The School of Science and Engineering sponsors a series of lectures on major topics of current scientific interest. These lectures, each designed for a general scientific audience, are given by recognized scholars from around the country who will be available to meet faculty and students on the days of their visits. The public is cordially invited to these colloquia at no charge. For further information call (845) 257-3728 or follow the links below.
Location: SUNY New Paltz, Coykendall Science Building
Auditorium
Time: Time: Selected Thursdays at 4:30 PM, preceded by a reception at 4:00 PM in CSB Lounge 110.
Exception: Lecture by Dr. McDermott is on Monday at 4:30 PM preceded by student poster-session at 3:30 PM in CSB Lobby and reception at 4:00 PM in CSB Lounge 110
2009-2010 lectures:
- Dr. Lois Pollack, Cornell University
September 24, 2009
“Using Physics to learn about Biology” - Dr. Ann McDermott, Columbia University
October 19, 2009
“The Secret Lives of Molecules: Probing the Motions of Enzymes” - Dr. Yi Li, University of Connecticut
February 18, 2010 (Snow day: February 25, 2010)
“Making Beautiful Plants Non-Invasive” - Dr. Wayne H. Knox, University of Rochester
March 25, 2010
“Optics from 3000 BC to 3000 AD” - Dr. Robert Titus, Hartwick College
April 29, 2010
“A Geological History of the Catskills”
2008-2009 lectures:
- Dr. Günter Wagner, Yale University
September 25, 2008
“Evolution of Gene Regulation as it pertains to the Origin of Evolutionary Novelties” - Dr. David, Hanson, SUNY Stony Brook
October 23, 2008
“Guided Inquiry Learning” - Dr. William Herbst, Wesleyan University
November 20, 2008
“The Case of the Winking Star: New Insight into the Formation of Terrestrial Planets” - Dr. Richard Perez, University at Albany
March 26, 2009
“Making the Case for Solar Energy in New York” - Dr. Mark Bridger, Northeastern University
April 23, 2009
“Math Used to Solve Crimes”
2007-2008 lectures:
- Dr. Kenneth Olum, Tufts University
October 25, 2007
"Fine Tuning in Cosmology" - Dr. Harold Metcalf, SUNY Stony Brook
November 29, 2007
"The Coldest Temperature in the Universe" - Dr. Daniel Jelski, SUNY New Paltz
March 13, 2008
"Buckminsterfullerenes: the way the ball bounces" - Dr. George D. Yancopoulos, Regeneron Research Laboratories
May 1, 2008
"The Next Generation of Cancer Drug Targets"
2006-2007 lectures:
- Dr. Glenn A. Eisman, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
September 28, 2006
"Emerging Energy Changes and Challenges: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen" - Dr. Jon D. Erickson, University of Vermont
October 26, 2006
"An Economics for the Century of the Environment" - Dr. Daniel Rockmore, Dartmouth College
November 30, 2006
"Artful Mathematics" - Dr. Gregory Tucker, Brown University
March 29, 2007
"Measuring the Universe with Microwaves" - Dr. Lee Spector, Hampshire College
May 4, 2006
"Evolutionary Computation for Science, Engineering and Art"
2005-2006 lectures:
- Mr. Fred Jerome, Free Lance Journalist
October 6, 2005
"The Einstein File: J.Edgar Hoover's Secret War Against the World's Most Famous Scientist" - Dr. William Craelius, Rutgers University
November 17, 2005
"Reaching Toward a Useful Arm Replacement" - Dr. Alison Power, Cornell University
February 9, 2006
"Genetically Engineered Crops and the Environment" - Dr. Michael Rampino, New York University
March 2, 2006
"What Caused the Largest Mass Extinction Ever? " - Steven Bock, M.D., Rhinebeck Health Center
May 4, 2006
"Lyme and Other Tick Borne Diseases: an integrative approach"
2004-2005 lectures:
- Dr. H. John Wood, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
September 23, 2004
"Hubble Optics, Astronomy and Mars" - Dr. Peter Winkler, Dartmouth College
November 4, 2004
"Games People Don't Play" - Dr. Simon Parsons, Brooklyn College
February 10, 2005
"Agent Based Systems -the future of Computer Science?" - Dr. Valerie Eviner, Institute for Ecosystem Studies
March 17, 2005
"Sustainable Agro-Ecology: feeding the world with minimal environmental impact" - Dr. Todd Evans, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
April 21, 2005
"Stem Cell Research: controlling heart and blood development"
2003 - 2004 lectures:
- Dr. Phaedon Avouris, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research
Center
October 16, 2003
"Carbon Nanotube Electronics and Opto-Electronics" - Dr. Gene E. Likens, Institute for Ecosystem Studies Studies
November 20, 2003
"Acid Rain: An Unfinished Environmental Problem" - Dr. David M. Clark, SUNY New Paltz
February 12, 2004
"Quantum Theory Challenges Reality: the EPR Experiment" - Dr. Yervant Terzian, Cornell University
March 11, 2004
"Dark Matter, Dark Energy and the Luminous Universe"
(Informal Discussion in CSB 110 at 2:00p.m.: "The Nature of Time") - Dr. Charles Ver Straeten, New York State Museum
April 15, 2004
"Seas, Sand and Mountains: Deep Time in New York 400 Million Years Ago"
2002 - 2003 lectures:
- James M. Wilson, M.D., Ph.D., University of
Pennsylvania
October 17, 2002
"Science and Clinical Potential of Human Gene Therapy" - Dr. Ronald Miller, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
November 14, 2002
"Is it hot enough for ya? - the human contribution to global warming" - Dr. David DiVincenzo, IBM Watson Research Center
February 6, 2003
"Introduction to Quantum Computing" - Dr. John Harrington, SUNY New Paltz
March 6, 2003
"Blood Substitutes: Can nature show us the way? - Dr. Jefferson W. Tester, MIT Laboratory for Energy and
Environment
April 24, 2003
"Our Energy Policy"
2001 - 2002 lectures:
- Dr. Neil Cornish, NASA and Montana State University
October 12, 2001
"Measuring the Size and Shape of the Universe" - Dr. Richard Bopp, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
November 30, 2001
"Timing is everything: PCBs & Other Contaminants in the Hudson" - Dr. David O. Carpenter, Institute for Health and the Environment, SUNY Albany
February 13, 2002
"Cell Phones & Power Lines: What are the health effects of electromagnetic fields?" - Dr. Michael Novacek, American Museum of Natural History
April 3, 2002
"Dinosaurs and Fossil Mammals of the Flaming Cliffs: The Gobi Expedition" - Mr. Brian McConnell, Trekmail, Inc.
April 29, 2002
"Communicating with Extraterrestrial Civilizations"
