THOMPSON HALL
SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS SEMINAR

2005 SPRING SCHEDULE

The Thompson Hall weekly seminars are held on Thursdays, from 4-5PM in Thompson 124 unless otherwise posted. They are open to the general public.

Students, faculty, staff, and guests are invited to gather for refreshments and conversation at 3:45 PM before each seminar.

Once again the seminar series will feature presentations by invited speakers and UPS faculty on a wide range of topics. Please join us in welcoming the following speakers:

2005/02/03 Thompson 126
SPEAKER: Joseph Graves
(University Core Director and Professor of Biological Sciences, Fairleigh Dickinson University)
TITLE: Racism without race: Contradictions in scientific and social policy
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2005/02/10 Wheelock Student Union Rotunda Room, 4:30 - 5:30 PM, Talloires Declaration Signing Event
SPEAKER: Dr. Anthony Cortese
(founder and director of Second Nature)
TITLE: The Critical Role of Higher Education in Creating a Healthy, Just and Sustainable Society
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2005/02/17
SPEAKER: Karim Ochosi
(University of Puget Sound, Dept. of Exercise Science)
TITLE: Exercise-induced menstrual cycle problems in the female

2005/02/24
SPEAKER: Georgina M. Montgomery
(Program for the History of Science and Technology, University of Minnesota)
TITLE: Primates in the Real World: Field Primatology and the Meaning of Naturalness
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2005/03/03
SPEAKER: Eric M. Anderson
(University of Wyoming, Dept. of Zoology and Physiology and UPS, Dept of Math & CS alumnus (1994))
TITLE: Vanishing sea ducks, and the role of herring spawning events in the Puget Sound-Georgia Basin
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2005/03/10
SPEAKER: Alexa Tullis
(University of Puget Sound, Dept. of Biology)
TITLE: The contractile performance and metabolic capacity of rattlesnake tail shaker muscle
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2005/03/17 Spring Break - no seminar

2005/03/24
SPEAKER: Steve Wilkins
(Lead Forensic Investigator, Pierce County Sheriff's Office)
TITLE: Real Crime Scene Investigations: tools and methods

2005/03/31
SPEAKER: Keith Devlin
(National Public Radio, the 'Math Guy')
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2005/04/07 Thompson 126 7 P.M.
SPONSOR: Phi Sigma Biology Honor Society - UPS
SPEAKER: Federico Cruz-Uribe
(Director of the Pierce County Health Department)
TITLE: Good Public Health Policy or Else! The need for effective change in our health care system.
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2005/04/08 Thompson 126 4 P.M. - 8:30 P.M.
SPONSOR: Phi Sigma Biology Honor Society
TITLE: Undergraduate Research Symposium
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2005/04/09 Thompson 124 2 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.
SPONSOR: Phi Sigma Biology Honor Society
TITLE: Undergraduate Research Symposium
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2005/04/14
SPEAKER: J. Stewart Lowther; Ali Graettinger; Aaron P. Wisher
( UPS, Dept. of Geology; UPS, Dept. of Geology; University of Washington)
TITLE: Using Quartz Sand-Grain Microtextures to Distinguish Sedimentary Units in the Puget Sound Lowland
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2005/04/21 4 P.M.
SPEAKER: Craig Cogger, Ph.D.
(Soil Scientist, Washington State University - Puyallup)
TITLE: Sustainable and organic agriculture research in the Pacific Northwest
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2005/04/21 Evening event: Wheelock Rodunda, 7 P.M.
SPONSOR: Richard Bangs Collier Endowed Fund for Ethics and Science
SPEAKER: Dr. Roger Fouts
(Chimpanzee and Human Communication Insititute, Central Washington University)
TITLE: Primate behavior and scientific ethics

2005/04/28
SPEAKER: Mark Largent
(University of Puget Sound, Dept. of History)
TITLE: When and Why Did 'Eugenics' Become a Derogatory Term?
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Future speakers

2005/09/08 Wheelock Student Union Rotunda Room
SPEAKER: Fall Student Research Symposium

2005/09/15
SPEAKER: Joshua Swamidass
(UC Irvine,Computational Biology/Bioinformatics)
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2005/10/27 Thompson 126, 4 P.M. and 7:30 P.M.
SPEAKER: Tim Hoyt, Wizard Extraordinaire &
Dr. Johanna Crane, Scientist
(University of Puget Sound, Dept of Chemistry)
TITLE: Chemistry Magic Show

2005/11/24 Thanksgiving Day

future
SPEAKER: Christine Smith
(University of Puget Sound, Dept. of Chemistry)
TITLE: Using mass spectrometry to investigate chromatin structure

future
SPEAKER: Travis Horton
(University of Puget Sound, Dept. of Geology)

future
SPEAKER: Randy Bentson
(University of Puget Sound, Dept of Math and CS)
TITLE: Is there Open Source software in Your Future?

Archives of presentations from past semesters

Information for speakers

Questions or comments? Please contact Randy Bentson at: rbentson@ups.edu