FALL 2005

IU BEHAVIOR COLLOQUIA


Fri. SEPT. 9
Noon-2pm

CISAB OPEN HOUSE AND FALL RECEPTION
Pizza and soft drinks

Fri. SEPT. 16
2:30-3:30pm
Glenn Black 101

 


Wed. SEPT. 21
7:00pm
IU Auditorium


ROY E. RITZMANN
Case Western Reserve University
Title: "Movement Through Complex Terrain: Robots and Insects"
Hosted by Troy Smith and Rod Suthers

 

EUGENIE SCOTT
Founder and Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education
Title: "The Pillars of Creationism and the Teaching of Evolution"
(see flyer for list of co-sponsors)

Fri. SEPT. 23
4pm
Myers Hall 130

ARI BERKOWITZ
Oklahoma University
Title: "Both Shared and Specialized Neural Circuitry for Vertebrate Limb Movements"
Hosted by Troy Smith and Rod Suthers
Tues. SEPT. 27
4pm
Swain West 238
THOM CLELAND
Cornell University
Title: "Non-topographical Contrast Enhancement in the Olfactory Bulb"
Co-sponsored:Department of Physics and Biocomplexity Institute
Hosted by Laura Hurley

Fri. SEPT. 30
4pm
Myers Hall 130

RON R. HOY
Cornell University
Title:"The Spider and the Fly: A Neuroethologist's Tale"
Co-sponsored with EEB Seminar Series
Hosted by Troy Smith


Thurs. OCT. 6
Noon
IMU
State Room East
JEANNE ALTMANN
Princeton University
Title:"Sociality, Fitness components, and Endocrine Correlates in a Highly Social Primate "
Hosted by Ellen Ketterson

Fri. OCT. 14
2:30-3:30pm
Glenn Black 101

TERRY TAKAHASHI
Title: "Synthesis & Use of the Auditory Space Map in the Owl"
Hosted by Troy Smith and Rod Suthers

Mon. NOV. 28
4pm
CANCELLED

 

JANIS C. WEEKS
University of Oregon
Title:"Steroid-regulated Plasticity in Synapses, Circuits and Neuronal Survival During Metamorphosis
Co-sponsored with Medical Sciences Program
Hosted by Rod Suthers

Fri. DEC. 2
12:00pm
CISAB
402 N. Park

SUE MARGULIS
Curator of Primates, Lincoln Park Zoo
Title:"Behavioral Research in Zoological Parks: Why Behavior Matters"
Hosted by Sue Linville
Fri. DEC. 2
4pm
Myers Hall 130

SCOTT MACDOUGALL-SHACKLETON
The University of Western Ontario
Title: "For every Season: Brains! Brains! Brains!: Seasonal Changes in Songbird Brians and Behavior "
EEB Seminar Series
Hosted by Jodie Jawor

Mon. DEC. 5
4pm
CANCELLED

MICHAEL MEANEY
McGill University
Title: CANCELLED
EEB Seminar Series
Hosted by Greg Demas

Fri. DEC. 9
4pm
Jordan Hall 009

BARNEY A. SCHLINGER
UCLA
Title: "Neurosteroids and Neuroplasticity in the Songbird Brain"
Co-sponsored with Medical Sciences Program
Hosted by Rod Suthers