Fall Science Speaker Series Set at Johnson State

September 1, 2017

The Current Topics in Science Speaker Series at Johnson State College will begin Sept. 6 with a talk by JSC faculty member Lisa Zinn on monitoring nesting bird populations through bird banding. The series is coordinated by the college’s Department of Environmental & Health Sciences.

All talks, free and open to the public, will be 4-5:15 p.m. in Room 207 Bentley Hall.

Other talks this fall include:

• Sept. 13, Kip Potter, Ph.D.,Water Quality Specialist, USDA/NRCS, restoring Lake Champlain
• Sept. 20, Jim Cummings with Essex Physical Therapy, rehabilitation for knee ACL injuries
• Sept. 27, Jason Shafer, director of the Vermont Institute of Applied Meteorology at Lyndon State College, forecasting power outages from wet snow and ice
• Oct. 4, David Mears, Vermont Law School professor, legal issues related to groundwater contamination in North Bennington
• Oct. 11, Carissa Stein and Phillip Wilson with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service in Vermont
• Oct. 25, Joe Veldon with Seven Leaf Organics in Morrisville, trends in medical uses of cannabis
• Nov. 1, Andrea Villanti, associate professor, University of Vermont psychiatry department, tobacco use in the U.S.
• Nov. 8, Heather Pembrook, Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, effects of acid rain on Vermont’s acid lakes
• Nov. 15, Kip Potter, Natural Resources Conservation Service, phosphorus and agriculture related to Lake Champlain’s restoration
• Nov. 29, John O’Meara, St. Michael’s College astronomy and physics professor, the atomic history of the universe
• Dec. 6, Kent McFarland, Vermont Center for Ecostudies, natural history and conservation of Vermont butterflies
• Dec. 13, Lesley-Ann Giddings, Middlebury College, using nature as a guide in engineering microbial natural products

On July 1, 2018, Johnson State College and Lyndon State College will become Northern Vermont University, a two-campus institution of higher education that combines the best of both colleges’ nationally recognized liberal arts and professional programs under a single administration. Driven by a mission to provide a high-quality, accessible, inclusive education for students in the state, the region, the nation and online, NVU will begin recruiting in fall 2017 for its first class starting in fall 2018.