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Climate Change and Mobility Justice

Grace Conference Room, University Center 950 Main Street, Worcester

Mimi Sheller Dean of The Global School, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dr. Mimi Sheller is the Dean of The Global School and is an internationally recognized scholar and higher education leader, with fifteen years of executive leadership across academic units, research centers, and professional organizations. Prior to joining WPI, she was tenured Professor of Sociology, Head […]

Free

Climate Change Injustice in Tibet: Impacts and Adaptation

Dana Commons, Higgins Lounge

Dr. Emily T. Yeh Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar, Professor of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder The Tibetan Plateau is warming at more than twice the global average rate, leading to more intense, frequent, and longer duration weather extremes. In this talk, Yeh will introduce the Tibetan Plateau and discuss some of the multidimensional impacts […]

Forest Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change

The Lasry Center for Bioscience

Serita Frey, professor of environmental science at the University of New Hampshire, will discuss her research on how climate change is altering forest ecosystems, with an emphasis on the soil microbiome and nutrient cycling processes.