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Sunday, May 21, 2006

Soroptimist International of Corvallis
8th Annual Spring Friendship Tea & Auction
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm  |  CH2M HILL Alumni Center  |  $22.00

Monday, May 22, 2006

The Headwater Stream Dilemma in Trout Conservation: A Classic Disconnect from Conservation Principles
9:00 am - 10:00 am  |  Nash Hall
Environmental & Molecular Toxicology Seminar: "Mechanisms of Aromatic Hydrocarbon-mediated Developmental Toxicity and Resistance in Fish Models"
11:00 am - 12:00 pm  |  Agricultural & Life Sciences  |  Free
“Playing in DIRT: What litter manipulations can tell us about soil biogeochemistry and soil organic matter stabilization”
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm  |  Agricultural & Life Sciences  |  Free
Experiences of an Applied Statistician and a Mathematician: A Journey into Latent Variable Regression
Dave Lundahl, Insights Now, Corvallis, OR
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm  |  Kidder Hall
Lecture: Freedom on the Fence, Preview, documentary on Polish poster art.
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Spanish Conversation night
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm  |  Centro Cultural César Chávez  |  Free
Evolution versus Intelligent Design
A Debate on Scientific Assumptions in a Free Society
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm  |  CH2M HILL Alumni Center  |  Free

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

OSU Distinguished Professor of Marine Biology Lecture
Oregon's coastal ocean: a window into some ecological consequences of global warming.
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm  |  Memorial Union  |  Free
Surface Wind Response to the Gulf Stream
Qingtao Song, University of Rhode Island
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm  |  Burt Hall
Geoscience Perspectives on Energy, Environment, and the Future
Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage from Geological Formations
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm  |  Gilfillan Auditorium  |  Free
Role of root signals in rice responses to salinity stress.
Speaker: Nina Castillo, Graduate student, Department of Horticulture, OSU
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm  |  Agricultural & Life Sciences  |  Free

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Peer Health Advocates
Volunteer Opportunity Informational
10:30 am - 3:00 pm  |  Memorial Union Quad  |  Free
Environmental & Molecular Toxicology Seminar: "The Developmental Ramifications of Dithiocarbonate Pesticide Exposure in Zebrafish"
Fred Tilton, PhD Thesis Defense
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm  |  Agricultural & Life Sciences
Taking large wood out of streams....and putting it back in again: scientific credibility and social context
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm  |  Nash Hall
Carbon fluxes from headwater catchments in the Southern Amazon, Speaker: Susan Riha, Cornell University
OSU Spring Hydrology Seminar Series: World Class Women in Water
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm  |  Agricultural & Life Sciences
Stopping the Genocide in Darfur
Featuring Speaker Mohamed Yahya
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm  |  LaSells Stewart Center
Ending The Tragedy in Darfur
Presenting Mohamed Yahya, Chairman of the Damanga Coalition for Freedom and Democracy
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm  |  LaSells Stewart Center  |  Free

Thursday, May 25, 2006

All Earthquakes Great and Small: What We Can Learn from Geodesy
Rowena Lohman, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
10:00 am - 11:00 am  |  Burt Hall
What are the Pathways to Hypoxia on the Oregon Shelf?
Francis Chan, Zoology, OSU
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm  |  Burt Hall
Recombination, Balancing Selection and Adaptive Evolution in the Aflatoxin Gene Cluster
Dr. Ignazio Carbone, Department of Plant Pathology, NC State
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm  |  Agricultural & Life Sciences  |  Free
A Philosophy For Science and Management: Perspectives on Truth and Reality
Dr. Fred Provenza, Dept of Forest, Range, and Wildlife Sciences, Utah State University; Co-founder of the BEHAVE program. Presented by the Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management, co-sponsored by the University Honors College
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm  |  Withycombe Hall  |  Free
Visiting Weatherford Fellow
Gene Arant
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm  |  Weatherford Hall  |  Free

Friday, May 26, 2006

2006 Spring Term Corporate Sponsored Seminar Event
EHS Business Risk in a Global Economy
10:00 am - 12:30 pm  |  Kidder Hall
Women, menopause and weight: what about nutrition?
Nutrition Matters presented by Faculty Staff Fitness
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm  |  Langton Hall  |  Free
WIC Spring 2006 Eating-to-Learn Seminar
"Charting Their Own Course: Students Self-Assessing and Setting Goals at Start of Term (A Study of 23 WIC Classes)" Presenter: Tracy Ann Robinson
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm  |  Waldo Hall  |  Free
WIC Eating-to-Learn Seminar
Charting Their Own Course: Students Self-Assessing and Setting Goals at Start of Term
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm  |  Waldo Hall  |  Free
Now That's Real Paiute!" Language Adaptation and Shift in a Northern Paiute Community
Tim Thornes, University of Oregon Linguistics
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm  |  Waldo Hall  |  Free
Vertical Distribution, Parallel Trade, and Price Divergence in Integrated Markets
Keith E. Maskus, University of Colorado at Boulder
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm  |  Bexell Hall  |  Free
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