BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:182@researchweek.unc.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231026T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231026T130000 DTSTAMP:20231106T154558Z URL:https://researchweek.unc.edu/events/lunch-learn-communities-climate/ SUMMARY:Lunch &\; Learn: Communities and Climate DESCRIPTION:Presented by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research\, t he Lunch & Learn series brings together Carolina researchers to share thei r work addressing and mitigating the impact of climate change in North Car olina. Each session will feature a distinct theme and panel of experts pre senting their latest research in that area.\n\n\n Monday\, October 23: Flo oding and Our Future\n Tuesday\, October 24: Health and Heat\n Wednesday\, October 25: Economics and Environment\n Thursday\, October 26: Communitie s and Climate\n Friday\, October 27: Climate Change and Global Health\n\nC lick the session title above for more information\n\nCLE credit is availab le for this event.\n\nEvent Recording\n\n\nClick Here for Event Presentati on Slides\n\n\n\nCommunities and Climate: Populations Impacted by Climate Change\nThursday October 26th\nPresented by: Carolina Population Center\n\ n\nNathan Dollar\, Director\, Carolina Demography\n\nNathan Dollar has dec ades of experience in research and program implementation across North Car olina and abroad. Most recently he served as a research scientist and proj ect director for the Dynamics of Extreme Events\, People\, and Places (DEE PP) survey at the Carolina Population Center. There\, he worked with an in terdisciplinary team of researchers investigating the factors that shape h ow people and communities in eastern North Carolina prepare for\, are affe cted by\, and recover from extreme weather events. Since 2014\, he has ser ved on the Governing Board for the NC Farmworker Health Program within the NC Office of Rural Health. Through these experiences\, he has gained a de ep understanding of our state institutions and the complex issues shaping population changes in North Carolina.\n\n\nFern Hickey\, Research Associat e\, UNC Coastal Resilience Center\n\nFern Hickey is currently investigatin g equity in disaster management and the use of data to support the disaste r resilience of historically marginalized communities. With a background i n agriculture and community organizing\, Fern is committed to advancing cl imate resilience research and solutions that prioritize the needs\, vision s\, and leadership of frontline communities. She received an M.A. in City and Regional Planning and a Certificate in Natural Hazards Resilience from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. \n\n\nConghe Song\, Pr ofessor and Chair\, Department of Geography and Environment\n\nConghe Song ’s research is interdisciplinary and primarily focused on how land-cover /land-use change and climate change influence ecosystem functions and huma n livelihoods. He publishes in a wide variety of journals on topics includ ing remote sensing\, water resources research\, landscape ecology\, popula tion and environment\, land use policy\, and ecological economics among ot hers. He served as a PI for multiple projects funded by the National Scien ce Foundation\, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration\, and US DA Forest Service. He teaches courses on remote sensing\, modeling of the environmental system\, forestry\, and Geographic Information Systems. \n\n \nPanel Emcee\nKaren Guzzo\, Director\, Carolina Population Center\n\nKare n Benjamin Guzzo is professor of sociology and serves as the director of t he Carolina Population Center. She is a family sociologist and demographer whose work considers patterns and variation in family formation using sur vey data. Dr. Guzzo is an expert on trends and differentials in U.S. ferti lity preferences and fertility behaviors\, such as delayed childbearing an d childlessness\, fertility intentions\, nonmarital fertility\, and childb earing across partnerships. Dr. Guzzo’s research has been federally fund ed and appears in top family and demography journals\, and she serves in l eadership positions for several national professional organizations and jo urnals. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://researchweek.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/ 2023/09/Lunch-Learn-community-color-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Carolina Population Center,In-person Event,Lunch and Learns,Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research LOCATION:https://unc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Tas0hANDQ0KucY38Kp0FiQ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR