External Speaker Opportunities Updated: 3/14/11
NOTE: I will post local and regional opportunities as I become aware of them. New or upcoming opportunities will be placed at the “top” of the list with ‘past’ chances below.
ON-CAMPUS – 4/1/11
Prof. David Dzombak, the Walter J. Blenko, Sr. Professor of Environmental Engineering in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University and Director of the Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research, will speak on “Geologic Sequestration of CO2: Evaluating and Monitoring Seal Rock Integrity” on Friday, April 1, 2011 in Snell 213 at 3:30PM. Refreshments will be available at 3PM.
ON-CAMPUS – 3/4/11
Fazle Hussain, National Academy of Engineering, will speak on "The Looming Crisis in Air Traffic Capacity - Can Vortex Dynamics Help?" on Friday, March 4, in Bertrand H. Snell Hall 213 at 3:30 p.m. Refreshments will be at 3 p.m.
ON-CAMPUS – 3/4/11
Dr. Kenneth Tomer, National Institutes of Health, Laboratory of Structural Biology, will speak on “Translating basic science into health: Research and training at NIH” on Friday, March 4, 12-1pm, Snell 212
Off-campus – 3/3/11
Caitlin MacKenzie Mannion will speak on “The Human Spirit Speaks Through Song: Exploring the Application of the Theory of Linguistic Relativity to Music” on Thursday, March 3, 5 – 6PM, Wakefield Lecture Room, 2nd floor, Crane School of Music.
ON CAMPUS – 2/25/11
On Friday, noon – 1PM, Heidi Knoblauch, Yale University, will speak on “From Science to Spectacle: The Stereoscope in 19th Century America” in Snell 212
Here’s a brief summary: In the nineteenth century, optical instruments simultaneously served as tools of serious scientific inquiry and popular philosophical toys. This talk will trace how the stereoscope, which was originally used by physicists to investigate the physiological theory of binocular vision, became a toy to entertain, and subsequently an instrument to teach, the public. By tracing its movement from a scientific tool, to popular toy, to educational instrument, we can see how this particular object embodied and circulated a distinctive theory of vision.
Off-campus – 2/18/11
Alex Schreiber, “Flatfish! An Asymmetric Perspective on Vetebrate Development,” Sykes Common Room, St. Lawrence University, 2/18/11, 4 – 5:30PM.
ON-CAMPUS – 2/18/11
Bridget Hart, COO of Kinney Drugs, will be speaking of her experiences in the workplace and offering her advice to students. Multipurpose Rooms, Student Center, 2/18/11, 1 – 2:30PM.
Off-campus – 2/15/11
Dr. Karen Johnson-Weiner, “Amish Women in Business,” 8 th floor, Raymond Hall, SUNY Potsdam, 2/15/11, 4PM.
Off-campus – 2/8/11
Mary Reid Kelley, an internationally exhibited new media artist, will be speaking at St. Lawrence University on Tuesday, February 8th at 7pm in Room 123 of the Griffiths Art Building.
Off-campus – 2/4/11
Juraj Kittler, “The Emerging Concept of Public Opinion and the Republican Experience in Renaissance Venice,” Sykes Common Room, St. Lawrence University, 2/4/11, 4 – 5:30PM.
ON-CAMPUS – 1/28/11 Eugene Morgan, Tufts University, “Improving the Characterization of Offshore Wind Speeds,” 213 Snell Hall, 1/28/11, 9:30 – 10:30AM.
ON-CAMPUS
Jay Friedman, “The J-Spot: A Sex Educator Tells All” / Student Center, 1/21/11, 7- 8:15PM – Here’s a description:
Are you a slow burning crock pot or a fast moving microwave? “The J-Spot” is a lecture unlike any other. Jay Friedman has his finger on the pulse of sexual issues in our society, and tackles the toughest of topics in a refreshingly sex-positive way. Time flies as he addresses a whirlwind of issues that will get students thinking and talking long after the curtain closes, such as:
Three conditions to meet before having sex;
How to make condoms feel oh-so-much better;
The mysteriously missing sexual organ;
Why sex is better in Scandinavia;
“Kegels with your Bagels." Personal, philosophical, and prophetic, Jay delivers a “sexual state of affairs” address on where we’ve been, where we are, and where we’re headed sexually—with the ultimate goal of helping everyone enjoy healthy relationships as Jay entertains while educating about the three P’s: Prevention of pregnancy, disease and sexual violence. Pleasure. Jay keeps the lecture positive and wildly fun with spine-tingling and sensible tips to increase sexual satisfaction. Political/cultural climate. Jay doesn’t shy away from showing how attitudes in America actually cripple people with sexual ignorance while robbing them of the pleasure they deserve.