Archive for February, 2015

Students interested in urban sustainability can study abroad this summer in Scotland Edinburgh: City and Environment runs May 26 through June 25. Students earn 6-8 credits while spending five weeks in one of Europe’s most beautiful cities. For more information on the Edinburgh: City and Environment, contact Dr. Geoff Buckley, […]

Students can earn 6 to 9 credits in Tel Aviv, Israel, this summer. Israel: Cultural and Political Intersections runs June 15 through July 19. Note that $750 automatic scholarships are available for the first seven Bobcats to apply. Information sessions are: Wednesday, Jan. 28, from 1 – 2 p.m. in […]

The Condensed Matter & Surface Sciences Colloquium Series presents Terry Bigioni on “Molecular Silver Nanoparticles: chemical, optical and structural principles” on Thursday, Feb. 5, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter Lecture Hall 245. Abstract: Very small noble metal nanoparticles have molecular forms, i.e. they have definite molecular formulae and structures, which […]

The Between Love & Hate theme presents a talk by Dr. Therí A. Pickens on “The Practical Implications of New Body Politics” on Thursday, Feb. 5, at 5 p.m. in Baker Center 231. Pickens is an Assistant Professor of English at Bates College. In her public appearance at Ohio University, […]

Ellie Koewler ’15 Senior anthropology student Hannah Vaughn won the Outstanding Learning Community Leader award for her work Fall Semester 2014. The award recognized Hannah’s “above and beyond performance week in and week out,” according to Dr. Nancy Tatarek, Professor of Anthropology. Tatarek is the Anthropology Learning Community Instructor and […]

The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Colloquium series “Ecolunch” Feb. 4 presenter is Rachael Olson – Biological Sciences, on “Functional morphology of the forelimb of the nine-banded armadillo.” All seminars are open to the public and meet in Irvine Hall Room 159 on Wednesdays from 11:50 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Spring […]

The Biological & Biomedical Sciences Research Seminar Series presents Dr. Adam Ford, Conservation Biology Candidate, on “Conserving Trophic Dynamics and Animal Movement in Human-Dominated Landscapes: Case Studies from Large Carnivores” on Wednesday, Feb. 4, at 4 p.m. in Irvine 159. Ford is Liber Ero Postdoctoral Fellow and Conservation Biology Candidate […]