St. Olaf College | This Week in Science

September 22-26, 2025

Monday, September 22

Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Seminar: Traffic Noise and Artificial Light at Night: Human impact on frog communication
Dr. Ximena Bernal, Professor of Biology, Purdue University
4 PM, RNS 150

Tuesday, September 23

Chemistry Social: ChemisTEA
Chat with Chemistry Faculty
11-11:30 am, RNS 3rd Floor by Wendall’s Fin-tastic Fish Tank

Wednesday, September 24

Physics Seminar: X-rays and RNA: using scattering techniques to characterize highly flexible biomolecules
Sarah Uttomark ’22, Ph.D. candidate Cornell University
3:00 PM, RNS 210

Thursday, September 25

MSCS Showcase: The Life of a MSCS Showcase
Presented by The Tortured MSCS Department
4:30pm, Buntrock Commons Ballrooms

Friday, September 26

Chemistry Seminar: Membrane Chemical Diversity
Dr. Sydney Povilaitis (’18), Assistant Professor of Analytical Chemistry, Hamline University
3:15 pm, RNS 310