Archive for October, 2016

The Political Science Department invites the campus community to its “Countdown to Election 2016” series. The series features a variety of professor-led discussions created to enhance student engagement with and understanding of the 2016 presidential election. Events will include debate follow-up discussions; several shorter events dealing with more specific topics […]

The 39th Annual Endowed Costa Lecture features Dr. Jeffrey Lesser discussing “How Arabs became Jews and Jews became Japanese: Immigration and the Invention of National Identities in Latin America” on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in Baker Center Ballroom A. This event is sponsored by the History Department at […]

The TA Professional Development Faculty Learning Community in the College of Arts & Sciences is offering a workshop series that can help enhance graduate students’ teaching skills and get them ready for their professional endeavours. Read more about the new professional development teaching program for graduate students. For more information, […]

The Environmental & Plant Biology Internship Symposium is Friday, Oct. 21, in Porter 417. A reception begins at 5 p.m., followed by internship presentations at 5:30 p.m. The internship symposium is a yearly opportunity for Plant Biology students to briefly present on internships they did over the summer or during […]

The Economics Seminar series presents ­Dr. Phuong Ngo, Cleveland State University, on Oct. 21­ at 3 p.m. in the Bentley Annex 302 Conference Room. Ngo will discuss “Risk Premia at the ZLB: a Macroeconomic Interpretation.” He is Assistant Professor of Economics at Cleveland State University. Abstract: Historically, inflation is associated with […]

The Environmental & Plant Biology Colloquium Series presents Dr. Harvey Ballard on “Systematic and evolutionary studies on violets: There’s a lot more going on than we thought” on Friday, Oct. 21, at 11:50 a.m. in Porter Hall 104. Ballard is Associate Professor of Environmental and Plant Biology at Ohio University. Abstract: With easy […]

The Psychology Colloquium series presents Dr. Robert Volpe on “Preliminary Development of a Web-based System for Monitoring Student Social Behavior” on Friday, Oct. 21, at 11:50 a.m. in Porter 102. Volpe is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology at Northeastern University. His primary research interests center around […]