Washington Academy of Sciences
- Meetings of the WAS Board of Managers
- Usually held the second Thursday of the month (except in July and August) in Conference Room 207 at 7:00 PM.
(check this page for exceptions)
AAAS Building
1200 New York Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005
Telephone: 202-326-8975
Please use the 12th Street entrance - The Board of Managers does not regularly meet in July and August
SME-DC Section
WHEN: Tuesday, March 13, 2012.
WHERE : Pier 7 Restaurant, 650 Water Street, SW, Washington, DC
SPEAKERS: Mr. Keith Slack, Extractive Industries Global Program Manager, Oxfam, America TOPIC: Mining and Poverty: Challenges and Opportunities COMMENTS: To RSVP (by March 9) or for further information on costs/menu choices, contact Patty Leferski – ploferski@usgs.gov
WHEN: Wednesday, March 14 2012 Refreshments- 7:30PM, Program 8:00PM
WHERE: John Wesley Powell Auditorium, 2170 Florida Ave. NW, DC
National Museum of Natural History
SPEAKERS/TOPICS: Basil Tikoff, University of Wisconsin – Madison “Life and Times of the western Idaho shear zone, US Cordillera” Karen C. Rice, U.S. Geological Survey “The planet needs a Rolaid” Benjamin Zaitchik, Johns Hopkins University, “The evolving water balance on the Nile River Basin”
Geological Society of Washington
WHEN: Wednesday, March 14 2012 Refreshments- 7:30PM, Program 8:00PM
WHERE: John Wesley Powell Auditorium, 2170 Florida Ave. NW, DC
National Museum of Natural History
SPEAKER-THE BRADLEY LECTURE: J.Donald Rimstidt, Professor Emeritus of Geochemistry, the Department of Geosciences of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. TOPIC: Mineral Stability in the Weathering Environment
The Washington Academy of Sciences
WHEN: March 31-April 1, 2012 Registration begins 7:30 AM, March 31
WHERE: Registration begins at Virginia Tech, 900 Glebe Rd.Arlington (Ballston, Virginia CONFERENCE: CAPSCI2012, see our website at http://www.washacadsci.org/capsci12/body.htm