Archive for February, 2018

Note: This event has been cancelled. The Food Studies theme welcomes Dr. Bryan McDonald on “The Rise & Fall of the Postwar American Food System” on Thursday, Feb. 1, at 6:30 p.m. in Schoonover 450. McDonald is Associate Professor of History at Penn State University. His talk will focus on […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Mitch Day, of Ohio University,  on “Encoding Sound Source Locations in the Brain” on Friday, Feb. 2, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: Hearing with two ears allows us the ability to pinpoint the location of a sound source – an ability […]

The Mathematical Biology and Dynamical Systems Seminar presents Ali Khaledi Nasab on “Collective dynamics of random tree networks of excitable elements” on Tuesday, Feb. 6, from 3:05-4 p.m. in 326 Morton Hall. Khaledi Nasab is a graduate student in Physics & Astronomy, Ohio University. Abstract: We study collective dynamics of […]

The Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics (INPP) presents Wei Li, of Rice University, on “Nearly “Perfect” Quark-Gluon Droplet at the Smallest Scales” on Tuesday, Feb. 6, at 4 p.m. in Edwards Accelerator Lab, Roger W. Finlay Conference Room. Abstract: In high energy collisions of large, heavy nuclei (e.g., Au […]

Science Café presents Dr. Kimberly Rios discussing “Perceptions of Science and Religion in the U.S. and Beyond,” at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 7, in the Baker Center Front Room Coffeehouse. Rios is Associate Professor of Psychology at Ohio University. More than 90 percent of Americans believe in God, and […]

The Office of Global Opportunities hosts a South Africa Child Life Summer Info Session on Wednesday, Feb. 7, from 6-7 p.m. in Grover E120. Learn about the Department of Social and Public Health’s Child Life summer program. Students will have the opportunity to spend four weeks in Cape Town, South […]

The Gawande Lecture Series in Indian Religion and Philosophy and the Women’s Gender, and Sexuality Studies Spring Colloquium present Dr. Amanda Lucia discussing “Touching God: Charisma, Proxemic Desire, and the Haptic Logics of the Guru Disciple Relationship” on Thursday, Feb. 8, from 4 to 5:15 p.m. in the WGSS Conference […]