Campus Calendar
Utica Camera Club Members Juried Exhibit
Date(s):
10/05/2009 - 10/30/2009 (Mon. - Sat.)Times:
1:00 to 5:00 p.m.; Sat. 12:00 to 3:00 p.m.Location:
Edith Langley Barrett Fine Art Gallery at Utica CollegeDescription:
Join us for this juried exhibit. (Bring your photos/images and camera!)Presented by the Utica Camera Club (www.uticacameraclub.org).
Cost is free.
Film at UC Presents Burma VJ
Date:
10/08/2009Time:
7:00 P.M.Location:
Macfarlane Auditorium, DePerno Hall at Utica CollegeDescription:
When Buddhist monks began leading popular demonstrations against Burma’s dictatorial military regime in September 2007, the authorities banned foreign journalists, leaving only courageous young undercover video journalists to tell this story of dissidence and high-risk journalism and the brutal crackdown that followed.Cost is free.
Lunch Hour Series Presents Lauralyn Kolb (Soprano), G. Roberts Kolb (Tenor), & Sar-Shalomn Strong (Pianist)
Date:
10/14/2009Time:
12:30 p.m.Location:
Library Concourse at Utica CollegeDescription:
This fall semester, the Professor Harry F. and Mary Ruth Jackson Lunch Hour Series celebrates 30 years of showcasing for the greater community the rich tradition of the humanities at Utica College. Cost is free.Film at UC Presents Jerichow
Date:
10/15/2009Time:
7:00 P.M.Location:
Macfarlane Auditorium, DePerno Hall at Utica CollegeDescription:
In a small desolate town in northeastern Germany, an ex-soldier, a Turkish businessman, and his beautiful but restless wife form a desperate love-triangle in this suspenseful reworking of The Postman Always Rings Twice. Cost is free.Army Ants: Studies in Molecular Ecology and Evolution
Date:
10/19/2009Time:
4:00 p.m.Location:
Macfarlane Auditorium, DePerno Hall at Utica CollegeDescription:
Army Ants: Studies in Molecular Ecology and Evolution Daniel Kronauer, Ph.D., Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows, Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology Labs. Army ants are dominant social hunters of invertebrates, and thereby play an integral role in tropical ecosystems. A suite of evolutionarily interrelated physiological, behavioral, and morphological traits define them. They are obligate group predators, they frequently relocate their nests, and their permanently wingless queens found new colonies accompanied by workers. Furthermore, army ants typically have extremely male-biased numerical sex-ratios, and queens are inseminated by many males. This talk will discuss recent advances in understanding the evolutionary causes and consequences of this unusual life history. Presented by Asa Gray Biological Society. Cost is free.Lunch Hour Series Presents Steve Huff (Poet)
Date: 10/21/2009
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Location: Economic Crime and Justice Studies Building Auditorium at Utica College
Description: This fall semester, the Professor Harry F. and Mary Ruth Jackson Lunch Hour Series celebrates 30 years of showcasing for the greater community the rich tradition of the humanities at Utica College. Cost is free.
Date: 10/21/2009
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Location: Economic Crime and Justice Studies Building Auditorium at Utica College
Description: This fall semester, the Professor Harry F. and Mary Ruth Jackson Lunch Hour Series celebrates 30 years of showcasing for the greater community the rich tradition of the humanities at Utica College. Cost is free.
ACSS Conversations: Empowering Learners: Teaching Students to Switch on Their Brains
Date: 10/21/2009
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: Willard Conference Room, DePerno Hall
Description: Presented by Mary Cardinale, Ph.D. Adjunct Lecturer of English. Based on the most recent neuro-metacognitive research, this presentation discusses a five-step program that teaches students to use their brains more effectively. Attendees will learn how to improve the functioning of the brain by taking advantage of how the brain builds memory. Topics of conversation include the latest research on how learners make memory, how memory influences attitude, and how attitude determines learning outcome. Seminars begin at 3:30 p.m., with light refreshments immediately preceding.
Date: 10/21/2009
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: Willard Conference Room, DePerno Hall
Description: Presented by Mary Cardinale, Ph.D. Adjunct Lecturer of English. Based on the most recent neuro-metacognitive research, this presentation discusses a five-step program that teaches students to use their brains more effectively. Attendees will learn how to improve the functioning of the brain by taking advantage of how the brain builds memory. Topics of conversation include the latest research on how learners make memory, how memory influences attitude, and how attitude determines learning outcome. Seminars begin at 3:30 p.m., with light refreshments immediately preceding.
Film at UC Presents Fear and Trembling
Date: 10/22/2009
Time: 7:00 P.M.
Location: Macfarlane Auditorium, DePerno Hall at Utica College
Description:Hired as a translator by a giant Japanese corporation, an idealistic young Belgian woman commits a series of cultural missteps and, as a result, suffers a string of increasingly humiliating demotions until she discovers her own extraordinary means of liberation. Cost is free.
Date: 10/22/2009
Time: 7:00 P.M.
Location: Macfarlane Auditorium, DePerno Hall at Utica College
Description:Hired as a translator by a giant Japanese corporation, an idealistic young Belgian woman commits a series of cultural missteps and, as a result, suffers a string of increasingly humiliating demotions until she discovers her own extraordinary means of liberation. Cost is free.
Utica College and the Players of Utica present William Inge’s “Picnic”
Date(s) & Time(s): 10/22/2009 - 8:00 p.m.
Date(s) & Time(s): 10/22/2009 - 8:00 p.m.
10/23/2009 - 8:00 p.m.
10/24/2009 - 8:00 p.m.
10/25/2009 - 2:00 p.m.
Location: Strebel Student Center Auditorium at Utica College
Presenter: On Stage: Utica College and the Players of Utica
Description: Labor Day Weekend, 1953 in the joint back yards of two middle-aged widows. The one house belongs to Flo Owens, who lives there with her two maturing daughters , Madge and Millie, and a boarder who is a spinster school teacher. The other house belongs to Helen Potts, who lives with her elderly invalid mother. Into this female atmosphere comes a young college dropout, Hal Carter, who comes hoping to find work via his former wealthy college roommate Alan who happens to be Madge's boyfriend. Needless to say complications arise. Cost: $4 - General Admission
Location: Strebel Student Center Auditorium at Utica College
Presenter: On Stage: Utica College and the Players of Utica
Description: Labor Day Weekend, 1953 in the joint back yards of two middle-aged widows. The one house belongs to Flo Owens, who lives there with her two maturing daughters , Madge and Millie, and a boarder who is a spinster school teacher. The other house belongs to Helen Potts, who lives with her elderly invalid mother. Into this female atmosphere comes a young college dropout, Hal Carter, who comes hoping to find work via his former wealthy college roommate Alan who happens to be Madge's boyfriend. Needless to say complications arise. Cost: $4 - General Admission
Geotalk: From the Arts in Paris to the Hearts in Vernazza
Date: 10/23/2009
Time: 2:15 p.m.
Location: Willard Conference Room, DePerno Hall at Utica College
Description: Glial Cells Play a Critical Role in Sensory Processes in the Ear and Skin presented by Adam Pack, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology. For centuries, it was commonly accepted that the nervous system worked by pumping vital humors around the body through the nerves. Even Galen, one of the fathers of modern medicine and the first to take a pulse, believed the most important parts of the brain were the ventricles, big fluid spaces located in the center of the brain. Eventually, these notions fell out of favor as new evidence emerged. Recently, and for almost as many centuries, it’s been commonly accepted that neurons (nerve cells) were the only cells in the body responsible for nervous function. The accompanying cells, called “glia” after the Greek word for glue, were thought to provide only structural support, insulation, and some cleaning services. Centuries of irrational prejudice against glia are coming to an end. Different types of glia have been shown to take an active part in every process of the nervous system. Even the brain of one our most famous thinkers – Albert Einstein – was analyzed relative to ‘normal’ brains, and found to differ in only one respect: the number of glia. In Dr. Pack’s laboratory, he and his students have shown several important roles for glia in mechanosensation (sensing mechanical stimuli; particularly touch and hearing) using animal models and humans. Specifically, glial cells play a pivotal role in resistance to noise-induced hearing loss (where they apparently adjust their stiffness in the presence of loud noise), and in the adaptation rate of touch receptors (by communicating directly with neurons as the stimulus changes). This new information will force us to reevaluate the function of these sensory organs in both healthy and disease states. Cost is free.
Date: 10/23/2009
Time: 2:15 p.m.
Location: Willard Conference Room, DePerno Hall at Utica College
Description: Glial Cells Play a Critical Role in Sensory Processes in the Ear and Skin presented by Adam Pack, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology. For centuries, it was commonly accepted that the nervous system worked by pumping vital humors around the body through the nerves. Even Galen, one of the fathers of modern medicine and the first to take a pulse, believed the most important parts of the brain were the ventricles, big fluid spaces located in the center of the brain. Eventually, these notions fell out of favor as new evidence emerged. Recently, and for almost as many centuries, it’s been commonly accepted that neurons (nerve cells) were the only cells in the body responsible for nervous function. The accompanying cells, called “glia” after the Greek word for glue, were thought to provide only structural support, insulation, and some cleaning services. Centuries of irrational prejudice against glia are coming to an end. Different types of glia have been shown to take an active part in every process of the nervous system. Even the brain of one our most famous thinkers – Albert Einstein – was analyzed relative to ‘normal’ brains, and found to differ in only one respect: the number of glia. In Dr. Pack’s laboratory, he and his students have shown several important roles for glia in mechanosensation (sensing mechanical stimuli; particularly touch and hearing) using animal models and humans. Specifically, glial cells play a pivotal role in resistance to noise-induced hearing loss (where they apparently adjust their stiffness in the presence of loud noise), and in the adaptation rate of touch receptors (by communicating directly with neurons as the stimulus changes). This new information will force us to reevaluate the function of these sensory organs in both healthy and disease states. Cost is free.
Variation Within a Summer Season in Bacteria Resistant to Antibiotics in the Upper Susquehanna River
Date(s) 10/26/2009
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Macfarlane Auditorium, DePerno Hall at Utica College
Description: Variation Within a Summer Season in Bacteria Resistant to Antibiotics in the Upper Susquehanna River Mary E. Allen, Ph.D., Chair and Associate Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, Hartwick College
Description: Increasingly, bacteria are acquiring resistance to antibiotics, making these compounds ineffective for treatment of disease. Antibiotics enter natural environments from agricultural and municipal water sources. Some bacteria in soils have also been shown to consume antibiotics and use them for growth. These bacteria could help us to clean-up environments polluted with antibiotics, or serve as mechanisms for antibiotic-resistance to spread to bacteria that cause diseases in humans. In either case, knowledge of these microbes in natural settings is important. This presentation will describe efforts to investigate the incidence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the upper Susquehanna River over the course of a summer season. Two groups of bacteria were investigated: microbes that commonly inhabit the human intestine and serve as indicators of pollution and naturally occurring microbes that use antibiotics for growth. Presented by Asa Gray Biological Society. Cost is free.
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Macfarlane Auditorium, DePerno Hall at Utica College
Description: Variation Within a Summer Season in Bacteria Resistant to Antibiotics in the Upper Susquehanna River Mary E. Allen, Ph.D., Chair and Associate Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, Hartwick College
Description: Increasingly, bacteria are acquiring resistance to antibiotics, making these compounds ineffective for treatment of disease. Antibiotics enter natural environments from agricultural and municipal water sources. Some bacteria in soils have also been shown to consume antibiotics and use them for growth. These bacteria could help us to clean-up environments polluted with antibiotics, or serve as mechanisms for antibiotic-resistance to spread to bacteria that cause diseases in humans. In either case, knowledge of these microbes in natural settings is important. This presentation will describe efforts to investigate the incidence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the upper Susquehanna River over the course of a summer season. Two groups of bacteria were investigated: microbes that commonly inhabit the human intestine and serve as indicators of pollution and naturally occurring microbes that use antibiotics for growth. Presented by Asa Gray Biological Society. Cost is free.
Lunch Hour Series Presents The Lavender Trio: Elizabeth Evans (Flute), Heather Johnsen (Clarinet), and Judy Marehione (Bassoon)
Date(s) 10/28/2009
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Location: Library Concourse at Utica College
Description: This fall semester, the Professor Harry F. and Mary Ruth Jackson Lunch Hour Series celebrates 30 years of showcasing for the greater community the rich tradition of the humanities at Utica College. Cost is free.
Date(s) 10/28/2009
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Location: Library Concourse at Utica College
Description: This fall semester, the Professor Harry F. and Mary Ruth Jackson Lunch Hour Series celebrates 30 years of showcasing for the greater community the rich tradition of the humanities at Utica College. Cost is free.
Nexus: Glial Cells Play a Critical Role in Sensory Processes in the Ear and Skin
Date: 10/30/2009
Time: 2:15 p.m.
Location: Willard Conference Room, DePerno Hall at Utica College
Description: Presented by Adam Pack, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology. For centuries, it was commonly accepted that the nervous system worked by pumping vital humors around the body through the nerves. Even Galen, one of the fathers of modern medicine and the first to take a pulse, believed the most important parts of the brain were the ventricles, big fluid spaces located in the center of the brain. Eventually, these notions fell out of favor as new evidence emerged. Recently, and for almost as many centuries, it’s been commonly accepted that neurons (nerve cells) were the only cells in the body responsible for nervous function. The accompanying cells, called “glia” after the Greek word for glue, were thought to provide only structural support, insulation, and some cleaning services. Centuries of irrational prejudice against glia are coming to an end. Different types of glia have been shown to take an active part in every process of the nervous system. Even the brain of one our most famous thinkers – Albert Einstein – was analyzed relative to ‘normal’ brains, and found to differ in only one respect: the number of glia. In Dr. Pack’s laboratory, he and his students have shown several important roles for glia in mechanosensation (sensing mechanical stimuli; particularly touch and hearing) using animal models and humans. Specifically, glial cells play a pivotal role in resistance to noise-induced hearing loss (where they apparently adjust their stiffness in the presence of loud noise), and in the adaptation rate of touch receptors (by communicating directly with neurons as the stimulus changes). This new information will force us to reevaluate the function of these sensory organs in both healthy and disease states. Cost is free.
Date: 10/30/2009
Time: 2:15 p.m.
Location: Willard Conference Room, DePerno Hall at Utica College
Description: Presented by Adam Pack, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology. For centuries, it was commonly accepted that the nervous system worked by pumping vital humors around the body through the nerves. Even Galen, one of the fathers of modern medicine and the first to take a pulse, believed the most important parts of the brain were the ventricles, big fluid spaces located in the center of the brain. Eventually, these notions fell out of favor as new evidence emerged. Recently, and for almost as many centuries, it’s been commonly accepted that neurons (nerve cells) were the only cells in the body responsible for nervous function. The accompanying cells, called “glia” after the Greek word for glue, were thought to provide only structural support, insulation, and some cleaning services. Centuries of irrational prejudice against glia are coming to an end. Different types of glia have been shown to take an active part in every process of the nervous system. Even the brain of one our most famous thinkers – Albert Einstein – was analyzed relative to ‘normal’ brains, and found to differ in only one respect: the number of glia. In Dr. Pack’s laboratory, he and his students have shown several important roles for glia in mechanosensation (sensing mechanical stimuli; particularly touch and hearing) using animal models and humans. Specifically, glial cells play a pivotal role in resistance to noise-induced hearing loss (where they apparently adjust their stiffness in the presence of loud noise), and in the adaptation rate of touch receptors (by communicating directly with neurons as the stimulus changes). This new information will force us to reevaluate the function of these sensory organs in both healthy and disease states. Cost is free.
