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Wells College Science Colloquium
Fall 2006

Science Colloquium meets on Friday from 12:40 to 1:30 in Zabriskie 102. All are welcome to attend. For further information, please contact Professor Niamh O'Leary or Professor Carol Shilepsky

DATE SPEAKER/EVENT
Friday, September 1 Summer Research and Internships: Poster Session in the Dining Hall (coordinated by Professor Schnurr)
Friday, September 8 Dr. Laura Purdy, Professor of Philosophy, Wells College, Do Medicine (and Bioethics) Need the F-Word? And What Would They Do With it if They Had it?(A Joint Science and Women's Studies Colloquium; Host: Professor Collmer)
Friday, September 15 Dr. Luke Keller, Assistant Professor of Physics, Ithaca College, The Formation of Planetary Systems Orbiting Other Stars (Host: Professor Heinekamp).
Friday, September 22 David Schneider, Visiting Fellow, Cornell Theory Center Genomes as Ancient Manuscripts (Host: Professor Collmer)
Friday, September 29 Dr. Miyoko Chu, Science Writer, Cornell Lab of Ornithology Songbird Journeys: Four Seasons in the Lives of Migratory Birds (Host: Professor O' Leary)
Friday, October 6 Fall Break, no colloquium.
Friday, October 13 Dr. Ryan Thum, Post-doctoral Associate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University Alternative Methods for Addressing Fundamental Biogeographic Questions (Host: Professor Vawter)
Friday, October 20 Jennifer Roche, Asst. Prof. of Math. at Hobart and William Smith (Host Professor Stiadle).
Friday, October 27 Dr. Marc Antonyak, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Molecular Medicine, Cornell University The Role of GTP-binding Proteins in Cancer and Development (Host: Professor O' Leary)
Friday, November 3 Laurence Kramer, Associate Director Intelligent Coordination and Logistics Lab, Carengie Mellon Robotics Institute, Scheduling in Oversubscribed Domains: Stability vs. Dynamism (Host: C. Shilepsky)
Friday, November 10 Dr. Tara Curtin, Assistant Professor of Geoscience, Hobart and William Smith Colleges The Finger Lakes: Recorders of Holocene Storm Activity and Quiescence(Host: Professor O' Leary)
Friday, November 17 Elizabeth Hane, Rochester Institute of Technology (Host: Professor Schnurr)
Friday, December 1 James Martin Watkins, Cornell Biological Field Station (Host Professor Wahl)

Information for presenters.

Next semester: Spring 2007

Previous schedules: Spring 2006, Fall 2005,.

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