St. Olaf College | This Week in Science

October 30-November 3, 2023

Monday, Oct. 30

MSCS Colloquium: State eugenic sterilization laws 1919-1974; interdisciplinary research findings and relevance to public health and reproductive justice today
Dr. Novak, co-director of the Sterilization and Social Justice Lab
3:30 pm, RNS 310

Biology Seminar: Survival strategies in the gut: Deciphering the metabolism and evolution of a common human-associated microbe
Cecilia Noecker (’12), Assistant Professor of Biology, Minnesota State University, Mankato
4 PM, RNS 410

Tuesday, Oct. 31 – No seminars
Wednesday, Nov. 1 – No seminars

Thursday, Nov. 2

Chemistry Seminar: How do we know? Mechanism and Organotransition Metal Catalysis
Clark Landis, Chair of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin Madison
3:45 pm, RNS 410

Friday, Nov. 3

Chemistry Seminar: Estimating Seawater Boron Isotope Ratios from Marine Evaporites
Chiza N. Mwinde, PhD Candidate, University of Chicago
3:15 pm, RNS 310