Thursday Afternoon Faculty Seminars (TAFS)
2008-09

FALL SEMESTER 2008

September 4, 2008    Location: HFA 6
Christopher Cole (Biology)
"Molecular Genetics Meets Climate Change: CO2 Fertilization of Northern Forests.”

October 2, 2008   Location: HFA 6
Arne Kildegaard (Econ/Mgmt)
"Renewable Enegy Support Schemes: Evidence from Europe. ”

November 6, 2008    Location: HFA 6
Stephen Martin (French)
"Trained copyist or learned amateur: who had a hand in Aucassin et Nicolete?"

 December 4, 2008    Location: HFA 6
Tracey Anderson (Biology)
"Life Under the Ice: Assessing Winter Macroinvertebrae Communities in Local Prairie Pothole Lakes. ”

 

SPRING SEMESTER 2009

February 5, 2009    Location: HFA 6
Jess Larson (Studio Art)
"Look and Learn, Little Girl” New Adventures in Embroidery

February 12, 2009    Location: HFA 6
Nic McPhee (Computer Science)
Paul Myers (Biology)
"TBA”

March 5, 2009  Location: HFA 6
Julie Eckerle (English) **McKnight presentation
"Romancing the Self: Early Modern Englishwomen Writing Their Lives.” 

April 2, 2009    Location: HFA 6
Sylke Boyd (Physics)
"Role of Computer Simulations in Materials Science.”  

May 7, 2009   Location: HFA 6
Philip Deger (Econ/Mgmt)
"Classroom Hotdish: Feeding Student Appetites.”

 

Refreshments served at 4:30 PM. The presentation begins at 5:00 PM, followed with discussion. You are welcome to join the speaker for dinner following the presentation. (Location announced each month.)

 

Sponsored by the Faculty Center for Learning and Teaching, the Faculty Development Committee, the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and the **University of Minnesota McKnight Arts and Humanities Endowment.