Sigma Xi

For the spring semester of 2012 Sigma Xi will be meeting on Tuesdays for lunch in McConnell Foyer. from January 31 though May 1. Talks begin at 12:10 pm and are open to all faculty and staff (and to students by invitation).

The schedule will be revised as talks are added.

Schedule for Spring 2012

January 31
Zeynep Delen
Chemistry,
Bogazici University , Istanbul, Turkey
  Bringing the Liberals Arts Model to Different Cultures - The Zeytin Project in Turkey.
February 7
CATS
Science Computing
 Computing in the Science Center
February 14
Robert Merritt
Biological Sciences
 Sex and the Single X : A Valentine's Day Tale
February 21
John Burke
Biological Sciences
 Conservation and its Consequences: Longterm Change in Freshwater Marsh Communities
February 28
Kevin Shea
Chemistry
 The Role of Women in the Development and Discovery of Named Organic Reactions:A journey from simple student question to consuming STRIDE project to a widely read publication
March 6

 
March 13

 
March 20
No Talk
Spring Break
 
March 27
Annual Meeting
 Election of members and other business
April 3
Evelyn Fox Keller
Neilson Professor
 TBA
April 10

 
April 17

 
April 24

 
May 1
John Brady
Geosciences
 Orbicules: Snowballs in Magma

Have any questions, comments or suggestions for Sigma Xi talks?
Feel free to contact your Sigma Xi program chair — Bruce Hawkins, bhawkins@email.smith.edu