Friday, May 2 Schedule of Events

9 a.m.
Informal Poster Viewing
Buntrock Commons, Crossroads
Posters will be on display from 9 a.m. on Friday until 11 a.m. on Saturday. A formal session with presenters in attendance takes place 4:45-6 p.m. on Friday.

10 a.m.
Honors Day Convocation
Boe Memorial Chapel

11 a.m.
Honors Day Reception

2 p.m.
Introduction and Welcome
Science Center 280
Wesley Pearson, professor of chemistry and Hardy Distinguished Professor of Natural Sciences
Christopher Thomforde, president, St. Olaf College

2:15 p.m.
Plenary Address I
Science Center 280
"The Tyranny of Small Decisions — How Local and Regional Human Actions Add Up to Global Change"
Jill S. Baron, Ph.D., ecosystem ecologist, United States Geological Survey and senior research ecologist, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University

3:30 p.m.
Plenary Address II
Science Center 280
"Global Environmental Change — Back to the Future"
Robert Jackson, Ph.D., professor of biology and environmental sciences, Duke University

4:45 p.m.
Formal Poster Session
Buntrock Commons, Crossroads

7:30 p.m.
Plenary Address III
Science Center 280
"Abrupt Climate Change — A Historical View of Our Future"
Richard Alley, Ph.D., professor of geosciences, Pennsylvania State University

8:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Science Center 280
Wesley Pearson, professor of chemistry and Hardy Distinguished Professor of Natural Sciences
James May, Dean and Provost, St. Olaf College