2018-2019 Teale Lecture Series
13 September 2018
“The Edge of the Petri Dish”
Charles Mann
Journalist; Author of “1491,” “1493,” “The Wizard and the Prophet,” and other books;
Contributing Editor, Science, Wired, and The Atlantic Monthly
25 October 2018
“In the Footsteps of Late 19th Century Explorers: Reconstructing Environmental Change across the Canadian High Arctic”
John England
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta; Weston Family Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Northern Research; Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
View Recorded John England Lecture (Note: Lecture starts at the 9:00 mark)
15 November 2018
“Silverswords and Lobeliads: Restoring Hawaii’s Marvels of Evolution”
Rob Robichaux
University Distinguished Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona;
Founder and President of the Board of Trustees of the Hawaiian Silversword Foundation
31 January 2019
“Litigating in the Supreme Court of the United States: Property Rights vs. Environmental Protection”
Richard J. Lazarus
The Howard J. and Katherine W. Aibel Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
View Recorded Richard Lazarus Lecture
21 February 2019
“Beasts at Bedtime: Revealing the Environmental Wisdom in Children’s Literature”
Liam J. Heneghan
Professor of Environmental Science and Studies, DePaul University
View Recorded Liam Heneghan Lecture
18 April 2019
“Improving Water Quality: Are Economics and the Environment Always at Odds?”
Catherine Kling
Professor, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
View Recorded Catherine Kling Lecture