{"id":26232,"date":"2024-05-02T00:21:33","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T04:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metcalfinstitute.org\/?page_id=26232"},"modified":"2024-05-13T18:27:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T22:27:05","slug":"2024-public-lecture-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/2024-public-lecture-series\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Public Lecture Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero   cl-has-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><div class=\"block\"><h1>2024 Annual\nPublic Lecture Series<\/h1><p>Free weekly lectures in May and June<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/2018-AWJ-Wednesday_0222_metcalf_wednesday_222.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls-container\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-icon\" title=\"Accessibility controls\">Accessibility controls<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-motion-control cl-accessibility-control-hidden\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Pause motion\">Pause motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">On<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Play motion\">Play motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Off<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-contrast-control\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Increase text contrast\">Increase text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Standard<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Reset text contrast\">Reset text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">High<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-system-setting\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle\" title=\"Apply my preferences site-wide\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle-label\">Apply site-wide<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p>Metcalf Institute is celebrating over 25 years of bringing science to the conversation! Join us for a weekly dose of inspiration and education as part of our <strong>Annual Public Lecture Series.<\/strong> Each week, we bring you a free, virtual talk with an inspired thought leader, grappling with real-world issues of climate change and water issues. Together, we&#8217;ll explore the latest research and collaborative efforts to respond to our changing environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, we&#8217;re holding our Annual Lecture Series weekly on Thursdays from May 30th to June 20th from 1-2pm ET. The keystone <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/honoring-robert-leeson\/\">Leeson Lecture<\/a> held both in-person and via <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/metcalfinstitute\">Youtube<\/a> on <strong>June 6th, 2024<\/strong>, during the in-person Annual Science Immersion Workshop for Journalists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All lectures are free and will be live-streamed online. Limited in-person seating will be available for the June 6 Leeson Lecture at the URI Graduate School of Oceanography. All of our lectures are <strong>accessible <\/strong>for deaf and hard of hearing via live ASL interpreters and Zoom captioning. Learn more and register below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024 Public Lecture Schedule<\/h1>\n\n\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/environmental-racism-and-climate-impacts-how-frontline-communities-are-creating-their-own-adaptations\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/ALS-Lectures-4-300x251.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Environmental Racism and Climate Impacts flier\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/ALS-Lectures-4-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/ALS-Lectures-4-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/ALS-Lectures-4-364x305.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/ALS-Lectures-4-500x419.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/ALS-Lectures-4.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/environmental-racism-and-climate-impacts-how-frontline-communities-are-creating-their-own-adaptations\/\">Environmental Racism and Climate Impacts: How Frontline Communities are Creating Their Own Adaptations.<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Thursday, May 30, 2024, 1-2pm ET Virtual Discover how frontline communities are overcoming environmental challenges in the face of climate change. Join us for an inspiring talk featuring Marquetta Dickens, co-founder of Freedom Org in historic Princeville North Carolina, the first town in America chartered by formerly enslaved Africans after the Civil War. Learn firsthand [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/2024-leeson-lecture\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/2024-Leeson-Lecture-announcement-2-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"2024 Leeson Lecture Announcement: Listening to Water, how we can thrive in an age of drought and deluge\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/2024-Leeson-Lecture-announcement-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/2024-Leeson-Lecture-announcement-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/2024-Leeson-Lecture-announcement-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/2024-Leeson-Lecture-announcement-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/2024-Leeson-Lecture-announcement-2-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/2024-Leeson-Lecture-announcement-2-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/2024-Leeson-Lecture-announcement-2-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/2024-Leeson-Lecture-announcement-2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/2024-leeson-lecture\/\">2024 Leeson Lecture<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Listening to Water: How We Can Thrive in a Time of Drought and Deluge Thursday, June 6, 2024, 3:30-4:30pm ET In-person and virtual (see below) Climate change is bringing more frequent and severe floods and droughts. Such disasters spur calls for more infrastructure, but the ways we try to control water make these disasters worse. [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/implications-of-under-researching-the-south-atlantic-for-water-scarcity-in-south-america\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/ALS-Lectures-2-1-300x251.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Implications of Under-researching the South Atlantic with Dr REgina Rodrigues\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/ALS-Lectures-2-1-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/ALS-Lectures-2-1-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/ALS-Lectures-2-1-364x305.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/ALS-Lectures-2-1-500x419.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/ALS-Lectures-2-1.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/implications-of-under-researching-the-south-atlantic-for-water-scarcity-in-south-america\/\">Implications of Under-researching the South Atlantic for Water Scarcity in South America<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Thursday, June 13, 2024, 1-2pm ET Virtual Curious about the intricate connections between climate patterns, water scarcity, and the under-explored South Atlantic? In this thought-provoking lecture, Dr. Regina Rodrigues will delve into the fascinating nexus of climate dynamics and water availability in South America. She&#8217;ll discuss how the temperatures of the tropical South Atlantic influence [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/restoring-the-great-salt-lake-a-roundtable-discussion-on-the-science-of-restoring-this-inland-sea-to-safe-levels-by-2034\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/ALS-Lectures-3-300x251.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Restoring the Great Salt Lake: a roundtable discussion on restoring this inland sea toto safe levels by 2034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/ALS-Lectures-3-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/ALS-Lectures-3-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/ALS-Lectures-3-364x305.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/ALS-Lectures-3-500x419.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1211\/ALS-Lectures-3.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/metcalf\/restoring-the-great-salt-lake-a-roundtable-discussion-on-the-science-of-restoring-this-inland-sea-to-safe-levels-by-2034\/\">Restoring the Great Salt Lake: A Roundtable Discussion on the Science of Restoring this Inland Sea to Safe Levels by 2034<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Thursday, June 20, 2024, 1-2pm ET Virtual The Great Salt Lake plunged to a historic low in 2022 due to water diversions, drought and a changing climate. The impacts will be significant to the vast majority of Utah\u2019s population around the lake with toxic dust storms, reduced snowpack and harms to public health, wildlife and [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Registration Quick Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure id=\"-june1\" class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table><thead><tr><th>Date<\/th><th>Lecture<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Thursday, May 30, 1-2pm ET<\/td><td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uri-edu.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_Zz5pIglOShqgi-EWgxWMQA\">Environmental Racism and Climate Impacts: How Frontline Communities Are Creating Their Own Adaptations<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thursday, June 6, 3:30-4:30pm ET<\/td><td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdZljai6YMusnfwh944dGI3rVvmk54LCBwiTkt0VCz6gxCPjw\/viewform?usp=sf_link\">Leeson Lecture with Erica Gies<\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thursday, June 13, 1-2pm ET<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_P_4V0JoSQ3CGiaElOzm2Hw\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uri-edu.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_Zz5pIglOShqgi-EWgxWMQA\"><strong>Implications of Under-researching the South Atlantic for Water Scarcity in South America<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thursday, June 20m 1-2pm ET<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/uri-edu.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_V7yMA2uSSQyqcRFfURzFTw\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/uri-edu.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_V7yMA2uSSQyqcRFfURzFTw\"><strong>Restoring the Great Salt Lake. A Roundtable Discussion on the Science of Restoring this Inland Sea to Safe Levels by 2034<\/strong><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metcalf Institute is celebrating over 25 years of bringing science to the conversation! Join us for a weekly dose of inspiration and education as part of our Annual Public Lecture Series. Each week, we bring you a free, virtual talk with an inspired thought leader, grappling with real-world issues of climate change and water issues. 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