For the spring semester of 2013 Sigma Xi will be meeting on Tuesdays for lunch in McConnell Auditorium.
from January 29 though April 30. Talks begin at approximately 12:10 pm and are open to all faculty and
staff and students. A complimentary lunch is offered in McConnell Foyer.
The schedule will be revised as talks are added.
| January 29
| No Speaker
| Canceled
|
| February 5
| Bruce Hawkins
Physics
| Beyond Mandelbrot: Un-normal Adventures
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| February 12
| Carlos Sonnenschein MD
Tufts University School of Medicine
Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology
| From the cell to cancer |
| February 19
| Allison Anacker
Neuroscience
| Alcohol drinking and social relationships in prairie voles
|
| February 26
| Piotr Decowski
Physics
| An annoying problem in elementary particle physics
|
| March 5
| Gergely Vass
Colorfront Post-production Studio & Budapest Univ. of Science & Technology
| Computer Vision in Visual Effects &
Information on Computer Science Study abroad in Budapest
|
| March 12
| John Brady
Geology
| Lunar Geology
|
| March 19
| No Talk
| Spring Break
|
| March 26
| Annual Meeting
Sigma Xi
| Election of New Members
|
| April 2
| Danielle D. Ignace
Biological Sciences
| Community Change in an arid ecosystem: The roles of invasive species, climate change, and nitrogen deposition
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| April 9
| Annaliese Beery
Psychology
| The social lives of voles |
| April 16
| Amy Rhodes
& Nick Horton
Geology and Math
| Preparing For Marcellus Shale Drilling: Establishing Baseline Water Quality At Fiddle Lake, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
|
| April 23
| Jim Johnson
Helene Parker
Kelly Coder
Exercise and Sport Studies
| Who is more functional, Weekend Warriors or Gym Rats?
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| April 30
| Lisa Park Boush
Program Director
SGP/EAR/GEO
National Science Foundation
| A 6,000 Year Hurricane Record from the Bahamas--Implications for Climate and Humans, Past and Present
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