February 25, 2021: IRES Faculty Seminar with Andrew Baron
Implicit bias has many pernicious effects on behavior including affecting hiring and voting decisions, and even treatment recommendations by medical professionals. Moreover, research shows that this form of bias is notoriously difficult to change in adults, underscoring the need to identify its roots in development.
February 11, 2021: IRES Student Seminar with Joanne Nelson and Kyoko Adachi
February 11, 2021: IRES Student Seminar with Joanne Nelson and Kyoko Adachi
February 4, 2021: IRES Faculty Seminar with Mary Collins
Analyzing the relationship between employment and toxic emissions at over 25,000 US manufacturing facilities between 1998 to 2012 demonstrates that significant reductions in toxic pollution can be achieved while avoiding equivalent effects on employment.
January 21, 2021: IRES Faculty Seminar with Fausto Sarmiento
As archetypes of the meta-geography of the vertical dimension, mountain metaphors remain at the core of animistic belief systems, religious cults, military strategies, economic potential and scientific innovation. Dr. Sarmiento argue that transdisciplinary science and geocritical tropes, incorporating physical, human, and technical geography with humanities and arts, are the best approaches to understand the complexity of mountain systems.
January 14, 2021: IRES Student Seminar with Sandeep Pai and Ian Theaker (First Seminar in Term 2)
January 14, 2021: IRES Student Seminar with Sandeep Pai and Ian Theaker (First Seminar in Term 2)
December 3, 2020: IRES Faculty Seminar with Inês Azevedo (Last Seminar in Term 1)
In this talk I will cover three related recent papers: 1) Comparing the Health Damages from Air Pollution to the Value Added in the U.S. Economy (PNAS, 2019). 2) Fine Particulate Air Pollution from Electricity Generation in the US: Health Impacts by Race, Income, and Geography (ES&T, 2019). 3) What are the best combinations of fuel-vehicle technologies to mitigate climate change and air pollution effects across the United States? (ERL, 2020).
November 12, 2020: IRES Student Seminar with Scott McKenzie and Nima Jamshidi
November 12, 2020: IRES Student Seminar with Scott McKenzie and Nima Jamshidi
November 5, 2020: IRES Faculty Seminar with Claire Kim
Interview with Dr. Claire Kim: Race and Human-Animal Relations
October 29, 2020: IRES Professional Development Seminar with Baruch Fischhoff
The talk will address opportunities for integrating research and public service by creating empirically based communications responsive to user needs. It will draw examples from a diverse application areas.
October 15, 2020: IRES Student Seminar with Balsher Sidhu and Luis Felipe Melgarejo Perez
October 15, 2020: IRES Student Seminar with Balsher Sidhu and Luis Felipe Melgarejo Perez