Events Calendar

  • April 18, 2009 - Focus the Nation 2009. Focus the Nation website. If you are interested in participating, please e-mail ei@lehigh.edu.

  • April 22, 2009 - EARTH DAY! - No Events. Events held on April 15

  • April 25, 2009 - Saint Michael's Cemetary Clean Up - wear appropriate shoes! 9am - 2pm. Click Here for a flyer.

  • April 25-26, 2009 - Lehigh Gap Nature Center volunteering at the Palmerton Superfund site. 9am-3pm each day. Volunteers will be planting one species of experimental native forbs at a time in a 10 meter by 10 meter square area. If you want to volunteer, contact LGNC at 610-760-8889 or lgnc@ptd.net

  • May 2, 2009 - Lehigh Gap Nature Center volunteering at the Palmerton Superfund site. 9am-3pm each day. Volunteers will be planting one species of experimental native forbs at a time in a 10 meter by 10 meter square area. If you want to volunteer, contact LGNC at 610-760-8889 or lgnc@ptd.net

  • June 6, 2009 - “Travel the Towpath,” a celebration of Bethlehem’s most popular trail – the Lehigh Canal Towpath (a.k.a. the D&L Trail) – will take place along more than two miles of the historic trail from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
    Click Here for a flyer.

  • Thursdays, June-Sept. - Bethlehem Farmers' Market The Bethlehem Farmers' Market will run at the intersection of New and Morton Streets from noon until 5pm.

  • First Friday of Every Month - First Fridays in South Bethlehem! Stop by and enjoy the live music, food, entertainment and in store specials the first friday of every month from 6 - 10pm http://www.bethlehem.info/entertainment/events

 

Foster-Hewett Lecture Series Schedule

Speakers:

  • Luc Gagnon, Environment and Sustainable Development Unit, Hydro-Québec
  • Paul Adler, USDA-ARS, Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit
  • Clarence Lehman, Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota
  • Scott Singer, PA USDA-NRCS
  • Bruce Logan, Kappe Professor of Environmental Engineering, Penn State University
  • Ward Sproat, DOE, Former Director- Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
  • John Stamatakos, Southwest Research Institute (SWRI)

Wednesday, March 18

  • 7:00pm Luc Gagnon lecture - Rauch 184
    “Payback Trends, a Guide for Future Development”

Thursday March 19

  • 3:00pm Paul Adler lecture – Lewis Lab 270
    “Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Impacts of Grassland Management Practices
      Clarence Lehman Lecture
    “The Use and Efficiency of Different Native Grasses as Biofuels as Compared to Corn and Soybean”
      Scott Singer Lecture
    “The Local Pennsylvania Perspective on the Multiple Uses of Native Grasslands for Conservation Cover, Forage, and Biofuels, and the Implications of Grassland Management on Farmland Wildlife, Farm Economics, and Watershed Function”

Friday March 20

  • 12:00pm Bruce Logan lecture - Lewis Lab 316
    “Challenges and Opportunities for Bioenergy Production Using Microbial Fuel Cell Technologies”
  • 1:00pm Ward Sproat lecture – Lewis Lab 270
    “The Prospects for New Nuclear Plants: The Economic and Political Realities”
      John Stamatakos Lecture
    “Technical and Regulatory Perspectives on Natural Hazard Assessments for Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities”
  • 2:30pm Wrap Up Panel Discussion - Lewis Lab 270