Articles Tagged ‘ NS&M Colloquium ’
December 6, 201112:10 am
Chemistry Professor Discusses Fight Against Tuberculosis
By Monique Thompson, Staff Writer
On Nov. 16, for the last lecture of the semester in the Natural Science and Mathematics (NS&M) Colloquium Series, Cynthia S. Dowd, a researcher and assistant professor of chemistry at George Washington University, provided information about the therapeutics that are now being used to combat Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (TB). The deadly disease tuberculosis has affected the [...]
March 1, 201112:20 am
Preservation: The Sciences in Art and Art History
By Steve Rees, Former Managing Editor
On Feb. 23, United States Library of Congress preservation research scientist Lynn Brostoff presented her studies of ancient artifacts and works of art using scientific methods in her lecture “Using Science to Unlock the Secrets of Art and Historic Artifacts” as part of the Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquium series.
November 6, 20101:15 am
Penn State Professor Discusses Life of Indian Math Genius
By Steve Rees, Former Managing Editor
On Wednesday, Oct. 20, as part of the Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquium Series, Penn State University Professor George Andrews discussed the history of the mathematics genius Srinivasa Ramanujan in his lecture The Indian Genius, Ramanujan: His Life and the Excitement of His Mathematics.
February 14, 20121:08 am
Recovering Vanishing Images in Paintings
By Anna Davis, Former Features Editor
On Wednesday, Feb. 8, Jennifer Mass, senior scientist and head of the Scientific Research and Analysis Laboratory at Winterthur Museum in Delaware, presented her lecture entitled, “When masterpieces meet x-rays: Recovering hidden and vanishing images in paintings” as part of this semester’s Natural Science and Mathematics (NS&M) Colloquium. Mass discussed how x-rays can be used [...]
February 14, 20121:07 am
Algebraic Coding Theory, Transmission Techniques
By Darya Baugh-Ruschman, Staff Writer
On Wednesday, Feb. 1, the Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquium, “Trusty Transmission Techniques,” was given by Alissa Crans, Associate Professor of Mathematics at Loyola Marymount University, and centered around algebraic coding theory, a branch of math concerned with sending and compressing digital information – in this case, using binary code. Before beginning her presentation, Crans [...]
February 15, 201112:12 am
NOAA Officer Presents on Subaquatic Cartography
By Steve Rees, Former Managing Editor
Lieutenant Commander Ben Evans of the Office of Coast Survey at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) presented on his work in underwater charting and navigation at the College’s Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquium (NS&M) lecture last Wednesday, in a presentation titled Hydrography: Science, Art, and Sea Stories of Seafloor Mapping.
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, 20101:43 pm
College Professors Discuss Art and Science of Beer
By Steve Rees, Former Managing Editor
In front of a large audience of St. Mary’s students, professors, and community members, College professors Jeffrey Byrd and Andy Koch presented the complicated science and subtle art behind beer brewing, as part of the Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquium Series, Jan. 17.
February 9, 20105:55 pm
Escher’s Geometry Explained
By Steve Rees, Former Managing Editor
As part of the Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquia Series, St. Mary’s mathematics professor Susan Goldstine presented The Geometries of Escher on Wednesday, Feb. 3. Her presentation discussed the link between the math and art behind M. C. Escher’s work. “Professor Goldstine is the reason I am at St. Mary’s College,” said mathematics professor Alex [...]
February 9, 20105:54 pm
Professor Predicts the Future, Discusses Error
By Steve Rees, Former Managing Editor
For the first Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquium of the semester, Southern Polytechnic State University professor A. Bowdoin Van Riper presented on how views of the future have changed over the decades, and why they never seem to be accurate. “Ladies and Gentlemen, behold the Future! At least, behold the future as people invisioned it [...]
November 16, 20099:15 pm
Professor Estimates Power of Gerbil Sun
By Steve Rees, Former Managing Editor
For the final Natural Science & Mathematics (NS&M) Colloquium lecture of the semester, Dr. Larry Weinstein, a physics professor from Old Dominion University and co-author of Guesstimation: Solving the World’s Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin, presented “The Art of Guesstimation: How to Use Mathematics and Common Sense to Estimate the Answers to [...]
October 19, 20096:15 pm
Maile On Burns: “Cure Occasionally, Relieve Often, Console Always”
By Steve Rees, Former Managing Editor
Dr. Robert Maile’s presentation at the Natural Sciences and Mathematics Colloquium Wednesday, titled, “The Challenges of Burn Injury,” focused on the impact of trauma and burn-related emergencies on the individual and society, and the state of current research in the field of burn immunology. Maile, a researcher in the surgery department of the Jaycee Burn [...]
October 6, 20096:59 am
Chocolate and String Theory Featured in NS&M Colloquium Series
By Steve Rees, Former Managing Editor
The most recent two lectures for the Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquium series focused on the mathematics behind a chocolate-eating game and the properties of the universe. The first of the two math-oriented seminars began on September 23 with a discussion of Chomp, a math game based on the rules of combinatorial theory. Presented by [...]
