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STS Senior Talks
Maddie Given
Kim Rudolph
Camden Bucsko
Adam Salamon
Thursday, May 8,
7:00-9:00 pm
Miller 14
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Preserving, displaying, and interpreting technical artifacts at the National Air and Space Museum
David H. DeVorkin and Roger D. Launius, SmithsonianNational Air and Space Museum,
Tuesday April 29,
Miller 14,
2:30-3:45 pm
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"The Changing Place of Red Giants in the Evolutionary Process, 1890-1955"
David H. DeVorkin,
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum,
Monday, April 28,
Keyes 105,
3:00 pm
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"Preserving Polar Antiquities: The 1897 Andrée Ballooning Expedition to the North Pole"
Noel Broadbent,
Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian National Mueseum of Natural History,
Thursday, April 24,
Miller 14,
7:30 pm
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"Unintended Consequences: The Effect of Maize Cultivation on Malria Transmission in Ethiopia"
Jim McCann,
Professor of History, Boston University,
Wednesday, April 16,
Lovejoy 100,
7:30 pm
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"Global Warming and Climate Change"
Nobel Laureate, F. Sherwood "Sherry" Rowland,
Professor of Chemistry and Earth System Science, U.C. Irvine,
Friday, March 14,
Ostrogrove Auditorium Diamond,
9:00 am
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"Our Changing Atmosphere: (1) The Ozone Hole (2) Carbon Dioxide"
IBM Lecture,
Nobel Laureate F. Sherwood Rowland,
Professor of Chemistry & Earth System Science, U. California Irvine, and Nobel Laureate,
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
7:00 pm,
Olin 1,
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"The Community Water Jar: Gender and Technology in Guinea West Africa"
Wenda K. Bauchspies,
Professor of STS and Women's Studies, Penn State University,
Friday, March 7, 2008
4:00 pm, Miller 14
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"Climbing the Oil Peak: Energy, Power, and the American Way of Life"
Lenny Reich,
Professor of Administrative Science and STS
Friday, Feb. 22, 2008
Cookies at 3:45 pm,
Lecture at 4:00 pm,
*Please note the change in location*
Arey 5 |
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Prof. Laura Saltz
Friday, November 30
4:00 p.m., Lovejoy 119
Cookies at 3:45
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Prof. Jim Fleming
Friday, Oct. 12th, 2007
4:00pm, Lovejoy 100
Cookies at 3:45pm
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Justin Grubich
Ph.D. AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow
Friday, Sept. 28th, 2007
4:00pm, Lovejoy 100
Cookies at 3:45pm
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Keynote Speaker: Professor Rebecca Herzig, Bates College Women and Gender Studies Program
Wednesday, May 9
5:00PM (Dinner starts at 5:30PM)
Schair-Swanson-Watson Alumni Center
Marchetti Room
Contact Alice Ridky for more information.
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Brian Fulmer ('07)
"Political Biology: Peter Kropotkin and the Darwinian Revolution"
Wednesday, May 3
4:00 PM
Smith Room, Roberts
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Tom Reznick ('07)
"From the Fair to the Laboratory: Agricultural Science and Education in Aroostook, Maine"
Thursday, May 4,
10:00 AM,
Hurd Room, Roberts
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Dr. Robert Friedel (University of Maryland)
"The Decline of American Technological Optimism in the 1970s: Counter-culture or Cultural Shift?"
Friday April 27
4:00-5:30pm
Miller 014
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Marty Sherwin, (Tufts University)
"Oppenheimer's Shadow: His Nuclear World and Ours"
Thursday April 12
7:00-8:30pm
Olin 1
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Wally Funk & Martha Ackmann
"Mercury 13: The Untold Story of Thirteen American Women and the Dream of Space Flight"
Thursday April 5th
Lovejoy 100, 7:00pm
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Prospective STS Majors and Minors!
Come meet engaging faculty and students!
Thursday, March 22nd.
Miller 014
7:30-9:00PM
Refreshments will be provided.
Open to the public!
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Susan Rensing (Mississippi State)
"Breeding a New Man for the New Woman: Eugenics and Feminism in Progressive Era America"
Friday March 16
4:00-5:30pm
Olin 1 |
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Mark Hineline,
"Bridges' Benchmark: The Moon by Airbrush"
Friday February 23
4:00-5:30
Olin 1
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Thursday November 30th 2006
Mudd 311, 7:00-9:30pm
Session One
7:00-7:25
Tom Testo '07: "Last Blast: The Politics and Sponsorship of Formula One"
7:30-7:55
Aaron Bradford '07J: "A Very Moral Concern: Molecular Biology and the Development of Chemotherapy"
7:55-8:05: Refreshments
Session Two
8:05-8:30
Brian Fulmer '07: "Political Biology: Peter Kropotkin and the Darwinian Revolution"
8:35-9:00
Tom Reznick '07: "Morals and Milk: Neo-Luddism and Bovine Somatatropin"
Refreshments will be provided from 6:45
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Suzanne Moon
Colorado School of Mines
"Indonesia, Colonialism and Technology"
Friday, November 17, 2006
4:00 p.m. ~ Miller 014 |
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Piers J. Hale
(STS Program, Colby College)
"The Bread and the Roses: Natural Value and Justice in Environmentalism"
November 15, 2006
12:00 ~ Fairchild Room in Dana
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Friday, November 10, 2006
Session IV: Debating the Energy Future 9:30 – 11:30
Mick Wormersley, Unity College: “Can the Market Solve Energy Problems?"
Beth Nagusky, Director of Energy Independence, Office of the Governor, State of Maine: “The State Government and Energy Futures”
All Meetings in Roberts Union, Whitney Room |
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Thursday, November 9
Session I: Fossil Fuels 1:30 - 3:00
Elizabeth Wilson, University of Maine: “A Global Look at Energy Resources: Challenges from Fossil Fuels to Renewables”
Leonard Reich, Colby College: “US Energy Consumption and Peak Oil: History, and Policy Quandaries”
Session II: Nuclear Power: 3:30 - 5:00
Steve Kerekes, Nuclear Energy Institute: “US Nuclear Energy Futures”
Paul Josephson, Colby College: “Costs and Benefits of Nuclear Power”
Session III: Keynote Address: 7:00 - 8:00
Matthew Wald, New York Times, “Energy Policy: How to Recognize What Policy You’ve Got"
All Meetings in Roberts Union, Whitney Room |
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Piers J. Hale
Colby College
"Darwin's Other Bulldog: Charles Kingsley, Evolution and Education in Victorian England"
Friday, October 20, 2006
4:00 p.m. ~ Miller 014
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Rebecca Kluchin
California State University at Sacramento
"From Eugenic Procedure to Contraceptive Wonder: Technology and the Transformation of Sterilization, 1965-1975"
Friday, October 6, 2006
4:00 p.m. ~ Miller 014
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| Stephen Erario ’10 has been named a 2008 Udall Scholar, one of 80 such scholars nationally. Erario, an environmental studies and science, technology, and society double major, was nominated based on his academic achievement and leadership potential. Named in honor of Congressman Morris K. Udall, the prestigious $5,000 scholarship was awarded to Erario based on an essay and his involvement on campus and in Waterville. |
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