Upcoming Events/Calendar
As part of a new Initiative for the Theoretical Sciences (ITS), the CUNY Graduate Center will present the following public program exploring the intellectual adventure offered by modern scientific theories. Programs are free, but reservations are required. For further information and reservations, click on the program title.Monday, February 8, 2010 - 6:30 p.m.
Did Homer Describe an Eclipse in The Odyssey?
Marcelo Magnasco, Professor of Mathematical Physics at the Rockefeller University, will describe a reconstruction of the night sky in the time of Homer, connecting real astronomical events to multiple passages in The Odyssey. His lecture will remind us that successful theories change our view of the world, our view of ourselves, and even our understanding of epic poetry.
Monday, March 1, 2010 - 6:30 p.m.
Physics, Finance, and Some Surprisingly Useful Mathematics
This talk features Marc Potters, the co-CEO of Capital Fund Management, one of Franceā?Ts oldest alternative investment management firms. His work, and that of his colleagues, shows how theoretical ideas developed to understand one part of the world find application in unexpected places.
NSF/CUNY-SUNY AGEP Conference in Science and Engineering
Friday, March 12 (9am-6pm) - Saturday March 13 (9am-2pm)
at The CUNY Graduate Center • 365 Fifth Avenue • NY, NY 10016
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS:
Deadline for poster abstracts extended to March 8 by noon
Deadline for oral presentation abstracts has passed. We are no longer accepting oral presentations
For returning registrants
If you did not submit your biosketch or abstract when you registered previously, please click here.
Presentations featuring the research of students in AGEP, BRIDGES, PIPELINE, MARC, MBRS, RISE, LSAMP, MCNAIR, IGERT and other research programs.
Hotel Chandler
12 East 31st Street
New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212.889.6363
Toll Free: 866.627.7847
www.HotelChandler.com
Accommodations: King Bed @ $199.00 per night. Complimentary high speed internet access, 24 hour coffee/tea bar, and exercise room included.
*Register by 5PM on March 1 to guarantee space. After March 1 reservations will be based on space availability.
For more information contact:
Gail Smith • gsmith@gc.cuny.edu
Nina Maung-Gaona • nmaung@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
As part of a new Initiative for the Theoretical Sciences (ITS), the CUNY Graduate Center will present the following public program exploring the intellectual adventure offered by modern scientific theories. Programs are free, but reservations are required. For further information and reservations, click on the program title.
Saturday afternoons beginning March 6, 2010
(March 6, 13, 27, April 17, May 15 and May 29)
We are seeking individuals who would like to participate in on campus science discussions entitled, Science in Everyday Life. This is the third semester that these workshop sessions have been conducted. Science in Everyday Life is a student enrichment program that aims to explore various scientific concepts and explain them in a relaxed seminar style format, which will make clear their importance to everyday events. Based on our past experiences we have found these workshops are both beneficial to the audience as well as the presenters. Our previous presenters have been exhausted and it would be exciting to discuss some fresh projects and ideas!
The initiative of Science in Everyday Life is to focus on science literacy by breaking-down complex topics in the areas of Neurobiology; Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Cancer Genetics; and Confocal Microscopy to students in a manner that is accessible and applicable to real world problem solving. Through emphasizing fundamentals in biology, mathematics, chemistry and engineering, we seek to strengthen and enhance students' critical thinking ability and skill sets.
The program's objective is to enhance students' understanding of scientific topics, by allowing advance peer researchers to guide students through the fundamentals of these topics, presenting them in a more understandable and accessible way. The necessity for a science literacy program like this is identified in the STEM objectives as to support new and innovative initiatives to encourage more of our best and brightest students, especially those from underrepresented or disadvantaged groups, to study in STEM fields (www.stemedcoalition.org).".
The workshops are open to anyone and will be held on Saturday afternoons beginning March 6, 2010. We are requesting that students who are currently conducting research give a 45 minutes seminar about their work to an audience of undergraduate and graduate students in various disciplines.
Richard A. Able Jr. Biochemistry/Biomedical Engineering • Ph.D. Candidate
City College of New York • 140th Street & Convent Avenue, Rm 473
New York, NY, 10031
212.650.6766 (O) • 212.650.6667 (L)
Monday, April 12, 2010 - 6:30 p.m.
The Great Ideas of Biology
Sir Paul Nurse, President of the Rockefeller University and 2001 Nobel Laureate, will speak. Discoverer of molecules at the heart of the "clock" that controls cell growth and reproduction, he will describe the search for ideas which can unify the vast quantities of data that overwhelm our modern exploration of life.
