ACS Polymer Award: Aaron Cook ‘15
ACS Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry: Brianne Dudiak ‘16
Hypercube Scholar: Yike Li ‘14
2012 ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Award:
Thanprakorn Chiramanewong ‘13
Ernest Vuilleumier Scholarship: Alex Kasznel ‘15
Horace E. Rogers Scholarship: Yike Li ‘14 & Rizwan Saffie ‘14
Richard Sheeley Memorial Scholarship: Mariah Murphy ‘15
John E. Benson Handbook Award: Aaron Brumbaugh ‘13 & Andrew Tolbert ‘14
Outstanding Sr. Award for Biochemistry: Phoebe Oldach ‘13
Outstanding Sr. Award for Chemistry: Emily Peterpaul ‘13 & Frankie Daily ‘13
ACS Outstanding Chemistry Student: Rebecca Thompson ‘13
will present:
“Exploring the hidden landscapes of Pennsylvania using LiDAR data”
LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is an optical remote sensing technology used for measuring distances that is quickly changing how scientists view and map the surface of the earth. Within the field of GIS (geographic information systems), LiDAR is gaining popularity for use in many applications such as terrain modeling, geomorphology, hydrology, landscape ecology, and urban planning, just to name a few. Starting in 2006, Pennsylvania undertook a program to collect and process high resolution LiDAR elevation data for the entire state, becoming one of the first states in the nation to do so. This talk will explore just some of the few ways that this technology is transforming our view and understanding of the Pennsylvania landscape.
Thursday, April 11
Noon - 1:00 pm
Stafford Auditorium, Rector Science Complex
]]>Robert Allaway '11, Biology & Chemistry Major
will present:
Cancer Therapeutics: Screening for Synthetic Lethality in Glioblastoma Multiforme with NF1 Deficiency
(Robert will also conduct an informal discussion on attending graduate school.)
Friday, April 5, 2013
3:00 pm
Stafford Auditorium
"The Transfusion Lesion: a Potential Suspect Appears"
Presented by
Associate Professor Chuck Zwemer
Department of Biology, Dickinson College
Wednesday, April 3 at 4:30 p.m.
Dana 110
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implications for breathing disorders in males”
Presented by
Asst. Professor Missy Niblock
Department of Biology, Dickinson College
Wednesday, March 27, 4:30 p.m.
Stafford Auditorium
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Presented by
Eleanor M.P. Wilson, MD
Clinical Fellow, HIV Pathogenesis Unit
National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases
Wednesday, March 20
4:30 p.m.
Stafford Auditorium
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Professor Mark R. Ams, Allegheny College
will present:
“More Than Just A Rotation: The Twisted Tale of Isomerizing Molecules”
The carbon-carbon bond is a fundamental motif in Organic Chemistry and often takes center stage in the architecture of new, interesting molecules and materials. Organic molecules can often be made functional by incorporating carbon-carbon bond rotations into their structural design, allowing for exciting opportunities in areas such as photochemistry and nanotechnology. This talk will discuss our investigation of two such devices that apply this rotary motion, known as isomerization, toward solving several important challenges in Chemistry: 1.) Measuring CH-pi interactions and 2.) Solution phase purification.
March 19
Noon - 1:00 pm
Stafford Auditorium
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"What's with the Weird Weather? Links Between Climate Change, Extreme Weather and Health"
Prof. Jeff Niemitz (Earth Sciences) will discuss the possible link between climate change and extreme weather as recently reported by the UN International Panel on Climate Change. Prof. Henson (Biology) will talk about the link between climate change and health as well as some of Dickinson's recent international efforts in the area of sustainability.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Noon - 1:00
Stafford Auditorium
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from Dickinson's Biology Department
will present: Priceless Ponds for Three Seasons
This presentation will take the audience through an entire year at a Vernal Pond. The Natural History of the pond is featured including the various amphibians that use these ephemeral ponds to complete their life cycles.
Stafford Auditorium
Noon - 1:00 pm
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Thursday, March 22 Prof. Scott Boback
Tuesday, April 3 Profs. John Henson and Jeffrey Niemitz
Thursday, April 19 Prof. David Jackson
Thursday, April 26 Climate Change Mosaic
All Rush Hours will be in the Stafford Auditorium at noon.
More details to follow!
]]>Featuring a chemistry magic show, demos of volcanoes, earth quakes and minerals. "Seeing at the nanoscale" and make your own origami swan and silly putty! A climate change mosaic will be on display and an EEG machine will be available for participants to try out and much much more! A Science Passport will be given to children to collect stickers from each activity. This event is free to the public.
Rector Science Complex
Saturday, October 29, 2011
3:00 - 5:00 pm
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Noon – 1:00
Stafford Auditorium
Professor Karen Weinstein
will present
Monkeys in the snow and cold: the evolution of body proportions in macaques
Summary: How do we understand the evolution of modern human body size and proportions and their worldwide geographic dispersal during the Pleistocene epoch? One way is by examining macaques, a genus of monkeys that has the greatest geographic range of all primates second to humans. Unlike most primates that live solely within the tropics, macaques inhabit diverse regions, including tropical rainforests, mountainous habitats, and northern climates with marked seasonal fluctuations in temperature and snowfall. This presentation discusses the evolution of body size and proportions in macaques as responses to this environmental diversity as well as the influences of variations in locomotion, phylogeny, and other ecological factors.
Proving the Impossible
Abstract: "Nothing is impossible!" It is comforting to believe this greeting card sentiment; it is the American Dream. Human flight and the four-minute mile were proclaimed to be impossible, but both came to pass. Yet there are impossible things, and it is possible to prove that they are so. In this talk we will look at some of the most famous impossibility theorems—the so-called "problems of antiquity." The ancient Greek geometers tried and failed to square circles, trisect angles, double cubes, and construct regular polygons using only a compass and straightedge. So did future generations of great mathematicians. It took two thousand years to prove conclusively that all four of these are mathematically impossible. No, not even Chuck Norris can square the circle.Sept. 22, Oct. 4, Oct. 20 and Nov. 17, 2011
Come join us for interdisciplinary presentations given by Dickinson Faculty in the Stafford Auditorium in the Rector Science Complex from noon - 1:00 pm.
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Rector Science Complex Atrium
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session & Refreshments
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We See What We Think We See
Our general world knowledge, previous experiences, contextual information, and even our fears, thoughts, and imagination influence our visual perception in a dynamic manner. In other words, top-down influences play a determining role in what we actually “see” in the environment. What remains to be determined is the amount of influence these processes exert over vision and the extent to which they actually influence our day-to-day perceptions. Evidence from vision science as well as experimental evidence from my lab will be presented to describe this process. Real-life examples of misperceptions will also be presented as examples and discussed.
Stafford Auditorium, Rector Science Complex
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presented by
Spring 2011
Stafford Auditorium, Rector Science Complex
Noon - 1:00 pm
February 10, Thursday Prof. David Kushner
March 1, Tuesday Prof. Jennifer Schaefer
March 24, Thursday Prof. Jonathan Page
April 28, Thursday Prof. Sarah St. Angelo
]]>will present: "Artificial Cells and Cell-Like Environments"
Friday, Dec. 3, 2010, 4:00 pm
Stafford Auditorium, Rector Science Complex
]]>Department of Chemistry
Texas A&M University
Dr. Batteas will be available at 1:00 pm to discuss
summer research and graduate school
followed by his presentation:
“Conduction in Confined Porphyrin Assemblies”.
4:00 pm
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The title of her lecture was "Using Metals to Treat Disease: Past, Present, and Future".
]]>10:00 am - 11:30 am
Join the Chemistry, Biology, and Psychology Departments for light refreshments
in the Rector Science Complex Atrium---Upper Level
]]>The Chemistry Club will be holding an Ice Cream Social, complete with a "periodic table of brownies". Chemistry students and faculty will be making homemade ice cream using liquid nitrogen!
Click on the link to see pictures of the Ice Cream Social. http://www.dickinson.edu/news-and-events/features/2010-11/Chemistry-Week/
]]>Thursday, November 11th---Priestly Lecture
Volcanic Eruptions
Presented by Steve Sparks, Professor of Geology
University of Bristol, U.K.
Stern Center, Great Room, 7:00 p.m.
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Tuesday, September 14th: Professor Terry Barber
Tuesday, October 12th: Professor Tom Arnold
Thursday, October 28th: Professor Brett Pearson
Tuesday, November 16th: Professor Amy Witter and
Professor Pete Sak
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Metals and Medicine, Poster Session 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM, Thursday, May 6, 2010 Rector Atrium
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All presentations will take place in Stuart 1113 in the Rector Science Complex.
8:30 am Melissa Dean will present "Synthesis and Reactivity of Two NAMI-A Derivatives".
10:30 am Alejo Lifschitz will present "Matrix Isolation FTIR Study of Weak Hydrogen Bonding in Thin Polyvinylpyridine Films".
2:30 pm Jeff Rodgers will present "The Pyridine-Formic Acid Interaction: A Matrix Isolation and Polymer Soft-Landing
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Professor Tony Rauhut will present "Rodent Rehab: Using Animals to Understand Addiction"
Tuesday, April 20, 2010, Noon - 1:00 pm in Rector's Stafford Auditorium
Dr. Karen Hatwell, Regulatory Chemist with the FDA, will present:
"The FDA's Role in Ensuring the Safety of Food Ingredients"
Friday, April 16, 2010
Stafford Auditorium, Rector Science Complex
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
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Chemistry Professors Sarah St. Angelo and Kristi Humphreys initiated and organized the very popular Interdisciplinary Science Seminars (Rush Hours). They have had professors from biology, environmental science, physics, math, computer science, chemistry, and neuroscience speak about their current and future research.
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Professors Jeff Forrester and Mike Roberts will present:
Math, Bio, Cancer, and Collaboration: An Integrative Approach to a Complex Problem
In his 1971 State of the Union address, President Nixon declared a "War on Cancer" and later that year signed the National Cancer Act into law. In the following three decades, much progress has been made in understanding the molecular basis of cancer, but this constellation of diseases remains a leading cause of death worldwide (WHO). The advent of “–omic” technologies has yielded powerful new tools for studying this complex disease and has altered the required toolsets for molecular research to include additional mathematical and computational skills. Our NSF-funded program seeks to train students in cancer biology and the mathematical techniques required to analyze large data sets and model complex biological processes. Through coursework and a year-long research experience, we hope to give students an introduction to systems biology and the promise it presents for the future of biological research.Professor Gene Wingert will present "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?". Prof. Wingert will examine the processes impacting forests of the northeastern United States, mainly fire suppression and deer herbivory.
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