Fall 2017-18
| Date | Title Speaker (Sponsor) |
| Fri Sep 8 |
Celebrate Science! GC Science Faculty and Students (David Housman) |
| Fri Sep 15 |
Drug Discovery: Challenges in Identifying a Curative Regimen for Hepatitis C Infection David B. Olsen, Distinguished Scientist, Neglected Tropical Disease Discovery Lead, Merck & Co. (Doug Schrich) |
| Fri Sep 22 |
Drivers of modularity in plant-pollinator networks of montane meadows Lydia Miller, Goshen College Mathematics major (David Housman) |
| Wed Sep 27 |
Local mosquito vector biology: species diversity, population dynamics, & viral genetics Dr. Andy Ammons, Associate Professor of Biology, Goshen College (Ryan Sensenig) |
| Tue Oct 3 3:00pm |
Cyberbullying Project Henry Lieberman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Jeanette Shown) |
| Wed Oct 11 |
Mutualisms: building blocks of ecological communities Dr. Juan Carlos Ruiz Guajardo, Department of Evolution & Ecology, University of California, Davis Visiting International Scholar – Fall 2017, Goshen College (Ryan Sensenig) |
| Fri Oct 13 |
Effects of forest biological and physical structure on carbon storage in mixed and single-species dominated stands, Mark Krieder, Goshen College Student Using CRISPR-Cas9 to Edit the Genome of Caenorhabditis elegans, Joel Gerig, Goshen College Student (Jody Saylor) |
| Fri Oct 27 |
The Obesity Epidemic: Polar Bears, Blue Light, and Fecal Transplants? Dr. Michelle Shelly, MD, Family Practice Physician, Goshen Physicians Family Medicine (Ryan Sensenig) |
| Fri Nov 3 4:30pm |
Autonomous Container Ships Richard Bowers (Jeanette Shown) |
| Fri Nov 10 |
Integrating Community Knowledge: Citizen Science Geography for Researching Flooding and Disaster Management in Hopkins, Belize
Brenner Burkholder, Goshen College Student Testing a New Model for Disease Research: Human Kidneys and Stem Cells
Nate O’Leary, Goshen College Student (Jody Saylor) |
| Wed Nov 15 |
Diversity in a Hoosier Rural Medicine Practice Dr. Lilly S. Bontrager, MD, Parkview First Care Noble Campus, Kendallville, IN (Ryan Sensenig) |
| Fri Nov 17 |
The Synuclein Family of Proteins and Parkinson’s Disease Jon Williams, Post-doctoral Researcher, Jean Baum Lab, Rutger’s University (Doug Schirch) |
| Fri Dec 1 |
Understanding the Universe in the Age of Precision Cosmology Noah Weaver-Dyck, graduate student, University of Michigan (Paul Meyer-Reimer) |
Spring/May 2017-18
| Date | Title Speaker (Sponsor) |
| Fri Feb 2 10:00am |
Career Paths: Legal Sector Employment Options for Environmental Science/Hard Science Majors
Joel King, J.D. , Assistant Attorney General for the State of Michigan (Ryan Sensenig) |
| Wed Mar 7 |
Dr. Jimmy Orjala, Associate Professor of Pharmacognosy, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, The University of Illinois at Chicago (Ryan Sensenig) |
| Wed Apr 4 |
Attitudes and Beliefs Towards Statistics: What are they and why do they matter to all teachers? Christina Zumbrun, Trine University (Sara Patrick) |
| Fri Apr 13 |
Nutrition, the integrating discipline: Of nutrients, infections, babies, and public purpose Dr. Rebecca Stoltzfus Professor of Biology, President, Goshen College (Ryan Sensenig) |