiles Along Lake Erie"
Speaker: Dr. Tom Lippman, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
See our Seminars page for more information.

May 20

Seminar:
"Modelling Transport in Lakes"
Speaker: Dr. Bernard Laval, Department of Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
See our Seminars page for more information.

May 13

Seminar:
“The Importance of the Microbial Food Web in C- and P- Transport through the Base of Great Lakes Food Webs”
Speaker: Dr. Robert T. Heath, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
See our Seminars page for more information.

May 4-11

Field Course: Great Lakes Oceanography (pdf)
A one-week field intensive course conducted at NOAA GLERL's Lake Michigan Field Station in Muskegon, MI is open to advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Enrollment ends when course is full. For more details, contact Gary Fahnenstiel.
(posted 01-07-03). Course CANCELLED due to low enrollment (4/29/03).

May 8

Seminar:
"A Changing Lake Erie Fish Community: Unraveling the Mechanisms Involved"
Speaker: Dr. Stuart A. Ludsin, NOAA/GLERL, Ann Arbor, Michigan
See our Seminars page for more information.

March 17

2003 Summer Student Fellowships
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) and the Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER), at the University of Michigan, announce the 2003 Great Lakes Summer Student Fellowship Program.

We seek to fill thirteen full-time, three-month positions and one two-month position. To be eligible, students must have been enrolled in the 2002-03 academic year. The starting date will be between May 15 and June 15, 2003. Application deadline: March 17, 2003.
(posted 02-2-02)

February 8

The Midwest Regional Competition of the NOSB was held on February 8, 2003 at the Francois Xavier Bagnoud Center, College of Engineering, University of Michigan North Campus, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

School's that competed this year: Berkley High School, Berkley, MI; Berrien County Math/Tech/Science Center, Berrien Springs, MI; Dexter High School, Dexter, MI; Huron High School, Ann Arbor, MI; Linworth Alternative, Worthington, OH; Litchfield High School, Litchfield, MI; Mecosta-Osceola Math/Science Center, Big Rapids, MI; Okemos High School, Okemos, MI; Port Hope High School, Port Hope, MI, Sterling Heights High School, Sterling Heights, MI; and Troy High School, Troy, MI.

E-mail: carole.fletcher@noaa.gov
(posted 01-024-03)