Natural Science Spring Colloquia 2003

(4 p.m. - Room C101)

Jan 17: IWU Faculty Colloquium

Dave Bollivar

Title - "Molecular Biology: An Important Toolkit for the Future"

Jan 24: John Kiss ----- Miami University, Ohio

Title: "Space, the final frontier … for root phototropism!"

(Host: Loni Walker, Biology)

Jan 31: John Pryor ----- Illinois State University

Title: "Psychological Reactions to the Stigmatized: A Dual Process Model"

(Host: John Ernst, Psychology)

Feb 7: Jordan Bennett ----- Denison University

Title: "New Methylene Bridge Substituted Calixarenes"

(Host: Becky Roesner, Chemistry)

Feb 14: Kenneth Laws ----- Dickinson College

Title: "The Physics of Dance"

(Host: Jeremiah Williams, Physics)

Feb 21: Alison Sweeney ----- Duke University

Title: "Iridescence and Color: A Bio-optical Case for Adaptive Speciation in Heliconius Butterflies"

(Host: Susie Balser, Biology)

Feb 28: Christer Aakeroy ----- Kansas State University

Title: "Supramolecular Chemistry: From Molecular Sociology to Functional Materials"

(Host: Becky Roesner, Chemistry) -- (not at 4 p.m.)

Mar 7: IWU Faculty Colloquium

Njeri Mbugua

Title - "Things Fall Apart: AIDS and Inept Adolescent Socialization in Kenya"

Mar 14: Spring Break

Mar 21: Spring Break

Mar 28: Cara Dunne Yates ----- Brandeis University

Title: "Disability Rights and Reproductive Freedom: A Contradiction or a Workable Concept in Today's World of Genetics?"

(Host: Sonja Fritzsche, MCLL)

Apr 4: Michael Dancs ----- Illinois Wesleyan University

Title: "An Overview of the RSA Cryptosystem"

(Host: Melvyn Jeter, Math/CS)

Apr 11: Joe Mikels ----- University of Michigan

Title: "Hold on to that Feeling: Integrative Studies of Emotion and Memory from a Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective"

(Host: Linda Kunce, Psychology)

Apr 18: Ben Givens ----- Ohio State University

Title: "The Neurobiological Basis for Alcohol's Effects on Attention and Memory"

(Host: Joe Williams, Psychology)