Talks

SIGMA-XI TUESDAY TALKS

Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, meets regularly for DIV III talks and a complimentary lunch throughout the year. Talks are open to all faculty, staff and students. Talks are held on Tuesdays 12:20-1:00 pm in McConnell 103. A complimentary lunch is offered in McConnell foyer around 12:10 to the first 30 attendees (first come, first serve)

 

Spring 2025, Schedule

DIV3 Tuesday Talks (sponsored by Sigma Xi) dates are shown below.
In McConnell 103! 

2/4 Stephanie Steele (PSY) 
“Implicit Assessment of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury”
2/11 Bosiljka Glumac (GEO)
“See-ums – No-see-ums? Chasing Rock-Boulders Transported by Storm Waves and Other January 2025 Adventures in The Bahamas!”
2/18 Office of Sponsored Research
“Sipping from the Tsunami: An Update on the Federal Funding Landscape”
2/25 Stephanie Jones (ESS)
“Watch Your Step: Why paying attention to balance may be too much of a good thing for People with MS”
3/4 Candice Etson (PHY)
“Shinning a Light on Restriction Enzyme Kinetics”
3/11 Olivia Fiebig (CHM)
Beyond the surface: Probing the role of lipids in biology using membrane mimetic systems”
3/18 No Talk (SPRING BREAK)
3/25 Lindsay Poirier (SDS)
“The Neats vs. The Scruffies: Origin Myths of AI’s Battlegrounds.”
4/1 Steve Williams (BIO)
“43 Years of Research on Neglected Tropical Diseases at Smith College”
4/8 Halie Rando and Michael Robson (CSC)
“High Performance Computing, What is it? Why Would you Want it, and How to Get it.”
4/15 Ben Baumer (AI panel) (SDS)
“What we’ve learned from our Kahn Project ‘Possible Futures: AI and Human Experience”
4/22 Ingo Helmich (ESS)
“Sensory Integration Processes Characterize Concussed Athletes with Balance Deficits”
4/29 No talk, Last week of classes

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