Williams College Science Calendar

Friday, November 20, 2009

The Science Calendar is posted on Friday.
Please provide future events as soon as the information becomes available,
but no later than 4:00 pm on Thursday, the day before posting.

Contact: Kate Fletcher

Refreshments are served at some Science Center events.

Friday, November 20
Mathematics and Statistics Department Faculty Seminar
Speaker: Professor Carsten Botts, Williams College
Title: A Modified Accept-Reject Algorithm for Univariate Densities with Bounded Support
Time/Place: 1:00 p.m., Room 106, Bronfman

Friday, November 20
Biology Seminar
Speaker: Charles Mann, Science Writer
Title: The "Pristine Myth" - The American Landscape before Columbus
Time/Place: 4:00 pm, L02 Paresky Student Center

Friday, November 20
Computer Science Colloquium
Speaker: Kristina Striegnitz, Ph.D., Union College
Title: Evaluating Natural Language Generation Systems in Online Virtual Environments
Time/Place: 2:35 pm, Room 206, TCL

Monday, November 23
Mathematics and Statistics Department Colloquium
Speaker: Adam Capulong '10, Williams College
Title: How to Put Down Your Money and Win - Optimal Gambling Strategies
Time/Place: 1:00 p.m., Room 106, Bronfman

Monday, November 30
Mathematics and Statistics Department Colloquium
Speaker: William Schmegel '10, Williams College
Title: TBA
Time/Place: 1:00 p.m., Room 106, Bronfman

Tuesday, December 1
Tuesday Science Lunch
Speaker: Betty Zimmerberg, Psychology Department
Title: Landscapes of the Mind: Teaching Science with Art
Time/Place: Noon, Room 211, Thompson Biology Laboratory

Wednesday, December 2
Mathematics and Statistics Department Colloquium
Speaker: Makisha Maier '10, Williams College
Title: Convergent Series: Tauberian Theorems
Time/Place: 1:00 p.m., Room 106, Bronfman

Friday, December 4
Mathematics and Statistics Department Faculty Seminar
Speaker: Professor Peter Pedroni, Williams College
Title: Robust Unit Root and Cointegration Rank Tests for Panels and Large Systems
Time/Place: 1:00 p.m., Room 106, Bronfman

Friday, December 4
Biology Seminar
Speaker: Andy Bass, Cornell University
Title: Talking Heads: Ancestral Origins of Vocal Basis for Acoustic Communication
Time/Place: 1:10 pm, Room 112, TBL

Friday, December 4
Chemistry Colloquium, Class of 1960 Scholars
Speaker: Professor Vy Dong, University of Toronto
Title: Catalytic Transformations of C-H Bonds, Carbon Dioxide, and Simple Olefins
Time/Place: 1:10 pm, Room 202, Thompson Chemistry Lab

Friday, December 4
Joint Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
Speaker: Prof. Melissa Eblen-Zayas, Carleton College
Title: TBA
Time/Place: 2:30 p.m., Room 205, Thompson Physical Laboratory

Tuesday, December 8
Tuesday Science Lunch
Speaker: TBA
Title: TBA
Time/Place: Noon, Room 211, Thompson Biology Laboratory

Tuesday, February 9
Tuesday Science Lunch
Speaker: Amanda Beeson, Mathematics and Statistics Department
Title: TBA
Time/Place: Noon, Room 211, Thompson Biology Laboratory

Tuesday, February 16
Tuesday Science Lunch
Speaker: TBA
Title: TBA
Time/Place: Noon, Room 211, Thompson Biology Laboratory

Tuesday, February 23
Tuesday Science Lunch
Speaker: TBA
Title: TBA
Time/Place: Noon, Room 211, Thompson Biology Laboratory

Tuesday, March 2
Tuesday Science Lunch
Speaker: TBA
Title: TBA
Time/Place: Noon, Room 211, Thompson Biology Laboratory

Tuesday, March 9
Tuesday Science Lunch
Speaker: Laurie Heatherington, Psychology Department
Title: TBA
Time/Place: Noon, Room 211, Thompson Biology Laboratory

Tuesday, March 16
Tuesday Science Lunch
Speaker: TBA
Title: TBA
Time/Place: Noon, Room 211, Thompson Biology Laboratory

Tuesday, April 6
Tuesday Science Lunch
Speaker: TBA
Title: TBA
Time/Place: Noon, Room 211, Thompson Biology Laboratory

Tuesday, April 13
Tuesday Science Lunch
Speaker: TBA
Title: TBA
Time/Place: Noon, Room 211, Thompson Biology Laboratory

Tuesday, April 20
Tuesday Science Lunch
Speaker: TBA
Title: TBA
Time/Place: Noon, Room 211, Thompson Biology Laboratory