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DESCRIPTION:This 16-hour course is taught by SOLO Wilderness Medicine and offers the baseline certification required for many outdoor jobs. It is also helpful preparation for weekend outdoor enthusiasts. The course focuses on the basic skills of response and assessment\, musculoskeletal injuries\, environmental emergencies\, survival skills\, soft tissue injuries\, and medical emergencies.
LOCATION:Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College\, Farmstead Site
SUMMARY:Wilderness First Aid Course
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120830
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120901
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
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DESCRIPTION:Faculty in Chemistry\, Informatics\, Mathematics\, Nursing\, Physics\, and Psychology will briefly describe research opportunities for students available within the next year.  Biology faculty are doing the same earlier in the day.  This is a great way to obtain a taste of some exciting things happening in the sciences and learn who to talk to if you would like to do some research.
LOCATION:Science 106
SUMMARY:Student Research Opportunities in the Science Departments
DTSTART:20120912T160000
DTEND:20120912T170000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
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DESCRIPTION:Evaluating Success of a Prairie Restoration Using FloristicQuality Assessment\n\nDr. Paul E. Rothrock\, Professor of Biology\,Director of Master of Environmental Sciences Program\n\nRandall Environmental Studies Center\,Taylor University
LOCATION:Science 106
SUMMARY:"Evaluating Success of a Prairie Restoration..."\, Dr. Paul Rothrock [Science Speakers]
DTSTART:20120919T160000
DTEND:20120919T170000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
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DESCRIPTION:How closely do restored prairies mimic the geneticdiversity and plant community composition ofremnant prairies?\n\nDr. Deborah Marr\, Associate Professor of Biology\,Department of Biological Sciences\,Indiana University South Bend\n\n
LOCATION:Science 106
SUMMARY:"Diversity of Restored Prairies"\, Dr. Deborah Marr [Science Speakers]
DTSTART:20121003T160000
DTEND:20121003T170000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
URL:http://www.goshen.edu/sciencespeakers/
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DESCRIPTION:Science Speaker\n\nEngineering Aspects of a Root Canal\, Chad Stutsman - Dentist\n\n
LOCATION:Science 106
SUMMARY:Engineering Aspects of a Root Canal {Science Speaker}
DTSTART:20121005T160000
DTEND:20121005T170000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
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DESCRIPTION:Merry Lea's annual nature photography workshop features slide-illustrated lectures\, time to shoot outdoors and individualized critique and encouragement. This year's instructors are Paul McAfee and Dave Dornberg. $325 includes instruction\, lodging and all meals from Thursday evening through Saturday noon.
LOCATION:Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College\, Farmstead Site
SUMMARY:Nature Photography Workshop
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121011
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121014
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
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DESCRIPTION:Carpentry Aspects of Foot SurgeryScott Trumble ? Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center
LOCATION:Science 106
SUMMARY:Carpentry Aspects of Foot Surgery {Science Speaker}
DTSTART:20121012T160000
DTEND:20121012T170000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
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DESCRIPTION:Luis Urrea is a Mexican-American poet\, essayist and novelist. This convocation is the 2012 S. A. Yoder lecture\, sponsored by the English department. The lecture is free and open to the public.\n\nUrrea is a prolific and award-winning writer. He is a master of language and a gifted storyteller who uses his dual-culture life experiences to explore greater themes of love\, loss and triumph.\n\nBorn in Tijuana\, Mexico to a Mexican father and an American mother\, Luis grew up in San Diego\, California. Like so many great writers\, Luis got his start in literature writing poems to impress girls in junior high school. His early heroes were all rock stars\, but not being especially musically gifted Luis chose to follow in the steps of his literary role models. A fanatical hunger for reading pushed him over the edge at the age of 13\,"I just had to do what my heroes were doing" he has said.\n\nAs a young man Luis served as a relief worker amongst people living in the Tijuana garbage dumps prior to receiving a teaching Fellowship to Harvard University. "The border" has defined his life and colored much of his writing. Regarding this point he once said "the border is simply a metaphor that makes it easier for me to write about the things that separate people all over the world\, even when they think there is no fence."\n\nThe author of 14 books\, Luis Urrea has published extensively in many genres and has received many prestigious awards. In 2009 on a bit of a whim he wrote his first-ever mystery short story ("Amapola") and won nothing less than an Edgar Award. The Devil's Highway\,his 2004 non-fiction account of a group of Mexican immigrants lost in the Arizona desert\, won the Lannan Literary Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His highly acclaimed historical novels; The Hummingbird's Daughter and Queen of America together tell the story of Teresita Urrea\, agreat aunt who was a healer and Mexican folk hero at the tum of the 20th century. These two books\, which involved more that 20 years of research and writing\, are arrepic work honoring the life of an incredible woman. Collectively The Devil's Highway\, The Humming Bird's Daughter and his 2008 novel Into the Beautiful North have been chosen by more than thirty different cities and colleges across thecountry for One Book community read programs.\n\nLuis Urrea attended the University of California at San Diego\, earning an undergraduate degree in writing\, and did his graduate studies at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Aside from his Fellowship at Harvard he has also taught at Massachusetts Bay Community College\, the University of Colorado and the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. Luis is currently a professor of creative writing at the Universityof Illinois-Chicago. He lives with his wife Cindy and their youngest daughter in Naperville\, Ill. \n\n
LOCATION:Church-Chapel
SUMMARY:Convocation: "The Border\, Immigration & the Devil's Highway: A Journey with the Author Luis Urrea"
DTSTART:20121015T100000
DTEND:20121015T100000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
URL:http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-between-two-worlds-life-on-the-border/
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DESCRIPTION:Redesigning Agricultural Landscapes for MultipleEcosystem Services\n\nDr. Douglas A. Landis\, Professor of Entomology\,Department of Entomology and Great Lakes Bioenergy ResearchCenter Michigan State University\n\n
LOCATION:Science 106
SUMMARY:"Redesigning Agricultural Landscapes..."\, Dr. Douglas Landis [Science Speakers]
DTSTART:20121017T160000
DTEND:20121017T170000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
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DESCRIPTION:Isolating the Role of Ants as Seed and Insect Predators in a Michigan Prairie\n\nDavid Graber\, Goshen College\n\nPreparation of a Novel Series of Pyrimidine Analogs for Tuberculosis Designed to Improve Aqueous Solubility\n\nJoel Maust\, Goshen College\n\n
LOCATION:Science 106
SUMMARY:Science Speakers
DTSTART:20121019T160000
DTEND:20121019T170000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
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DESCRIPTION:David Cortright is Director of Policy Studies at the Kroc Institute of International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He is also chair of the board of the Fourth Freedom Forum. Cortright has written or edited 17 books on international conflicts\, particularly the role of sanctions as an effective strategy.
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SUMMARY:Convocation: "Clean Hearts and Dirty Hands: Why Christians Should Be Involved in Politics" - David Cortright
DTSTART:20121029T100000
DTEND:20121029T100000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
URL:http://kroc.nd.edu/facultystaff/Faculty/david-cortright
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DESCRIPTION:Yoder Public Affairs Lecture Series David Cortright"The Power of Nonviolence: Lessons from the Unarmed Revolution in Egypt"Nonviolence is usually thought of as a moral and religious choice\, but significant practical considerations reinforce the preference for using nonviolent means of social action. The successful social movements of Gandhi and King and the increasing number of unarmed struggles all over the world today show the effectiveness of nonviolent means of achieving peace and justice. Recent empirical studies confirm that nonviolent campaigns have a higher rate of success than armed struggle and are also more likely to produce freer and more democratic societies. The practical dimensions of nonviolent struggle are illustrated in the experience of the Egyptian revolution of January/February 2011. The lecture will review how the Egyptian people succeeded in bringing down the entrenched Mubarak dictatorship. It will distill lessons from the revolution and pose questions about the philosophy and practice of nonviolent struggle for the future.
LOCATION:Rieth Recital Hall
SUMMARY:David  Cortright Lecture"The Power of Nonviolence: Lessons from the Unarmed Revolution in Egypt"
DTSTART:20121030T193000
DTEND:20121030T193000
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DESCRIPTION:Experiencing Narrative Pedagogy: Conversations with Nurse Educators\n\nRuth Stoltzfus\, Goshen College\n\n
LOCATION:Science 106
SUMMARY:Experiencing Narrative Pedagogy: Conversations with Nurse Educators {Science Speakers}
DTSTART:20121102T160000
DTEND:20121102T170000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
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DESCRIPTION:In this public lecture\, sponsored by the Goshen College Department of History and the Mennonite Historical Society\, Prof. Steven M. Nolt\, will reflect on the challenges of writing a new history of Mennonites in North America.  Nolt\, who co-authored the book with Canadian Mennonite historian Royden Loewen\, brings his extensive knowledge of U.S. history and the Amish-Mennonite story together in this timely volume.  The newly-published book\, _Seeking Places of Peace_\, is the fifth and final volume in the Global Mennonite History Series\, a project initiated by Mennonite World Conference. The lecture is free and open to the public\, and copies of the book will be available for sale.
LOCATION:NC 17
SUMMARY:"Seeking Places of Peace: The Challenge of Writing a History of Mennonites in North America\,"  Prof. Steven Nolt -- MHS Public Lecture
DTSTART:20121113T190000
DTEND:20121113T210000
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DESCRIPTION:Grazing Management\n\nJerry Perkins\, NE Indiana Grazing SpecialistNatural Resources Conservation Service\n\n
LOCATION:Science 106
SUMMARY:"Grazing Management"\, Jerry Perkins [Science Speakers]
DTSTART:20121114T160000
DTEND:20121114T170000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
URL:http://www.goshen.edu/sciencespeakers/
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DESCRIPTION:Pleasures of amateur botany\n\nDr. John Smith\, Professor Emeritus of Education Goshen College\n\nINPAWS (Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society)
LOCATION:Science 106
SUMMARY:"Pleasures of Amateur Botany"\, Dr. John Smith [Science Speakers]
DTSTART:20121128T160000
DTEND:20121128T170000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
URL:http://www.goshen.edu/sciencespeakers/
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DESCRIPTION:From Fishy Odors to Antifungal Drug Targets: The Story of a Flavin-Dependent Monooxygenase\n\nDr. Jeff Mayfield\, Goshen College\n\n
LOCATION:Science 106
SUMMARY:SCIENCE SPEAKER\, Dr. Jeff Mayfield
DTSTART:20121205T160000
DTEND:20121205T170000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Carl Helrich\, Professor Emeritus of Physics\, Goshen College
LOCATION:Science 106
SUMMARY:The Rate of Formation of Ergosterol-Nystatin Channels in Membranes {Science Speaker}
DTSTART:20130111T160000
DTEND:20130111T170000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Josh Shrout\, Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences\, Eck Institute of Global Health\n\nDepartments of Engineering/Earth Sciences and Biological Sciences\, University of Notre\n\n
LOCATION:Science 106
SUMMARY:Moving\, Walking\, and Talking Bacteria {Science Speaker}
DTSTART:20130116T160000
DTEND:20130116T170000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
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DESCRIPTION:Melissa Gillette\, PhD Candidate\, Department of Biological Sciences\, University of Notre Dame
LOCATION:Science 106
SUMMARY:p190B Rho GAP Overexpression Disrupts Mammary Gland Morphogenesis by Altering Stromal-Epithelial Interactions {Science Speaker}
DTSTART:20130130T160000
DTEND:20130130T170000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
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DESCRIPTION:Daniel Philpott\, Associate Professor of Political Science and Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies\, University of Notre Dame\, will speak about "Reconciliation in Politics? On the Meaning of Justice in the Wake of Massive Injustice."\n\nIn the wake of massive injustice\, how can justice be achieved and peace restored? Drawing from his recent book\, "Just and Unjust Peace: An Ethic of Political Reconciliation\," Daniel Philpott offers an innovative and hopeful response to this questions. He challenges the approach to peace-building that dominates the United Nations\, western governments\, and the human rights community. While he shares their commitments to human rights and democracy\, Philpott argues that these values alone cannot redress the wounds caused by war\, genocide\, and dictatorship. Both justice and the effective restoration of political order call for a more holistic\, restorative approach. Philpott answers that call by proposing a form of political reconciliation that is deeply rooted in three religious traditions--Christianity\, Islam\, and Judaism--as well as the restorative justice movement. These traditions offer the fullest expressions of the core concepts of justice\, mercy\, and peace. By adapting these ancient concepts to modern constitutional democracy and international norms\, Philpott crafts an ethic that has widespread appeal and offers real hope for the restoration of justice in fractured communities. From the roots of these traditions\, Philpott develops six practices--building just institutions and relations between states\, acknowledgment\, reparations\, restorative punishment\, apology and\, most important\, forgiveness--which he then applies to real cases\, identifying how each practice redresses a unique set of wounds.
LOCATION:Music Center's Rieth Recital Hall
SUMMARY:Yoder Public Affairs Lecture: "Reconciliation in Politics? On the Meaning of Justice in the Wake of Massive Injustice" by Daniel Philpott
DTSTART:20130205T193000
DTEND:20130205T193000
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DESCRIPTION:Andrew Glick\, BA Candidate\, Physics Department\, Goshen College\n\nBehavioral and Genetic Differences of Circadian Rhythm in Apis mellifera\n\nMara Shoemaker Swartzentruber\, BA Candidate\, Biology Department\, Goshen College
LOCATION:Science 106
SUMMARY:Bioreactors for Rural Cooking Gas: Theory and Field Experience {Science Speaker}
DTSTART:20130208T160000
DTEND:20130208T170000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Kristopher Schmidt\, Assistant Professor of Biology\, Department of Biological Sciences\, Goshen College
LOCATION:Science 106
SUMMARY:Navigating the Immune Response: UNC-53/NAV2 Mediates Multiple Aspects of Innate Immunity {Science Speaker}
DTSTART:20130213T160000
DTEND:20130213T170000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
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DESCRIPTION:"An Evening of Opera"\n\nThe Goshen College Choirs will present scenes from operas by Verdi\, Offenbach\, Gilbert & Sullivan\, and more\, minimally staged and performed with piano. Performing are the Goshen College Chorale\, Men's Chorus\, and Women's World Music Choir\, directed by Dr. Debra Brubaker and Dr. Scott Hochstelter.  Featuring the Fairfield High School Concert Choir\, directed by Ben Kambs; and lyric soprano and 2011 GC graduate Allison Yoder. \n\nTickets: $7 adults\, $5 seniors/students\, available at the door one hour before the concert. GC faculty/staff/students free with ID.
LOCATION:Sauder Concert Hall
SUMMARY:Winter Chorale Concert
DTSTART:20130217T193000
DTEND:20130217T193000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
URL:http://www.goshen.edu/music
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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Patricia Oakley\, Professor of Mathematics\, Goshen College
LOCATION:Science 106
SUMMARY:Adventures in Mathematical Knitting {Science Speaker}
DTSTART:20130218T160000
DTEND:20130218T170000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
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DESCRIPTION:John D. Roth\, professor of history and director of the Mennonite Historical Library\, will give the annual C. Henry Smith Peace lecture Tuesday night. This convocation is a preview of that presentation\, which describes an initiative that is gathering stories of persecution and faithfulness in Anabaptist churches around the globe. The end product may be a new Martyr's Mirror for the 21st century.
LOCATION:Church-Chapel
SUMMARY:Convocation: "Faith in Hard Times: Collecting Inspiring Stories around the World" - Prof. John D. Roth
DTSTART:20130304T100000
DTEND:20130304T100000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Ben Smucker\,OSMC\n\nBen grew up in Goshen\, attending Goshen High School and Goshen College.  He obtained his MD at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis and completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at Case Western in Cleveland.  He recieved his fellowship training in orthopaedic sports medicine at UHZ Sports Medicine Institute in Miami\, FL.  He now resides in Goshen with his wife\, Rachel\, and three daughters.  He practices orthopaedics as part of OSMC\, working both in Goshen and Elkhart.  He has been involved in treating athletes at Goshen College's training room since returning to Goshen and volunteers at the Center for Healing and Hope.
LOCATION:Science 106
SUMMARY:Science Speakers {Orthopaedic Sports Medicine}
DTSTART:20130308T160000
DTEND:20130308T170000
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LOCATION:Umble Theater
SUMMARY:Peace Week: Panel Discussion
DTSTART:20130314T190000
DTEND:20130314T190000
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DESCRIPTION:Science Speaker\n\nDr. Richard Manalis\, Adjunct Professor of Biological Sciences\, Goshen College\n\nA Simple Form of Memory at Nerve-Muscle Synapses of the Frog
LOCATION:Science 106
SUMMARY:A  Simple Form of Memory at Nerve-Muscle Synapses of the Frog
DTSTART:20130315T160000
DTEND:20130315T170000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
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DESCRIPTION:Simran Sethi is an award-winning journalist\, strategist & educator who teaches & reports on sustainability\, environmentalism & social media for social change. In her lecture she will explore the intersection of food and faith\, explaining the evolution in farming and  looking at how transgenic seeds and food relate to Christian tenets of fruitfulness\, life-affirmation and distributes.\n\nThe lecture is free and open to the public.
LOCATION:Rieth Recital Hall\, Music Center
SUMMARY:Yoder Public Affairs Lecture: Simran Sethi\, "Bridging Divides through Food\, Faith and the Environment"
DTSTART:20130319T193000
DTEND:20130319T193000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
URL:http://www.simransethi.com
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DESCRIPTION:Georgina Mancinelli\, MS Candidate\, Department of Biology\, Central Michigan University
LOCATION:Science 106
SUMMARY:Reproductive and Immunity Function Trade-Offs Against Behavioral Energy Investment in Drosophila {Science Speaker}
DTSTART:20130320T160000
DTEND:20130320T170000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
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DESCRIPTION:Ecological Agriculture: Good for North America and Good for Africa\n\nDale Hess\, Merry Lea Collegiate Program Director and Associate Professor of Agroecology\, Goshen College\n\nDr. Luke Gascho\, Director of Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center\, Goshen College
LOCATION:Science 106
SUMMARY:Science Speakers {Ecological Agriculture}
DTSTART:20130403T160000
DTEND:20130403T170000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
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DESCRIPTION:The first of two public lectures by Prof. Gayle Woloschak\, as part of the annual Goshen Conference on Religion and Science.\n\nNo cost\, open to the public.  \n\nRegister for the  conference to hear all three lectures and take part in discussions with the speaker and other participants.  (Special discounts available for students).
LOCATION:College Church Chapel
SUMMARY:Prof. Gayle Woloschak\, Goshen Conference on Religion & Science
DTSTART:20130405T193000
DTEND:20130405T210000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
URL:http://www.goshen.edu/religionscience
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DESCRIPTION:The second of two public lectures by Prof. Gayle Woloschak\, as part of the annual Goshen Conference on Religion and Science.\n\nNo cost\, open to the public.  \n\nRegister for the  conference to hear all three lectures and take part in discussions with the speaker and other participants.  (Special discounts available for students).
LOCATION:College Church Chapel
SUMMARY:Prof. Gayle Woloschak\, Goshen Conference on Religion & Science
DTSTART:20130406T103000
DTEND:20130406T120000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
URL:http://www.goshen.edu/religionscience
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DESCRIPTION:Monday\, April 8\, 4:00-5:00 PM in SC 106\n\nApplied Science: Forensic Toxicology\n\nSamantha Beauchamp\, Forensic ScientistForensic Science Division\, Michigan State Police
LOCATION:Science 106
SUMMARY:Science Speakers {Applied Science: Forensic Toxicology}
DTSTART:20130408T160000
DTEND:20130408T170000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
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DESCRIPTION:Megan Meuti\, PhD Candidate\, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center\, Department of Entomology\, The Ohio State University
LOCATION:Science 106
SUMMARY:Searching for a Connection Between the Insect Circadian Clock and Seasonal Clock {Science Speakers}
DTSTART:20130410T160000
DTEND:20130410T170000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
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DESCRIPTION:Special Science Speakers PresentationCandidate for the Mathematics Faculty Position\n\n5:15 - 6:15 PM in Science Hall 106\n\nThe Awesome ArbelosAbstract:  The arbelos is a geometric shape whose boundary is created by three semicircles.  This shape was studied by the ancient Greeks using Euclidean methods.  We will show several interesting properties associated to this shape\, using a more modern approach in some cases\, and will see how the speaker did undergraduate research on the arbelos without realizing it.\n\nBrian Whitehead\, Eastern Connecticut State University\n\n
LOCATION:Science 106
SUMMARY:Science Speakers {The Awesome Arbelos}
DTSTART:20130410T171500
DTEND:20130410T181500
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
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DESCRIPTION:Special Science Speakers PresentationCandidate for the Mathematics Faculty Position\n\nThursday\, April 11\, 5:15 - 6:15 PM in Science Hall 106\n\nIs There Anything Computers Can't Do?!Abstract:  (Hint: Yes).  We will explore an 80-year-old field of mathematics and computer science known as "computability."  The goal of computability is simple: which problems can be solved in an "effective" manner.  Usually\, this boils down to determining for which problems does there exist an algorithm to solve them.  For example: suppose we have a polynomial with integer coefficients.  Is there a sure-fire way to determine whether or not its roots are all rational numbers or not?  It turns out that there is no such algorithm\, and this is an "undecidable" problem!\n\nWe will give the basics of computability through the idea of Turing machines.  Focusing on functions on the natural numbers\, we will explore some "computable" functions and "non-computable" functions.  We will give a bit of historical context for computability\, giving examples of how it has affected mathematics and computer science.  Finally\, we will introduce an exciting area of mathematics with many open problems known as "computable structure theory."\n\n\n\nJesse Johnson\, University of Notre Dame
LOCATION:Science 106
SUMMARY:Science Speakers {Is There Anything Computers Can't Do?!}
DTSTART:20130411T171500
DTEND:20130411T181500
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
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DESCRIPTION:Classifying Quasars\n\nTina Peters\, PhD Candidate\, Drexel University\n\nFriday\, April 12\, 4:00-5:00pm in SC 106
LOCATION:Science 106
SUMMARY:Science Speakers {Classifying Quasars}
DTSTART:20130412T160000
DTEND:20130412T170000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
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DESCRIPTION:
LOCATION:Koinonia Room\, College Church
SUMMARY:Business Department Guest Speaker
DTSTART:20130418T140000
DTEND:20130418T151500
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
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DESCRIPTION:Special Science Speaker PresentationCandidates for the Mathematics Faculty Position\n\nThursday\, April 18\, 5:15 - 6:15 PM in Science Hall 106\n\nDoes a Neuron Need Math?Abstract:   Neurons process and propagate signals through electrical (action potential or spike) and chemical mechanisms (synapses). A mathematical model (HH-model) that describes how action potentials are produced within neurons was derived by Hodgkin and Huxley through experiments on squid.  The HH model is based on a  system of nonlinear ordinary differentialequations\, so we may think of a neuron as a nonlinear dynamical system. In this talk\, we present the HH-model and simplifications of the HH model including the Fitzhugh-Nagumo model and the integrate-and-fire model. As an example of a synaptically coupled neuronal network and its activity patterns\, we also consider how irregular activity patterns can be generated in an excitatory-inhibitory network using simple maps\, work which is motivated by experimental recordings from a brain area called the basal ganglia.\n\nChoongseok Park\, University of Pittsburgh
LOCATION:Science 106
SUMMARY:Science Speakers
DTSTART:20130418T171500
DTEND:20130418T181500
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
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DESCRIPTION:Lydia Yoder\, Krystel Pierre and Karsten Hess: "Building the future for the Farm-to-Fork Heritage Center"\n\nHannah Geiser and Jonathan Mark: "Lawns of Communication: GC and the EPA Campus RainWorks Challenge"\n\n
LOCATION:Science 106
SUMMARY:Working to Find Sustainable Solutions in the Midst of  Real World Complexity {Science Speaker}
DTSTART:20130419T160000
DTEND:20130419T170000
DTSTAMP:20130521T064400
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