Monday, April 12
No Seminar
Tuesday, April 13
No Seminar
Wednesday, April 14
No Seminar
Thursday, April 15
No Seminar
Friday, April 16
No Seminar
Archive for Uncategorized
April 24th – 28th 2017
Monday, April 24th
MSCS Colloquium: Bayesian Models for Analysis of Airborne Chemical Exposures During the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response and Clean-up Efforts
Carrie Groth ’12, St. Olaf Graduate, Ph.D. Candidate,
University of Minnesota Division of Biostatistics
3:30 pm, RNS 310, Everyone Welcome
Tuesday, April 25th
No Seminar
Wednesday, April 26th
Physics Colloquium
Graduate School Panel
7:00 pm RNS 297
Thursday, April 27th
Math-Biology (Pre-Health) Seminar
Evolutionary Dynamics of Cancer
Jasmine Foo – University of Minnesota
7:00 pm, RNS 410
Friday, April 28th
Olaf W. Millert and Juta R. Millert Memorial Speaker Series in Psychology Talk
Ambivalent Stereotyping and its association with status inequality and conflict
Dr. Susan Fiske, Princeton University
3:30 pm, TOH 280
MSCS Research Seminar: The origins of differential geometry and some modern applications
Joe Benson, St. Olaf Visiting Professor of Mathematics
3:40 pm, RNS 204
Chemistry Seminar: Distinctions
Hannah Brown
3:15 pm RNS 310
April 10-14th
Monday, April 10
MSCS Colloquium – Writing Numbers as the Sum of Factorials
Suzanne Doree, Professor of Mathematics Augsburg College
In standard decimal notation, we write each integer as the linear combination of powers of 10. In binary, we use powers of 2. What if we used factorials instead of exponentials? How can we express each integer as the sum of factorials in a minimal way? This talk will explore the factorial representation of integers, including historical connections to permutations, a fast algorithm for conversion, and the secret of the “third proof by mathematical induction.” Next we’ll extend this representation to rational and then real numbers, ending with some remaining open questions.
3:30 pm, RNS 310
Chemistry Seminar: The evolution of the hexadehydro-Diels-Alder (HDDA) reaction
Thomas Hoye, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
7:00 pm, RNS 150
Biology Distinction Poster Session
4th floor atrium, 4:00PM
Tuesday, April 11
No Seminar
Wednesday, April 12
MSCS Colloquium – A Universal Taylor Series
You perhaps learned in Calc II that the Taylor polynomials of a function can do a very good job of approximating the original function. For example, the Taylor polynomials of y = sin x are quite well-behaved.
In this talk, we will discuss the existence of a function whose Taylor polynomials behave in the worst possible way – its Taylor polynomials can approximate any continuous function whose graph passes through the origin! In other words, the Taylor series of such a function is as divergent as imaginable; its partial sums “travel everywhere.” Such a badly behaved Taylor series is called a universal Taylor series.
Time permitting, we will also discuss a function whose successive derivatives behave just as wildly, some new research on what such a function can look like, and how you can get involved in this research.
Math Candidate
3:30 pm, RNS 310 – Everyone Welcome!
Thursday, April 13
No Seminar
Friday, April 14
No Seminar
April 3-7 2017
Monday, April 3rd
Bio/Chem Seminar: Toxicology in the Industrial Setting in the 21st Century
Robert Roy, Ph.D.| Lead Toxicology Specialist
Diplomate, American Board of Toxicology
3M Medical Department
RNS 150 7:00 PM
This presentation will focus on various aspects of industrial/occupational toxicology including: an introduction to some of the basic, although very important, principles of toxicology, various pathways to a career in toxicology (including those in the industrial, governmental and academic fields), an general overview of what toxicologists do/are involved with and where they work, and will finish with a discussion of some currently “very active” areas of toxicology. There will also be time for questions and discussion.
MSCS Colloquium: Recent Computer Science Team Undergraduate Research
Come to hear about recent team projects in the Capstone Seminar (CS 390) and in Parallel and Distributed Computing (PDC) completed Fall ’16 & Interim ’17
Refreshments @ 3:15 pm – Talk @ 3:30 pm – Everyone Welcome
Tuesday, April 4th
No Seminar
Wednesday, April 5th
Physics Colloquium: The Two-Higgs-Doublet Model
Speaker: Patrick Kneschke, Ph.D. Student from University of Dresden
2:00 pm, RNS 210
Thursday, April 6th
No Seminar
Friday, April 7th
Increasing Diversity and Excellence Across STEM
IDEAS Distinguished Speaker Series – in collaboration with Carleton College
Francis Su, Benediktsson-Karwa Professor of Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College
Francis Su has a passion for teaching and popularizing mathematics – hear him speak about reaching beyond traditional (and often unintentional) borders of participation in STEM.
Talk: 11:00 – 11:45 am
Lunch to Follow – please sign up at https://www.broadeningthebridge.org/ideas/
St. Olaf Regents Hall of Science 4th Floor Atrium
March 13th – 17th 2017
Monday, March 13
Physics Colloquium: Assembling new coral-based tools for reconstructing ancient environmental change Speaker: Anne Gothmann Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate in Oceanography at the University of Washington
3:10 pm in RNS 210
Biology Seminar: Interims in Costa Rica and Colorado
RNS 410 4:00 PM
MSCS Colloquium: “Oh the places you’ll go! How curiosity, engagement and experimentation can lead you on a deep mathematical journey”
RNS 310 3:30 pm Everyone Welcome!
Tuesday, March 14
No Seminars
Wednesday, March 15
Physics Colloquium: The frontiers of air pollution research using observations from space Speaker: Peter Zoogman Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics Division.
3:10 pm in RNS 210
Thursday, March 16
No Seminars
Friday, March 17
No Seminars
Feb 27th- March 3rd 2017
Feb 27th – March 3rd , 2017
Monday, Feb. 27th
Biology Seminar: Learn more about two of our Interim courses – Peru and Morocco! RNS 410 4:00 PM
Tuesday, Feb. 28th
No Seminar
Wednesday, March 1st
No Seminar
Thursday, March 2nd
Math Across the Cannon Speaker Series
Ken Ono, Mathematics Professor, Emory University
Can’t you Just Feel the Moonshine?
3:30 pm, Carleton College, Olin Hall 141
Friday, March 3rd
Gems of Ramanujan and Their Lasting Impact on Mathematics
Public Lecture, 7 pm, St. Olaf Viking Theater
Friday, March 3rd
Chemistry Seminar: Chemical and Biomedical Applications of Oxidants and Antioxidants
Brooks Hybertson, MBA, Ph.D. Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine
3:15 pm, RNS 310
Feb 20-26 2017
Monday, Feb. 20th
Seminar: Bio/ES Joint Seminar: If you plant it will it grow?
RNS 410, 4:00 PM
MSCS Colloquium Talk
“Network science: understanding the interconnected world around us”
Mathematics Candidate
3:30 pm, RNS 310
Tuesday, Feb. 21st
MSCS Research Talk
“A complex networks approach to data science: modeling, representation and analysis of interconnected large-scale data structures”
Mathematics Candidate
2:00 pm, RNS 204
Wednesday, Feb. 22nd
MSCS Colloquium Talk
Dynamic Programming: So You Wanna be a Rock and Roll Star?
Computer Science Candidate
3:30 pm, RNS 310
Thursday, Feb. 23rd
MSCS Research Talk
Computation and Simulation in DNA Algorithmic Self-assembly
Computer Science Candidate
3:00 pm, RNS 203
Friday, Feb. 24th
Chemistry Seminar: Physical Chemistry
Rodrigo Sanchez-Gonzalez, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
At Carleton College
**SUNDAY, FEB 26TH**
Special BMols Seminar: RNS 410, 7:00 PM
Kjersti Aagaard, M.D., Ph.D
Associate Professor in Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX)
Feb 6-10 2017
Monday, Feb. 6th
Biology Seminar: Biology Summer Research Opportunities
4:00 PM RNS 410 – snacks provided
Tuesday, Feb. 7th
No Seminar
Wednesday, Feb. 8th
Physics Colloquium
Nanoscience Research at the University of Minnesota
James Marti, Ph.D., Senior Scientist and Outreach Coordinator, Minnesota Nano Center, University of Minnesota
2:00 pm, RNS 210
MSCS Colloquium: Modeling and Simulation of Biochemical Systems
Computer Science Candidate Brian Drawert, Post-doctoral Researcher
Department of Computer Science, University of California Santa Barbara
3:30 pm, RNS 310, Everyone Welcome
Thursday, Feb. 9th
MSCS Research Talk: Modeling the Yeast Mating Projection Polarization and Growth using Stochastic 3D Moving Boundary Simulations
Computer Science Candidate Brian Drawert, Post-doctoral Researcher
Department of Computer Science, University of California Santa Barbara
3:00 pm, RNS 203, Everyone Welcome
Friday, Feb. 10th
Chemistry Seminar: Food Science
Tonya Schoenfuss, Associate Professor, Dairy Products Technology, University of Minnesota
3:15, RNS 310
Nov 28- Dec 2, 2016
Monday, Nov 28
Physics Seminar
Snow physics and its reflection on a changing climate
3:15 pm; RNS 290
Biology Seminar – RNS 410 4:00 PM with Alum Meghan Milbrath ’02
Tuesday, Nov 29
Biology Seminar:
RNS 410, 4:00 PM with Dr. Norman Lee
Wednesday, Nov 30
No Seminar
Thursday, Dec 1
No Seminar
Friday, Dec 2
MSCS Research Seminar: Automorphisms of Group Extensions
A group extension is way of expressing a group G in terms of a normal subgroup N and the corresponding quotient G/N. An automorphism of a group extension is a particular kind of isomorphism G->G. In this talk, I will show how to use information about N and G/N to build automorphisms of a group extension. Expanding a bit further, I will also talk about trying to recover all automorphisms of G by piecing together information coming from different group extensions.
Jill Dietz, Professor of Mathematics, St. Olaf College
Friday, December 2nd at 3:40 pm in RNS 204
Nov 21-22
Monday, Nov 21
Physics Seminar
Fantastic Excitons and How to Find Them
3:15 pm; RNS 210
Biology Seminar
Dr. Gregory Pask (candidate for Biology/Neuroscience)
RNS 410, 4:00 PM
Tuesday, Nov 22
No Seminar