Monday, 16 Nov 2015
Statistics Seminar
"Bayesian Screening for Group Differences in High-Throughput Data", Eric Lock, Department of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Lecture: Atheist Voter Initiative & the Patient's Right To Know Act
Amanda Knief is the acting Legal Counsel and Public Policy Advisor for the American Atheists. She will discuss the Patient's Right To Know Act, proposed legislation that would require health care providers to disclose to patients any treatments or services that are legally available but that the provider chooses not to provide because of religious or philosophical beliefs.
Lecture: Democracy at Work, A Cure for Capitalism
Richard Wolff is a Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His recent work has concentrated on analyzing the causes and alternative solutions to the global economic crisis.
Tuesday, 17 Nov 2015
Seminar: Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
GeoPRISMS Distinguished Lecture: "Sticky or Slippery? Controls on Subduction megathrust behavior at the Hikurangi subduction margin, New Zealand," Laura Wallace, University of Texas, Institute for Geophysics, Austin. A 3:30 p.m. reception precedes the seminar.
Wednesday, 18 Nov 2015
Lecture: Growing the Midwest Garden
"Giving the Garden Life: Perennials." Join Reiman Gardens' Director Ed Lyon for a six-week series that augments his book by the same title released this May. Each presentation addresses practical gardening applicable to novice and experienced gardeners alike.
Graphic Design Speaker Series: Thinking Wrong, Doing Right
Graphic designer, social advocate and entrepreneur John Bielenberg, founder of Project M and Future Partners and partner in mach49, will talk about using creativity and ingenuity to "design for good" and make a better world.
Thursday, 19 Nov 2015
Seminar: Nanovaccine Initiative and CBE
"Frontiers of Biomedical Materials," Jindrich Kopecek, University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Kopecek will discuss the evolution of biomedical materials and the creation of a new paradigm in nanomedicine -- drug-free macromolecular therapeutics. A reception precedes the seminar (10:30 a.m., 2061 Sweeney Hall).