Faculty Calendar: Events in Science 

Below is a calendar of events for Spring 2024. This listing is appropriate for faculty, staff, and post-docs; for a listing appropriate to students please click this link.

When and Where

Event

January 26, 12:00pm

Exley 150

NSM Luncheon Series: Colin Smith (Chemistry)

Adventures with computationally designed fluorescent proteins

Pizza and drinks served starting at 11:50am

January 31, 12:00pm

Shanklin 107

Biology and MB&B Seminar Series

Christos Suriano, Montclair University

Title of the Seminar: TBD

Host: Treloar

February 2, 12:00pm

Exley 150

NSM Luncheon Series: Helen Poulos (Earth and Environmental Sciences)

Changing wildfires, changing forests: Effects of fire and climate change on forest resilience in the US-Mexico Borderlands

Pizza and drinks served starting at 11:50am

February 2, 3:30pm

Exley 058

Chemistry Colloquium

Arthi Jayaraman, University of Delaware

Title of the Seminar: TBD

Host: Elling

February 7, 12:00pm

Shanklin 107

Biology and MB&B Seminar Series

Yashna Thappeta

Asymmetric division & macromolecular rearrangement through glycogen phase separation in Escherichia coli

Host: MacQueen

February 9, 12:00pm

Woodhead Lounge

NSM Luncheon Series: Sonia Roberts (Computer Science)

From legged robots to knitted ones

Pizza and drinks served starting at 11:50am

February 9, 3:30pm

Exley 058

Chemistry Colloquium

Catherine L.  Drennan, MIT

Title of the Seminar: TBD

Host: Westmoreland

February 16, 12:00pm

Woodhead Lounge

NSM Luncheon Series: Ellen Thomas (Earth and Environmental Science, College of Integrative Science)

The Lost Worlds of the Wesleyan Natural History Collections

Pizza and drinks served starting at 11:50am

February 16, 3:30pm

Exley 058

Chemistry Colloquium

Yongku Cho, UCONN 

Title of the Seminar: TBD

Host: O'Neil

 

February 19, 4:30pm

Exley 058

Elizabeth Chang-Davidson, Northeastern University

"Successful Build Strategies in Large-Scale Metal Additive Manufacturing: Addressing Geometric Error, Heat Buildup, and Residual Stresses"

College of Design and Engineering Studies Candidate

 

February 22, 4:30pm

Exley 058

Xiangyi Cheng, Ohio Northern University

"Empowering Healthcare and Education Through AI-Enhanced Intelligent Systems"

College of Design and Engineering Studies Candidate

February 23, 12:00pm

Woodhead Lounge

NSM Luncheon Series: Jim Greenwood (Earth and Environmental Science)

Water in Extraterrestrial Materials: Insights into the Origin of Earth's Water

Pizza and drinks served starting at 11:50am

February 23, 3:30pm

Exley 058

Chemistry Colloquium

Andrei Alexandrescu, UCONN

Don’t Trade Your NMR Magnets for cryo-EM Scopes Just Yet: Personal Journeys into Remaining Unexplored Areas of Biophysics

Host: Smith

 

February 26, 4:30pm

Exley 058

Abhishek Sharma, University of Chicago

"Computational Design of Stimulus Response: Nanoparticle Self-Assembly and Networked Metamaterials"

College of Design and Engineering Studies Candidate

 February 28, 4:30pm

The Wasch Center (51 Lawn Avenue)

The Wasch Center for Retired Faculty is pleased to invite you to the first in our Wednesday afternoon lecture series: on Wednesday, February 28 at 4:30, Amrita Sanyal will speak about the work she has done on the under-representation of women in STEM fields. A recent recipient of the Ph.D. from Purdue, Amrita is Visiting Assistant Professor in Wesleyan’s Economics Department. In graduate school she studied the ways in which the 2009 "Race to the Top" program and the adoption of common K-12 programs affected U.S. students’ high-school and post-secondary performance and their eventual career choices. As an economist, she seeks to understand and address the gender gap in STEM fields and the resulting disparities in earning power.

All are welcome to attend, and refreshments will be served. The Wasch Center is located at 51 Lawn Avenue.

 

March 1, 12:00pm

Woodhead Lounge

NSM Luncheon Series: Jan Naegele (Biology)

Title of the Seminar: TBD

Pizza and drinks served starting at 11:50am

March 6, 5:00pm

PAC 100 

CANCELLED

Have you ever wondered who’s in charge of outer space? For example,

  • Are nations allowed to own land on the moon?
  • Are corporations allowed to own the materials they mine?
  • How do we prevent conflict between competing interests in space?
  • What are we going to do about the snowballing mass of garbage careening in low-Earth orbit?

We are delighted to report that the world’s most exciting space lawyeris coming to campus to answer all your questions.

SPACE LAW 101: Timiebi Aganaba in Conversation with Martha Gilmore and Mary-Jane Rubenstein, March 6, 5:00 p.m., PAC 100

March 8, 12:00pm

Woodhead Lounge

NSM Luncheon Series: Matt Kurtz (Psychology)

Neurocognitive and Metacognative Therapies for Scizophrenia: Meta-analytic Insights into Efficacy

Pizza and drinks served starting at 11:50am

March 27, 12:00pm

Shanklin 107

Biology and MB&B Seminar Series

Shelly Peyton, UMass Amherst

Bioengineering strategies to study cancer and cell migration

Host: Mitchel

March 29, 12:00pm

Woodhead Lounge

NSM Luncheon Series: Ni Feng (Biology)

Exploring the neural and hormonal basis of mammilian hibernation

Pizza and drinks served starting at 11:50am

April 3, 12:00pm

Shanklin 107

Biology and MB&B Seminar Series

Thomas Dowling, Wayne University

Genomic evolution in fish

Host: Chernoff

April 5, 12:00pm

Woodhead Lounge

NSM Luncheon Series: ECCO Bologna, Study Abroad (E&ES, Italian, Philosophy)

NSM, Wesleyan's Bologna Program, and You?

Pizza and drinks served starting at 11:50am

April 5, 1:00-3:30pm

Exley Lobby

College of Design and Engineering Studies Portfolio Showcase

April 5, 3:30pm

Exley 058

Chemistry Colloquium

Seth Herzon, Yale University 

Title of the Seminar: TBD

Host: Northrop

April 12, 12:00pm

Woodhead Lounge

NSM Luncheon Series: Jonathan Jackson (Astronomy)

The Life and Times of Hot Jupiters

Pizza and drinks served starting at 11:50am

April 19, 12:00pm

Woodhead Lounge

NSM Luncheon Series: Ruth Johnson (Biology)

(Some of) What We Can Learn from Fly Eyes

Pizza and drinks served starting at 11:50am

April 24, 12:00pm

Shanklin 107

Biology and MB&B Seminar Series

Isaac Cervantes Sandoval, Georgetown University

Title of the Seminar: TBD

Host: Padilla-Benavides

April 26, 12:00pm

Woodhead Lounge

NSM Luncheon Series: Gebremedhin Haile (Earth and Environmental Science)

Drought in East Africa

Pizza and drinks served starting at 11:50am

April 17, 12:00pm

Shanklin 107

Biology and MB&B Seminar Series

Andrew Bass, Cornell University

Vocalization in fish

Host: Feng

April 19, 2:00-3:30pm

Exley Lobby 

CIS Celebration of Science, Friday, April 19, 2:00-3:30pm

Join the College of Integrative Sciences in the Exley Science Center lobby for a poster session and reception featuring thesis students and prize winners from the Research in Science summer program. CIS facilitates undergraduate student research for all NSM departments and related programs across campus. Remarks at 3:00pm.

May 3, 12:00pm

Woodhead Lounge

NSM Luncheon Series: Jill Morawski (Psychology)

Work on Your Boundaries!

Pizza and drinks served starting at 11:50am

May 3, 3:30pm

Exley 058

Chemistry Colloquium

Amy Howell, UCONN 

Title of the Seminar: TBD

Host: Calter

May 8, 3:30pm

Allbritton 311

CIS Spring Soirée for faculty and staff, May 8, 2024, 3:30pm, Allbritton 311

Join CIS affiliated faculty to learn about current research projects and seek connections and collaborations for ongoing projects!