2016-2017 Public Lectures
This years Saturday Science @ 海角社区 series of lectures for high school students, teachers, and the public will begin on September 24, 2016. We invite you to join us for, we think, an interesting and exciting series.
All the lectures will be held from 10:00 AM to 11:15 AM in 130 Nicholson Hall on the Saturday's listed below at 海角社区, Baton Rouge. We hope you will join us, and will look forward to seeing you and your students.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Param Singh 鈥� Physics and Astronomy 鈥� 225-578-7513 鈥� psingh@phys.lsu.edu
Dr. Ravi Rau 鈥� Physics and Astronomy 鈥� 225-578-6841 鈥� arau@phys.lsu.edu
| Date | Title of Talk | Speaker-Department |
| September 24, 2016 | 鈥淒iscovering the newest species in the human lineage: Homo naledi鈥� | Juliet Brophy, Geography and Anthropology |
| October 29, 2016 | 鈥淲e are all stardust鈥� | Catherine Deibel, Physics and Astronomy |
| November 12, 2016 |
, Geology and Geophysics |
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| January 28, 2017 | 鈥淭he Science of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill鈥� | , Louisiana Sea Grant College |
| February 25, 2017 | "Is Zika such a big deal now because it鈥檚 changed? " |
Rebecca Christofferson, School of Veterinary Medicine |
| March 25, 2017 | 鈥淯nraveling evolutionary tales hidden in genomes鈥� | Jeremy Brown, Biological Sciences |
| April 22, 2017 | 鈥淐amera (gamma detector) for the heart鈥� | Joyoni Dey, Physics and Astronomy |