Past Events
2008
Preview of "Invented, Engineered & Pioneered in Pittsburgh!": A Film by Rick Sebak
April 9, 2008
Doherty Hall 2210
Get a sneak peak of the latest Rick Sebak/WQED documentary before it airs! Co-sponsored by the Engineers Society of Western Pennsylvania.
Campus Conversation and Deliberative Poll on Climate Change
April 23, 2008
Carnegie Mellon
The issue of Climate Change is probably one of the most important and at the same time contentious issues facing us today. Its complexity is partly due to the fact that it involves both science and public policy and each area can be challenging. In this deliberative poll participants will be provided with background materials that provide an overview of the science of climate change (its nature and causes) and policy questions relating to national, local and campus level responses to climate change.
During this deliberative poll participants will be able to discuss this issue with members of campus communities throughout the Pittsburgh region. In early May the results of this deliberation will be made available to campuses around the country. Visit http://caae.phil.cmu.edu/cc/polls/index.html for more information.
Corporations and Environmental Responsibility: An Immersion Course
March 28, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
March 29, 9 AM to 10:20 PM
Carnegie Mellon
For most current information visit the course web page.
Tentative Course Schedule:
"The Challenges of Corporate Environmental Responsibility: Alcoa as a Case Study"
Robert Bear
Director of Environmental Affairs
Alcoa Inc.
March 29, Saturday 9 AM to 10:20 PM
"Culture, Consumption, Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility"
John Hooker
T. Jerome Holleran Professor of Business Ethics and Social Responsibility; Professor of Operations Research
Tepper School of Business
and
"Business, the Law and Global Warming"
Dale Hershey
Associate Teaching Professor of Law
Tepper School of Business
March 29, Saturday Morning, 10:30 to Noon
"Business Innovation for Sustainability: Beyond Corporate Environmental Responsibility
Court Gould
Executive Director
Sustainable Pittsburgh
March 29, Saturday Afternoon, 1 PM to 2:20 PM
James C. Murphy (invited)
Executive Director
International Business Ethics Institute
(formerly Associate Director of the Global Reporting Initiative)
March 29, Saturday Afternoon, 2:30 to 4:00
Mary Beth Buchanan (invited)
United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Steinbrenner Graduate Research Fellows Seminars
February 15
February 22
March 21
3:30 PM
Baker-Porter A18B
Free and Open to the public
The three 2007 Steinbrenner Institute Graduate Research Fellows will present their research on the following days:
February 15th-Heather Wakeley, “Alternative Transportation Fuels: Infrastructure Requirements and Environmental Impacts for Hydrogen and Ethanol.”
February 22nd-
Anny Huang, “Life Cycle Energy and Environmental Impacts of Extended Product Responsibility Policy.”
March 21st-Yan Xu, “Development of Novel Contaminant Source Tracking with Molecular Microbiology.”
To learn more about the Steinbrenner Institute Fellows' research click here.
Tepper's NET-IMPACT hosts Sarosh Kumana on Sustainable Business Practices
Monday, March 17, 2008
12:30-1:30
Tepper, Posner 152
RSVP to Brian Lappin, blappin@cmu.edu
Contact Honora Burnett with questions, hqb@cmu.edu
Sarosh Kumana (MSIA 1977) will talk about sustainability as a business issue, profitable winners and losers, and venture capital investment in clean technology. Lunch will be served with an RSVP.
NACAC College Fair
March 6 & 7, 2008
David Lawrence Convention Center
Pittsburgh, PA
The Steinbrenner Insitute hosts an "Engineering Your Life" booth at the event to introduce high school students to careers in environmental engineering.
Environmental Lectures
Monday, April 7th / 4:30pm – Adamson Wing, 136A Baker Hall / John G. Craig, Jr. Former Editor, Pittsburgh Post Gazette AND Paul O’Neill, Former Secretary of the Treasury and Former CEO, Alcoa / Benchmarking the Real Pittsburgh / Sponsored by the Distinguished Lecture Series in Environmental Science, Technology and Policy
Tuesday, April 8th / 4:30pm – Rangos 1, University Center / John B. Carberry, Environmental Technology, E.I. DuPont / Sustainable Industry in a Changing Society / Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer
Thursday, March 20th / 4:30pm – Adamson Wing, 136A Baker Hall / P. Aarne Vesilind, Professor Emeritus, Bucknell University / There is No Such Thing as Environmental Ethics
Monday, March 24th / 4:30pm – Adamson Wing, 136A Baker Hall / David Epel, Stanford University / Newly Appreciated Roles of Efflux Transporters in Environmental Pollution and Environmental Policy
Monday, March 24th / 5:00pm – McConomy Auditorium, University Center / Kenneth Warren, Lakewood Public Library System, Cleveland, OH / How Green Does Your Garden Grow: Assessing Community Capacity and Aligning Local Instigations
Monday, March 31st 4:30pm – Adamson Wing, 136A Baker Hall / Elizabeth W. Jones, Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon / Journeys: Making it Up as I (We) Went Along
Tuesday, January 29th / 5:00pm – Connan Room, University Center / James Quilligan, Centre for Global Negotiations, Philadelphia, PA / Convention on the Global Commons
Monday, February 4th 4:30pm – Rangos 1 & 2, University Center / Jared L. Cohon, President, Carnegie Mellon / Journeys: The Accidental President
Monday, February 18th / 4:30pm – Adamson Wing, 136A Baker Hall / Lou Guillette, Department of Zoology, University of Florida / Contaminants and the Developing Reproductive System: Lessons from Wildlife / Sponsored by the Distinguished Lecture Series in Environmental Science, Technology and Policy
Tuesday, February 26th / 5:00pm – Rangos 3, University Center / Michael Shuman, Author of The Small-Mart Revolution / Saving the World by Eating Locally: The Small-Mart Revolution
Monday, March 3rd / 4:30pm – Adamson Wing, 136A Baker Hall / Arlene Blum, UC Berkeley / The Fire Retardant Dilemma: Balancing Fire Prevention, Human Health, and Environmental Protection
The Heinz School for Public Policy and Mangement presents: Dr. Joseph Aldy, "Temperature Shocks, Energy Prices, and U.S. Mortality: An Assessment of the Health Impacts of Climate Change."
Monday, February 25, 2008
12:00-1:20pm
Carnegie Mellon University
Hamburg Hall 1502
Abstract: We integrate economic and epidemiological modeling tools to assess the joint effects of temperature and energy prices on elderly mortality. We use panel data econometric techniques to examine the effects of energy prices on the temperature-mortality relationship for the over-64 population in cities throughout the continental US. We find evidence that higher energy prices exacerbate the effects of temperature shocks. Annually, cold effects are larger than the impacts of heat waves, and the effects are more pronounced for low-income populations and those subject to the highest energy prices. We show the effect of these results in simulations of global climate change.
Women Engineering the Future
February 16, 2008
Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh
Presentations at 11 am and 1 pm
$8 per Girl Scout; one chaperone admitted free for every 10 Girl Scouts
Reservations are required. Call 412.237.3410.
The Steinbrenner Insitute is proud to support the National Engineers Week at the Carnegie Science Center. The Science Center has exciting, science-packed experiences for girls with a variety of interests. Girls’ futures depend on meaningful, challenging, fun engagement with scientific principles and applications. By connecting science to everyday life and providing stimulating opportunities for girls to investigate scientific principles and careers, Carnegie Science Center shows girls that science is creative and exciting. Earn a special patch by attending this special presentation by the Society of Women Engineers, just for Girl Scouts. Learn about engineering projects that preserve the environment and how women engineers are making a difference in our region. This program includes the patch, presentation and admission to Carnegie Science Center’s main building during Engineer the Future, our annual National Engineers Week celebration, featuring more than 50 additional hands-on engineering activities. Click here for more information. Click here for a brochure about how students can make a difference in the environment!
Jared L. Cohon, President, Carnegie Mellon / Journeys: The Accidental President
Monday, February 4, 2008
4:30pm – Rangos 1 & 2, University Center
Open to the public
Dr. Jared Cohon will discuss his path to becoming Carnegie Mellon's President. Click here for the event poster with more information.
Focus the Nation
January 30-February 1
Carnegie Mellon & University of Pittsburgh
Focus the Nation is an educational initiative on global warming solutions for America occurring at more than 1,000 universities and colleges across the country. Please see a schedule of events below, sponsored in part by Carnegie Mellon and the Steinbrenner Institute. Download a flyer with the Carnegie Mellon sponsored events. Please visit www.focusthenation.org for more information about the national project. Read an article about the events in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette.
Climate Change 101 Keynote Address and "2% Solution" Screening / January 30 / 7:30 PM keynote / 8:00 PM Screening / Location Doherty Hall RM 2210 / Climate change expert Granger Morgan introduces the "2% Solution" web cast co-produced by the National Wildlife Federation and aired by the Earth Day Network, kicking off a discussion about global warming solutions for America. Panelists for the 2% Solution include celebrity and clean energy advocate Edward Norton; Stanford climate scientist Steve Schneider; Hunter Lovins, CEO of Natural Capitalism; and environmental justice leader Van Jones, executive director of the Ella Baker Center in Oakland, California. Miss the webcast? View it here.
Teach In at Carnegie Mellon / January 31 / 9-5:30 PM / University Center / Carnegie Mellon will host a day of events focusing the community on solutions to global warming for America, including panel presentations by dozens of University and local sustainability leaders. Session topics include, "All Your Climate Science Questions Answered," practical tips for a "low-carbon" lifestyle, the latest developments in solar technology, what a changing climate will mean for Pennsylvania and much more. Download the agenda.
Green Democracy Political Forum at the University of Pittsburgh / February 1 / 2-4:00 PM / University of Pittsburgh, David Lawrence Hall, Rm 120 / The University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, La Roche College, Duquesne University, and Chatham University have invited city, county, state, and national civic leaders to engage in a Green Democracy political forum. Student representatives will open the forum, featuring Representative Mike Doyle and Councilman Bill Peduto with statements about what each campus is doing to address climate change. Civic leaders will then speak about their commitments to combat climate change.
Recyclemania 2008 Tip Off
January 28
Carnegie Mellon, University Center
9 AM-4 PM
Participate in this year's tip-off event for Recyclemania 2008 by lobbing your cans and plastic bottles into a recycling basket. Win a small prize for each can or bottle you recycle. Sponsored by Green Practices. For more information visit www.recyclemanias.org
MLK Day Community Conversation: Environmental Justice - Is It Working In Pittsburgh?
January 21
Carnegie Mellon, University Center, McConomy Auditorium
2:30-4:00 PM
Moderator: Dr. Peter Madsen, Distinguished Service Professor for Ethics and Social Responsibility, Carnegie Mellon University
Panelists: Court Gould, Executive Director of Sustainable Pittsburgh; Dr. Stephen B. Thomas, Director, Center for Minority Health and Philip Hallen Professor of Community Health and Social Justice, Graduate School of Public Health University of Pittsburgh; Khari Mosley, Campaign Director for Pittsburgh UNITED (regional policy action center) and former PA State Director for the League of Young Voters and the League of Young Voters Education Fund
2007
Power Shift 2007
November 2-5, 2007
University of Maryland at College Park
The Steinbrenner Institute supported a Carnegie Mellon student group who traveled to this national youth summit on the climate crisis. Student Alicia Marrie reported that with the Steinbrenner Institute's help Carnegie Mellon was able to send 17 students to be part of the 5,500 students who attended Power Shift. "It was great to see that many student activists gathered in one place to discuss solutions to global climate change," Marrie said.
Visit the Power Shift website for more information and look for a more detailed account of the Carnegie Mellon trip in the upcoming winter Steinbrenner Institute newsletter.
Solar Decathlon Homecoming
November 2, 2007
Carnegie Mellon University
College of Fine Arts Great Hall
4:30-6:30 p.m.
Open to Carnegie Mellon Faculty and Students
The Steinbrenner Institute in partnership with the College of Fine Arts and the School of Architecture hosted a 'Welcome Back' party for our Solar Decathlon team. Help us congratulate the team for their tireless efforts and applaud their commitment to Carnegie Mellon.
The Carnegie Mellon Solar Decathlon team worked for 20 months to design and build the 'TriPod' solar house as our entry in the DOE-sponsored Solar Decathlon competition. The competition concluded on Oct 19 in Washington, where the houses were on public display to estimated crowds of 250,000 visitors and were subjected to various performance tests and architectural assessments over the previous week. It was a wonderful example of interdisciplinary teamwork, and we are all very proud of them.
Homecoming 2007: Campus Wide Environmental Issues
October 27, 2007
Carnegie Mellon University
7:30-8:15 AM
Open to Carnegie Mellon Alumni
Please join Professor David Dzombak, E’80, ’81, Faculty Director of the Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research (SEER), for a continental breakfast and informal discussion on how Carnegie Mellon is leading the way in finding practical solutions to tough, world-wide environmental challenges.
Homecoming 2007: Carnegie Mellon Tackles Global Climate Change
October 27, 2007
Carnegie Mellon University
8:30-9:45 AM
Open to Carnegie Mellon Alumni
Sponsored by the Class of 1957 and the Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research (SEER)
Global climate change is real and consequences are quite disturbing. Carnegie Mellon researchers can make the complex subject understandable while working on complex technical and policy-related solutions. We are all contributors to the solution and this discussion will leave you with suggestions on how you can help to mitigate the problem.
Moderator:
Dr. Marilyn Bracken (MM’57), President and General Manager of Bracken Associates LLC.
Panelists: SEER Faculty -
Dr. Lester Lave, Harry B. and James H. Higgins Professor of Economics and University Professor, Director, Carnegie Mellon Green Design Initiative; Co-Director, Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center
Dr. M. Granger Morgan, Department Head of the Engineering and Public Policy program (EPP),
Dr. Edward Rubin, Alumni Professor of Environmental Engineering and Science, and Professor in EPP and Mechanical Engineering.
Professor Rubin's Presentation
Professor Lave's Presentation
Professor Morgan's Presentation
Media Bootcamp: Harnessing the New Web – How Online Reporting Is Changing the Media
October 24, 2007
Carnegie Mellon University
Singleton Room, Roberts Hall of Engineering
11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
Open to Carnegie Mellon Faculty and Students
Carnegie Mellon’s Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research and the College of Engineering will host five journalists at a special media panel designed to help faculty and researchers better understand how the media use online reporting tools to cover news. The dizzying array of new online Internet choices has the potential to overwhelm casual Web users and time-strapped workers alike. Our panel of national editors and reporters will share important insights into how they harness the ubiquitous Net. For more information and to RSVP, please contact Meredith Meyer Grelli, mmgrelli@andrew.cmu.edu.
Panel Participants:
Pradeep K. Khosla
Moderator
Dean/Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering
James R. Hagerty
Reporter
The Wall Street Journal
John Bryne
Executive Editor
Business Week
Todd Woody
News Editor
Fortune Magazine
Seth Bauer
Editorial Director
National Geographic’s Green Guide
Jennifer C. Yates
Associated Press
Bureau Chief
Reclaming Vacant Properties Conference
Pittsburgh, PA
September 24 & 25, 2007
Reclaiming Vacant Properties: Strategies for Rebuilding America’s Neighborhoods, sponsored by the National Vacant Properties Campaign, will be the first national conference focusing on helping realize the potential of vacant properties as community assets – highlighting strategies to ensure they benefit the residents, communities, and cities around them.
This two-day conference will bring together practitioners, policymakers, and concerned citizens from throughout the country to share model practices and problem solve. Don’t miss this opportunity to design new strategies to prevent and revitalize vacant properties, which will consequently improve public safety and health, and spur economic growth. There will be over 30 different seminars to choose from, including mobile workshops that highlight many of Pittsburgh's most dynamic neighborhoods and initiatives.
Open to anybody committed to sharing and learning from experiences that make America’s neighborhoods stronger and healthier, including: community development professionals, public officials, civic leaders, local and state governmental staff, citizen activists, crime and safety professionals, the financial community, real estate professionals, academics, developers, planners, and others.
Reclaming Vacant Properties
First Annual Rachel Carson Legacy Conference: "Sustaining the Web of Life in Modern Society"
Pittsburgh, PA at Carnegie Mellon University
September 29
Keynote Speaker is Professor E. O. Wilson; sessions include: Global Warming; Perspectives on Health of Our Oceans; Environmenta Leadership & Changing the Way We Live.
Adults: $25, Students: $10
The Rachel Carson Homestead
