St. Olaf College | This Week in Science

April 15-19, 2024

Monday, April 15

Joint St. Olaf and Carleton Interdisciplinary Seminar: Design for Democracy
Moon Duchin, Professor of Mathematics, Senior Fellow, Tisch College of Civic Life – Tufts University
7 PM, Carleton College, Olin Hall 149
Reception to follow

Sponsored by The St. Olaf Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science; The Carleton Department of Mathematics and Statistics; the TLC Colloquium Fund; and the Michael Morrill Fund.

Tuesday, April 16

Joint St. Olaf and Carleton Math Seminar: The Accidental Arboretum
Moon Duchin, Professor of Mathematics, Senior Fellow, Tisch College of Civic Life – Tufts University
Reception 3:00 PM, Lecture 3:30 PM – RNS 150

Sponsored by The St. Olaf Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science; The Carleton Department of Mathematics and Statistics; the TLC Colloquium Fund; and the Michael Morrill Fund.

Wednesday, April 17

No Seminar

Thursday, April 18

Chemistry Seminar: Advancing Neuroscience & Biomedical Research Via Innovation in Mass Spectrometry-Based Approaches
Lingjun Li, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
3:45 pm, RNS 310

Kleber-Gery Lecture: Telling Your Story with Data
Aleszu Bajak, Director of data visualization ot the Urban Institute
Reception: 6:30pm, Talk 7-8pm, TOH 280
Sponsored by the Departments of Economics and Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science with the generous support of the Kleber-Gery Lecture fund.

Friday, April 19

MSCS Colloquium: Stats in the Newsroom
Aleszu Bajak, Director of data visualization ot the Urban Institute
3:30pm, RNS 310