Please visit our main calendar to find appropriate events across the sciences. If you have an event to share with the CIS, please contact Anika (adane@wesleyan.edu).

This Week's Seminars: 

Biology and MB&B Seminar: Rebecca Donegan, Barnard College

Wednesday, October 7, 12:10pm, Casper A102

Deciphering Heme-Dependent Porphyrin Homeostasis and Biofilm Dynamics in Nontuberculous Mycobacteria

Host: Padilla Benavides

Physics Colloquia: Takao Sasaki, University of Rochester

Thursday, October 8, 11:50am, Exley 058

Building, Swimming, and Learning Together: Collective Behavior in Fire Ants

NSM Luncheon: Seth Redfield, Astronomy

Friday, October 9, 12:00m, Woodhead Lounge

Mapping Our Place in the Galaxy Among the Nearest Stars and Planets

Pizza and drinks will be available starting at 11:50 am. We look forward to seeing you there!

This Week's Events: 

Happy October! It is officially Wesleyan’s Pride Month, and we are so excited to bring back our annual StarGAYzing event.

Come star gay-ze with us on Friday, October 9th at the Van Vleck Observatory. Check out cool space stuff through a telescope, enjoy treats, mini talks on queer topics in astronomy, a planetarium show, and more. All ages, genders, identities, and majors welcome!  Address: 96 Foss Hill Drive, Middletown, CT

Event information, including registration link, can be found here.

Space Night at the Observatory

Learn about what's up in the night sky at Space Nights, beginning with a half-hour interactive presentation by department students and/or faculty on space news or recent astronomy discoveries, followed by observing through telescopes when it's clear. Events are aimed at high school level and above, but all visitors are welcome. Registration is not required. Events take place during the academic year on Wednesdays at 8 p.m.

Fall 2026 Schedule: September 16th, 23rd, & 30th; October 7th, 14th, 21st, & 28th; November 11th & 18th; and December 2nd & 9th.

The 36th Leermakers Symposium: Physical-Organic Chemistry in Action

Please join us for the 36th Peter A. Leermakers Symposium on October 10th in the Casper Life Sciences Building! This wonderful event has not been held in over a decade but is returning this year with a fantastic lineup of speakers! You can register online here or by using the QR code on the poster. Student attendees receive discounted registration, and student poster presenters receive free admission (registration still required).

 

 

 

  • Additional Seminars of Interest

    NSM Departmental Seminar Series

  • Workshops
    The fall schedule will be available soon.
  • Other Events

    Please visit our main calendar to find appropriate events across the sciences. If you have an event to share with the CIS, please contact Anika (adane@wesleyan.edu).

    Please note: FLXS has multiple sessions with different specialties. Click the Handshake link to learn more.

     

    Event

    Future Leaders in Surgery Symposium (FLXS)

    Sep 19th - October 31, 2026 • 9:00 am - 3:30 pm EDT

     

    Hello!

    I wanted to invite you to our next webinar, featuring Pfizer's Edward Broughton, Senior Director, Global Health Economics and Outcomes Research.

    In 45 minutes Ted will dash through drug development from start to finish: discovery, preclinical testing, the three phases of clinical trials, regulatory and reimbursement approval, and what happens after a drug becomes widely available. Why are new drugs so expensive? Why does research attention flow so unevenly? Obesity draws breakthrough after breakthrough and enormous investment, while antibiotics struggle for viability despite a looming infectious disease crisis.

    Whether you're a medical scientist or otherwise curious about where your medicines come from, you'll leave with a clearer picture of the scientific, economic, and technological forces that drive it all.

    Please join us on Monday, September 14 at 9AM ET by registering here: https://www.crowdcast.io/c/9czertw75o4s

     

    Hope to see you soon,

    Jungwon Byun
    Cofounder @ Elicit

  • Recent Events

    Our first research resource fair of the academic year will be held Friday, October 2, 2026, 1:30pm-3:00pm, in the Casper Life Sciences building.

     

    Pfizer Connecticut Pharma/Biotech Lab Open House

    Pfizer's Groton, CT research laboratories are hosting a Career Opportunities in the Pharmaceutical Industry open house on Thursday, September 24th.  They'll be providing lab tours and discussing opportunities in process chemistry, medicinal chemistry, analytical chemistry, material science, and formulation.

    https://www.pfizer.com/groton-connecticut

    If you have an interest in learning about Pfizer's early talent recruiting and what goes on in the largest research laboratory in New England, you should consider attending this on-site event. Scan the QR code below to 

    Questions? Contact Erika Buckle at CTColleagueResourceGroups@pfizer.com for answers.