Thursday, Oct. 25 | 12-12:50 p.m. | Langseth 102 Tropical Conservation Biology (BIOL 335, LASC 10) is a field course about the ecological, socio-economic and politico-cultural aspects of balancing the conflict between human activity and conserving biodiversity. The course includes a 12-day trip to Costa Rica over spring break. We are now accepting students for Spring 2019. An informational meeting […]
Tuesday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. in Hagen Hall 325 Thursday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. in Hagen Hall 325 The Hiroshima Peace Studies Tour (PSCI 385/HON 385) is a LASC 8 (Global Studies) 3-credit course that will be offered Spring 2019. Information about the tour may be found at http://physics.mnstate.edu/Hiroshima/ Come to one of the information meetings on the dates listed […]
ANTH 490/STL 490/590 Led by Dr. Bruce Roberts (Anthropology/Earth Science) and Dr. John Benson (School of Teaching and Learning) this unique immersive, experiential educational opportunity will focus on the challenges of delivering basic social services — healthcare and education — to the diverse population of this rapidly developing nation. This program is open to students of all majors. Both instructors […]
Friday, Oct. 12 | 3-3:50 p.m. | Hagen Hall 325 Andrew Louwagie Gordon, Updating Java applets using python notebooks. With new updates to the most modern browsers, Java has become obsolete and is being discontinued. Since some of the university’s simulations are written in Java, the simulations needed to be re-written. The presentation is about the python notebooks that have been used […]
Alison Barkhymer (Cellular and Molecular Biology major) has published her research on zebrafish in the international peer-reviewed publication Journal of Fish Biology. The research was co-mentored by Shawn Garrett (Chemistry and Biochemistry Department) and Brian Wisenden (Biosciences Department). Alison measured changes in whole-body cortisol in response to the type of injury-released chemical compounds that result from an attack by a […]