CHEMISTRY & PHYSICS DEPARTMENT HAPPENINGS

  
Fall 2009 Club Meetings and Activities
  • September 4     10:00 a.m.   HSB 410     Beta Chi meeting
  • October 2           10:00 a.m.   HSB 410     Beta Chi meeting
  • October 13         School of Sciences Seminar -- hosted by the Chemistry/Physics department
  • October 12         4:00 - 6:00 p.m.     School of Sciences Cookout!
  • October 19-23   National Chemistry Week!   
  • October 28         School of Sciences Seminar -- hosted by the Math/Computer Science department
  • November 6       10:00 a.m.   HSB 410     Beta Chi meeting   

*Journal Club is sponsored by Beta Chi but is open to all Science majors.  Students choose an article from primary literature to discuss with the group over coffee and snacks.  Please contact Dr. Rigsby for more information.


The Student Advisory Council of the School of Sciences 
is hosting the 3rd Annual
School of Sciences Cook-Out for Science majors
October 12, 2009        Time:  4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Where:  Amphitheater 

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SCHOOL OF SCIENCE SEMINARS

October 13, 2009

Beaman A&B

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Dr. Rob Knop from the Meta-Institute of Computational Astronomy will present "Dark Energy and the Accelerating Universe". Refreshments at 3:30

October 28, 2009 Beaman A&B 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Dr. Claus Ernst from the Dept. of Mathematics, Western Kentucky University, will present "Physical Knot Theory".  Refreshments at 3:30 



Vaughn Science Lecture
November 9, 2009
7:00 p.m.     Beaman A&B
Keynote Address:  Dr. Julio Ramirez, Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience and Neuroplasticity, Davidson College will present:  Are Broken Brains Doomed to Dysfunction?

Science Undergraduate Research Symposium (SURS)
December 3, 2009
4:00 p.m.      Beaman A&B
Keynote speaker: Dr. John Wikswo, Professor of Physics at Vanderbilt University, will present The Challenges of Controlling Living Cells
Following the keynote, there will be a student poster session from 5:00 - 6:00 and student presentations will begin at 6:15