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NATURAL SCIENCE SEMINARS--FALL 2006, SPRING
2007 |
Fall 2006.
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Aug. 28, 2006 |
4:30 |
1st Meeting - Schedule Confirmation - Note: this is Triad
Day. Regular 4:00 pm classes meet at 4:30 pm. |
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Sept. 04, 2006 |
4:00 |
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4:30 |
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Sept. 11, 2006 |
4:00 |
Rebecca Worley. Fuel loads, tree community structure, and carbon storage in Mountain Longleaf Pine stands undergoing restoration. Mentor: Dr. Paul Bartels. |
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4:30 |
Sheree Ferrell . Community
Comparison of Tardigrade Populations from the Anakeesta Formation and
Thunderhead Sandstone. Mentor: Dr. Paul Bartels |
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Sept. 18, 2006 |
4:00 |
Anna Chollet. Evaluation of lead
content of kale (Brassica
oleracea)
commercially available in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Mentor: Dr. John Brock. |
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4:30 |
Rachel Smith. Arsenic levels in the
playground soil of Murphy-Oakley Park. Mentor: Dr. John Brock. |
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Sept. 25, 2006 |
4:00 |
Sarah Rawleigh. Homemade
and Conventional Sprays as Aphid
Control on Lettuce. Mentor: Dr. Amy Boyd. |
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4:30 |
Daniel Sockwell . A Study in the Evolution of Viviparity
using 3-beta-HSD inM. brachypoda
as a Marker. Mentors: Dr. Michael
Torres and Dr. John Brock |
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Oct. 02, 2006 |
4:00 |
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4:30 |
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Oct. 9, 2006 |
4:00 |
Alexander Dietz - Presence and activity
of Canis latrans at Warren Wilson
College. Mentor: Dr. Lou Weber. |
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4:30 |
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Oct. 16, 2006 |
4:00 |
Heartstone Reading. - No seminar.
Attend the Heartstone Reading, write a summary to D. Collins for a
make-up attendance. Due Oct. 20, 2006 |
| 4:30 |
No Seminar. Heartstone
Reading. |
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| Oct. 17, 2006 |
7:30 pm |
Sigma Xi Presentation. Dr.
Sharon LeDuc from National Climatic Center, Asheville, NC. Climate
Change 101. Attend and write a summary to earn a make-up attendance. Summary due before Oct. 20, 2006. |
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Oct 23, 2006 |
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Fall Break |
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Oct. 30, 2006 |
4:00 |
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4:30 |
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Nov. 6, 2006 |
4:00 |
Guest
Seminar - Environmental Policy Internship - Kris
Kershner Public Interest Projects: A Study in the Politics and Design of Local Urban Development. Mentor: Dr. John Casey and Joe Minicozzi of Public Interest Projects, Inc. |
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4:30 |
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Nov. 13, 2006 |
4:00 |
Meghan Cole - The Effect of Planting
Date on the Development and Yield of Lettuce (Latuca sativa). Mentor:
Dr. Laura Lengnick. |
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4:30 |
Leslie
Knapp - Analysis
of
trimethylamine from municipal sludge treated with cationic
polymer. Mentor:
Dr. John
Brock |
| Friday, Nov. 17, 2006 | Drafts of Senior Theses due to Mentors | |
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Nov. 20, 2006 |
4:00 |
Holly Alley - Alkaloid Endophyte
Levels in the Grasses at Warren Wilson College.
Mentor:
Dr. Victoria Collins. |
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4:30 |
Drew McElwee. Lead Concentrations in
the Warren Wilson College Drinking Water Supply.
Mentors:
Dr. Mark Brenner, Dr. John Brock. |
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Week 12: 2006 |
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Thanksgiving |
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Nov. 27, 2006 |
4:00 |
Guest presentation. Dr. Laura DeWald -
Western
Carolina University. Using Genetics to
Compare Population Structure and Movement of Puma |
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Dec. 04, 2006 |
4:00 |
Lauren Baker - Antioxidant capacity of
mate (Ilex paraguariensis)and other plant
derived beverages. Mentor:
Dr. Victoria Collins. |
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4:30 |
Jessie Rowles - The relationship of
dominance and play in domestic wolfdog hybrids.
Mentor:
Dr. Robert Eckstein. [Presentation postponed until Feb. 5, 2007] |
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Friday, Week 14: Dec.08, 2006 |
4:00 |
Senior Theses Due - 2 copies to convenor (Spidel 205), 4:00 PM |
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Dec. 11, 2006 |
4:00 |
Lawson Revan - Soft Rush (Juncus effusus) as a Nitrogen Remover
in Wastewater Biofiltration for the Warren Wilson College Pig Farm .
Mentor: Dr.
Mark Brenner. |
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4:30 |
Liina Laufer - Creation of Glycerin
Fuel Logs. Mentor: Dr. Dean Kahl. |
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Dec. 18, 2006 |
4:00 |
Evaluations for Senior theses Due to Convenor (Monday, Week 16) |
Spring,
2007 [Note: attendance records found on the MOODLE site: http://moodle.warren-wilson.edu].
Please consult the MOODLE site for your attendance records. Paper
records will NOT be available.
| Week 1 Jan. 22, 2007 |
Martin Luther King Day - Meet at 4:00 pm for
schedule confirmation |
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| Week 2 Jan. 29, 2007 |
4:00 |
Titles and mentors' names due. E-mail is OK. |
| 4:30 |
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| Week 3 Feb. 05, 2007 |
4:00 |
Jessie Rowles - The relationship of dominance and play in domestic wolfdog hybrids. Mentor: Dr. Robert Eckstein. [Presentation postponed from December 04, 2006] |
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| Week 4 Feb. 12, 2007 |
4:00 |
Sarah
DeLeiris - Coyote
(Canis latrans) scat analysis in the Narragansett Bay region of Rhode
Island. Mentor:
Dr. Lou Weber |
| 4:30 |
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| Thursday
Feb 15, 2007 |
3:00 |
American
Meteorological Society
Lecture at Folk Art Center Auditorium, 3:00 - 4:00 pm.
Asheville. Dr. Thomas C.
Peterson - Climate
Change 101: a Primer on Unerstanding Climate Change. |
| Week 5 Feb. 19, 2007 |
4:00 |
Marie Williamson. Urinary ergot alkaloid
excretion by beef heifers and cows grazing endophyte-infected (Neotyphodium coenphialum) tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) pastures and hay at
Warren Wilson College. Mentor: Dr. Victoria Collins. |
| 4:30 |
Betsy Kain - Coloration and
Courtship Behavior in Male Guppies Treated with Estrogen. Mentors:
Dr. Jeff Holmes and Dr. Robert Eckstein. |
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| Week 6 Feb. 26, 2007 |
4:00 |
Neal
Maker - Basal
area and form class relationship for small diameter Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) in the North Carolina
piedmont. Mentor: Dr. Amy Boyd. |
| 4:30 |
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| Monday
Feb. 26, 2007 |
6:30 |
Informal
Meeting of Sigma Xi in Spidel 110. Discussion of physics items of
current interest. |
| Week 7 Mar.. 05, 2007 |
4:00 |
Todd Boera. Agricultural Lime as a Control Method for Leaf Cutter Ants. Mentor Karen Josslin |
| 4:30 |
Laura Foulke. Ground Water Analysis
of Formaldehyde at the Edges of Cemeteries in Buncombe County, NC.
Mentor: Dr. Victoria Collins |
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| Week 8 Mar. 12, 2007 |
4:00 |
Rebecca
DaVanon. The
Response of Native Grasses to Controlled Burning and Herbicide
Application. Mentor: Dr. Amy Boyd |
| 4:30 |
Sage Brodersen. Managed Native Grasses and Oldfield Insect Communities. Mentor: Dr. Amy Boyd | |
| Mar.
15, 2007 |
Evening |
Sigma
Xi at
UNC-Asheville. Dr. David Clarke: Plant Collecting Expeditions in
the Rainforests of Guyana, South America. |
| Sqring Break Mar. 19, 2007 |
Spring Break |
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| Thursday,
Mar 22 |
3:00 |
Climate
Change Lecture Series, Folk Art Center at Blue Ridge Parkway, East
Asheville. "Abrupt Climate Change: a Paleo Perspective" by David
M. Anderson, PhD. |
| Week 9 Mar. 26, 2007 |
4:00 |
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| 4:30 |
Will Lyons. The Effect of Effecient Microbes (EM)tm on Compost. Mentor: Ms. Karen Joslin | |
| Week 10 Apr. 02, 2007 |
4:00 |
Aaron Malenke. Metalloestrogen concentrations in the blood of American alligators, Alligator mississippiensis, in two Florida lakes. Mentor: Dr. John Brock. |
| 4:30 |
Mike Hutchison. Weed Seedbank
Assessment in Four Farm Fields. Mentor: Dr. Laura Lengnick. |
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| Tues, Apr.3, 2007 |
7:00 |
Dr. Ron Numbers on
Evolution Science and Creation Science - Canon. |
| Week 11 Apr. 09, 2007 |
4:00 |
Travis Briggs. Cold Tolerance and
Range Expansion of Upside-down Jellyfish (Cassiopeia xamachana) . Mentor: Dr. Paul Bartels |
| 4:30 |
John Andrew Wagner. Effects of
Imidaclorprid on Terpene Ratios in Eastern Hemlock.
Mentor: Dr. Dean C. Kahl |
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| Week 12 Apr. 16, 2007 |
4:00 |
Daniel Dayton. Comparison of the Microbial Composition of the Three Compost Systems at Warren Wilson College Using Phospholipid Fatty Acid Analysis. Mentor: Dr. Vicki Collins. |
| 4:30 |
Kathryn Kuehl. Olfactory stimulation
by lavender (Lavendula
officinalis)
essential oil and behavior of kenneled dogs (Canis familiaris). Mentor: Dr. Robert Eckstein. |
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| Tuesday
Apr. 17, 2007 |
American
Chemical Society. See V. Collins by Thursday April 12 for
transportation. Anna Chollet will be inducted into membership. |
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| Thursday
April 19, 2007 |
3:00 |
Climate
Change Series. Folk Art Center off Blue Ridge Parkway, East
Asheville. "The U.S. Climate Change Science Program: the Latest
Viewpoint", by Thomas R. Karl, L.H.D. |
| Friday April 20, 2007 |
Drafts of Senior Theses due to Mentors. | |
| Week 13 Apr. 23, 2007 |
4:00 |
Dietrich Blum. The Effect of Citrate on the Phytoremediation of Pb by Hordeum vulgare (Barley). Mentor: Dr. Victoria Collins |
| 4:30 |
James Blair. Agricultural Labor
Issues and Market Potential within Latino-Owned Business in Western North Carolina. Mentors: Dr. Laura Lengnick and Ms. Laura Kirby. |
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| Tuesday
April 24, 2007 |
7:30 pm |
UNC-A
Sigma Xi. Several newly inducted students will give their
research presentations. George Keel will be inducted. See
D. Collins for directions. |
| Tuesday
April 24, 2007 |
6:30 |
Ryan
Morra - 2nd
Annual Greenhouse Gas Inventory. Jensen 308.
Students may submit summaries and earn attendance credits. |
| Week 14 Apr. 30, 2007 |
4:00 |
George
Keel. Observation
and analysis of light curves of eclipsing cataclysmic variable IP Pegasi.
Mentor: Dr. Donald Collins |
| 4:30 |
Edwin Self. Nitrate Leaching from
Livestock Waste and it's Effects on Groundwater Quality.
Mentor: Dr. Mark Brenner. |
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| Friday, May 04, 2007 |
4:00 |
Final Theses due to Spidel 205 -
2 copies plus permission
to photocopy. |
| Week 15 May 07, 2007 |
4:00 |
Kylie Krauss. Homovanillic Acid as an Indicator of Neuronal Dopamine Levels In Mountain Bikers and Non-Mountain Bikers. Mentor: Dr. Victoria Collins |
| 4:30 |
Alexandra Meyer - Environmental
Policy Guest Seminar |
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| Friday, May 11, 2007 |
Mentor's evaluation of Theses due to Spidel 205. | |
| Week 16 May 14, 2007 |
4:00 |
Christina Milne. Arsenic and Cadmium
Biosorption by the fungus Cunninghamella
echinulata. Mentors: Dr. Mark Brenner and Dr. John
Brock. |
| 4:30 |