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| John Huchra |
Sept. 7 Physics and astronomy, colloquium, "A New Map of the Nearby Universe," John Huchra, vice provost for research policy and a Doyle Professor of Cosmology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, 3:30 p.m., Jones Physical Science Center, Room 409. Refreshments served at 3:15 p.m. For more information, go to www.physics.sc.edu.
Sept. 8 Computer science and engineering, Seven Minute Madness, faculty members have seven minutes to present the basics of his or her research program. Presentations include "Reconfigurable Computing," Duncan Buell; "Special-Purpose Parallel Architectures," Jason Bakos; "Real-time and Embedded System Design," Gang Quan; "Viruses: The Real Deal," John Rose; "Phylogenetic Reconstruction for Complex Genome Arrangement Events," Jijun Tang; "Automated Negotiation Networks," Jose Vidal; "Theoretical Computer Science," Steve Fenner, "Information Assurance on the Web," Csilla Farkas; and "Natural Language Processing," Manton Matthews. 2:30-3:45 p.m., 300 Main Street, lecture hall, B213. Free and open to the public. Refreshments at 2:15 p.m.
Sept. 12 Tenenbaum Lecture, Elie Wiesel, author of Night, 7:30 p.m., Koger Center.
Sept. 13 Women's Studies, "The Long, Hot Melodramas: Gender and Other Southern Disorders in Films of the Fifties and Sixties," Susan Courtney, faculty in the Department of English and Film Studies program, 3:30 p.m., Moore School of Business, Room 008. Free and open to the public. Reception follows lecture.
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| Jian Ge |
Sept. 14 Physics and astronomy, "An All Sky Extrasolar Planet Survey with the Sloan Telescope," Jian Ge, Department of Astronomy, University of Florida, 4 p.m., Jones Physical Science Center. Refreshments at 3:15 p.m.
Sept. 15 Linguistics, colloquium series, "Engaged in Going Beyond: Learning from the Other Teachers in Children's Lives," Susi Long, associate professor of Early Childhood Education at USC, 3:30 p.m., Gambrell Hall, Room 151.
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| Susi Long |
Sept. 18 Chemical engineering, "The Mechanics of Healing Myocardial Infarcts and Tissue-Engineered Analogs," Jeffrey Holmes, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 4 p.m., Amoco Hall, Swearingen Engineering Center.
Sept. 20 Caught in the Creative Act, Elise Blackwell, assistant professor in the creative writing program at USC and author of Hunger, 5:45 p.m., Gambrell Hall Auditorium. Free. For more information, go to www.cas.sc.edu/cica/.
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