Events

Current and Upcoming Science Events

Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
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Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

Biology Writing Fellows

Location: RKC pods
Contact: Catherine O'Reilly
E-mail: oreilly@bard.edu
Phone: 845-752-2332
E-mail to Friend

Pizza on the Pod

A chance to do homework, get help with your classes, eat pizza and socialize with your professors & fellow biology students!

Tuesdays

RKC POD 222

7 p.m.

Time: 7:00 pm
Location: RKC pod 222
Contact: Felicia Keesing
E-mail: keesing@bard.edu
Phone: 845-752-2331
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Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

Biology Writing Fellows

Location: RKC pods
Contact: Catherine O'Reilly
E-mail: oreilly@bard.edu
Phone: 845-752-2332
E-mail to Friend

Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

Biology Writing Fellows

Location: RKC pods
Contact: Catherine O'Reilly
E-mail: oreilly@bard.edu
Phone: 845-752-2332
E-mail to Friend

Pizza on the Pod

A chance to do homework, get help with your classes, eat pizza and socialize with your professors & fellow biology students!

Tuesdays

RKC POD 222

7 p.m.

Time: 7:00 pm
Location: RKC pod 222
Contact: Felicia Keesing
E-mail: keesing@bard.edu
Phone: 845-752-2331
E-mail to Friend

Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

Biology Writing Fellows

Location: RKC pods
Contact: Catherine O'Reilly
E-mail: oreilly@bard.edu
Phone: 845-752-2332
E-mail to Friend

Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

Biology Writing Fellows

Location: RKC pods
Contact: Catherine O'Reilly
E-mail: oreilly@bard.edu
Phone: 845-752-2332
E-mail to Friend

Pizza on the Pod

A chance to do homework, get help with your classes, eat pizza and socialize with your professors & fellow biology students!

Tuesdays

RKC POD 222

7 p.m.

Time: 7:00 pm
Location: RKC pod 222
Contact: Felicia Keesing
E-mail: keesing@bard.edu
Phone: 845-752-2331
E-mail to Friend

Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

Biology Writing Fellows

Location: RKC pods
Contact: Catherine O'Reilly
E-mail: oreilly@bard.edu
Phone: 845-752-2332
E-mail to Friend

Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

Biology Writing Fellows

Location: RKC pods
Contact: Catherine O'Reilly
E-mail: oreilly@bard.edu
Phone: 845-752-2332
E-mail to Friend

Pizza on the Pod

A chance to do homework, get help with your classes, eat pizza and socialize with your professors & fellow biology students!

Tuesdays

RKC POD 222

7 p.m.

Time: 7:00 pm
Location: RKC pod 222
Contact: Felicia Keesing
E-mail: keesing@bard.edu
Phone: 845-752-2331
E-mail to Friend

Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

Biology Writing Fellows

Location: RKC pods
Contact: Catherine O'Reilly
E-mail: oreilly@bard.edu
Phone: 845-752-2332
E-mail to Friend

Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

The Self-medicating Caterpillar

Time: 12:00 pm
Location: Reem-Kayden Center László Z. Bitó '60 Auditorium
Contact: Felicia Keesing
E-mail: keesing@bard.edu
Phone: 845-752-2331
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Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

Biology Writing Fellows

Location: RKC pods
Contact: Catherine O'Reilly
E-mail: oreilly@bard.edu
Phone: 845-752-2332
E-mail to Friend

Pizza on the Pod

A chance to do homework, get help with your classes, eat pizza and socialize with your professors & fellow biology students!

Tuesdays

RKC POD 222

7 p.m.

Time: 7:00 pm
Location: RKC pod 222
Contact: Felicia Keesing
E-mail: keesing@bard.edu
Phone: 845-752-2331
E-mail to Friend

Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

Biology Writing Fellows

Location: RKC pods
Contact: Catherine O'Reilly
E-mail: oreilly@bard.edu
Phone: 845-752-2332
E-mail to Friend

Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
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A Global Perspective on the Emergence of Mosquito-borne Viruses

Time: 12:00 pm
Location: Reem-Kayden Center László Z. Bitó '60 Auditorium
Contact: Felicia Keesing
E-mail: keesing@bard.edu
Phone: 845-752-2331
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Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

Biology Writing Fellows

Location: RKC pods
Contact: Catherine O'Reilly
E-mail: oreilly@bard.edu
Phone: 845-752-2332
E-mail to Friend

Pizza on the Pod

A chance to do homework, get help with your classes, eat pizza and socialize with your professors & fellow biology students!

Tuesdays

RKC POD 222

7 p.m.

Time: 7:00 pm
Location: RKC pod 222
Contact: Felicia Keesing
E-mail: keesing@bard.edu
Phone: 845-752-2331
E-mail to Friend

Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

Biology Writing Fellows

Location: RKC pods
Contact: Catherine O'Reilly
E-mail: oreilly@bard.edu
Phone: 845-752-2332
E-mail to Friend

Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
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Adaptive management and food web dynamics of the Colorado River, Grand Canyon

Time: 12:00 pm
Location: Reem-Kayden Center László Z. Bitó '60 Auditorium
Contact: Felicia Keesing
E-mail: keesing@bard.edu
Phone: 845-752-2331
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Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

Biology Writing Fellows

Location: RKC pods
Contact: Catherine O'Reilly
E-mail: oreilly@bard.edu
Phone: 845-752-2332
E-mail to Friend

Pizza on the Pod

A chance to do homework, get help with your classes, eat pizza and socialize with your professors & fellow biology students!

Tuesdays

RKC POD 222

7 p.m.

Time: 7:00 pm
Location: RKC pod 222
Contact: Felicia Keesing
E-mail: keesing@bard.edu
Phone: 845-752-2331
E-mail to Friend

Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

Biology Writing Fellows

Location: RKC pods
Contact: Catherine O'Reilly
E-mail: oreilly@bard.edu
Phone: 845-752-2332
E-mail to Friend

Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

Biology Writing Fellows

Location: RKC pods
Contact: Catherine O'Reilly
E-mail: oreilly@bard.edu
Phone: 845-752-2332
E-mail to Friend

Pizza on the Pod

A chance to do homework, get help with your classes, eat pizza and socialize with your professors & fellow biology students!

Tuesdays

RKC POD 222

7 p.m.

Time: 7:00 pm
Location: RKC pod 222
Contact: Felicia Keesing
E-mail: keesing@bard.edu
Phone: 845-752-2331
E-mail to Friend

Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

Biology Writing Fellows

Location: RKC pods
Contact: Catherine O'Reilly
E-mail: oreilly@bard.edu
Phone: 845-752-2332
E-mail to Friend

Math Study Room

Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location: RKC 111
Contact: Maria Belk
E-mail: mbelk@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-7162
E-mail to Friend

Past Events

Math Study Room
Monday, March 22, 2010

Math Study Room
Sunday, March 21, 2010

Math Study Room
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Biology Writing Fellows
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Pizza on the Pod
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

A chance to do homework, get help with your classes, eat pizza and socialize with your professors & fellow biology students!

Tuesdays

RKC POD 222

7 p.m.

Math Study Room
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Biology Writing Fellows
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Math Study Room
Monday, March 15, 2010

Math Study Room
Sunday, March 14, 2010

Ecological Developmental Biology
Thursday, March 11, 2010

Animal development is usually studied in terms of gene expression from within the embryo. The environment is not seen as containing instructive signals for determining where, when, or if certain organs form. Recent studies, however, have shown that the environment plays an important role in the production of normal phenotypes, and that the independence of development form the environment is, in large part, an artifact of our model systems (all of which develop very well in the laboratory.) Embryos and juveniles alter their development in the presence of predators and conspecifics, and in numerous species, diet, temperature, and photoperiod also play key developmental roles. Moreover, symbiosis during development may be widespread and suggests that organisms often co-develop with other organisms. Seeing the environment as both instructive and selective has implications for development, evolution, conservation, biology, and medicine.

Scott F. Gilbert is the Howard A. Schneiderman Professor of Biology at Swarthmore College, where he teaches developmental genetics, embryology, and the history and critiques of biology. He received his B.A. in both biology and religion from Wesleyan University, and his PhD in biology from the pediatric genetics laboratory at Johns Hopkins University, as well as his M.A. in the history of science.  He has received several awards, including the Medal of François I from the Collège de France, the Dwight J. Ingle Memorial Writing Award, the Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award, an honorary doctorate from the University of Helsinki, and a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Grant.  Scott Gilbert publishes extensively on evolution, development, and the history of science.

On the Square Peg Problem
Thursday, March 11, 2010

How the Turtle got its Shell: A case of evolutionary developmental biology
Thursday, March 11, 2010

Math Study Room
Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Biology Writing Fellows
Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Pizza on the Pod
Tuesday, March 9, 2010

A chance to do homework, get help with your classes, eat pizza and socialize with your professors & fellow biology students!

Tuesdays

RKC POD 222

7 p.m.

Math Study Room
Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Biology Writing Fellows
Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Math Study Room
Monday, March 8, 2010

Math Study Room
Sunday, March 7, 2010

When Do You Hear an Airplane?
Thursday, March 4, 2010

"Million Murdering Death" and its Many Mates: The Evolution and Biogeography of Malaria Parasites
Thursday, March 4, 2010

Math Study Room
Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Biology Writing Fellows
Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Pizza on the Pod
Tuesday, March 2, 2010

A chance to do homework, get help with your classes, eat pizza and socialize with your professors & fellow biology students!

Tuesdays

RKC POD 222

7 p.m.

Math Study Room
Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Y Chromosome Evolution: Why?
Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Biology Writing Fellows
Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Math Study Room
Monday, March 1, 2010

Math Study Room
Sunday, February 28, 2010

The Role of the Large Hadron Collider in the Quest to Understand Matter
Thursday, February 25, 2010

**CANCELED** Mechanisms of bacterial heavy metal homeostasis
Thursday, February 25, 2010

Math Study Room
Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Biology Writing Fellows
Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Pizza on the Pod
Tuesday, February 23, 2010

A chance to do homework, get help with your classes, eat pizza and socialize with your professors & fellow biology students!

Tuesdays

RKC POD 222

7 p.m.

Math Study Room
Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Biology Writing Fellows
Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Math Study Room
Monday, February 22, 2010

Math Study Room
Sunday, February 21, 2010

Rapid identification of methicillin resistant S. aureus directly from positive blood cultures
Thursday, February 18, 2010

Math Study Room
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

SESAME: An International Collaborative Science Project in the Middle East
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Biology Writing Fellows
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Pizza on the Pod
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

A chance to do homework, get help with your classes, eat pizza and socialize with your professors & fellow biology students!

Tuesdays

RKC POD 222

7 p.m.

Math Study Room
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Biology Writing Fellows
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Math Study Room
Monday, February 15, 2010

Math Study Room
Sunday, February 14, 2010

Introduction to Mathematica
Thursday, February 11, 2010

How Parents and Peers Influence Insect Egg-laying Decisions
Thursday, February 11, 2010

Math Study Room
Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Biology Writing Fellows
Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Pizza on the Pod
Tuesday, February 9, 2010

A chance to do homework, get help with your classes, eat pizza and socialize with your professors & fellow biology students!

Tuesdays

RKC POD 222

7 p.m.

Math Study Room
Tuesday, February 9, 2010

CANCELED - The Women in our Lives: Lucy, Ardi and Human Evolution
Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Biology Writing Fellows
Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Math Study Room
Monday, February 8, 2010

Math Study Room
Sunday, February 7, 2010

Lab Training Session
Friday, February 5, 2010

Algebra, Combinatorics, and Card Shuffling
Thursday, February 4, 2010

How many shuffles does it take to randomize a deck of cards? The famous paper by Bayer and Diaconis published in 1992 provides a definitive analysis of this problem. I will discuss the beautiful interplay between algebra and combinatorics that shows up in their work, and will survey subsequent developments that relate to my current research in algebraic combinatorics.

 This talk will assume a basic familiarity with abstract algebra.

The Role of Fungal Seedling Pathogens on Temperate Forest Dynamics
Thursday, February 4, 2010

Math Study Room
Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Biology Writing Fellows
Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Pizza on the Pod
Tuesday, February 2, 2010

A chance to do homework, get help with your classes, eat pizza and socialize with your professors & fellow biology students!

Tuesdays

RKC POD 222

7 p.m.

Math Study Room
Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Biology Writing Fellows
Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Math Study Room
Monday, February 1, 2010

Math Study Room
Sunday, January 31, 2010

Matings of Polynomials
Thursday, January 28, 2010

Spring 2010 Biology Speaker Series Information Session
Thursday, January 28, 2010

Math Study Room
Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Biology Writing Fellows
Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Pizza on the Pod
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

A chance to do homework, get help with your classes, eat pizza and socialize with your professors & fellow biology students!

Tuesdays

RKC POD 222

7 p.m.

Math Study Room
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Biology Writing Fellows
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Math Study Room
Monday, January 25, 2010

Math Study Room
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Math & Computer Science table
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Join Math and Computer Science students and faculty for an informal lunch gathering. 

All are welcome!

Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Location: Kline, President's Room

Math Study Room
Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Pizza on the Pod
Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Math Study Room
Monday, December 14, 2009

Math Study Room
Sunday, December 13, 2009

Biology Independent Research Poster Session
Thursday, December 10, 2009

Math Study Room
Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Senior Project Poster Session
Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Math & Computer Science table
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Join Math and Computer Science students and faculty for an informal lunch gathering. 

All are welcome!

Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Location: Kline, President's Room

Math Study Room
Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Pizza on the Pod
Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Science on the Edge lecture
Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Math Study Room
Monday, December 7, 2009

Math Study Room
Sunday, December 6, 2009

Large Cardinals and Algorithms
Thursday, December 3, 2009

A left distributive algebra (LD) is a set with one binary operation satisfying the left distributive law. Examples of left distributive algebras in classical mathematics include groups under conjugation and the weighted mean; we are interested in the free left distributive algebra which appears in both set theory and braid groups. We give an introduction to the main theorems about free left distributive algebras, particularly theorems concerning a linear ordering and a normal form theorem, and end with a discussion of the Comparison Algorithm. Though the Comparison Algorithm is the most natural way to compare two terms in the free LD, it is an open question whether the Comparison Algorithm terminates when given two arbitrary terms of the free left distributive algebra.

Biology Student Talks
Thursday, December 3, 2009

Math Study Room
Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Math & Computer Science table
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Join Math and Computer Science students and faculty for an informal lunch gathering. 

All are welcome!

Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Location: Kline, President's Room

Math Study Room
Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Pizza on the Pod
Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Math Study Room
Monday, November 30, 2009

Math Study Room
Sunday, November 29, 2009

Math Study Room
Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Math & Computer Science table
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Join Math and Computer Science students and faculty for an informal lunch gathering. 

All are welcome!

Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Location: Kline, President's Room

Math Study Room
Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Pizza on the Pod
Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Math Study Room
Monday, November 23, 2009

Math Study Room
Sunday, November 22, 2009

Chemistry search candidate lecture
Friday, November 20, 2009

A Certain Geometrical Forethought: Rayleigh-Benard Convection on the Hexagonal Lattice
Thursday, November 19, 2009

A century ago, physicists Henri Bénard and John William Strutt (a.k.a. Lord Rayleigh) studied the onset of convection in a thin layer of fluid heated from below. This question, now termed the planar Bénard problem, has evolved into one of the true "classics" of classical thermodynamics. In this talk, we will borrow tools from subfields as disparate as calculus, geometry and logic to examine some proven results and investigate a few unanswered questions in the problem. This talk is intended to be accessible to all undergraduates with an interest in mathematics, computer science, and/or physics.

Biology Student Talks
Thursday, November 19, 2009

Math Study Room
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Math and Computing Course Information Session
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

• Find out more about math and CS courses
• Get information about MATC courses
• Find out your math placement
• Find out about the BARC Algebra Workshops

Math & Computer Science table
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Join Math and Computer Science students and faculty for an informal lunch gathering. 

All are welcome!

Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Location: Kline, President's Room

Math major Information Session
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Math Study Room
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Pizza on the Pod
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Pre-Health Professions 101: How to Prepare
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Professor Ferguson will introduce the pathways leading to post-baccalaureate degrees in the health professions, including allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, optometry, etc. etc.  The discussion will be tailored to the interests of the audience.  If you are interested in a health profession, but have not attended a similar previous discussion, you should attend this one.

Tropical Ecology Information Session
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Tropical ecosystems are among the most biodiverse, most threatened, and the least studied in the world. This upper level course will examine both practical and theoretical aspects that are unique to tropical ecosystems, including the role of geology, biogeochemical cycling, evolutionary processes and species interactions. In addition, we will discuss issues related to conservation, such as habitat fragmentation and climate change. This course will include lectures, student presentations, and research projects. Students will design, conduct, synthesize, and present a field research project. The class will take a field trip to La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica over spring break to conduct research projects. The trip will incur additional course costs ($). The information session will describe the nature of the course and provide details regarding the field trip.

Prerequisites: Moderation, Bio 202 Ecology and Evolution, Permission of the instructor.

Application forms are required. Submission date is Friday, December 4^th, to Megan Karcher (karcher@bard.edu). All Applicants will be informed by December 9^th. Forms are posted outside Catherine O’Reilly’s office, RKC 213.

Math Study Room
Monday, November 16, 2009

Math Study Room
Sunday, November 15, 2009

Unshackling Linear Algebra from Linear Notation
Thursday, November 12, 2009

Have you ever seen one of those movies where the hero unearths an artifact covered with mysterious symbols, and it takes a brilliant scientist to decipher their meaning? Hollywood's tacit (and reasonable) assumption is that the mathematics of a different civilization would look very different. This talk is an accessible introduction to trace diagrams, a non-traditional notation for linear algebra that could plausibly have been developed by another civilization. Surprisingly, the notation is perfectly rigorous, and often leads to proofs more elegant than those written using traditional notation. The only prerequisite is an understanding of basic linear algebra and a willingness to work some examples to get used to doing real math with "doodles".

How enteroviruses evade the innate immune response
Thursday, November 12, 2009

Math Study Room
Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Math & Computer Science table
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Join Math and Computer Science students and faculty for an informal lunch gathering. 

All are welcome!

Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Location: Kline, President's Room

Math Study Room
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Pizza on the Pod
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Math Study Room
Monday, November 9, 2009

Math Study Room
Sunday, November 8, 2009

Chemistry search candidate lecture
Friday, November 6, 2009

A Very Brief History of Calculus
Thursday, November 5, 2009

It is well known that Newton and Leibniz invented calculus in the 17th century. It is less well known what exactly they did, and did not, do. In fact, many of the ingredients of calculus were known before Newton and Leibniz, and it took over one hundred years after them for calculus to be brought into the form in which we know it today, and another fifty years after that for all the details to be worked out rigorously. This talk will outline some of the main steps in the development of calculus from the ancient Greeks to the 19th century. Most of the talk will be accessible to anyone familiar with the basic ideas of calculus.

Sense and Sense Ability: D-Pax2 function during the development of sensory systems in Drosophila melanogaster
Thursday, November 5, 2009

Math Study Room
Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Math & Computer Science table
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Join Math and Computer Science students and faculty for an informal lunch gathering. 

All are welcome!

Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Location: Kline, President's Room

Math Study Room
Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Pizza on the Pod
Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Senior Project Prospectus Talks
Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Math Study Room
Monday, November 2, 2009

Math Study Room
Sunday, November 1, 2009

Math Study Room
Sunday, November 1, 2009

Chemistry search candidate lecture
Thursday, October 29, 2009

Senior Project Prospectus Talks
Thursday, October 29, 2009

Spatio-temporal drivers of the West Nile virus in avian hosts
Thursday, October 29, 2009

Math Study Room
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Math & Computer Science table
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Join Math and Computer Science students and faculty for an informal lunch gathering. 

All are welcome!

Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Location: Kline, President's Room

The Distinguished Scientist Lecture Series Continues with Leading Climate Scientist William H. Schlesinger,
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
The Distinguished Scientist Lecture Series at Bard College presents William H. Schlesinger, president of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, N.Y. A leading biogeochemist, Schlesinger has been investigating the link between environmental chemistry and global climate change for more than 30 years. He has testified before U.S. House and Senate committees on a range of environmental issues, including desert habitat preservation, global climate change, and, most recently, carbon sequestration. In his lecture, “Climate Change: Causes, Consequences and What to Do,” Schlesinger will discuss the scientific basis of global climate change and how conditions may be expected to change in the northeastern United States. He will outline some of the economic and health impacts and discuss what we can do to minimize the change and adapt to its consequences.
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Campus Center, Multipurpose Room
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Math Study Room
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Pizza on the Pod
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Senior Project Prospectus Talks
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Math Study Room
Monday, October 26, 2009

Math Study Room
Sunday, October 25, 2009

Mid-Hudson Mathematics Conference for Undergraduates
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Students, graduate students, and faculty are invited to give a research talk or poster, or to attend. There are no registration fees. To submit an abstract or to attend the conference, register online by October 12 at math.bard.edu/mhmc2009. For more information, send an e-mail to mhmc@bard.edu, or go to http://math.bard.edu/mhmc2009/.

The conference consists of 15-minute presentations by undergraduate mathematics students, a poster session, panels on graduate schools in mathematics and REU programs, and a plenary address by Allison Pacelli of Williams College on “Algebraic Number Theory: From Fermat to Function Fields.” The purpose of this conference series is to encourage students to engage in mathematical research and to connect with other mathematics students in the Mid-Hudson region of New York State. All mathematics students and faculty are welcome to attend. Undergraduates who have attended an REU program or done independent work in mathematics are invited to give a talk or present a poster. Faculty and graduate students may also give talks or present posters. Continental breakfast, lunch, and afternoon tea are complimentary for all participants.

Introduction to Matlab
Thursday, October 22, 2009

Ecological drivers of the fluctuations in small mammal populations
Thursday, October 22, 2009

Math Study Room
Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Math & Computer Science table
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Join Math and Computer Science students and faculty for an informal lunch gathering. 

All are welcome!

Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Location: Kline, President's Room

Math Study Room
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Pizza on the Pod
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Math Study Room
Monday, October 19, 2009

Math Study Room
Sunday, October 18, 2009

Shape Recognition through Opto-Mechanical Integration and Symmetry Classification
Thursday, October 15, 2009

We have shown that shapes representing functions can be opto-mechanically integrated and re-produced. This method involves linear opto-mechanical scanning. We show that angular opto-mechanical scanning can be used to classify shapes by symmetry groups. This information can then be used to identify objects mathematically based on their symmetries. Applications lie in the fields of psychology, quality control, and surveillance.

Math Study Room
Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Math & Computer Science table
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Join Math and Computer Science students and faculty for an informal lunch gathering. 

All are welcome!

Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Location: Kline, President's Room

Math Study Room
Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Pizza on the Pod
Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Math Study Room
Monday, October 12, 2009

Math Study Room
Sunday, October 11, 2009

A Hitchhiker's Guide to Phoresis: Using transmission dynamics to unravel host-parasite coevolution
Thursday, October 8, 2009

Math Study Room
Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Math & Computer Science table
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Join Math and Computer Science students and faculty for an informal lunch gathering. 

All are welcome!

Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Location: Kline, President's Room

Leading Chemist to Speak at Bard College on Tuesday, October 6
Tuesday, October 6, 2009

On Tuesday, October 6, the Distinguished Scientist Lecture Series at Bard College presents Henri Brunner, professor at the University of Regensburg in Germany. Brunner’s lecture, “Right or Left: In Daily Life, Nature, Art, and Chemistry,” will explore the problem of image and mirror-image, a phenomenon, commonly observed in nature, in snail shells and climbing plants, and in art, in baroque altars and paintings.

Leading Chemist to Speak at Bard College on Tuesday, October 6
Tuesday, October 6, 2009

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.— On Tuesday, October 6, the Distinguished Scientist Lecture Series at Bard College presents Henri Brunner, professor at the University of Regensburg in Germany. Brunner’s lecture, “Right or Left: In Daily Life, Nature, Art, and Chemistry,” will explore the problem of image and mirror-image, a phenomenon, commonly observed in nature, in snail shells and climbing plants, and in art, in baroque altars and paintings. Brunner will discuss the role that the image/mirror-image phenomenon played in the origin of life and how, as a consequence of scientific development, it has an impact on the economy and employment. The lecture, which takes place at 7:30 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the Bertelsmann Campus Center, is free and open to the public. 

Henri Brunner is well known for his contributions to catalysis and inorganic stereochemistry, with more than 500 publications and 150 Ph.D.’s awarded from his research group. In addition to his achievements in chemistry, his recent book, Rects Oder Links (Right or Left), discusses chirality (the property of asymmetry) in the world around us, and has captured significant public attention.

For more information on this lecture, call 845-752-2336.

Math Study Room
Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Pizza on the Pod
Tuesday, October 6, 2009

A Primer of Projective Planes
Tuesday, October 6, 2009

A projective plane is a planar geometry in which every pair of lines has a point of intersection. Heuristically, we think of parallel lines as intersecting at infinity. This talk will concern various ways in which we can construct projective planes, with particular attention to the structure of finite planes.

Math Study Room
Monday, October 5, 2009

Math Study Room
Sunday, October 4, 2009

Bard Summer Research Institute Poster Session
Thursday, October 1, 2009


Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Reem-Kayden Center

CD8 T cell Memory: Fighting and Remembering our Enemies
Thursday, October 1, 2009

Math Study Room
Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Math & Computer Science table
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Join Math and Computer Science students and faculty for an informal lunch gathering. 

All are welcome!

Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Location: Kline, President's Room

Math Study Room
Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Pizza on the Pod
Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Math Study Room
Monday, September 28, 2009

Math Study Room
Sunday, September 27, 2009

Quandles and Decidability
Thursday, September 24, 2009

Changing Channels: How modifications for navigation have affected the Hudson River
Thursday, September 24, 2009

Math Study Room
Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Math & Computer Science table
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Join Math and Computer Science students and faculty for an informal lunch gathering. 

All are welcome!

Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Location: Kline, President's Room

Math Study Room
Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Pizza on the Pod
Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Math Study Room
Monday, September 21, 2009

Math Study Room
Sunday, September 20, 2009

Quandles and Undecidability
Thursday, September 17, 2009

A seminar by
Robert W. McGrail
Bard College
ASC Laboratory

The speaker introduces the word problem for recursively presented algebras. This will include a brief history of progress in this area, most notably Novikov's proof of the undecidability of the word problem for groups. The speaker will then present a reduction of the word problem for groups to the word problem for quandles as well as a reduction of the word problem for quandles to the word problem for racks. This demonstrates that quandles and racks also have undecidable word problems. This original research is joint work with Jim Belk of the Bard Mathematics Program.

This talk will be accessible to any attendee familiar with group presentations and normal subgroups in group theory.

Hormonal mechanisms of developmental plasticity in amphibians: A story of stress, food, and fat
Thursday, September 17, 2009

Math Study Room
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Math & Computer Science table
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Join Math and Computer Science students and faculty for an informal lunch gathering. 

All are welcome!

Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Location: Kline, President's Room

Math Study Room
Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Pizza on the Pod
Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Biology Writing Fellows
Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Math Study Room
Monday, September 14, 2009

Math Study Room
Sunday, September 13, 2009

Typesetting Mathematical Texts: Introduction to Latex
Thursday, September 10, 2009

What's that microbe sticking to your lobster? Adventures in the Jude Lab
Thursday, September 10, 2009

Math Study Room
Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Math & Computer Science table
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Join Math and Computer Science students and faculty for an informal lunch gathering. 

All are welcome!

Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Location: Kline, President's Room

Math Study Room
Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Pizza on the Pod
Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Math Study Room
Monday, September 7, 2009

Math Study Room
Sunday, September 6, 2009

Math Study Room
Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Math & Computer Science table
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Join Math and Computer Science students and faculty for an informal lunch gathering. 

All are welcome!

Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Location: Kline, President's Room

Math Study Room
Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Math Study Room
Monday, August 31, 2009

Biology Major Information Session
Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Mathematics Program Information Session
Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Science, Mathematics & Computing Division Ice Cream Social
Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Preparing for the Health Professions at Bard
Monday, August 24, 2009

Math Study Room
Monday, May 18, 2009

Math Study Room
Sunday, May 17, 2009

Math Study Room
Thursday, May 14, 2009

Why study single events in biology? Studies on the assembly of HIV, how cells secrete and the metastatis of tumor cells
Thursday, May 14, 2009

Most studies in biology focus on the "averaged" behavior. Either the average behavior of a molecule (which we study by its biochemical activity), the average behavior of a cell (which we study by its physiology) or the average behavior of an individual (which we study by population dynamics). However, important lessons can be learned from studying single events. Examples will be given from our work on a number of projects ranging from studying single HIV viruses as they assemble, single vesicles as they are release by a cell to signal or internalized into a cell, single cells as they die and single tumor cells as they metastasize through the body.

Math Study Room
Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Math Study Room
Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Pizza on the Pod
Tuesday, May 12, 2009

A chance to do homework, get help with your classes, eat pizza and socialize with your professors & fellow biology students!

Tuesdays

RKC POD 222

7 p.m.

Senior Project Poster Session
Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Psychology Senior Project Poster Session
Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Independent Research Poster Session
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Students presenting:

Algebraic & Symbolic Computation Laboratory
Adviser: Robert McGrail
Jacqueline Bow
Aleksandar Chakarov
Bella Manoim
Georgi Smilyanov
Adina-Raluca Stoica
Petar Stojanov

Biology Independent Research Students
Advisers: Ken Howard, Philip Johns & Michael Tibbetts
Elena Dragomir
Rosa Levin
Jessica Philpott
Jega Jananie Ravi
Hannagh Shapero
Ilya Smirnoff
Rachel Steinhorn

Math Independent Research Students
Advisers: James Belk, Maria Belk & Lauren Rose
Julia Bennett
Adam Chodoff
Liz Jimenez-Martinez

Tropical Ecology class
Adviser: Catherine O'Reilly
Erik Badger
Tessa Dowling
Genevieve Howell
Allison James
Hannah Liddy
Chantal Ludder
Elizabeth Lund
Sarah Mount
Loralee Ryan
Wyatt Shell
Marta Shocket

Time: 6:00 pm
Location: RKC lobby

Mathematics Senior Project Presentations
Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Math Study Room
Monday, May 11, 2009

Math Study Room
Sunday, May 10, 2009

Math Study Room
Thursday, May 7, 2009

Mathematics Senior Project Presentations
Thursday, May 7, 2009

Biology Student lectures
Thursday, May 7, 2009

Math Study Room
Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Math & Computer Science table
Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Math Study Room
Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Pizza on the Pod
Tuesday, May 5, 2009

A chance to do homework, get help with your classes, eat pizza and socialize with your professors & fellow biology students!

Tuesdays

RKC POD 222

7 p.m.

Mathematics Senior Project Presentations
Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Math Study Room
Monday, May 4, 2009

Math Study Room
Sunday, May 3, 2009

Math Study Room
Thursday, April 30, 2009

A Glimpse of Symplectic Geometry, via lots of pictures
Thursday, April 30, 2009

The motivation for symplectic geometry comes from classical physics, but the modern theory is related to many other areas of mathematics (not just physics) such as combinatorics, representation theory, topology, algebraic geometry, and many others. I will give a "mosaic" glimpse of this exciting field of research by briefly discussing the following inter-related topics, all of which appear (in one way or another) in my current work:

 1) From classical physics to symplectic geometry: the magic of Hamiltonians;

2) Horn's problem: how linear algebra and symplectic geometry yield polytopes and combinatorics;

3) Getting topology out of a function: a bit of Morse theory;

and finally, time permitting, I will say a few words about how the themes (1)--(3) come together  in my current work on the study of the topology of hyperKahler Hamiltonian quotients.

Math Study Room
Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Math & Computer Science table
Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Math Study Room
Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Pizza on the Pod
Tuesday, April 28, 2009

A chance to do homework, get help with your classes, eat pizza and socialize with your professors & fellow biology students!

Tuesdays

RKC POD 222

7 p.m.

Math Study Room
Monday, April 27, 2009

Math Study Room
Sunday, April 26, 2009

Math Study Room
Thursday, April 23, 2009

Forensic DNA Analysis: The Real CSI NY
Thursday, April 23, 2009

Forensic DNA analysis is used extensively in criminal investigations to either associate or exonerate individuals from leaving their DNA at crime scenes. The Director of the Onondaga County Crime Lab in Syracuse NY will provide insight into the real life workings of a forensic DNA lab including the types of evidence typically encountered, current technologies being utilized in the field, the significance of DNA matches, and examples of interesting cases. The benefits and concerns of the use and expansion of forensic DNA databases will also be discussed. 

Math Study Room
Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Math & Computer Science table
Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Math Study Room
Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Pizza on the Pod
Tuesday, April 21, 2009

A chance to do homework, get help with your classes, eat pizza and socialize with your professors & fellow biology students!

Tuesdays

RKC POD 222

7 p.m.

Science on the Edge "The Orbiting Carbon Observatory: Assessing carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere"
Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Math Study Room
Monday, April 20, 2009

Linear Stability of Simple Higher-Dimensional Dynamical System: The Role of Self-Adjointness and Non-Normality, with Examples from Ecology and Climate
Monday, April 20, 2009

Math Study Room
Sunday, April 19, 2009

Math Study Room
Thursday, April 16, 2009

How Hard is Static Program Analysis?
Thursday, April 16, 2009

Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives
Thursday, April 16, 2009

For complex reasons, evolutionary theory was restricted to the biological sciences and avoided for most human-related subjects for most of the 20th century. That is now rapidly changing. The 21st century will witness an integration for the study of humanity comparable to the integration of the biological sciences that took place during the 20th century (and continuing). I will review current trends and how they are embodied in EvoS, a campus-wide evolutionary studies program at Binghamton University that has received NSF funding to expand into a nationwide consortium. 

Math Study Room
Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Math & Computer Science table
Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Math Study Room
Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Pizza on the Pod
Tuesday, April 14, 2009

A chance to do homework, get help with your classes, eat pizza and socialize with your professors & fellow biology students!

Tuesdays

RKC POD 222

7 p.m.

Math Study Room
Monday, April 13, 2009

Math Study Room
Sunday, April 12, 2009

Math Study Room
Thursday, April 9, 2009