SSI SEMINAR - Landscape Sustainability Science with Jingle Wu - Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions

Name: SSI SEMINAR – Landscape Sustainability Science with Jingle Wu
Start: 2014-04-18T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2014-04-18T13:00:00-04:00
Location: 107 Norman Smith Hall

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

SSI SEMINAR – Landscape Sustainability Science with Jingle Wu

April 18, 2014 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Jingle Wu, Arizona State University

Landscape sustainability science: Improving ecosystem services and human well-being in changing landscapes

Jianguo (Jingle) Wu
Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University
Founding Director, Center for Human & Environment System Sustainability, Beijing Normal University

Jianguo (Jingle) Wu is the Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Landscape Ecology and
Sustainability Science at the School of Life Sciences & Global Institute of Sustainability,
Arizona State University. Wu earned his B.S. in biology from Inner Mongolia University
and M.S. and Ph.D. in ecology from Miami University. A National Science Foundation
(NSF) postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University and Princeton University, Wu has authored
12 books and more than 220 journal articles and book chapters in the areas of landscape
ecology, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, urban ecology, and sustainability science.
He is a co-PI and Leadership Team member for the Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-
Term Ecological Research project (CAP-LTER) and a founding faculty member of Global
Institute of Sustainability (2004) and School of Sustainability at Arizona State University.

Details

Date:: April 18, 2014
Time:: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Event Category:: Mitchell Center Events

Organizer

: Mitchell Center
Phone: 207-581-3195
Email: umgmc@maine.edu
: View Organizer Website

Venue

: 107 Norman Smith Hall
: Mitchell Center - UMaine
Orono, ME 04469 United States + Google Map
Phone: 207-581-3195
: View Venue Website

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