The University of Toledo

2013 Events Archive

Special tour and activities during the Biggest Week in American Birding. Wednesday, May 8, 2013, 10:00 am. See research in action and learn about the Lake Erie ecosystem! 

2013 Art Contest entries due: Friday, May 3, 2013. Click here for more information. All ages and skill levels invited to enter! 

2013 GK-12 Poser Gala: Thursday, May 2, 2013, 6:00 - 8:00 pm. Click here for registration form. 

EarthFest at the University of Toledo: Tuesday, April 23rd, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm, Centennial Mall (rain location: Student Union, Ingman Room, and South Lounge). *Lake Erie Center presentation at 12:15 pm. 

Lake Erie Center Public Lecture: Dr. Jiquan Chen, UT Professor of Environmental Sciences. "Harmonizing Humans and Nature for the Changing Globe". Thursday, April 18, 2013, 7:00 pm. LEC room 155.

Lake Erie Center Public Lecture Series: Dr. Alan Steinman, Director, Annis Water Resources Institute and Professor of Water Resources at Grand Valley State University, "Ecosystem Restoration from the Everglades to the Great Lakes: Fact, Fiction, and (occasional) Frustration". Thursday, March 21, 2013, 7:00 pm. 

M.S. Thesis Defense: Timothy Sullivan (advisor: Dr. Carol Stepien). "A Fine-scale Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Population Genetic Patterns in the Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens)". Thursday, February 14, 2013, 3:30 pm. LEC room 155.

Lake Erie Center Public Lecture: Dr. Patrick Lawrence, Professor and Chair of the UT Department of Geography and Planning, and Chair of the President's Commission on the River, "A River that Runs Through Toledo (and Point Place!): An Environmental History of Tenmile Creek/Ottawa River, Ohio". Thursday, February 21, 2013, 7:00 pm. 

Department of Environmental Sciences Lecture: Dr. Peili Fan, Michigan State University. "China's urban sustainability under future climate change". Friday, February 15, 2013, 4:00 pm. UT Main campus, BO 1045. 

Ph.D. Dissertation Defense: Justin Chaffin (advisor: Dr. Tom Bridgeman). "Effects of Low Available Nitrogen Concentrations on Phytoplankton Dynamics in Eutrophic Lakes". Wednesday, January 23, 2013, 9:30 am. LEC room 155.

Lake Erie Center Public Lecture: Dr. Thomas Johengen, Cooperative Institute for Limnology & Ecosystem Research, "Thirty Years after Ballast Water Exchange: Pending Changes and Challenges for Controlling Invasive Species Introductions via Shipping over the Next Decade". Thursday, January 17, 2013, 7:00 pm.