Science Seminars is a weekly list of science-related seminars sponsored by colleges, research institutes, and other organizations throughout Penn State. Science Seminars is published by the Penn State Eberly College of Science as a service to Penn State and its surrounding communities

Science Seminars

14 to 20 January 2008

MONDAY, 14 JANUARY and TUESDAY, 15 JANUARY

(none)

WEDNESDAY, 16 JANUARY

"Global Cycles in a Greenhouse Transient: Lessons from the Past" (video conference), Andy Ridgwell, University of Bristol (United Kingdom), 12:00 noon, 541 Deike Building, Office of the Dean of the Graduate School and Worldwide Universities Network (865-6718).

"Oregon's Ocean" (video), 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike Building, Earth and Mineral Sciences Library (863-7073).

"Meta-Stable Dynamical Supersymmetry Breaking Near Points of Enhanced Symmetry," Kuver Sinha, Rutgers University, 2:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Radu Roiban, Department of Physics (863-9759).

"Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors and Signaling Pathways Involved in Addiction and Learning," Marina Piccioto, Yale University, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, host: David Vandenbergh,
Penn State Neuroscience Institute (865-1626).

THURSDAY, 17 JANUARY

"Lanthanum-Exchanged Zeolites as Refining Catalysts," Carsten Sievers, Georgia Institute of Technology, 10:00 a.m., 102 Chemistry Building, Department of Chemical Engineering (865-2577).

"The Physics of Climate Change," Michael Mann, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Milton Cole, Department of Physics (863-9759).

FRIDAY, 18 JANUARY

"The Role of Muscle Activity in Health Maintenance After Spinal-Cord Injury," Kevin K. McCully, University of Georgia, 11:15 a.m, 127 Noll Laboratory, Noll Physiological Research Center (865-3453).

"Proton Conduction in Solid and Liquid Phases," Maria Gomez, Mount Holyoke College, 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Department of Chemistry (865-6542).

"Common Ground? The Challenge of Four-Field Geography and the Restructuring Academy," Karl Zimmerer, Penn State, 4:00 p.m. (reception at 3:30 p.m. in 319 Walker Building), 112 Walker Building, Department of Geography (865-3433).

SATURDAY, 19 JANUARY and SUNDAY, 20 JANUARY

(none)

 

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