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A Celebration of Science and the Dedication of the Science Center

September 29 - October 1

Thursday, September 29

8 p.m. Jared Diamond, author of The New York Times bestseller Collapse and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs and Steel, will give the James S. Plant Lecture. More...
Location: Wellin Hall


Friday, September 30

10 a.m. Tour  of Science Center and visit labs in progress
(Self-guided tour information available at registration, Loop Rd. lobby of the Science Center.)

11:45 a.m. The Helen and Doane Comstock '27 Memorial Luncheon in Celebration of Student Scholarships (by invitation)
Location: West Quad

1:30 p.m. "Stem Cell Therapy: The Science and the Controversy" presented by the student organization Biology Matters
Panel members include Robert F. Almeder, the McCullough Distinguished Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Hamilton; Susan Bryant, Dean, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine; Meg Pollak' 08 and Kathryn Hansen '07  More ...
Location: Room #G027, Science Center Auditorium

3 p.m.  "The Changing Faces of Medical Education"
Sponsored by the Maurice Horowitch Career Center and the Health Professions Advisory Committee
Discussants include John Driscoll '58, chairman of pediatrics, Columbia University; Robin Kinnel, Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry; Leslie North, coordinator for health professions advising; Gavril W. Pasternak P08, M.D. Ph.D., Anne Burnett Tandy Chair of Neurology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Howard Schneider, eye surgeon; David Shaye '02, third year medical student, Albany Medical Center; and Angela Ross, orthodontist.
Location: Room #G027, Science Center Auditorium

4:30 p.m.  Sigma Xi Reception and Posters Session
On the occasion of its 40th anniversary, the Sigma Xi chapter of Hamilton is sponsoring an alumni and student poster session. Posters will be presented at the 4:30 p.m. reception. (If you have a poster you would like to present see Call for Posters)


5:30 p.m. Celebrating Science at Hamilton

Building dedication
Keynote address by House Science Committee Chairman Sherwood Boehlert, R-N.Y. In addition to the dedication ceremony, honorary degrees will be awarded to Jacqueline K. Barton, the Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial Professor of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, and Ivan King '47, Research Professor of Astronomy, University of Washington.
Location: Science Center Atrium

7 p.m. Dedication Dinner (By invitation)
The dinner program will include recognition of Hamilton's Volunteer of the Year, Charter Trustee Steve Anthony '59, and Hamilton's science medalists.  

9 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
(two sets) World Class Jazz: The Kenny Davern Quartet*
Location: Fillius Events Barn

Saturday, October 1

7:45-8:45 a.m. Alumni Service Recognition Breakfast
Recognizing and thanking Hamilton volunteers and specially honoring a few science alumni for their service to the College.
Location: Science Center Atrium

Science Symposium
9 a.m. 
What frog eggs can teach us about cell division
Rebecca Heald '85, Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Location SC G027          

Breaking New Ground in Computing Technology: A Liberal Arts Perspective

Bernardine Dias '98, Research Fellow, The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University
Location SC G042 

9:45 a.m.
Now you see it, now you don't! Why?
Cathleen Moore '88, Associate Professor of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University
Location SC G027

When Topology Meets Chemistry
Erica L. Flapan '77, Professor of Mathematics, Pomona College
Location SC G042  

10:30 a.m. 
Through the Universe with the Hubble Space Telescope
Ivan King '47, Research Professor of Astronomy, University of Washington
Location SC G027

11:30 a.m.
Forests, the global carbon cycle, and climatic disruption
Richard Houghton '65, Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center
Location SC G027

Energy Outlook
Pinar O. Yilmaz '76, Coordinator, External Technology, Technology Organization, ExxonMobil Exploration Co.
Location: Room G042

Lunch Lectures
12:30-2 p.m. 

 Department/Title  Speaker     Location
Biology
HIV/AIDS - Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Martin S. Hirsch '60, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health  SC 2017
Chemistry
Memory, mosquitos, and malaria
Paul Carlier '83, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Virginia Tech
SC 2048 
Geoscience  
The Ocean's Role in Global Warming
Rick Murray '85, Professor of Earth Sciences, Boston University SC G042

Mathematics
Statistical Issues in Drug Development

Nancy Silliman '90, Senior Director, Biostatistics, Genzyme Corporation
SC 3040
Physics
Does physics have a future?: History of Physics at Hamilton
Jim Ring '51, the Winslow Professor of Physics, Emeritus, Hamilton College SC G041
Psychology The Psychology of Intimate Relationships:  A Perspective on the Research Process Thomas Bradbury '81, Professor of Psychology, U.C.L.A. SC 3024   

This weekend is Fallcoming 2005. For a complete schedule of events, visit the Fallcoming site, or contact the Office of Alumni Programs at 866-729-0314.  For alumni, on-line registration is available for the science celebration and other Fallcoming events.

About the Science Center
Unique characteristics of the design of this building include:

complete faculty involvement in laboratory and classroom design

an open approach to make science activity visible

four different types of student public/study area: enclosed small rooms, common rooms, open study areas and the atrium

wireless computer capability throughout the building as well as 1,300 wired network jacks

an organization with teaching labs on one side of the hallway and research labs on the other, organized "communities" to maximize efficiency for access to lab and support areas

"atriette" stairway areas providing vertical connections between disciplines More ...