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The Point News » Lecture http://thepointnews.com Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:22:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Ignatius Talks Politics, Journalism at Bradlee Lecture http://thepointnews.com/2010/04/ignatius-talks-politics-journalism-at-bradlee-lecture http://thepointnews.com/2010/04/ignatius-talks-politics-journalism-at-bradlee-lecture#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:12:00 +0000 Kyle Jerigan, News Editor http://thepointnews.com/?p=3301 Read More ]]> http://thepointnews.com/2010/04/ignatius-talks-politics-journalism-at-bradlee-lecture/feed 1 Biology Student Published in Journal of Applied Toxicology http://thepointnews.com/2010/04/biology-student-published-in-journal-of-applied-toxicology http://thepointnews.com/2010/04/biology-student-published-in-journal-of-applied-toxicology#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:06:48 +0000 Steven Rees, Staff Writer http://thepointnews.com/?p=3280

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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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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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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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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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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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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On Wednesday, Oct. 21, reporter Elizabeth Kolbert lectured on the history and future of climate change as revealed by Arctic ice. The lecture was based on her book, Field Notes from a Catastrophe, in which she chronicled the stories of scientists researching the arctic.
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Professor Jeffrey Hammond lectured on the history of his collection of Louis Marx toys. by Brendan O’Hara

For Jeffrey Hammond, collecting toys from his childhood became an expensive way to procrastinate. Hammond’s Oct. 2 lecture on the 1950’s American “boy’s toy” playset was held in Cole Cinema and dedicated to a baby girl born that morning to a member of the English faculty. Hammond explained that his collection of Louis Marx toys happened by chance: [...]
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David O. Stewart, author of the bestseller The Summer of 1787, The Men Who Invented the Constitution (Photo by Dave Chase, Online Editor)

On Thursday, September 17, the Center for the Study of Democracy sponsored a lecture on Constitution Day. Constitution Day, which commemorates the anniversary of the creation of the Constitution of the United States, was first federally recognized in 2004. The lecture was given by David O. Stewart, author of the bestseller The Summer of 1787, The [...]
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