6TH ANNUAL KENT STATE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & DESIGN RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM STARTS TOMORROW!

The Environmental Science and Design Symposium, formerly the Land and Water Symposium, is a multidisciplinary forum that promotes the exchange of ideas related to the resiliency of natural and built systems. This year’s theme, “Complexity of Environmental Legacies”, reflects the challenges of developing sustainable systems in landscapes transformed by decades of modification and contamination. Speakers from a wide range of disciplines (fashion, geology, geography, architecture, and ecology) will address topics related to urban, sustainability, restoration, and the integration of design with biological systems.

Co-sponsored by the Kent Environmental Council.

More details at: https://www.kent.edu/ESDRI-symposium

TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2019

Description
J Henry Fair Photo Gallery Opening – Exhibition runs from March 19 – April 5
Reception March 19, 5-7pm
Title: The Hidden Cost
J Henry Fair, Environmentalist & Fine Art Photographer
Location: Armstrong Gallery on the first floor of the Center for Architecture and Environmental Design on the Kent Campus

ITINERARY MARCH 20-21, 2019

All Events in KIVA and Student Center, as indicated below
Kent Student Center (On Campus), Kent, OH 44242

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2019

TimeDescription
6-7 p.m.Keynote Address*
Title: Legacy Nutrient Pollution Impacts on Current and Future Environmental Challenges 
Beth Boyer, Associate Professor of Water Resources, Penn State; Director, Pennsylvania Water Resources Research Center; Assistant Director, Institutes of Energy & the Environment
Location: KIVA
Reception Immediately following the addressReception sponsored by the Cleveland Water Alliance, in the Westfield Insurance Room (204 Kent Student Center) located above the KIVA.

THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2019

TimeDescription
9-9:15 a.m.Opening Remarks
9:15-9:45 a.m.Title: Real gems of the Emerald Necklace: Reflections on a century of land use and nature’s resiliency
Jennifer Grieser, Senior Natural Resources Area Manager — Urban Watersheds, Cleveland Metroparks
Location: KIVA
9:45-10:15 a.m.Title: Lake Erie Algal Blooms: An Update and Lessons Learned While Seeking Solutions
Chris Winslow, Ohio State (Stone Laboratory); Director, Ohio Sea Grant College Program
Location: KIVA
10:15-10:45 a.m.Title: Legacy impacts of coal mining on water resources
Elizabeth Herndon, Assistant Professor of Geology, Kent State
Location: KIVA
10:45-11:15 a.m.Coffee Break in Kent Student Center Ballroom
11:15-11:45 a.m.Title: Waste to Value: Beneficial Uses of Dredged Material for Resilient and Sustainable Built Environment
Rui Liu, Assistant Professor of Architecture and Environmental Design, Kent State University.
Location: KIVA
11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.Title: Closed Loop Fashion
Noël Palomo-Lovinski, Associate Professor of Fashion Design & Merchandising, Kent State University
Location: KIVA
12:15-12:45 p.m.Title: An interactive platform for community energy empowerment 
Bess Krietenmeyer, Assistant Professor in Architecture and founder of the Interactive Design and Visualization Lab (IDVL) at Syracuse University
Location: KIVA
12:45-2:15 p.m.Lunch (on your own)
TimeDescription
2:15-3:15 p.m.Keynote Address*
Title: Art, Propaganda, and the Discrediting of Science
J Henry Fair, Environmentalist & Fine Art Photographer
Location: KIVA
3:15-4:15 p.m.Panel Discussion with Keynote and Symposium Speakers, moderated by
Joseph D. Ortiz, Professor of Geology, Kent State University

Location: KIVA
4:15-6:30 p.m.Poster Session, Book Signing with J Henry Fair,** Exhibits, Recruiting; with light refreshments
Location: Kent State Student Center

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