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
Mary Harrington
Life Sciences
 Circadian disruption and your health: Could the change to Daylight Savings Time be bad for you?
March 13
Michael J.F. Barresi
Neuroscience Program
 Time to go fishing for research - What the zebrafish model and the Smith College Zebrafish Facility can provide you for research and teaching
March 20
No Talk
Spring Break
 
March 27
Annual Meeting
 Election of members and other business
At Conference Center
April 3
Naila Moreira
Jacobsen Center
 A Tale of Two Rivers: Cleanup and Consequences of PCBs in the Duwamish and Hudson River Ecosystems
April 10
Russell Rymer
Jacobson Visiting Writer
 Natural Science and the Aim of Writing: Flannery O'Connor In Burton Hall
April 17
Katherine Halvorsen
Mathematics & Statistics
 Common Core Standards for K-12 Mathematics
April 24
Evelyn Fox Keller
Neilson Professor
 How Words Matter to the Making of Scientific Knowledge
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