"Dietary Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors for Cancer Prevention"
Fri 1st, February 2013
12:00pm

Emily Ho, Ph.D.

Endowed Director of the Moore Family Center for Whole Grain Foods, Nutrition and Preventive Health; Associate Professor and Principal Investigator in the Linus Pauling Institute

Oregon State University

"Can Meanings be Modeled? Exploring a Neural Networks Model of Culture"
Thu 21st, February 2013
4:00pm

Concepts of culture have undergone dramatic transformations in recent decades, from institutional models that emphasize values, norms and roles, to “tool kit” models that emphasize individuals’ freedom to choose from among many different cultural scripts, values, worldviews, and more.  In this talk Dr.

“STEMing the Tide: How Female Experts and Peers Act as "Social Vaccines" for Girls and Women in STEM”
Thu 28th, February 2013
4:00pm

As part of its Women In Science Initiative, the College of Natural Sciences presents a lecture by Dr. Nilanjana Dasgupta, Professor of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.  Dr. Dasgupta is a leading expert on women in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.