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COMING EVENTS
Seminars and Lectures
- ANATOMY/CELL SCIENCE
On Wednesday, November 18, Dr. Judy
Anderson, Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of
Manitoba,
will present a seminar entitled "Tracking Regeneration - Satellite
Cell Functions
in Muscular Dystrophy and Deflazacort Treatment," in Room B6, Health
Sciences Building, at 11:30 a.m. Everyone is welcome.
FMI, call -4075. (Also see Anatomy/Cell Science -Munkacsi Lecture in
this section)
- ANATOMY/CELL SCIENCE - MUNKACSI LECTURE
On Tuesday, November 17, Dr. Judy
Anderson, Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of
Manitoba,
will give a lecture entitled "The knee bone's connected to the...but
it's not moving!
Making connections from research to clinical
anatomy," in Room B6 Health Sciences Building, at
12:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome. FMI, call 4075. (Also see Anatomy/Cell
Science in this section.)
- BIOLOGY
On Thursday, November 19, Susan
Polischuk, a doctoral student in Biology, will give a seminar entitled
"Polluted polar
bears," in Room 125 Biology, at 4 p.m. All
are welcome.
- CHEMISTRY (2)
- On Tuesday, November 17, Professor Aaron
Phoenix, of Chemical Engineering, will give a seminar entitled
"Phase and
Reaction Equilibrium Calculations in Chemical Engineering," in Room
159
Thorvaldson, beginning at 4 p.m. Refreshments will
be served at 3:45 p.m. Everyone welcome.
- On Tuesday, November 24,
Professor William Ayer, Department of
Chemistry, University of Alberta, will give a
seminar entitled "Metabolites of some biologically
active fungi," in Room 159 Thorvaldson, beginning
at 4 p.m. Refreshments will be served at 3:45 p.m. Everyone
welcome.
- CIVIL ENGINEERING NOONER
On Wednesday, November 25, in Civil Engineering's Nooner Series,
Ryan Gidluck, P. Eng., of International Road Dynamics Inc.,
of Saskatoon, will give a slide presentation
entitled "Automating Oregon's Weigh Stations:
The Green Light Project," in Room C201 Engineering Building, 12:35
p.m. to 1:20 p.m.
Everyone is welcome.
- CLASSICS PANEL SEMINAR
On Thursday, November 19, Field School co-ordinators and instructors
Chris and Laura Foley, along with seven U of S Tell
Safut archaeological dig students and one
volunteer, will give a panel seminar entitled
"The Adventures of a Field School in Jordan," in
Arts 103, at 3:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome. FMI phone 4779.
- COMMUNITY HEALTH & EPIDEMIOLOGY (2)
- On Thursday, November 12, Dr. William
Osei, epidemiologist, Research and Evaluation Unit, Saskatchewan
Health, will present
a seminar entitled "Non-communicable Disease Surveillance in
Saskatchewan," in 4314 RUH,
at 4 p.m.
- On Thursday, November 26, Pamela
Downe, of Women's and Gender Studies, will present a seminar entitled
"Micro-Politics
of Public Health: Epidemiology of Violence in
Costa Rica," in 4314 RUH, at 4 p.m.
- COMPUTER SCIENCE (3)
- On Monday, November 9, Berni
Schiefer, of the DB2 Universal Database, IBM
Canada Laboratory, will give a seminar entitled
"A Whirlwind Tour of the DB2 Universal
Database (with an emphasis on performance)," in
1C70 Engineering, at 3:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
- On Friday, November 20, Dr. David
Nicol, of the Department of Computer Science, Dartmouth College, will
give a seminar
entitled "Scalable Parallel Simulation in Networking,"
in 1C70 Engineering, at 3:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
- On Friday, November 20, Meenakshisundaram
Chinthamani, a PhD candidate in Computer Science, will defend
his thesis entitled "Future Effectiveness of Centralized and
Distributed Memory
Parallel Computing Systems," in the dean's
conference room, at 8:30 a.m.. On Monday,
November 23, he will give a seminar in 2E25
Agriculture, at 2:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
- DISTINGUISHED RESEARCHER LECTURE SERIES (2)
- On Friday, November 13, Professor Ron
Cuming, recipient of the Spring 1998 Distinguished Researcher Award,
will give
a lecture entitled "The Exportability of
Canadian Commercial Law to Developing Countries," at
4 p.m. in Room 146 Arts. A reception will follow.
- On Monday, November 30, Dr. Larry
Fowke, recipient of the Fall 1998 Distinguished Researcher Award, will
present
a lecture entitled "Studying Plants for Fun
and Profit," at 4 p.m. in Biology Room 106.
A reception will follow in Geology Room 102.
- GEOLOGY (3)
- On Friday, November 13, Craig
Therens, a graduate student in Geological Sciences,
will give a seminar entitled "The Werner Lake
Co-Cu-Au Deposit, Northwestern Ontario; A Metamorphosed Sea Floor
Hydrothermal Deposit?" in Room 155, Geological Sciences,
at 4 p.m.
- On Friday, November 20, Kerrie
Fanton, a graduate student in Geological Sciences,
will give a seminar entitled "Nd and C
Isotope Stratigraphy of the Williston Basin," in
Room 155, Geological Sciences, at 4 p.m.
- On Friday November 27, Hasan
Ferdous, a graduate student in Geological Sciences will
give a seminar entitled "Bakken Reservoir Evaluation, Southern
Saskatchewan",
Room 155 Geological Sciences, at 4 p.m.
- MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS COLLOQUIUM
On Friday, November 13, Professor Juliana
Erlijman, of the University of Regina, will
give a talk entitled "Von Neumann algebras
and braid representations," in Room 206 Arts, at
4 p.m.
- NEUROPSYCHIATRY RESEARCH UNIT
On Tuesday, November 17, Dr. Ahlam
Mansour, College of Nursing, will present a seminar entitled
"Effects of Reiki on
well-being and biological markers in breast cancer
patients undergoing chemotherapy," in A127
Medical Research Building, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
- PHILOSOPHY - PUBLIC LECTURE
On Friday, November 13, Professor Brenda
Baker, Department of Philosophy, University of Calgary, will present a
public lecture
entitled "Understanding Consent in Sexual Assault,"
in Room 104 Arts, at 2:30 p.m. Presented by the Department of Philosophy
with
sponsorship from the President's Employment Equity Enhancement Fund and
Arts and Sciences'
Role Model Speaker Fund. Everyone welcome.
- PHYSICS & ENGINEERING PHYSICS (2)
- On Thursday, November 12, Dr. Safa
Kasap, of Electrical Engineering, will give a talk entitled
"Flat Panel Direct Conversion
X-ray Image Detectors," in 103 Physics, at 3:30 p.m.
- On Thursday, November 26, Dr. Branko
Peterman, president and CEO, University of Saskatchewan Technologies
Inc. (UST),
and Tom Kirk, industrial technology
advisor, Industrial Research Assistance Program
(IRAP), will give a talk entitled "Converting Ideas
to Money," in Room 103 Physics, at 3:30 p.m.
- PUBLIC LECTURE - PHIL FONTAINE
 On Tuesday, November 17,
Phil
Fontaine, grand chief of the
FSIN, will give a lecture entitled "Human
Rights and First Nations," in the Place Riel
Theatre, at 3:30 p.m. in Room
143 Arts Building. The lecture is part of a
cross-country series being held in celebration of
the 10th anniversary of Vision TV, a
non-affiliated specialty network that focuses on
humanitarian, ethical, and moral issues.
- PHYSIOLOGY/ANATOMY AND CELL BIOLOGY (2)
- On Thursday, November 19, Dr. Robert
McNeill, of Pharmacology, will present a seminar entitled "Herbal
medicine in the
West," in A226, Health Sciences Building at 11:30 a.m.
- On Thursday, December 3, Dr. Roger
Pierson, Reproductive Biology Research Unit, College of Medicine, will
present a
seminar entitled "Sex life and ultrasound
imaging techniques in ovarian physiology," in
A226, Health Sciences Building at 11:30 a.m.
- PUBLIC LECTURE - URBAN DESIGN
On Friday, November 20, Bela Barabas, an urban designer with the
City of
Saskatoon's Planning Department, will give a public
lecture entitled "Urban Design in Saskatoon," in
Room 259 Arts, beginning at 2:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Sponsored by
the Department
of Geography and the Regional and Urban Development Program. FMI, call
-5677.
- SASKATOON CANCER CENTRE - RESEARCH UNIT
On Friday, November 20, Dr. Sheila
Schmutz, of Animal and Poultry Science, will present a seminar
entitled "Ramifications
of Mammalian Coat Color Genes," in the conference room (CM402),
Saskatoon
Cancer Centre, at 12:30 p.m.
- SASKATOON NATURE SOCIETY - PUBLIC LECTURE
On Thursday, November 19, Dr. Taylor
Steeves, professor emeritus of biology, will give a talk entitled
"Can we
survive overpopulation?" in the Biology
Lecture Theatre, at 7:30 p.m. He will trace the
history of the relationship between human beings
and the biosphere and suggest that we must moderate our desire for an ever
expanding global economy and recognize that a sustainable relationship to
the biosphere
is essential for human survival. Free admission.
- SOIL SCIENCE (2)
- On Monday, November 16, DongNing
He, a graduate student in Soil Science, will present
a seminar entitled "Influence of FTG Burkholderia cepacia strain
Ral-3 on growth
of select deciduous species," in 2E25
Agriculture Building, at 3:30 p.m.
- On Monday, November 23, Thom
Yates, a graduate student in Soil Science, will present
a seminar entitled "The spatial distribution
of potential nitrogen mineralization," in
2E25 Agriculture Building, at 3:30 p.m.
- TOXICOLOGY
On Wednesday, November 25, Greg Pyle, a graduate student in
Biology, will present
a seminar entitled "Truth or Consequences:
the use of surrogate fish species in metal
toxicity evaluations," in Room 12 Toxicology Centre,
at 12:30 p.m. FMI call Carol at 966-7441.
- TOXICOLOGY - THESIS DEFENCE (2)
- On Friday, November 13, Mauro
Golin, MSc candidate, will give a thesis defence
seminar entitled "Evaluation and application of
capillary zone electrophoresis in forensic toxicology,"
in Room 12, Toxicology Centre, at 1 p.m.
- On Friday, November 20, Paul Davis,
PhD candidate, will give a thesis defence seminar entitled "Acute and
chronic effects of
nitric oxide on cardiomyocyte guanylyl cyclase: Implications for the
modulation of the
heart following environmental physiological and clinical exposure to
nitric oxide," in Room
12, Toxicology Centre, at 1 p.m.
- 'UNIVERSITY AT THE LIBRARY'- PUBLIC LECTURE
On Tuesday, November 24, Professor
Roy Billinton, associate dean (graduate
studies, research, and extension), Engineering, will
give a public lecture entitled "What's it worth
to keep the lights on?" in the Saskatoon
Public Library's "University at the Library" series,
at the Public Library, at 12 noon. We've come
to expect a reliable electricity supply, but
Billinton wonders if we're willing to continue paying
the cost. FMI, phone 966-8519.
- VETERINARY PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
On Tuesday, November 17, Dr. Peter
Ghosh, of the University of Sydney, Australia, will
give a seminar entitled "Aetiopathogenesis of osteoarthritis and new
strategies
for treatment," in Room 2115 Western College
of Veterinary Medicine, at 12:30 p.m.
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