The SFRES Graduate Seminar Committee is pleased to announce our 2008-2009 schedule of seminars. Below is a detailed list of speakers coming to SFRES this year. We will be sending out additional information as each seminar approaches, and you can expect the usual events during the visit - individual meetings, graduate student lunch, KBC social. So check out the list and keep an eye out for e-mails about upcoming seminars.

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Aaron Ellison, Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Forest.

Date and time: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 4pm, G002.
Title: Plants that build environments: a tale of two foundation species.

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Line Rochefort, Department of Phytology, University of Laval, Quebec, Canada

Date and time: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 4pm, G002
Title: Peatland Restoration in North America: How to overcome abiotic filters impeding revegetation

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Mark Leach, Professor of Regional Sustainable Development, Northland College, Ashland, WI.

Date and time: Thursday, December 11, 2008 , 4pm, G002.
Title: Assessing Assessment Metrics: Prairie Vegetation and the Fate of Civilization

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Second SFRES Professional Development Forum
Topic: Career Development during Graduate School
March 31, 2009, 4pm
G002 - U.J. Noblet Forestry Building

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Last updated: December 12, 2008