Events

Niranjan Bose Lecture

Tuesday, April 10, 2012  
7:00 p.m.
Campus Center MPR

 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Investments in Reducing Enteric and Diarrheal Diseases Burden

 

While diarrhea-related deaths have decreased globally, diarrheal diseases remain the second-leading cause of childhood deaths. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's investments are aimed towards saving and improving millions of lives through the development and delivery of low-cost interventions that prevent and treat diarrheal and enteric diseases. The presentation will provide an overview of the team's strategy as well as a summary of the vaccine related investments in this field.

 

Download: April 10 Bose poster.pdf

Citizen Science - January 2012

 For more information on activities, go to: http://citsciactivities.com

Guest Speaker Lecture Series

Please join us in the Sosnoff theater at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts for the following guest lectures:

Wednesday, January 11, 2012:  Arturo Casadevall, M.D.      6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Mammals, Martians, and Dinosaurs: Thoughts on the origin of microbial virulence
Thursday, January 12, 2012:  Rebecca Goldin, Ph.D.      6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Should you believe it? A mathematical perspective on the science of news
Co-sponsored by the Women and Science Project, Distinguished Scientist Lecture Series and the Mathematics program

Friday, January 13, 2012:  Michael Kalos, Ph.D.       6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

The translational research program at U Penn: An academic paradigm for integrated translational research

Thursday, January 17, 2012:  Ronald Taylor, Ph.D.      6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

One health: The interplay of human, agriculture, and environmental health

We also invite you to join us in the László Z. Bitó '60 Auditiorium in the Gabrielle H. Reem and Herbert J. Kayden Center for Science and Computation for the following lecture:

Friday, January 20, 2012:  Edna Bonhomme     5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Constructions of race in North Africa 1820 and 1850: French portrayals of the Indigenous in popular and scientific texts
Co-sponsored by the Difference and Media Project

Download: Citizen Science Guest Speakers.pdf