Archive for September, 2015

Science Café  presents Dr. Todd Eisworth, Associate Professor and Chair of Mathematics, on “To Infinity and Beyond!” on Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 5 p.m.,  in the Baker Center Front Room. “I got hooked thinking about what infinity means when I was in college,” he says. “If you think of all the […]

Dr. Peniel Joseph, Professor of History at Tufts University, delivers the 38th Annual Costa Lecture in History on Thursday, Sept. 10, at 7:30 p.m., in the Galbreath Chapel. His talk is on “Reimagining the Black Power Movement in the Age of Obama and Black Lives Matter.” A leading scholar in U.S. and […]

Ohio University’s Constitution Day 2015 lecture features Dr. Carol Greenhouse discussing “Citizens United/Citizens Divided” on Thursday, Sept. 10, at 5 p.m. in Baker Theater. A reception follows the lecture., which is free and open to the public. This Constitution Day lecture offers a cultural analysis of the 2010 U.S. Supreme […]

The Condensed Matter & Surface Sciences Colloquium Series presents Eric Stinaff of Ohio University on “2D Crystals.” on Thursday, Sept. 10, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: The ability to use atomically thin crystals in devices having electronic, magnetic and optical multi-functionalities is one of the emerging challenges in […]

The Food Studies theme Book Club holds its first meeting on Fall 2015 on Thursday, Sept. 10, from 5-6 p.m. in Alden 301U in the third-floor Faculty Commons. The club is reading Fresh: A Perishable History by Susanne Freidberg. (Belknap Harvard, 416pp. ISBN 9780674032910) The book discussion will be divided […]

The Center for Law, Justice & Culture hosts two Law School Application Workshops and a free practice LSAT to give students an overview of the law school application process. Law School Application Workshops The sessions are identical and include information relating to the particular components of the law school application […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Clare Yu of the University of California, Irvine on “A Physicist Looks at Cancer” on Friday, Sept. 11, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: We will give an overview of cancer and discuss what physics can bring to cancer biology. We will […]