Research Notes

Experts discuss imminent ecological issues

Daniel Mazmanian, dean of the School of Natural Resources, will open a symposium today that explores conservation issues.

"Ecosystem Management: For a World We Can Live In" features lectures by local field experts.

The talks begin at 8:30 a.m. in Woodman Hall in the Dana building and conclude at 4 p.m.

For more information, contact Rachel Selk via e-mail at selk@umich.edu.

Visiting professor gets his feet wet

G. Wilse Robinson of Texas Tech University will present a seminar talk today titled "A Molecular-Level Understanding of Water from the Bottom Up."

The event begins with a lecture at 4 p.m. in the Chemistry building, Room 1640, and will end with a Q&A session.

Talk planned on plate tectonics

David Chapman of the University of Utah will discuss continental drift and hydrothermal circulation as a part of the Department of Geology's Turner Lecture Series.

The talk is scheduled for 4 p.m. tomorrow in C.C. Little, Room 1528.

Lecturer to speak on black women

Sharla Fett of the University of Arizona will lecture on historical treatment difficulties tomorrow as a part of the History of Medicine and Health Colloquium.

Her talk is titled "Recaptured African women and U.S. southern physicians: A mid-19th century medical encounter in the black Atlantic world".

The History Department, which hosts the lecture, has scheduled it for 3:10 p.m. in Tisch Hall, Room 1014.

Climatologist to discuss climate change

Max Tilzer will discuss his research on climate change Tuesday.

His work focuses on the relationship between present-day polar atmospheric chemistry and the climate changes in Earth's past.

Tilzer is a member of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Germany.

His lecture is planned for 11 a.m. in the GLERL's main conference room (105).

Talk scheduled on age, healing

James Ashton-Miller will conduct a seminar titled "Effect of Age on Human Fall Recovery" on Wednesday.

The talk, which begins at 3:45 a.m. in 1017 HH Dow building, is sponsored by the College of Engineering.

Medical and pre-med students are encouraged to attend.

EMU biology seminar continues

The Eastern Michigan University Biology Seminar series continues Wednesday with a lecture by Michael Conrad titled "Evolutionary computing: from artificial ecosystems to learning machines."

Conrad, a Wayne State University professor, will discuss the strengths and limitations of modeling evolutionary phenomena using computers.

The seminar is scheduled to begin at noon, at EMU's Mark Jefferson Hall.

- Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter David Bricker.

09-25-97

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