The UW Libraries have a hand in a lot of on-campus events today. From 12:20 – 1:15 p.m. Felicity Barringer of the New York Times will speak in the Union Ballroom about a green economy. Her keynote address is free and open to the public. At 5:00 p.m. Salman Rushdie will speak in the A&S Auditorium. And the ReVisioning the (W)hole conference continues all day today as well. A full and interesting schedule for the day to be sure!

Also today, the following courses meet in the Coe Library Electronic Classroom:

• 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PHCY 6250 (Martin)
• 1:00 – 1:50 p.m. HIST 3020 (Wells)
• 2:45 – 4:00 p.m. LBRY 3020 (Tronstad/ Schmidt)

New York Times reporter Felicity Barringer will answer the question “What would a green economy look like?” from 12:20 – 1:15 p.m. Thursday, September 25th in the Wyoming Union Yellowstone Ballrooom. Barringer is the keynote speaker at the 8th annual Consumer Issues Conference and she is a national correspondent for the paper of record. The event is free and open to the public.

From energy to detergents, there are new ideas and environmentally friendly alternatives becoming more readily available across the globe. This talk will trace the changing political dynamics of the environmental movement, which emerged from a largely anti-corporate stance to one where today, Carl Pope of the Sierra Club is giving a shout out to oil magnate and swift boater, T. Boone Pickens because of his wind proposals. We will explore new ways everyone—with or without government incentives—can make green choices every day that make both environmental and economic sense.

For more information, click here.

Today in the Coe Library Electronic Classroom:

• 9:00 – 10:50 a.m. EDST (Roxas)
• 1:10 – 2:00 p.m. KIN 1005 (Smith)

UW Libraries’ employees will offer their perspectives into interdisciplinary work at the ReVisioning the (W)hole conference September 23-25 at UW.

Librarian Kaijsa Calkins will co-present on the topic “Interdisciplinary or Inextricable? Considering research and writing within and without the disciplines”. Coe Library student employee and A/V specialist David Sircin of Laramie, a double major in art and microbiology, will join other current and former students in a panel discussion on interdisciplinary learning.

The conference is free and open to the public.

[photo used with permission of UW news service]

Join student Jaime McTee at 4:00 p.m. in Coe Library Room 115 as she discusses her experiences studying abroad in Mexico.

Also on Tuesday, the following classes meet in the Coe Library Electronic Classroom:

• 8:00 – 9:50 a.m. WMST 3500 (Kamp)
• 10:00 – 10:50 a.m. ENR 1100 (Lovato)
• 2:45 – 4:00 p.m. LBRY 3020 (Tronstad/ Schmidt)
• 4:10 – 5:00 p.m. ANTH 5020 (Murphy)
• 5:15 – 6:30 p.m. NASC
• 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. ART 2010 (Hunt)

Librarians from UW rode in Blackhawk helicopters this weekend as part of the Wyoming Rendezvous tour of the state for new faculty. Jim Honour maintained his composure, while your humble blogger smiled like a nervous 5 year old as we waited for take off in the National Guard helicopter in Cheyenne.

Other sites on the Rendezvous tour included the SAREC agricultural research station in Lingle, the women’s prison in Lusk, the Black Thunder coal mine outside of Gillette, and the UW/Casper College Outreach Center. I think I can speak for both Jim and myself when I say it was a most fun weekend out in the state!  A huge thank you to the organizers and sponsors.

New members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences were recently announced, including UW professor Jason Shogren.

According to the Royal Academy website:

Jason Shogren is Stroock Professor of Natural Resource Conservation & Management at Department of Economics and Finance, University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA and new member of the Academy’s class for Social Sciences.

The Academy and its members have been responsible for awarding the Nobel prizes in Physics and Chemistry since 1901. Congratulations Professor Shogren!

[thanks to alert reader Birgit for the tip}

Ahoy! Our Technical Serrrrrr-vices crew celebrated Talk Like a Pirate Day again this year with food and costumes. Good show mateys!