Articles Tagged ‘ Lecture ’
February 14, 20121:16 am
Kitchen Presents Underground Comics, Discusses Free Speech in Graphic Novels
On Feb. 6 at 8 p.m. at St. Mary’s Hall, Denis Kitchen spoke about underground comics of the 1960s and 70s. Kitchen is not only a cartoonist, but also a publisher of comics and the founder of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Students were informed via email that, “His Kitchen Sink Press subsequently pioneered the [...]
May 1, 201212:15 am
Rakoff Gives Honest, Candid Twain Lecture
By Hannah Grabenstein, Editor-in-Chief and Allison Kight, Assistant Editor
David Rakoff is very anxious. As a defensive pessimist, he’s always expecting and preparing for the worst. For example, as he joked in the writer’s craft talk he gave Friday, April 27 as part of the Twain Lecture Series, he always knows where the fire exits in the room are and how much oxygen per [...]
October 18, 201112:13 am
Kripal Explores the Connection Between Religion, Myticism, Superhero Culture
By Mary Beth McAndrews, Contributing Writer
On Monday, Sept. 26 author Jeff Kripal spoke about his book on the link between the mystic and the mutant to an almost full Auerbach Auditorium in St. Mary’s Hall. The lecture was provided by the Departments of English and Religious Studies.
April 27, 201012:12 pm
Ignatius Talks Politics, Journalism at Bradlee Lecture
By Kyle Jernigan, Editor-in-Chief
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 [...]
April 27, 201012:06 pm
Biology Student Published in Journal of Applied Toxicology
By Steve Rees, Former Managing Editor
“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).
April 12, 20109:01 pm
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 [...]
April 12, 20108:49 pm
Professor Leah Eller Wages War on Hazardous Waste
By Steve Rees, Former Managing Editor
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, [...]
March 30, 201011:53 am
College Professor Discusses Nature’s Sexiest Traits
By Steve Rees, Former Managing Editor
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.
March 30, 201011:51 am
Professor Discusses Neuromuscular Disease Research
By Steve Rees, Former Managing Editor
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.
February 23, 20101:45 pm
John Prendergast: Students Can Help Darfur
By Dave Chase
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.
February 9, 20105:58 pm
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.
