The Science Colloquium presents a variety of topics of interest to our students, faculty, and the community. All are welcome to attend, and admission is free.

Tuesdays - 2:30 - 3:10 pm - Science Building Room 213.

September 8, 2009

Topic: Solar Cookers Are Hot! Solar Cooking from Modesto to Nairobi
Presenter: Dr. Robert Metcalf, CSU Sacramento

September 15, 2009

Topic: One Choice, 1,000 Careers
Presenter: Carla Mensonides, RN, Healthcare Career Coordinator, Memorial Hospital

September 22, 2009

Topic: Global Population: 6.8 Billion and Growing - Are We There Yet?
Presenter: John Seager, Population Connection

September 29, 2009

Topic: Dealing With Overweight
Presenter: Jim Sahlman, MJC Professor

October 6, 2009

Topic: Climate Changes. . .It has done so for the last 3,000 million years. so
there is no reason why it shouldn't do it again!
Presenter: Horacio Ferriz, CSU Stanislaus Geology Department

October 13, 2009

Topic: A Chemist's View of Global Climate Change
Presenter: Steve Murov,

October 20, 2009

Topic: Update on the H1N1 Pandemic
Presenter: Stanislaus County Public health Services

October 27, 2009

Topic: Who Came First. . .The Chicken or the Crane (On Teaching Students
to Love Their Bioregion)
Presenter: Lillian Vallee

 
November 3, 2009

Topic: Cleaning Up Contaminated Sites
Presenter: Debbie Lind, Environmental Resources Management

November 10, 2009

Topic: Current Issues on the Tuolumne River
Presenter: Jesse Roseman, Tuolumne River Trust

November 17, 2009

Topic: An Earth Scientist's View of Global Climate Change: Evidence,
Obfuscations, and Perspectives
Presenter: Noah Hughes, MJC Professor of Earth Science

November 24, 2009

Topic: Recently Discovered Roles of RNA
Presenter: Dr. James Youngblom, CSU Stanislaus Biology Department

December 1, 2009

Topic: Charles Darwin's Down House
Presenter: Elizabeth McInnes, MJC Professor, Biology