Note: Schedule details will be posted as they become finalized
"DIRT--The Linkage Between Soil and Civilization"
7:30 p.m., Fleming 101
Reception immediately following, Fleming Museum, Marble Court
UVM Host: Paul Bierman, Department of Geology, College of Arts and Sciences
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center
“Evolution of brain systems and genes for complex behavioral traits: song learning in birds and spoken language in humans.”
2:30 - 3:30 p.m., Davis Center, Livak Ballroom
A reception will immediately follow in the Davis Center, Jost Foundation Room
UVM Hosts: Sarah Helms Cahan and Bryan Ballif,
Department of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences
Professor, University of Maryland School of Public Health,
Director, Biostatistics Research Center
“Threshold Regression for Analysis of Time-to-event Data: With Applications in Engineering, Occupational Health and Clinical Trials”
3:00 - 4:00 p.m., Billings North Lounge
Reception immediately following
UVM Host: Bernard Cole, Dean of the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, New York University
"John von Neumann: The Most Powerful Mind of the 20th Century"
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Billings North Lounge
Reception immediately following, Billings Marsh Lounge
UVM
Host: Ken Gross, Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
College of Engineering and Mathematical Science
Independent Filmaker
"The Films of Lourdes Portillo: A Personal Journey"
4:00 - 5:00 p.m., Billings North Lounge
Reception immediately following
UVM
Host Yolanda Flores, Department of Romance Languages,
College of Arts and Sciences
Dartmouth College Ombudsperson, Faculty Member, Higher Education Resource Services
"Access, Aptitude, Attitude: Higher Education, Health Care and Lower-income People"
3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Davis Auditorium, Medical Education Complex
A reception and book signing immediately following, outside Davis Auditorium
UVM Host: Sharon Henry, Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Science,
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
10:00 a.m., Billings North Lounge
UVM
Host: Ricardo Johnson III, Department of Education,
College of Education and Social Services
"How a Rumor Almost Started the American Revolution"
5:00 - 7:00 p.m., Waterman Memorial Lounge 338
UVM Host: Harvey Amani Whitfield, Department of History,
College of Arts and Sciences
Paul S. Anderson
UVM Host: Dwight Matthews, Chemistry and Medicine
College of Medicine
Joseph Coughlin
UVM Host: Lisa Aultman-Hall, Transportation Research Center
Michael Watts
UVM Host: Pablo Bose, Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences
Paul Zolbrod
UVM Host: Tony Magistrale, Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences
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