Science, Technology, and Society Speaker Series Fall 2019
Monday Sept. 30 at 4:00 pm in Miller 14
The Dam that would not Die: Yamba (On Japanese history)
Prof. Philip Brown, Dept. of History, The Ohio State University
Co-sponsored by East Asian Studies and Environmental Studies
Monday, Oct. 14, 4:00 p.m. in Olin 01
Joy in Science – The use of ‘fun’ in creating scientific personas, by Richard Feynman and Donna Strickland as case studies
Dr. Annelie Drakman (Uppsalla University, Sweden and Harvard University)
Co-sponsored by the Natural Science Division
Monday, Oct. 28 at 4:00 p.m. in Olin 01
FIRST WOMAN: Joanne Simpson and the Tropical Atmosphere
Prof. Jim Fleming, Science, Technology, and Society Program, Colby
Co-sponsored by Colby Women in Science
Monday Nov. 4 at 7:00 pm in Lovejoy 100
Ecology and the Body
Prof. Debashree Mukherjee, South Asian Studies, Columbia University
Co-sponsored by the Center for Arts and Humanities
Monday Nov. 11 at 7:00 pm in Lovejoy 100
Natural and Anthropogenic Air Pollution
Prof. Karena McKinney, Chemistry Department, Colby,
Co-sponsored by the Center for Arts and Humanities
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Monday Sept. 9 at 7:00 pm in Lovejoy 100
Climate Engineering: How a Curious Scientific Idea Became Serious Politics
Julia Schubert, University of Bonn
Co-sponsored by the Center for Arts and Humanities