Thursday, 16 Sep 2010
Chemical & Biological Engineering Seminar
"Approaches for Resolving Fluorescence Excited States from Single Cytometric Events," Jessica Houston, New Mexico State University.
Teenager at Alcatraz
"Teenager at Alcatraz: The Clarence Carnes Story." Carnes, an Oklahoma Choctaw, was the youngest man ever sent to The Rock, and was a key player in the historic Battle of Alcatraz, when armed prisoners seized control. Native American storyteller Tim Tingle recounts Carnes's story based on several hours of recorded interviews with an elderly prison inmate who accompanied Carnes on his Oklahoma crime spree.
An Engineering Approach to Treatments for Cancer and Infectious Diseases
"An Engineering Approach to Treatments for Cancer and Infectious Diseases," Chih-Ming Ho, director of the Center for Cell Control, an NIH Nanomedicine Roadmap Center at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research offers an engineering approach to determining optimal drug cocktails for the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Electrical and Computer Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series.
Global Souls: Citizens in the Future Tense
"Global Souls: Citizens in the Future Tense," Pico Iyer. One of our most respected observers of our changing world, Iyer is the author of nine books about cultures converging. Part of the World Affairs Series.