Klingler College of Arts and Sciences
21st annual Casper Lecture with Dr. Robert Stolz
Dr. Robert Stolz of the Corcoran Department of History at the University of Virginia will deliver the Department of History’s 21st annual Rev. Henry W. Casper, S.J., Lecture on Monday, April 7, at 4:30 p.m. in Raynor Library’s Beaumier Suites B and C. Stolz will share “On Fascism: Lessons from Japan.” No registration is required. A major Marxist thinker…
Biological sciences seminar featuring ecologist Dr. Joe LaManna
Dr. Joe LaManna, assistant professor of community and population ecology in the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, will present a seminar titled, “Local biotic interactions and the maintenance of biodiversity from landscape to global scales,” on Friday, March 21, at 3 p.m. in Wehr Life Sciences 111. The Biological Sciences Department’s Friday Seminar Series is supported…
Marquette Philosophy colloquium talk
Dr. Laurence Bloom, senior lecturer of philosophy at Rodes University, South Africa, will discuss, “Hegelian dialectic in Kierkegaard’s Either-Or I,” on Friday, March 21, at 3:30 p.m. in Marquette Hall 105. Bloom will argue that part one of Either/Or is Kierkegaard’s dialectical argument for the superiority of the ethical life over the aesthetic. Visit the…
Excitation and reactivity of ions in the interstellar medium
Dr. François Liques, professor of molecular physics at University of Rennes, France, will present a seminar titled, “Excitation and reactivity of ions in the interstellar medium,” on Friday, March 21, at 4 p.m. in Todd Wehr Chemistry 121. See details for the Chemistry Department colloquia here.
How Complicated is Mathematics?
In “How Complicated is Mathematics? A Computability Theorist’s Perspective,” Antonio Nakid Cordero won’t answer the question for two reasons: first, because the question is very vague, and second, because the question is very hard. Instead, Cordero, a graduate student in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, will take attendees on a…
Chemistry seminar presented by Dr. Silas Cook
The Chemistry Department will host Dr. Silas Cook, professor of chemistry at Indiana University Bloomington, for a colloquium on Friday, March 7, at 4 p.m. in Todd Wehr Chemistry 121. Cook’s research seeks to develop new reactions that enable the efficient synthesis of biologically relevant small molecules. See details for the Chemistry Department colloquia here.
Biology seminar examines neuroplasticity and the origin of gender difference
Dr. Lise Eliot, professor of neuroscience at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, will present the Biological Sciences colloquium on Friday, March 7, at 3 p.m. in Wehr Life Sciences 111. In her talk, “Neuroplasticity and the Origin of Gender Difference,” Eliot will discuss her work on brain and gender development, especially the role…
Annual Lonergan Colloquium
To mark the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si’, the Integral Ecology section of the International Institute for Method in Theology and the Marquette Lonergan Project is organizing a Lonergan Colloquium on Friday, March 7, and Saturday, March 8, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Lalumiere Hall 172 and Johnston Hall 107. The Lonergan Colloquium…
Biological sciences seminar featuring alum, Dr. Yi Liu
Dr. Yi Liu, assistant professor of cancer discovery and regenerative medicine at Nanyang Technological University, will present a seminar titled, “Decrypting cell fate via the lens of intracellular pH dynamics,” on Friday, Feb. 21, at 3 p.m. in Wehr Life Sciences 111. Liu received his Ph.D. degree in cell biology from Marquette under the mentorship…
Philosophy and Center for Peacemaking present: The genocidal march of the Hegelian spirit
Dr. Shannon Mussett, professor of philosophy at Utah Valley University, will present “The genocidal march of the Hegelian spirit” on Friday, Feb. 21, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Marquette Hall 105. This talk explores Hegel’s formulation of the Americas as spirit’s destination once it has completed its work in Europe. This destination requires the…