The Oppenheim Lecture Series has been established at the Institute of the Environment through a generous gift by Patricia Oppenheim and her family in memory of Rudi Oppenheim. This evening lecture series presents world class speakers to educate, inform, and build community discourse about the critical environmental problems of our time.
2009-2010 Oppenheim Lectures
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Adapting to Wildfires on the Urban Edge in Southern California
Jon E. Keeley, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, UCLA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Resource Ecologist, USGS Western Ecological Research Center
An Oppenheim Lecture
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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The Geography of Air Pollution: Where are Pregnant Women and their Children at Risk?
A joint Oppenheim Lecture by:
Beate Ritz, MD, Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair, UCLA Department of Epidemiology and
John Balmes, MD, Professor of Medicine, U.C. San Francisco
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar & iCal
Innovation for a Clean Economy
Daniel M. Kammen, Ph.D.
Class of 1935 Distinguished Professor of Energy, UC Berkeley
An Oppenheim Lecture
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Save to Outlook Calendar & iCal
2008-2009 Oppenheim Lectures
Penguins as Marine Sentinels
P. Dee Boersma, Ph.D.
Wadsworth Endowed Chair of Conservation Science, University of Washington
An Oppenheim Lecture
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Brave New Ocean
Jeremy Jackson, Ph.D.
Professor of Oceanography, Scripps Institute of Oceanography
An Oppenheim Lecture, presented in conjunction with the "Darwin Evolving" Speaker Series
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Business of Climate Change
Andrew Hoffman, Ph.D.
Holcim Professor, Sustainable Enterprise, University of Michigan
An Oppenheim Lecture
Thursday, February 19, 2009
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
2007-2008 Oppenheim Lectures
What's Good for the Planet and the Economy is Also Good for Health...With the Right Leadership
An Oppenheim lecture held April 14, 2008 by Dr. Richard Jackson, M.D., M.P.H. Professor and Chairman, Professor and Chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, UCLA.
A Blueprint for Healing the Bay
An Oppenheim lecture held February 11, 2008 with Dr. Mark Gold, environmental scientist and President of Heal the Bay.
Energy Efficiency: The first, and most profitable, way to delay Climate Change
An Oppenheim lecture by Arthur Rosenfeld, Ph.D., Member, California Energy Commission held February 25, 2008.
