SEMINARS

Physics & Engineering Physics

Kevin Robbie of the Department of Physics, Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont. presents Order and Chaos in Atomically Assembled Photonic Crystals Feb. 26 from 3:30-4:30 pm in Room 103, Physics Bldg.

European ZigZags

Olena Huzar, STM visiting scholar from Ternopil State Pedagogical University presents a lecture entitled European ZigZags of Ukrainian Orthography March 4 at 4 pm in room 344B, St. Thomas More College.

Chemistry Department Seminars
Seminars take place at 4 pm in Room 159 Thorvaldson

• Feb. 24 - Paul Hazendonk, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, presents Solid State NMR of Fluoropolymers.
• March 2 - Arnfinn Prugger, senior geophysicist with the Saskatchewan Potash Corporation, presents Potash in Saskatchewan.

Languages and Linguistics

Ludmilla Voitkovska presents The Language of Autobiography in Conrad and Pasternak Feb. 25 at 3:30 pm in Arts 512.

English Research Colloquium

Poet, journalist and scholar Mark Abley presents Does it Matter When a Language Dies? March 1 at 3:30 pm in Arts 212.

Sorokin Lecture

The Department of Sociology presents the 35th annual Sorokin Lecture with Craig Calhoun of New York University whose lecture is entitled A World of Emergencies March 4 at 7:30 pm in Room 134 Arts. On March 5, Calhoun will present Cosmopolitanism in Crisis at 2:30 pm in Arts 202.

Anatomy & Cell Biology/Physiology Seminar
Seminars take place at 11:30 am in Room A226, Health Sciences Bldg.

• Mar 4, Dr. Charles W. Bourque of McGill University and Montreal General Hospital presents Cellular Specializations for Osmotic Modulation in Vasopressin Neurons.
• Mar 18, Dr. Nader G. Abraham, New York Medical College, presents Overexpression of Human Heme Oxygenase-1 Endothelial Cells Sloughing in Experimental Diabetes.

Doing Democracy Differently

R. Kenneth Carty

The Timlin Lecture, presented by the Department of Political Studies, will take place March 1 at 7:30 pm in the STM auditorium and features R. Kenneth Carty’s address Doing Democracy Differently: Has Electoral Reform Finally Arrived

Biochemistry Seminar Series
Seminars are held from 12:30-1:20 pm. in Room B6, Health Sciences Building.

• Feb. 25, Dr. Norman P.A. Huner, University of Western Ontario, Department of Biology, presents Thermoluminescence Sheds New Light on Protection from Photodamage.
• March 10, Dr. Palok Aich, VIDO, presents Microarray-Based Genomic Studies on Mucosal Pathogenesis.
• March 17, Graham George, Department of Geology, presents When Good Crystallography Goes Bad: The Active Site Structure of Mo Enzymes.

Veterinary Microbiology Series
Seminars take place at 12:30 pm in Room 2105, WCVM

• Mar 5, Tianpei He, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, presents Interaction of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Shiga Toxin 2 with Bovine Lymphocytes.

Community Health/Epidemiology

Research and Community: Opportunities for Partnership, an overview of the Saskatchewan Prevention Institute’s mandate and program areas, will be the topic of a seminar Feb. 26 from 4-5 pm in Royal University Hospital Rm. 4314.

Soil Science Series
Seminars take place at 3:30 pm in Room 2E25, Agriculture.

• Feb. 23, Sarah Armstrong presents Bioavailability of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Ingested Plants: From the Ground to the Gut.
• March 1, Bachitter Singh, topic TBA
• March 8, Chantal Stumborg presents Nitrogen and Phosphorus Loading and Translocation in Manured Sask. Soils.

Applied Microbiology & Food Science
Seminars will take place Fridays at 3:30 pm. in Room 5C61 Agriculture.

• Feb. 27, Grant Leung presents Microbiological Applications in Nanotechnology.
• March 5, Lindsey Mooney presents Microbial Community and Diversity Changes in the Degradation on 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT).
• March 12, Faye Dokken presents Recent Advances in Research of Colletotrichum - a Versatile Plant Pathogen.

Spirituality Series
Events take place at 7:30 pm in Room 212, Arts Building. For information, call Renita Falkenstern at 653-2509.

• March 4 - Reb. Michael Poellet presents What is Marriage Really? - Exploring Biblical Themes and the Issue of Same Sex Marriage.