Science Speakers

Fall 2008

Science Speakers is a series of lectures, discussions, and other activities related to the sciences that is open to students, faculty, and the general public. Science Roundtables are for faculty to discuss pedagogic and other issues of interest. Upon the recent recommendation of the science faculty chairs, Science Speakers and Roundtable will usually be held Fridays 4:00-5:00pm. David Housman will be coordinating and Marilyn Bayak will be handling publicity and snacks. (Contact persons are in paretheses.)

 

Sep 5

Roundtable on Post Office, Retirees, Science Olympiad, Book Buyers, etc.
Duane Kauffmann
Sep 12  
Sep 19

 
Sep 26

Roundtable on Premedicine Program
Dan Smith and Jody Saylor
Oct 4 Dale Kempf, Abbot Laboratories, 2008 Recipient of Goshen College Culture for Service Award
Designing Drugs for AIDS Therapy: From the Bench to the Bedside
Oct 10  
Oct 17  
Oct 24 Kelsey Eldridge, Goshen College (Dan Smith)
Color Genetics of Homing Pigeons
Oct 31  
Nov 7 Carolyne Call, Saint Mary's College (Lew Naylor)
Forgiving Others--Why We Should and Why We Don't
Nov 14  
Nov 21 Mirella Vivoli, Goshen College (Doug Schirch)
Structural and Functional Role of a Cation-ie Interaction in E. Coli Serine Hydroxymethyltransferase
Nov 28 Thanksgiving Vacation
Dec 3 Nate Burmester on "Bioremediation", Philip DeShield on "Diagnosis and Treatment of Addictions" and another environmental topic presented by a third student (Jody Saylor)

Science Speakers

Spring 2009

Fri
Jan 16

Jim Sweigard, DuPont Corporation
Having a Blast--My Career Studying Fungal Pathogens of Plants
(Suggested by Lew Naylor. Introduced by Stan Grove.)
Fri
Jan 23		 David Housman, Goshen College
Some Strategic Games, Theory, and Experiments
Fri
Jan 30

Kathryn Schlabach, Goshen College (Stan Grove)
Electron Microscopy of Hepatic Cancer
Wed
Feb 4

Chris Jerde, Notre Dame University (Jody Saylor)
Aquatic invasive species management: An interdisciplinary approach to conservation biology
Fri
Feb 13 		Michael McGinnis, Spelman College, Biology position candidate (David Miller)
Galvanotaxis: Current Research on a Potentially Important Signal in Biology
Mon
Feb 16
 Scott Gabriel, Cornell University, Biology position candidate (David Miller)
Responding to an Economic Crisis--A Bacterial Approach
Feb 27 Spring Break
Tue/Wed
Mar 3/4		 Christine Noria, Notre Dame University, Psychology position candidate (Julie Reese)
Promoting Development in At-Risk Families through Prevention Programs
Fri
Mar 6		 Anna Hutton Kehrberg, University of Kentucky & Naprogenix Inc., Psychology position candidate (Julie Reese)
A Novel Compound, JR220 Reduces Behavioral Deficits Caused by Developmental Alcohol Exposure
Mon
Mar 9		 Dale Yoder Short, Physics position candidate (John Buschert)
X-ray Measurements of the Lattice Parameter of Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors
Wed
Mar 11		 Amanda Sensinig, Colorado State University, Psychology position candidate (Julie Reese)
Cognitive Psychology in the College Classroom
Fri
Mar 13		 Scott R. Smedley, Trinity College (Lew Naylor)
Hair-borne Chemical Defenses in Insects:  When a Bad Hair Day Can Prove Fatal
Mon
Mar 16		 Paul Meyer Reimer, Goshen College, Physics position candidate (John Buschert)
Material Science Versus Mussels: X-ray Explorations of New and Ancient Structures
Wed
Mar 18		 Amie Skattebo, Pennsylvania State University, Psychology position candidate (Julie Reese)
Psychological Climate and Technology Acceptance Over Time
Fri
Mar 20		 Marine Biology program update. Joint presentations by Jonathon Roth, Carl Weaver, and Tony Swinehart. Reflections on past educational initiatives at our Marine Center and visions of future programmatic goals. (Ryan Sensenig)
Fri
Mar 27		 Roundtable to discuss hosting of Science Olympiad (David Housman & Jody Saylor)
Fri
Apr 3		 Job Ebenezer, NGO Technology for the Poor (Dale Hess)
Technology for the Poor
Apr 10 Good Friday
Fri
Apr 17		 Andrew Schnabel, IUSB (Ryan Sensenig)
Studying the complexity of plant-pollinator interactions in a Kenyan savannah ecosystem:  Examples from Commelina and Hibiscus
Fri
May 1		 Jesse Yoder, Goshen College (Dan Smith)
Phase Diagrams
Tina Peters, Goshen College (John Ross Buschert)
Searching for Weak Lensing in the SDSS Supernovae
Fri
May 8
May 15
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