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Fall 2008 Seminars

last updated 9/29/08

If you have information about any of these seminars that you would like to share, or if you know of other seminars that you think would be interesting, please e-mail me at lfbrown@ucdavis.edu.

Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry
AGC 290-001 - Mondays, 4:10-6:00, 1 Wellman
    Ag Chem Courses and Seminar Page
   (currently has link to last Fall's seminars)
    Instructor in charge: 
    Topic:  Seminars from invited speakers and exit seminars
    CRN: 50591
AGC 290-002 - Wednesdays, 4:10-6:00, 4206 Meyer
    Instructor in charge: 
    Topic: 
    CRN: 50592

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
BMB 290-001 - Tuesdays, 4:10-5:00, 125 Wellman
    Instructor in charge: Bisson (lfbisson@ucdavis.edu)
    Topic: 
    CRN:  55165
BMB 290-002 - TBA
    Instructor in charge: Fairclough (rhfairclough@ucdavis.edu)
    Topic: 
    CRN:  55166

Community Development
CRD 290 - Thursdays, 4:10-5:00, mostly in 3201 Hart Hall
        (see schedule for locations each week)
    Instructor in charge:  Benner (ccbenner@ucdavis.edu)
    Topic:  Immigration, Transnationalism and Development
    CRN: 57531

Ecology
Ecology Seminar Webpage
In addition to the Ecology and Evolution Seminar Series, (ECL 296, Thursdays, 4:10-5:30 pm in 2205 Haring Hall, CRN 59843), a selection of ECL 290 student participatory seminars are offered

Entomology
ENT 297N - Wednesdays, 12:10-1:00 pm, 122 Briggs
    Instructor in charge: Rosenheim (jarosenheim@ucdavis.edu)
    Departmental Seminar
    CRN:  62829

Genetics
GGG 291 - Wednesdays, 3:10-5:00, 2005 PES
    Instructor:  Chetelat (trchetelat@ucdavis.edu)
    Topic:  History of Genetics
    CRN: 66340

Geography
GEO 297 - Wednesdays, 5:10-6:30, 1150 Hart
    (9-28 - More information now available)
    Instructor in charge:  
    Topic:  The History of California's Landscapes
    CRN:  66146, 2 units

International Agricultural Development
IAD 290 - Tuesdays, 4:10-5:30, 242 Asmundson (Big Hanna Room)
    Student organizers: Ann Prentiss (aprentiss@ucdavis.edu)
      and Mark Lundy (melundy@ucdavis.edu)
    Faculty Sponsor:  Richard Plant (replant@ucdavis.edu)
    Topic:  Development from the Bottom Up: Grassroots Initiatives
       in Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Agriculture
    CRN: 68485

Landscape Architecture
LDA 190 - Fridays, 12:10-1:00, 202 Wellman
       (This is a Proseminar, upper division, not graduate level,
         so it won't satisfy the seminar requirement,
         but some quarters there are some very interesting topics covered;
         you might just want to attend occasional seminars)

    Instructor in charge:  Schenker (hmschenker@ucdavis.edu)
    Topic:  Sustainable Site Designs
    CRN: 69013

Plant Biology
PBI 290A - TBA
    Topic: Seminars by Plant Biology faculty
    CRN: 74713
PBI 290B - Fridays, 12:10-1:00, 1022 Life Sciences Addition
    Topic: Seminars by UCD faculty and visiting scientists
    CRN: 74714
PBI 291 - Tuesdays, 12:10-1:00, 1022 Life Sciences Addition
    Topic: Exit seminars by Plant Biology graduate students
    CRN: 74731
PBI 293 - Thursdays, 12:10-1:00, 211 Wellman
    Instructor in charge:  Saltveit (mesaltveit@ucdavis.edu)
    Topic:  Postharvest Biology
    CRN: 74745

Plant Pathology
PLP 290 - Mondays, 1:10-2:00, 115 Hutchison
    Topics in Plant Pathology
    CRN: 77626 (early drop)

Plant Sciences
PLS 290-001 - Wednesdays, noon - 1:00, 3001 PES
    Instructor in charge:  Labavitch (jmlabavitch@ucdavis.edu)
    Topics in Plant Science
    CRN: 78317
PLS 290-002 - Mondays, noon - 1:00, 2004 PES
    Student organizers: Dylan Beaudette (debeaudette@ucdavis.edu)
      and Garrett Liles (gcliles@ucdavis.edu)
    Faculty sponsor:  Richard Plant (replant@ucdavis.edu)
    Database Development and Use
    CRN: 78318

Population Biology
PBG 290 - Tuesdays, 4:10-6:00, 1022 Life Sci Building
    Instructor in charge:  Rosenheim (jarosenheim@ucdavis.edu)
    Topic: 
    CRN: 74571

Soil Science
SSC 290
Organizational meeting Thursday, October 2, 4:00-5:00, 2004 PES
    Instructor in charge:  Scow (kmscow@ucdavis.edu)
    Topic:  African Soils and Agriculture (participatory seminar)
    CRN:

Viticulture & Enology
VEN 290 - Fridays, 12:10-1:00, RMI Sensory Theater
    Topics in Viticulture & Enology
    CRN: 82210