The Center for Science in Society

Kirstie McClure, Professor of Political Science, UCLA
"Political Truths, Statistical Frictions: The Condition of England Chez Carlyle and Elsewhere"

Discussion: Science Policy and the 2004 Election

Details: Liz McCormack

Sponsored by a Committee of Bryn Mawr Scientists

"A Life in Two Genders": A reading and discussion by Jennifer F. Boylan

See website for further information about the author.

Details: Anne Dalke

Co-sponsored by:
Department of English,
Office of Intercultural Affairs,
Feminist and Gender Studies Program,
Center for Science in Society,
Rainbow Alliance, and
Department of Mathematics

Political Polarization and Economic Inequality: Spatial modeling of political behavior

Tuesday, Oct. 19, 4:30-5:30pm: A general audience talk - in Swarthmore College Science Center, Room 101 (refreshments at 4:15pm)

Wednesday, Oct. 20, 1:30-2:30pm: A more technical talk for the modeling group - in Bryn Mawr College Park Science Building, Room 229 (refreshments at 1:15pm)

Details: Catherine Riihimaki

Sponsored by the Trico Mellon Modeling Group

October 21, Thursday
7:00pm-9:00pm
Bettws-y-Coed, Rm. 127

A lecture by Shizhe Huang (C. V. Starr Professor of Asian Studies and Associate Professor of Chinese and Linguistics from Haverford College):
"Some remarks about universal quantification with natural language in mind"

Refreshments prior to lecture.

The first in a series of three language seminar talks. The other two talks are:

Thursday, Nov. 4, at Swarthmore College
Thursday, Dec. 2, at Haverford College

October 22, Friday
4:30-6:30pm, English House Basement

Refreshments provided

Once Upon A Time Is Now:
An Art Installation Created By Elizabeth Catanese

Details: Elizabeth Catanese

Sponsored by The Bryn Mawr College Art Club, Center for Science in Society, Center for Visual Culture, Feminist and Gender Studies Program, and the Department of Creative Writing

Rothenberg Lecture: Mike Dombeck (Professor of Global Environmental Management & UW System Fellow of Global Conservation College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point)
U.S. Conservation Challenges: Are We Making the Right Policy Choices?

November 4, Thursday
7:15pm
Kohlberg 228
Swarthmore College

Refreshments at 7:00pm prior to lecture

A lecture by Anne Dalke (English, Feminist and Gender Studies):
"Where Do Stories Come From? Emergence, Surplus Meaning, and the Last Word"

The second in a series of three language seminar talks. The other two talks are:

Thursday, Oct. 21, at Bryn Mawr College
Thursday, Dec. 2, at Haverford College

Brown Bag Lunch Series

(CANCELLED)

Signs and Voices: Language, Arts, and Identity from Deaf to Hearing

Thursday, Nov. 11 - at Swarthmore College (Lang Concert Hall)
Friday, Nov. 12 - at Swarthmore College (Science Center 101)
Saturday, Nov. 13 - morning at Bryn Mawr College, late afternoon and evening at Haverford College
Sunday, Nov. 14 - at Swarthmore College (PAC Stage)

Refer to website for details.

November 12, Friday
12:00-1:00pm, Park Sciences Building, Rm. 229

Speaker: David Corina (University of Washington)
Single Neuron Responses in Human Temporal Cortex: Observations of the Microstructure of Cognition

Details: Paul Grobstein

November 16, Tuesday
4:00-5:00pm, Park Sciences Building, Rm. 278

Refreshments at 3:45pm in Park Sciences Building, Rm. 259

Speaker: Dr. Tom Knutson, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab
Impact of CO2-induced Warming on Simulated Hurricane Intensity and Precipitation

Details: Catherine Riihimaki

December 2, Thursday
7:00pm-9:00pm
Chase 101
Haverford College

A lecture by Eric Raimy (Linguistics, Swarthmore College):
"A story about 'pahked cahs': the intersection of neurobiology, linguistics and sociology"

Refreshments will be served at 7:00pm, the talk will begin at 7:15pm, and discussion will follow the talk.

The third in a series of three language seminar talks. The other two talks are:

Thursday, Oct. 21, at Bryn Mawr College
Thursday, Nov. 4, at Swarthmore College

Diversity Conversations

(CANCELLED)

Explorations of Teaching Group: "Morality" as a guide for action (or not), reviewing issues of ethics, evaluations, assessment, plagiarism, personal property/public property.

We will be joined by visiting trustees.

Thursdays, 8:00am SHARP Park Sciences Building., Rm. 230

Language Working Group Meeting