Articles Tagged ‘ Lecture ’
Ignatius Talks Politics, Journalism at Bradlee Lecture
David Ignatius may be best known for writing the spy thriller-turned-film “Body of Lies,” but instead of shallow Hollywood glitz attendants at this year’s Ben Bradlee lecture got an in-depth glimpse of the Washington Post journalist’s adroit analysis of pressing political issues.
The Ben Bradlee lecture, now in its sixth year, is meant to “focus on [...]
Biology Student Published in Journal of Applied Toxicology
“Differential Ablation of Sensory Receptors Underlies Oxytocin-Induced Shifts in Auditory Thresholds of the Goldfish (Carassius auratus).” This is the title of senior Gordon Michael Selckmann’s recent publication in the Journal of Applied Toxicology (JAT).
(Read More)Riedel Talks Foreign Policy
By Sarah English, Staff Writer
Last Thursday, April 1 at 6:00 p.m., St. Mary’s students and staff gathered in St. Mary’s Hall to listen to a lecture given by Bruce Riedel, an expert on political transition and counter terrorism and the former policy adviser to Barack Obama during his presidential campaign. The lecture was sponsored by the Center for the [...]
(Read More)Professor Leah Eller Wages War on Hazardous Waste
In her lecture Waging Chemical Warfare on Hazardous Waste: Green Chemistry at St. Mary’s College of Maryland on Apr. 7, Chemistry professor Leah Eller discussed the dangers of radioactive waste and current methods being designed to prevent its further exposure to the environment.
Eller presented her talk last Wednesday to an audience of professors, students, and [...]
College Professor Discusses Nature’s Sexiest Traits
On Wednesday, March 24, biology professor Jordan Price presented an explanation of the sexual selection of expressed traits. The lecture, which took place in Schaefer Hall, was part of the Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquium series.
(Read More)Professor Discusses Neuromuscular Disease Research
Baylor College of Medicine professor Thomas Cooper expressed his research lab’s interest in neuromuscular disease in the fifth lecture of the Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquium Series this semester, held on March 10.
(Read More)John Prendergast: Students Can Help Darfur
John Prendergast, Former Director of African Affairs at the National Security Council and co-founder of the Enough Project, gave his second of three public lectures as the Senior Nitze Fellow on Tuesday, Feb. 16.
(Read More)Gitelman Breaks Eastern European Taboos on Holocaust
By Alexandra Bertrand, Staff Writer
On a dreary Feb. 3 evening, students, professors, and local residents gathered in the Blackistone Room of Anne Arundel Hall to hear University of Michigan’s Professor of Political Science Zvi Gitelman. St. Mary’s Professor of Religious Studies, Professor Katharina Von Kellenbach introduced Gitelman as her esteemed colleague whom she first met in 2006 while completing a fellowship at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.
(Read More)Gansler Talks Defense Acquisition in the Obama White House
By Rosa Trembour, Staff Writer
On Thursday, Jan. 28, the Honorable Jacques S. Gansler delivered a talk at St. Mary’s Hall entitled “Issues in Defense Acquisition for the Obama Administration.” Dr. Gansler served as Undersecretary for Defense from 1997-2001, and is currently a professor at the University of Maryland as well as Director of the Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise.
(Read More)Judge Discusses ‘Scopes II’ Trial, Intelligent Design, and the Constitution
By Rosa Trembour, Staff Writer
On Monday, Nov. 2, U.S. District Court Judge John E. Jones III visited the College, speaking on the topic of “Our Constitution’s Intelligent Design.” The speech was co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Democracy and the Department of Biology as the 2009 William O.E. Sterling Lecture in Law and Politics.
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