SCIENCE SEMINARS: SEPTEMBER 6 TO 12, 1999
SCIENCE SEMINARS: SEPTEMBER 6 TO 12, 1999
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
(none -- Labor Day)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
"Linking Food Web Structure and Dynamics with Ecosystem Processes," Gary Huxel (faculty candidate), University of California, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse, host: Robert Mitchell, Department of Biology (865-4562).
"Longitudinal Nutrient Intake Patterns of Adolescent Women," Deb Cusatis, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 110 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).
"Monotone Multigrid Methods for Free Boundary Problems," Ralf Kornhuber,
Free University of Berlin (Germany), 4:00 p.m., 102 McAllister Building,
Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
"The Schwartz Algebra and Chern Characters," Jacek Brodzki, University of Exeter (United Kingdom), 3:35 p.m., 115 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"Quasars: The Birth of Massive Galaxies," Gary J. Ferland, University
of Kentucky, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: Jane Charlton, Department
of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
"A Computational Approach to Understanding Frobenius Distributions," Kevin James, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 220 Willard Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"JC Virus Proteins T'135, T'136, and T'165 Contribute to Viral Oncogenic Potential," Lisa Kilpatrick, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Richard Frisque, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).
"Ballistic Electron-Emission Microscopy (BEEM) of Quantum Nanostructures," Venky Narayanamurti, Harvard University, 3:30 p.m., 101 Osmond Laboratory, host: K. Vedam, Department of Physics (865-1146).
"The Functional Roles of the STK/RON Receptor in Macrophage Biology,"
Mike Lutz, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 16 Agricultural Sciences and Industries
Building, host: L. Sordillo, Department of Veterinary Science (863-5786).
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
"A Robust Nonconforming H2 Element," Ragnar Winther, University of Oslo
(Norway), 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics
(865-7527).
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 and SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
(none)
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