Events

  The Wealth and Poverty theme presents a faculty research talk by Dr. Nicole Kaufman on “Governing through Partnerships: Neoconservative Governance and State Reliance on Religious NGOs in Drug Policy” on Wednesday, March 27, from 5 to 6 p.m. in Alden 319. Abstract: From the drug war to current responses […]

Science Café presents Dr. Jacqueline Wolf discussing “A High Cesarean Rate and a Low Breastfeeding Rate: How Did We Get Here?”on Wednesday, March 27, at 5 p.m. in the Front Room at Baker University Center. In the 1970s, women celebrated “natural” childbirth. Yet by 2009, cesarean section was the most commonly […]

The NQPI Seminar Series presents Travis White of Ohio University, on “Photochemical and Electrochemical Approaches to Homogeneous Catalytic Transformations”, on Thursday, March 28, at 4:10 p.m. in Clippinger Labs 194. Abstract: Storing solar energy in the form of chemical bonds (often termed “solar fuels”) is an attractive approach to generate […]

The Environmental & Plant Biology Colloquium Series presents Dr. Ram Dixit on March 29 from 11:50 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in Porter Hall 104. Dixit is Associate Professor of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis. Title: A Tale of Two Spirals Abstract: Control of cell shape is a fundamental property […]

The Linguistics Colloquium series presents Dr. David Bell discussing “Superfine quality, absolute purity, daily freshness: The language of advertising in United Cattle Products’ marketing of tripe 1920-1945” on Friday, April 5, from 12:55 to 1:55 p.m. in Gordy 301. Bell is Associate Professor and Chair of Linguistics. Overview: For more […]

The Linguistics Colloquium series presents Dr. Christine Moon Cho discussing “How to write an interview winning CV and cover letter” on Friday, March 29, from 12:55 to 1:55 p.m. in Gordy 301. Cho is a lecturer in the Linguistics Department. Overview: This colloquium aims to share some useful information about […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Krishna Kumar, of  University of Massachusetts,  on “Electrons are not Ambidextrous: New Insights from a Subatomic Matter of Fact”, on Friday, March 29, at 4:10 p.m. in Clippinger Labs 194. Abstract: For over a hundred years, one way with which subatomic forces in […]