Lectures
Seminar on factors contributing to aging
Dr. Chen Hou, assistant professor of biological sciences, will present a seminar on how life history and energy expenditure relates to how one ages. The seminar, titled “The Complex Relationship between Energy Expenditure and Longevity: Reconciling the Contradictory Empirical Results with a Simple Theoretical Model,” will be held 3-4 p.m. Monday, April 6, in Room […]
Read More »ERC to host water quality seminar
Dr. Abuduwasiti Wulamu, assistant research professor of earth and atmospheric sciences at Saint Louis University, will present a seminar titled “Impacts of Climate and Land Use Changes on Water Quality: A Remote Sensing and Hydrological Modeling Approach” at 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 3, in Room 314 Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall. The seminar is sponsored by the Environmental Research Center.
Read More »Seminar on adaptive learning in insects
Dr. Aimee Dunlap, assistant professor of biology at the University of Missouri-Saint Louis, will present a seminar on the ways that environmental conditions should invoke a learned behavior or when it should rely on an innate behavior. The seminar will be held 3-4 p.m. Monday, March 2, in Room 126 Schrenk Hall. The campus community is invited to attend. For more information, email Jessica Pelc.
Read More »Roberts to speak about insect flight
Dr. Stephen Roberts, vice provost and dean of the College of Arts, Sciences, and Business and a professor of biological sciences at Missouri S&T, will present a seminar on insect flight from 3 to 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23, in Room 126 Schrenk Hall. The campus community is invited to attend.
Read More »Attend an ERC seminar Feb. 20
The Environmental Research Center (ERC) invites the campus community to a seminar by Dr. Julian Fairey, associate professor of civil engineering at the University of Arkansas, titled “Disinfection Byproduct Formation and Control: New Perspectives on Precursor Removal Assessment and N-nitrosamine Occurrences.” The seminar will be held at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20, in Room 314 […]
Read More »Advising series continues March 2
Deanne Jackson, Missouri S&T registrar, will present “Advising Using Schedule Planner” noon-1:30 p.m. Monday, March 2, in Room 208 Norwood Hall. The event is part of the ongoing academic advising conference series sponsored by the undergraduate advising office.
Read More »Seminar on genetics of memory Feb. 16
Dr. Troy Zars, associate professor of biology at the University of Missouri-Columbia, will present a seminar on the molecular and genetic components of memory in Drosophila. In particular, Zars has made fundamental discoveries on genes and proteins required for memory formation and retrieval. The seminar will be held 3-4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16, in Room 126 Schrenk Hall. The campus community is invited to attend. For more information, email Jessica Pelc.
Read More »Dr. Condoleezza Rice to speak at S&T
Dr. Condoleezza Rice, the 66th U.S. Secretary of State, will present a free lecture at Missouri S&T on Thursday, May 14, as part of the Remmers Special Artist/Lecturer Series. Time and location of the lecture will be announced at a later date. Tickets will be required and are limited to four per person. Faculty and staff with a valid ID can get tickets starting Wednesday, April 8, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Leach Theatre Box Office.
Read More »CIES distinguished lecture
The Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies (CIES) invites the campus community to attend a distinguished lecture at 8:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 23, in Room 140 Toomey Hall. The lecture, titled “Advances in concrete science in the last 50 years,” will be given by Dr. Surendra P. Shah, the Walter P. Murphy Professor emeritus of civil engineering at Northwestern University.
Read More »Invasive species seminar Dec. 5
Dr. Jerry Frank, assistant professor of history at the University of Missouri-Columbia, will present a seminar titled “Playing With Western Water: The Culture and Science of Invasive Species” at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, in Room 125, Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall. Missouri S&T’s history and political science department and the Environmental Research Center are co-hosting the seminar.
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