Learning from the Unthinkable: 1906 Centennial lectures at Berkeley and Stanford

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Liz Ditz <ponytrax () batnet com>
Date: January 13, 2006 7:06:42 PM EST
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Learning from the Unthinkable: 1906 Centennial lectures at  
Berkeley and Stanford

for IP if you wish

Stanford-Berkeley lecture series to commemorate 100th anniversary of  
the Great San Francisco Earthquake

Jan. 17, 2006
Chris D. Poland (president, Degenkolb Engineers): "Restrain, Respect  
and Rehabilitate: A Tale of Three Seismic Projects at Stanford," a  
special lecture on the unique structural repairs and retrofits on the  
Stanford campus, Jan. 17, 2006 (Stanford, Kresge Auditorium)

Jan. 31, 2006 & Feb 1 2006:
Mary Lou Zoback (senior research scientist, U.S. Geological Survey):  
"The 1906 Earthquake: Lessons Learned, Lessons Forgotten and Future  
Directions," Jan. 31, 2006 (Stanford, Kresge Auditorium), Mary Lou  
Zoback (senior research scientist, U.S. Geological Survey): "The 1906  
Earthquake: Lessons Learned, Lessons Forgotten and Future  
Directions," Jan. 31, 2006 (Stanford, Kresge Auditorium), Feb. 1,  
2006 (UC Berkeley, Sibley Auditorium)

Feb 15 & Feb. 16, 2006
 Eric Elsesser (founding principal, Forell/Elsesser Engineers,  
Inc.):  "Improving Seismic Safety and Performance of Buildings  
Through Innovative Structural Engineering," Feb. 15, 2006 (UC  
Berkeley, Sibley Auditorium), Feb. 16, 2006 (Stanford, Kresge  
Auditorium)

Feb 28, 2006 & March 1, 2006
Kathleen Tierney (professor of sociology, University of Colorado, and  
co-author, "Facing the Unexpected: Disaster Preparedness and Response  
in the United States"): "Social Dimensions of Catastrophic Disasters:  
From the 1906 Earthquake to Hurricane Katrina," Feb. 28, 2006  
(Stanford, Kresge Auditorium), March 1, 2006 (UC Berkeley, Sibley  
Auditorium)

March 15, 2006
Mary Comerio (professor of architecture, UC Berkeley, and author of  
"Disaster Hits Home: New Policy for Urban Housing Recovery"):  
"Designing for Disaster: UC Berkeley Thinks Ahead," March 15, 2006  
(UC Berkeley)

Tours of the UC Berkeley campus and the nearby Hayward Fault also are  
planned, in addition to an art exhibit at the UC Berkeley Art Museum  
and an historical exhibit in the main library. UC Berkeley sponsors  
of the lecture series are the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, the  
Office of the Chancellor, the Office of the Vice Chancellor for  
Research and The Bancroft Library.

At Stanford, a walking tour of the campus is planned for next spring,  
as is an exhibition of historical photographs of the campus taken in  
the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake. Stanford sponsors of the  
lecture series are the John A. Blume Earthquake Engineering Center,  
the School of Earth Sciences and the President's Fund.

More links:

Stanford '06 Centennial Site:
http://quake06.stanford.edu/

Berkeley '06 Centennial Site:
http://seismo.berkeley.edu/seismo/1906/

1906 Centennial Alliance
http://1906centennial.org/

USGS Main 1906 Site
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/info/1906/

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Liz Ditz
ponytrax () batnet com

blog: http://lizditz.typepad.com

Success: fall down seven times, stand up eight.


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