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Telling River Stories: The I-35W Bridge, the Mississippi River, and Rebuilding Community Connections

Unless otherwise noted, all events will take place on Tuesdays at 5:00 pm in 100 Rapson Hall. Sponsored by IAS, Telling River Stories, The River Life Program of the Institute on the Environment in conjunction with the Urban Studies Program, the Water Resources Center and the Metropolitan Studies Consortium.

October 2
"City Bridges--Imagined and Real" - on literature and art, with Judith Martin and "Dakota Speak of Rivers '" - a Native American perspective with Mona Smith

October 9
"Rebuilding Common Ground " - Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak

October 16
"The Mississippi as a (National) Park" - Paul Labovitz, MNRRA superintendent

October 23
"Where does the Water Actually Go?: The Mississippi River is a Connected Bio-physical System" - Chris Paola, Professor of Earth Sciences, Geology and Geophysics and investigator at the National Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics

October 30
“Between Prairie and Sea: The Mississippi River as a Continental Transportation System” - Hokan Miller, Upper River Services and Friends of the Mississippi River

November 6
"A Vital Cog in the Regional Network: the New Bridge as a Transportation Link" - John Adams, Associate Dean of the University's Humphrey Institute

WEDNESDAY, November 14
"The Design of a New Bridge" - Tom Fisher, Dean, College of Design

November 20
"Integrated Design: Sustainable Community” - Lance Neckar, Professor of Landscape Architecture

More information on the series, which continues through November 20, will be posted as it becomes available.