Sigma Xi

For the fall semester of 2009 Sigma Xi will be meeting on Tuesdays for lunch at the College Club from September 15 though December 15. Talks begin at 12:15 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 Fall 2009

Date
Speaker
Topic
September 15
John Brady
Department of Geosciences
Siphons, Water Clocks, and Exponential Decay
September 22
Marjorie Senechal
Mathematics
From Board Games to Complexity
September 29
Bronwyn Bleakley
Biological Sciences
Evolutionary Genetics of Cooperation and Cannibalism
October 6
Gail Scordilis
Educational Outreach
20 years of the SSEP and the new Center for Science Outreach
October 13
Autumn Recess
No Talk
October 20
Denise McKay
Engineering
Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies
October 27
Christine White-Ziegler
Program in Biochemistry
A Tale of Two Temperatures: How bacteria adapt to growing in you and other places you might care about
November 3
Ronny Alexandersson
Environmental Science and Policy Program
Teaching outdoor in Uppsala and at Smith College - Lab, excursions and Biology Student Teachers
November 10
Andrew J. Guswa
Engineering
Out in the Rain: Investigations at the Ada and Archibald MacLeish Field Station
November 17
Carolyn Wetzel
Biological Sciences
In search of a plant protease function
November 24
Thanksgiving Recess
No Talk
December 1
Piotr Decowski
Department of Physics
Mysterious neutrinos - the most abundant form of matter
December 8
John Burk
Biological Sciences
Gardens 2009: Germany and Spain
December 15
Allen Curran
Geology
Report on a Scientific Workshop in China (Tentative title)

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