Topics as diverse as climate change, the recent earthquake in China and the safety of drinking water will be discussed this fall during the Brown Bag Speaker Series hosted by the Hazards Reduction and Recovery Center at Texas A&M.
On Oct. 10 Daniel Sui, professor of geography at Texas A&M and holder of the Reta A. Haynes Endowed Chair in Geosciences will present “Sichuan Earthquake and Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI): Towards a New Research Agenda” at 11:15 a.m. in Langford B 209.
Douglass Shaw, professor of agricultural economics and recreation, parks and tourism sciences at Texas A&M, will present “Perceived Risks of Arsenic in Drinking Water” at 11:30 a.m. Oct. 31 in Langford B 209.
On Nov. 20, Lisa Bates, assistant professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will present “Rental Housing Recovery in post-Katrina New Orleans” at 5:45 p.m. in Langford C 207.
Arnie Vedlitz, director of the Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy in the Bush School of Government and Public Service, will present “Perceptions of Climate Change” Feb. 6 at 11 a.m. in a room to be announced.
For more information on the series, contact Clarissa Garcia, 979.845.7813 or cgarcia@archmail.tamu.edu.
