Science Seminars (Fall 2007-Spring 2008)
The Natural and Behavioral Sciences (NBS) seminar series brings scientists to campus to present their original research. The goal is not only to expose our students to a broad range of cutting-edge scientific work and technology but also to connect them with scientists from academic, goverment and industrial sectors. The NBS Division is made up of many departments including Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Computer Science, Physics and Enginnering, and Psychology, and speakers are encouraged to make their presentations accessible to a broad scientific audience. The public is also welcome.
The Pascal Society hosts interdisciplinary speakers who present on issues of science and faith. Seminars it sponsors are included in the schedule below.
*Seminars are scheduled for Fridays at 3:30PM in the Physics Building unless otherwise noted*
Fall Semester:
Oct 12th
Speaker: Don Menick, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina.
Title: New Molecular targets in teh treatment of heart disease
(Host department: Biology)
Oct. 19th (Special time and place: 7PM in Carroll Observatory)
Speaker: Martin George, Curator at the Launceston Planetarium of the Queen Victoria Museum
Title: Astronomy Down Under: Studying the Sky from Australia
(Host department: Physics and Engineering)
Oct. 26th
Nov. 2nd
Nov. 9th
Nov. 30th
Speaker: Dr. Jesse Peterson, NSF Post-doctoral fellow, University of California at Berkeley
Title: The group-measure space construction of Murray and von Neumann.
(Host department: Mathematics and Computer Science)
Spring Semester:
Jan. 11
Speaker: Deborah Kent, Hillsdale College
Title: TBA
(Host department: Mathematics and Computer Science)
Feb.1
Speaker: Dane Howard, VUVOX
Title: TBA
(Host department: Mathematics and Computer Science)
Feb. 8
Speaker: Robin Wilson, CSU Pomona
Title: TBA
(Host department: Mathematics and Computer Science)
Feb. 29
Speaker: Scott Taylor, PhD candidate, Department of Mathematics, University of California at Santa Barbara
Title: Poincare Conjecture
(Host department: Mathematics and Computer Science)
Mar. 7
Speaker: Adrian Ponce, Jet Propulsion Lab
Title: TBA
(Host department: Chemistry)
April 4 - HOLD for Pascal lecture
April 11 - HOLD for Pascal lecture