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Geologist Hubert Staudigel gives a lecture on glass bioalteration in natural forming glass from volcanic rock in the Biology building Wednesday, April 1. Staudigel, a research geologist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California-San Diego, was on campus giving a lecture as part of the Biology Department’s seminar series.

Upcoming biology seminars:

• Andreas Madlung, an associate professor of biology at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, presents “A Role for Aneuploidy in Genome Evolution?” at 4 p.m. April 8 in Biology Building Room 234.
• Janneke Hille Ris Lambers, an assistant biology professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, presents “Plant Community Ecology in Changing Landscapes: Insights from Invasions and Climate Change” at 4 p.m. April 15 in Biology Building Room 234.
• Sergey Smirnov, an assistant professor, in the Chemistry Department at WWU, presents “Villin: Structure, Dynamics and Function of Domains and Inter-Domain Linkers in Modular Proteins” at 4 p.m. April 22 in Biology Building Room 234.

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Krueger

Sleep expert James Krueger will present a seminar titled "What exactly is it that sleeps? and Why?" at noon on Monday, March 9, in Academic Instructional Center-West Room 210 at Western Washington University.

Krueger, a professor in Washington State University's Department of Vet & Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology and Physiology, runs a laboratory at WSU that focuses on three areas of sleep-related research: the biochemical regulation of sleep, sleep and infectious diseases and brain organization as it applies to sleep.

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Writing Instruction Support is sponsoring a February series of mini-presentations-with-dialogue on three topics for people who love to use writing for learning:

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The Department of Environmental Studies Colloquium at Western Washington University presents graduate students Deidre Peroff and Martina Michalek as they discuss their thesis proposals.

Peroff will present on her work in examining "Eco-Palms: Determining a Market for Certified Chamaedorea Palms in Western Washington," while Michalek will discuss "Community Stewardship in the Retail Sector: A Discourse Analysis."

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The Department of Biology at WWU regularly features guest speakers at its seminar series.

Remaining seminars for fall quarter:

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The WWU Department of Music, in cooperation with the student chapters of Music Educators National Conference and American Choral Directors Association, will present a workshop entitled "Building Blocks to Literacy: An Orff Workshop" on Saturday, Oct. 25, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Room 24 of the Performing Arts Center.

The Orff method was created by Carl Orff, a German composer most famous for "Carmina Burana," and Gunild Keetman.  It recognizes the relationship between music and rhythm and uses movement, singing, instruments, and improvisation to educate children in music, grades K-6.

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Kathryn Luxa, a graduate student in the Biology Department at WWU, will defend her thesis “Food habits of harbor seals Phoca vitulina in two estuaries in northern Puget Sound, Washington” at noon on Friday, July 25, in Biology Building Room 234. All are welcome to attend.

Members of the faculty at Western Washington University are invited to participate in a three-day working session to gain ideas and practices for enhancing writing instruction.

The workshop, scheduled for Sept. 9 through 11 at the North Cascades Institute Learning Center, is sponsored by the Writing Assessment Group and Writing Instruction Support with support from the Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education and the Office of Institutional Assessment, Research, and Testing.

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Gwen Bury, a WWU graduate student, will present her graduate thesis seminar “Physiological Response of Larval Tailed Frogs Ascaphus truei to an Ecologically Relevant Thermal Stress” at noon on May 27 in Biology Building Room 234.

Sarah P. Otto, a professor in the Department of Zoology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, B.C., presents “The Evolutionary Enigma of Sex” at 4 p.m. May 28 in Biology Building Room 234.

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Guest Speakers

Huxley College:

• 3 p.m. May 16, Communications Facility Room 110—WWU professor William Dietrich will present “The Exxon Valdez Almost 20 Years Later: What Did We Learn?” as part of the Huxley College Speaker Series.

Geology:

• 4 p.m. May 27, Environmental Studies Room 100—Eric Cheney, from the University of Washington, will present “Multiple Myths (Public Misconceptions) about Mineral Resources.”

Business and Economics:

• 3 p.m. May 30, Fraser Hall Room 4—Nathaniel “Buster” Brown, former vice president and CFO for Paul G. Allen’s asset management company Vulcan, Inc., will speak as part of the Strategic Management Executive Speaker Series.

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The Center for International Business at WWU is hosting a seminar Thursday.

Mike Peng, the Saturna Capital scholar-in-residence, will present a seminar titled “Family Ownership and Control in Large Firms: The Good, The Bad, The Irrelevant—and Why” from 4 to 5:30 p.m. May 15 in Parks Hall Room 441.

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The Department of Chemistry at WWU has announced that graduate student Kevin Bufkin will present a seminar titled "Studies of Growth Kinetics in Organic Vapor-Liquid-Solid Deposition" at 4 p.m. May 8 in Science, Mathematics and Technology Education Room 110. This is the rescheduling of the seminar that originally was to take place April 18.

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4 p.m. Wednesday, May 7: Student poster session, Biology Building Room 415 and fourth-floor foyer.

4 p.m. Wednesday, May 14: “Evolution of Flower Development: From Phenotypes to Genes,” by Veronica Di Stilio, an assistant professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Washington. Biology Building Room 234. These seminars are free and open to everyone.

The Department of Chemistry has announced that the seminar originally scheduled for 3:15 p.m. Friday, April 18, in Chemistry Building Room 285 has been postponed. This seminar, titled "Studies of Growth Kinetics in Organic Vapor-Liquid-Solid Deposition," was to be led by WWU graduate student Kevin Bufkin. More information will be released as it comes available.

The department has announced the addition of a seminar for spring quarter: Barry Stoddard from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center's Division of Basic Sciences will present "Homing Endonucleases: Reagents for Gene Targeting" at 3:15 p.m. April 25 in Chemistry Building Room 285. The seminar is free and open to everyone.

Kenady Reuland, a graduate student in the Biology Department at WWU, will present “Seasonal Variation in the Foraging Behavior of Harbor Seals in the Georgia Basin: Implications for Marine Reserves” at noon April 25 in Communications Facility Room 110.

The Chemistry Department at WWU has announced the following seminars for spring quarter:

• 3:15 p.m. April 11: Pierre Kennepohl, from the Department of Chemistry at the University of British Columbia, will present a lecture titled "Biological Redox Processes at Sulfur: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" in Chemistry Building Room 285.
• 3:15 p.m. April 15: Serge Smirnov, from the Boston University School of Medicine, will present "Villin: Probing the Structure, Dynamics and Function of Modular Proteins by NMR" in SMATE Room 140.
• 3:15 p.m. April 17: Amy Springer, from Mount Holyoke College, will speak in the Science, Mathematics and Technology Education building Room 140. Her lecture is titled "Host-Parasite Molecular Interactions in African Sleeping Sickness and Malaria Parasites."
• 3:15 p.m. April 18: Kevin Bufkin, a graduate student in the WWU Chemistry Department, will give a seminar titled “Studies of Growth Kinetics in Organic Vapor-Liquid-Solid Deposition” in Chemistry Building Room 285.

The seminars are free, and all are welcome to attend.

The WWU Biology Department has announced a graduate thesis seminar set to take place in late April.

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These Biology Department seminars take place at 4 p.m. in Biology Building Room 234. Everyone is welcome to attend.

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The Biology Department at Western Washington University has announced another seminar, this one scheduled for March 6:

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The Biology Department at WWU has announced two upcoming seminars:

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The WWU Cheistry Department has postponed the seminar on nuclear magnetic resonance until further notice.

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Natalia DeKalb, a graduate student in the WWU Chemistry Department, will present the seminar “Enhancing Students’ Understanding of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Analysis using the ILN” at 3:15 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, in Chemistry Building Room 285. All are welcome to attend.

The Western Washington University Geology Department has released its list of faculty presentations for the 595 Brown-Bag lunch lecture series in Parks Hall Room 146:

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The Department of Biology at Western Washington University has announced one more seminar for winter quarter 2008, to be held on Jan. 28. The complete list of remaining seminars:

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The Department of Biology at Western Washington University has announced two more seminars for winter quarter 2008, to be held on Jan. 30 and Feb. 4. The complete list:

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The Department of Biology at Western Washington University has announced the first of its seminars for winter quarter 2008:

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There's been a late addition to the schedule of Biology Department seminars:

Tuesday, Dec. 11: “Parents, Hormones, and Hometowns: How Neurons Develop Distinct Identities,” by Elizabeth Marin, a postdoctoral research associate in the Biology department at University of Washington in Seattle. The event takes place at 4 p.m. in Communications Facility Room 105.

Monday, Nov. 26: “Rapid Evolution in Founding Populations of an Island Endemic Set Loose,” by Katrina Dlugosch, postdoctoral scholar, Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.

Wednesday, Nov. 28: “Studies of Coevolution at Multiple Levels,” by Benjamin Ridenhour, postdoctoral scientist, Deptartment of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho.

Monday, Dec. 3: “The Origin of Species Via Ecological Hybrid Speciation," by Dietmar Schwarz, postdoctoral research associate, Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Wednesday, Dec. 5: “The Origins of Plant Species: Polyploidy, Hybridization, and Adaptation in Houstonia and Helianthus,” by Sheri Church, assistant professor, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

All seminars begin at 4 p.m. in Biology Building Room 234. Refreshments are served at 3:50 p.m., and all are welcome to attend.