March 2 Physics and astronomy, Joseph Johnson, faculty member in physics and astronomy at USC, 4 p.m., Jones Physical Sciences Center, Room 409. Refreshments served at 3:45 p.m.

March 2 McKissick Museum, "Not a Small Count: Emotional Bonds, Religious Morality, and the Humane Treatment of Animals in Victorian America," Bernard Unti, historian and Victorian America scholar. Lecture is part of a series of public programs held in conjunction with the museum major exhibit, "Pets in America." 6 p.m. Free and open to the public.

March 3 Chemistry and biochemistry, S. Thayumanavan, University of Massachusetts, 4 p.m., Jones Physical Sciences Center, Room 006. Refreshments at 3:45 p.m.

March 13 Biological sciences, Joel Kostka, Department of Oceanography, Florida State University, 4 p.m., Coker Life Sciences, Room 005.

March 13 School of Medicine, Biomedical Science Seminar, "Fruit and Vegetable Supplementation in Brain Aging: Protecting the Brain Against the Ravages of Time," James Joseph, research scientist, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center at Tufts University. 4 p.m., School of Medicine Campus, Building 1, Room B-1.

March 15 Women's Studies, "Students Creating New Knowledge," Women's Studies Graduate Student Panel, 3:30 p.m., Gambrell Hall, Room 250.

March 16 Physics and astronomy, "Electrons and Mirror Symmetry," Krishna Kumar, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 4 p.m., Jones Physical Sciences Center. Refreshments at 3:45 p.m.

March 17 Chemistry and biochemistry, John Wong, Pfizer Global Research and Development in Groton, 4 p.m., Jones Physical Sciences Center, Room 006. Refreshments at 3:45 p.m.

March 17 Linguistics, Colloquium Series, "Listening in a second language: a socio-cognitive pragmatic approach," Pilar Garces Blitvich, Department of English, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, 3:30 p.m., Gambrell Hall, Room 151.

March 20 Biological sciences, "Space based ornithology--On the wings of migration and biophysics," James Smith, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 4 p.m., Coker Life Sciences, Room 005.

March 22 Math, Scientific Computing Seminar, "A Posteriori Error Estimates for Maxwell's Equations," Dietrich Braess, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Germany, 3:30 p.m., LeConte College, Room 405.

March 23 Physics and astronomy, Mark Covington, Seagate Research, Pittsburg, Penn., 4 p.m., Jones Physical Sciences Center, Room 409. Refreshments at 3:45 p.m.

March 24 Chemistry and biochemistry, Robert Pike, College of William and Mary, 4 p.m., Jones Physical Sciences Center, Room 006. Refreshments at 3:45 p.m.

March 25 Lingquistics, Colloquium on Language, sponsored by USC Graduate Studies in Lingustics (GSLING). All day. Gambrell Hall, Room 151.

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