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Commencement

2022 Bren Commencement Celebration

Join us at Bren Hall or online to celebrate our graduates on June 10, 2022!

| 9:00 am to 11:00 am PDT

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Headshot of Juan Carlos Villaseñor-Derbez

PhD Defense

Essays on Environmental Markets and Marine Conservation

PhD Dissertation Defense, Juan Carlos Villaseñor-Derbez

| 1:00 pm PST

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Student Presentations

2022 Bren Communication Capstone Final Presentations

Join us for 7 environmental communication capstone presentations from the MESM Class of 2022, from short films to outreach campaigns

| 12:30 to 2:00 pm PT

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headshot of Yang Qiu

PhD Defense

Economic and Environmental Implications of Low-Carbon Transition in the Energy System: Case Studies on Lighting Technologies, Electricity System, and Direct Air Capture

PhD Dissertation Defense, Yang Qiu

| 10:00 am PT

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Student Presentations

2022 MEDS Capstone Project Presentations

Join us live online or on-campus for the 2022 MEDS capstone project presentations, Thursday, May 26.

| 1:00 - 5:00pm Pacific Time

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Headshot of William Burke

PhD Defense

Modeling the Interconnected Effects of Fuel Treatments on Forests, Water, and Fire

PhD Dissertation Defense, William Burke

| 2:00 pm PT

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Ruth Oliver stands in the woods in a black jacket

Bren Seminar

Understanding Wildlife Responses to Anthropogenic Activity

Ruth Oliver, Associate Research Scientist, Center for Biodiversity and Global Change, Yale University

| 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

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Headshot of K Rahul Sharma

PhD Defense

Non-Financial Incentives for Pro-Social and Pro-Environmental Behaviour

PhD Dissertation Defense, Karnamadakala Rahul Sharma

| 9:00 am PDT

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Panel

2022 Environmental Justice Symposium

The 4th Annual Environmental Justice Symposium, presented by the Bren School Environmental Justice Club, May 19 & 20, 2022.

| May 19, 4:00-6:00pm; May 20, 2:00-4:00pm Pacific Time

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Headshot of Meredith Fowlie

Bren Seminar

Power Plants, Air Pollution, and Regulatory Rebound

Meredith Fowlie, Associate Professor, Dept of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley

| 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

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Jason Maier

PhD Defense

Essays on Consumer Behavior and the Environment

PhD Dissertation Defense, Jason Maier

| 9:00 am PDT

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Collage of headshots of Isabelle Anguelovski and James Connolly

Bren Seminar

The Green City and Social Injustice

Isabelle Anguelovski and James Connolly, Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability

| 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

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headshot of Patrick Hunnicutt

PhD Defense

Comparative Analyses of Environmental Deprivation and Political Mobilization

PhD Dissertation Defense, Patrick Hunnicutt

| 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

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Kiana Frank collecting a water sample

Bren Seminar

Microbes to Meaʻai (food): Management Lessons from Proven Models of Sustainability in Ancient Hawaii

Kiana Frank, Assistant Professor, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawai'i Mānoa

| 11:00am to 12:00pm PT

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Panel

Mellichamp Environmental Justice Forum

The Duncan and Suzanne Mellichamp Academic Initiative: Racial Environmental Justice

| 9:00am - 5:00pm Pacific Time

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Bren Seminar

California Aquaculture in the Changing Food Seascape

Caitlin Fong, Postdoctoral Fellow, NCEAS

| 11:00am to 12:00pm PT