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The Biology Department’s weekly seminars are Thursdays between noon and 1:00 in Olin Rice 350 (unless otherwise announced). Light refreshments will be available. Below is a calendar of what is planned for the Fall Semester:
Sept 5 Welcome Back Majors & Minors! – Kristi Curry Rogers with student reps, Mary Heskel and Robin Shields-Cutler
Sept 12 Are You Considering a Biology Major? Information Session for First Years – Kristi Curry Rogers
Sept 17 Bio Dept Picnic/Food Truck (tickets will be available from Ellen in the department office beginning 9/13)
Sept 19 Exploring Mars With Curiosity (The Rover) – Dawn Sumner, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of CA/Davis (John B Davis Lecture Hall)
Sept 26 Study Abroad Panel – students and reps from Study Away
Oct 3 The Climate Crisis Affects Me and You: The Intersections of Climate Activism – Isra Hirsi, Founder, US Youth Climate Strike – ES/Bio Joint Seminar (John B Davis Lecture Hall)
Oct 10 Life on the Science-Policy Precipice: Writing and Negotiating the IPBES Global Assessment of Nature and it’s Benefits to People – Dr, Kate Brauman, Lead Scientist, Global Water Initiative, Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota
Oct 17 What Can You Do With A Biology Degree? Biology Career Panel – Macalester alums, co-organized with OlRi Hub
Oct 24 FALL BREAK – NO SEMINAR
Oct 31 Lab “Trick or Treat”, visit Bio Research Labs
Nov 7 Tropical Forests in a Changing World – Christine O’Connell, Environmental Studies Macalester College – ES/Bio Joint Seminar
Nov 14 Opossums Vs. Vipers: Molecular and Functional Characterization of a Co-evolving Trait – Danielle Drabeck, University of Minnesota Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department (John B Davis Lecture Hall)
Nov 21 All You Ever Wanted To Know About Your Senior Capstones! Seniors Only – Kristi Curry Rogers
Nov 28 THANKSGIVING – NO SEMINAR
Dec 5 Production of Natural Killers for Immune Cell Therapies – Jamie Van Etten, Stem Cell Scientist/Cancer Biologist, Bio Techne
The Biology Department weekly seminar, held on Thursdays between noon and 1:00 in Olin Rice 350 (unless otherwise announced). Light refreshments will be available. Below is a calendar of what is planned:
Spring Semester schedule TBD