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Articles Tagged ‘ Lecture ’

Apr
27

Ignatius Talks Politics, Journalism at Bradlee Lecture

By Kyle Jerigan, News Editor

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 [...]

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Apr
27

Biology Student Published in Journal of Applied Toxicology

By Steven Rees, Staff Writer

Senior Gordon Michael Selckmann sits with some of his work in Dr. Ramcharitar’s fish lab. (Photo by Elise Kielek)

“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).

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Apr
12

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 [...]

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Apr
12

Professor Leah Eller Wages War on Hazardous Waste

By Steven Rees, Staff Writer

College chemistry professor Leah Eller discussed methods being developed to prevent further radioactive waste from entering the environment in her NS&M lecture, on Apr. 7 in Schaefer Hall. (College chemistry professor Leah Eller discussed methods being developed to prevent further radioactive waste from entering the environment in her NS&M lecture, on Apr. 7 in Schaefer Hall.)

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 [...]

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Mar
30

College Professor Discusses Nature’s Sexiest Traits

By Steven Rees, Staff Writer

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.

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Mar
30

Professor Discusses Neuromuscular Disease Research

By Steven Rees, Staff Writer

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.

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Feb
23

John Prendergast: Students Can Help Darfur

By Dave Chase, Online Editor

John Prendergast discussed the current conflict in Darfur and what individuals can do to help out. (Photo by Kevin Baier)

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.

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Feb
09

Gitelman Breaks Eastern European Taboos on Holocaust

By Alexandra Bertrand, Staff Writer

Gitelman spoke about the ways in which the sinister aspects of the Holocaust made their way into the USSR.

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.

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Feb
09

Gansler Talks Defense Acquisition in the Obama White House

By Rosa Trembour, Staff Writer

Gansler’s talk, though technical at times, helped the students who attended to better understand matters of defense. (Photo courtesy of smcm.edu)

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.

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Nov
16

Judge Discusses ‘Scopes II’ Trial, Intelligent Design, and the Constitution

By Rosa Trembour, Staff Writer

Judge Jones struck down the teaching of intelligent design as unconstitutional in Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District. (Photo by Brendan O’Hara)

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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