Events

The Bioinformatics Journal Club presents the movie Gattaca on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 4:35 p.m. in the Academic and Research Center (ARC)  321. The discussion leader is David Parisi. “Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Alan Arkin and Jude Law star in this engrossing sci-fi thriller about an all-too-human man who dares […]

The Contemporary History Institute welcomes Dr. Robert M. Citino, who will speak on “Nine Days that Shook the World” on Thursday, Nov. 7, at 4:30 p.m. in Baker 242. Citino is one of America’s most distinguished military historians and the Vice President of the Society for Military History. He is […]

The Environmental and Plant Biology Fall 2013 Colloquia series presents Dr. Simon Queenborough on “Long-term Flowering and Fruiting Patterns in Dioecious Tropical Forest Trees” on Friday, Nov. 8, 11:50 a.m. in Porter 104. Queenborough is Assistant Professor in the Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology at Ohio State University. His […]

During International Education Week Latin American Studies, Women and Gender Studies, and the Department of Modern Languages are bringing to campus Gary Ruchwarger, author of two books on Nicaragua’s recent history and the founder of a new research institute in Esteli, Nicaragua, the Instituto Segoviano para Eruditos Norteamericanos. Ruchwarger also […]

Dr. Brian Schoen, Associate Professor of History, gives a talk at the Athens Civil War Round Table on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m. at the Athens County Library. “We are aware of many of the great, or at least bloody, battles of the Civil War, and we might be […]

Three Environmental and Plant Biology graduate students are presenting their dissertation research this semester. Alexander Anning, McCarthy lab, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2 p.m., Porter 417 Kaiyu Shen, Wyatt lab, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 9:30 a.m., Porter 429 Jeremy Keene, Ballard lab, Friday, Nov. 15, 11:50 a.m., Porter 104 Shen title is […]

The George Washington Forum presents a conference on Equality and Public Policy  Nov. 14–16. The conference brings together leading scholars to consider equality as a social and political ideal guiding public policy. The conference opens on Thursday, Nov. 14, with a keynote address by Gerald Gaus on The Egalitarian Species. at 7:30 p.m. in Baker […]