Professorial Lectures: 2017-2018

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Using Things You Can’t See to Study Things You Can’t See

Andrew Richter, Ph.D. (Department of Physics and Astronomy)

How do we see things that are too tiny to actually see? One way is to use beams of x-rays or neutrons, which are also invisible to human eyes, but…

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The Protestant Encounter with Modern Architecture

Gretchen Buggeln, Ph.D. (Department of Christ College)

Twentieth-century architectural modernism revolutionized the way designers, builders, and clients thought about buildings. Modernism’s rationalism, preference for industrial materials, lack of ornament, and negation of tradition presented both material and…

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Title IX Rhetoric: The Fight for Equity in College Sports

Kelly Belanger, Ph.D. (Department of English)

Rhetoric  is the strategic use of language to influence actions and perceptions.  In this talk, I share images and interview excerpts from my study of how advocates for college women’s…

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Do You Mate Randomly? The Biology of Mate Choice

Rob Swanson, Ph.D. (Department of Biology)

Do you mate randomly?  How do you choose a mate? How do other animals choose mates? What about plants? Mate choice mechanisms are varied in nature, and have striking evolutionary…

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