Date & Time | Speaker | Title |
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Wednesday, Sept. 13, 5:30 p.m. | Dr. Jeffrey Spielman, Roanoke College | "Statistical Analysis of Two Contemporary Issues: Global Warming and The Battle of the Sexes" |
Thursday, Sept. 21, 7:00 p.m. | Mike Overacker, Roanoke Valley Astronomical Society | "A View from Here: The Basics of Telescope Design and
What You Might See Through Them" |
Wednesday, Sept. 27, 5:30 p.m. | Dr. B. Sidney Smith, Radford University | "The Mathematical Art of MC Escher" |
Thursday, Oct. 12, 7:00 p.m. | Major George M. Brooke IV, Virginia Military Institute | "Molecular Spectroscopy and Trace Gas Detection using High Finesse Cavity Techniques" |
Thursday, Nov. 2, 7:00 p.m. | Erin Hackett, Johns Hopkins University (Roanoke College Alum - Physics) | "The Blue Planet: Exploring Earth's Oceans" |
Thursday, Nov. 16, 7:00 p.m. | Dr. Chris Lee, Roanoke College | "The Tainted Truth: The abuse of statistics by pollsters, politicians, advertisers, and even academic researchers!" |
Thursday, Dec. 7, 7:00 p.m. | Rick Pingry, Roanoke College Alum - Computer Science | "Building Multiplayer Games on the Cheap" |
Additional events that can be used to satisfy the co-curricular requirement:
Week of Oct. 2 - 6 | Student Research Week (Student summer research presentations & panel discussion) | TBA |
Wednesday, Oct. 25, 5:30 - 7:00 | What Can I Do With A Major in Computer Science or Computer Information Systems? | Colket Center (Kime) |
Friday, Nov. 3, 3:30 p.m. | Erin Hackett (Johns Hopkins, Roanoke Alum) "Flow Measurements on the Atlantic Continental Shelf using PIV" | Trexler 372 |