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January 13, Friday
9:00-11:00am, GSSWSR, Kingsbury Room/110

Graduate Idea Forum

Reading: Gary Klein, "Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions"
[All articles available on Blackboard]

Details: Roland Stahl

January 18, Wednesday 8:00am SHARP, Park Sciences Building., Rm. 230

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: Mark Kuperberg
"Misinformation Networks: Why a lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can get its boots on"
Details: Doug Blank or Paul Grobstein

January 25, Wednesday 8:00am SHARP, Park Sciences Building., Rm. 230

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: Laura Blankenship
"Blogging, Social Software, and Emergence"

Details: Doug Blank or Paul Grobstein

January 27, Friday
1:15-2:30pm, Multicultural Center
229 Roberts Road

Brown Bag Lunch Series: Paul Grobstein
"An Overview of Challenges and Directions"

Details: Paul Grobstein or Anne Dalke
January 27, Friday
2:30-4:00pm, Campus Center Rm. 200
Stories of Teaching and Learning: A Conversation: Alexis Bennett and Kelly Strunk
"Psychology 340 - Women's Mental Health"
Details: Jody Cohen or Anne Dalke

February 1, Wednesday 8:00am SHARP, Park Sciences Building., Rm. 230

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: Sandy Schram
"Globalization: discourse, circular causality and the self-fulfilling prophecy of welfare state retrenchment"
Details: Doug Blank or Paul Grobstein

February 3, Friday
1:15-2:30pm, Multicultural Center
229 Roberts Road

Brown Bag Lunch Series: Anne Dalke
"A View from the Humanities"

Details: Paul Grobstein or Anne Dalke

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

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: Paul Grobstein
Growth Points (?) in Emerging Emergence: Evolution, Architecture, Story Telling, and Generativity

Details: Doug Blank or Paul Grobstein

February 10, Friday
1:15-2:30pm, Multicultural Center
229 Roberts Road

Brown Bag Lunch Series: Victor Donnay
"Improving Science Education Through the MSPGP"
Details: Paul Grobstein or Anne Dalke
February 10, Friday, 2:30-4:00pm, Multicultural Center
229 Roberts Road

"Can Women Have It All? And What Role does Public Policy Play? A Study of Bryn Mawr Alumnae in the Federal Civil Service": Marissa Golden (Political Science)

Co-sponsored by The Program in Gender and Sexuality
and The Center for Science in Society

Details: Anne Dalke

February 15, Wednesday 8:00am SHARP, Park Sciences Building., Rm. 230

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: Paul Grobstein
Growth Points (?) in Emerging Emergence: Evolution, Architecture, Story Telling, and Generativity
(continued)
Details: Doug Blank or Paul Grobstein

February 17, Friday
1:15-2:30pm, Multicultural Center
229 Roberts Road

Brown Bag Lunch Series: Mary Beth Davis
"Teaching Science to the General Public: Perspectives from the Wagner Free Institute of Science"

Details: Paul Grobstein or Anne Dalke
February 17, Friday
2:30-4:00pm, Campus Center Rm. 200
Stories of Teaching and Learning: A Conversation: Peter Brodfuehrer
"Biology 321 - Neuroethology"
Details: Jody Cohen or Anne Dalke

February 22, Wednesday 8:00am SHARP, Park Sciences Building., Rm. 230

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: Anne Dalke
"Feminism, Emerging"

Details: Doug Blank or Paul Grobstein
February 24, Friday
9:00-11:00am, GSSWSR, Kingsbury Room/110

Graduate Idea Forum

Reading: The Myth Of Empowerment: Women And The Therapeutic Culture In America  by Dana Becker (GSSWSR)

Details: Roland Stahl

February 24, Friday
2:30-3:45pm, Multicultural Center
229 Roberts Road

Brown Bag Lunch Series: Peter Brodfuehrer
"Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and Science Education"
Details: Paul Grobstein or Anne Dalke

March 1, Wednesday 8:00am SHARP, Park Sciences Building., Rm. 230

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: Ronni Sadovsky
"The Virtue of Stubborn Conviction: Ethics Through the Lens of Emergence"
Details: Doug Blank or Paul Grobstein

March 15, Wednesday 8:00am SHARP, Park Sciences Building., Rm. 230

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: Rich Wicentowski
"Knowledge-Free Induction of Inflectional Morphology"

Details: Doug Blank or Paul Grobstein

March 17, Friday
1:15-2:30pm, Multicultural Center
229 Roberts Road

Brown Bag Lunch Series: Sandy Schram
"Rethinking the Science Question in Social Science and Social Work: Practice Wisdom, Local Knowledge, Metis and Phronesis"
Details: Paul Grobstein or Anne Dalke
March 17, Friday, 2:30-4:00pm, Thomas Library 223

Brainstorming with the President's Advisory Committee for Work-Family Balance: Marissa Golden (Political Science)

Co-sponsored by The Program in Gender and Sexuality
and The Center for Science in Society

Details: Anne Dalke

March 22, Wednesday 8:00am SHARP, Park Sciences Building., Rm. 230

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: Karen Greif
Details: Doug Blank or Paul Grobstein
March 24, Friday
9:00-11:00am, GSSWSR, Kingsbury Room/110

Graduate Idea Forum

Reading: Pema Chodron. "When Things Fall Apart : Heart Advice for Difficult Times"

Details: Roland Stahl

March 24, Friday
1:15-2:30pm, Multicultural Center
229 Roberts Road

Brown Bag Lunch Series: Peter Briggs & Al Albano
"Promoting Cross-Disciplinary Discussion among Freshmen"
Details: Paul Grobstein or Anne Dalke

March 29, Wednesday 8:00am SHARP

NOTE LOCATION CHANGE: Swarthmore College, Rm. 102, New Science Center

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: Al Albano
"Stories physicists tell, or what do they mean when they talk of 'ultimate reality'?"

Details: Doug Blank or Paul Grobstein

March 31, Friday
1:15-2:30pm, Multicultural Center
229 Roberts Road

Brown Bag Lunch Series: Peter Beckmann
"Teaching Physical Concepts Beyond the Boundaries of "Standard Culture" and Language"
Abstract
Details: Paul Grobstein or Anne Dalke
March 31, Friday
2:30-4:00pm, Thomas Library 223
Stories of Teaching and Learning: A Conversation: Kelly Strunk Details: Jody Cohen or Anne Dalke

April 5, Wednesday 8:00am SHARP

NOTE LOCATION CHANGE: Swarthmore College, Rm. 102, New Science Center

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: Alan Baker
"Socially Extended Cognition"

Details: Doug Blank or Paul Grobstein

April 7, Friday
1:15-2:30pm, Multicultural Center
229 Roberts Road

Brown Bag Lunch Series: Deepak Kumar
"Rethinking Computer Science Education"
Details: Paul Grobstein or Anne Dalke

April 12, Wednesday 8:00am SHARP

NOTE LOCATION CHANGE: Swarthmore College, Rm. 102, New Science Center

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: George Wilson (Villanova U.)
"Ants"

Details: Doug Blank or Paul Grobstein

April 14, Friday
1:15-2:30pm, Multicultural Center
229 Roberts Road

Brown Bag Lunch Series: Maeve O'Hara ('08 Math and Education) and Rachel Horton ('07 Biology)
The Students' Point of View

Details: Paul Grobstein or Anne Dalke

April 19, Wednesday 8:00am SHARP

NOTE LOCATION CHANGE: Swarthmore College, Rm. 102, New Science Center

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: Ken Whang
"Neural populations, Dimension reduction, & Models"

Details: Doug Blank or Paul Grobstein

April 21, Friday
1:15-2:30pm, Multicultural Center
229 Roberts Road

Brown Bag Lunch Series: Sharon Burgmayer
The Chemistry of Art
Details: Paul Grobstein or Anne Dalke
April 21, Friday
2:30-4:00pm, Multicultural Center
Stories of Teaching and Learning: A Conversation: Linda Caruso-Haviland & Gail Hemmeter
"CSem I: Performance and Self"
Details: Jody Cohen or Anne Dalke

April 26, Wednesday 8:00am SHARP

NOTE LOCATION CHANGE: Swarthmore College, Rm. 102, New Science Center

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: Doug Blank
"Rules: We Don't Need No Stinkin Rules"
Details: Doug Blank or Paul Grobstein

April 28, Friday
1:15-2:30pm, Multicultural Center
229 Roberts Road

Brown Bag Lunch Series: Peter Brodfuehrer
"Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and Science Education"

(Rescheduled from 2/24)

Details: Paul Grobstein or Anne Dalke

May 3, Wednesday 8:00am SHARP

NOTE LOCATION CHANGE: Swarthmore College, Rm. 102, New Science Center

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: Doug Blank
"Rules: We Don't Need No Stinkin Rules" Part 2
Details: Doug Blank or Paul Grobstein

May 5, Friday
9:00-11:00am, GSSWSR, Kingsbury Room/110

Graduate Idea Forum

Readings: Works by Richard Rorty (see schedule for details).

(rescheduled from April 28)

Details: Roland Stahl

May 9, Tuesday
8:30am SHARP, Park Sciences Building., Rm. 230

Note summer schedule day/time/location change!

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: Doug Blank
"Rules: We Don't Need No Stinkin Rules" Part 3
Details: Doug Blank or Paul Grobstein

May 16, Tuesday
8:30am SHARP, Park Sciences Building., Rm. 230

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: Tim Burke
"Futurism, prediction, and emergence"
Details: Doug Blank or Paul Grobstein

May 16, Tuesday
9:00am-1:00pm, English House


Changing Pedagogies in Math and Science Education

6th Annual Tri-Co Workshop on New Pedagogical Methods in Math and Science
focusing on the question:

"How do we know if our teaching and educational outreach through grants are effective?"

Details: Victor Donnay

May 23, Tuesday
8:30am SHARP

At Swarthmore College, Rm. 102, New Science Center

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: Alan Baker
Details: Doug Blank or Paul Grobstein

May 30, Tuesday
8:30am SHARP, Park Sciences Building., Rm. 230

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: Karen Greif
Details: Doug Blank or Paul Grobstein

June 6, Tuesday
8:30am SHARP

At Swarthmore College, Rm. 102, New Science Center

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: Ronnie Sadovsky
"Emergently Defining Emergence"

Details: Doug Blank or Paul Grobstein

June 13, Tuesday
8:30am SHARP, Park Sciences Building., Rm. 230

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: Paul Grobstein
"From Complexity to Emergence and Beyond: The Nature of Inquiry, and of What is Being Inquired Into"

Details: Doug Blank or Paul Grobstein

June 20, Tuesday
8:30am SHARP, Park Sciences Building., Rm. 230

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: Mikio Akagi
Details: Doug Blank or Paul Grobstein

June 27, Tuesday
8:30am SHARP

BMC Campus Center Rm. 200

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: George Wilson
Details: Doug Blank or Paul Grobstein

July 4, Tuesday
8:30am SHARP, Park Sciences Building., Rm. 230

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: (Open)
Details: Doug Blank or Paul Grobstein
July 5, Wednesday
9:00-11:00am, GSSWSR, Kingsbury Room/110

Graduate Idea Forum

Reading: Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin

Details: Roland Stahl

July 11, Tuesday
8:30am SHARP, Park Sciences Building., Rm. 230

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: Lisa Benson
Details: Doug Blank or Paul Grobstein

July 18, Tuesday
8:30am SHARP, Park Sciences Building., Rm. 230

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: Mark Kuperberg
Details: Doug Blank or Paul Grobstein

July 25, Tuesday
8:30am SHARP, Park Sciences Building., Rm. 230

Emergent Systems: A Discussion: (Open)
Details: Doug Blank or Paul Grobstein
August 25, Friday
9:00-11:00am, GSSWSR, Rm.111

Graduate Idea Forum

Reading: Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin, continued

Details: Roland Stahl
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  Special Lectures
 
Fridays, 1:15-2:15pm, Multicultural Center
229 Roberts Road
Brown Bag Lunch Series Details: Sharon Burgmayer, Paula Viterbo, or Wil Franklin

Day/time/location vary - see listing for details

Emergent Systems: A Discussion
Details: Ted Wong , Doug Blank, or Paul Grobstein
  Graduate Idea Forum Details: Roland Stahl
Fridays, Noon-1pm, Multicultural Center
229 Roberts Road

Diversity Conversations
Details: Anne Dalke
Free and open to the public.
  Stories of Teaching and Learning: A Conversation Details: Jody Cohen or Anne Dalke
Park Sciences Building., Rm. 232, 2:30pm Xinformatics Working Group Details: Don Barber, Doug Blank, or Dianna Xu
  Changing Pedagogies in Math and Science Education Details: Victor Donnay

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