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Noted Author and Scholar Visits
No full textThe new Cassandra Voss Center at St. Norbert is celebrating a canonical figure in gender studies in America with a full year of programming dedicated to her work.https://digitalcommons.snc.edu/snc_magazine_archives_2013-2018/1004/thumbnail.jp
Summer 2013: Community-Wide Conversation Focuses on Recruiting and Retaining Young Talent
No full textA significant discussion on regional progress – and ways to relay that progress to members of Generation Y, in particular – kicked off at St. Norbert on Oct. 15. Futurist, economist and author Rebecca Ryan talked about means by which communities like the Greater Green Bay area can enhance their ability to recruit and retain the next generation of talent.https://digitalcommons.snc.edu/snc_magazine_archives_2013-2018/1084/thumbnail.jp
In a Class by Himself
No full textThis year, for the first time, an alumni presenter will be among those taking part in Alumni College. C.J. Hribal ’79, author and Marquette University professor, will offer a lecture on the art of mystery in fiction. Hribal joins St. Norbert professors (some of them SNC alums, too!) on the faculty of the annual event that draws alums back to campus for a weekend opportunity to reconnect.https://digitalcommons.snc.edu/snc_magazine_archives_2013-2018/1002/thumbnail.jp
Seasonal dynamics of tree sap flux and water use in nine species in Panamanian forest plantations
No full textWe studied nine tree species with different leaf phenologies growing in monospecific plantations in the watershed of the Panama Canal. The annual rainfall in the region averages 2350 mm with a pronounced dry season from January to March. The atmospheric evaporative demand is usually higher in the dry season compared to the wet season. Our objectives were to (1) compare water use characteristics among the tree species, (2) analyze the response of sap flux density to changes in environmental conditions, and (3) estimate seasonal and annual tree water use and transpiration rates. Tree sap flux was monitored using the heat dissipation technique according to Granier. Under full foliage, maximum sap flux densities varied more than twofold among species. Time of leaf shedding and duration of leafless periods also varied strongly among species. However, the relationship between percentage of foliage and normalized maximum sap flux densities can be described by a universal non-species-specific function. Species means of maximum transpiration rates on a basis of projected crown area varied more than twofold (1.2–2.8 mm day−1). Transpiration rates between the dry and wet season differed for six of the nine species. Three species (Acacia mangium, Anacardium excelsum, and Gmelina arborea) showed enhanced transpiration in the dry season with dry to wet season ratios between 1.4 and 2.1. In contrast, the dry to wet season ratio of Cedrela odorata, Hura crepitans, and Tectona grandis ranged from 0.4 to 0.8. The results suggest that tree species choice can substantially influence water resource use in plantation forestry under such seasonal climatic conditions
Norbert Waszek, "La escuela hegeliana"
No full textAuthor: Norbert Waszek. Translated by Pedro Sepúlveda Zambran
Norbert Waszek, "La escuela hegeliana"
No full textAuthor: Norbert Waszek. Translated by Pedro Sepúlveda Zambran
Spring 2015: Thought Leaders Weigh Issues of Violence and Reconciliation
No full textThe “Thought Leaders Weigh Issues of Violence and Reconciliation” article from St. Norbert College Magazine’s Spring 2015 issue recounts a powerful dialogue between author bell hooks and sociologist Beth Richie during hooks’ campus residency. Centered on the theme “Ending Violence: How We Change,” the conversation explored systemic violence, personal accountability, and the transformative potential of love and community. Richie, an advisor to the NFL on domestic violence, and hooks, a renowned social justice scholar, emphasized the need for honest dialogue, healing, and grassroots change—urging individuals to start small, act locally, and build inclusive spaces of understanding and care.https://digitalcommons.snc.edu/snc_magazine_archives_2013-2018/1244/thumbnail.jp
Tree diversity enhances tree transpiration in a Panamanian forest plantation
No full text1. Tree plantations play an important role in meeting the growing demand for wood, but there is concern about their high rates of water use. Recent approaches to reforestation in the tropics involve the establishment of multispecies plantations, but few studies have compared water use in mixed vs. monospecific stands. 2. We hypothesized that tree species diversity enhances stand transpiration. Tree water use rates were estimated in monocultures (n = 5), two-species mixtures (n = 3), three-species mixtures (n = 3) and five-species mixtures (n = 4). Sap flux densities were monitored with thermal dissipation probes in 60 trees for 1 year in a 7-year-old native tree plantation in Panama. We also estimated changes in the amount of wood produced per unit water transpired (i.e. water use efficiency, WUEwood). 3. Annual stand transpiration rates in two-/three-species mixtures (464 +/- 271 mm year) 1) and five-species mixtures (900 +/- 76 mm year) 1) were 14% and 56% higher than those of monocultures (398 +/- 293 mm year) 1), respectively. Trees growing in mixtures had larger diameters, conductive sapwood and basal area than those in monocultures, which partly explained the enhanced stand transpiration in mixtures. 4. The five-species mixtures maintained equally high stand transpiration rates during wet (2 64 +/- 0 30 mm day) 1) and dry seasons (2 51 +/- 0 21 mm day) 1), whereas monocultures and two-species mixtures had significantly lower transpiration rates during the dry season, because of the presence of dry season deciduous species. 5. The WUEwood of the five-species mixtures (2.1 g DM kg(-1) H2O) was about half that of either monocultures, two-or three-species mixtures. 6. The comparably high stand transpiration rates in the five-species plots may arise from enhanced vegetation-atmosphere-energy exchange through higher canopy roughness and/or complementary use of soil water. 7. Synthesis and applications. Stand transpiration increased linearly with tree species richness and basal area in monocultures, two-and three-species mixtures, but the ratio of stand transpiration to basal area was larger for five-species mixtures. In conclusion, species selection and consideration of species richness and composition is crucial in the design of plantations to maximize wood production while conserving water resources
Evolution, Science and Faith: Grandeur in an Evolutionary View of Life
No full textIn this lecture, St. Norbert College welcomed Brown University\u27s Kenneth R. Miller to campus for the Spring 2025 Dr. Benjamin T. Chu Distinguished Lecture, “Evolution, Science and Faith: Grandeur in an Evolutionary View of Life .
Miller—renowned biologist, author and advocate for the dialogue between science and religion—shared powerful insights on evolution, human purpose and the intersection of reason and belief
Spring 2018: Advocate Speaks to the Heart
No full textAdriana Bink ’20 connected her internship with Brown County CASA and her honors studies by helping bring foster-care advocate and author Ashley Rhodes-Courter to St. Norbert College, where she highlighted the life-changing role of court-appointed special advocates.https://digitalcommons.snc.edu/snc_magazine_archives_2013-2018/1493/thumbnail.jp
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