The School 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: Selected Thursdays at 4:00 p.m., preceded by a reception at 3:30p.m. in CSB Lounge 110

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"