Lunch-and-Learn—December 13

Scott Rice-Snow, visiting professor to Island Studies from Ball State University in Indiana, has been on PEI this fall researching the geometry of PEI drainage basins, and will summarize his results to date at a lunch-and-learn session Thursday, December 13, in the Faculty Lounge, Main Building, 12-1 pm.

Dr. Rice-Snow is chair of the Department of Geological Sciences at Ball State University, and is a research associate of the UPEI Institute of Island Studies.

His specialties are in geomorphology and hydrology, with research focusing on natural landscapes sculpted by rivers, groundwater, and glaciers. In addition to Prince Edward Island, his field investigations take him to the central and western U.S. and the Caribbean. He has published more than 20 research articles on landscape form and process, and has also made contributions in geoscience education, geoarchaeology, and paleoclimatology.

Dr. Rice-Snow will also present a public seminar at 7:00 pm in the Faculty Lounge, Main Building.

For more info, contact Island Studies at 566-0386, or inovaczek@upei.ca