2024 Schedule

Fall 2024

Wed, Aug 28 Professor Jim Demas  Chemistry  CSS Welcome Reception! "Luminescence for fun and profit"
Wed, Sep 4 Professor Howie Epstein Environmental Sciences “Climate Change and the Arctic”
Wed, Sep 11 Professor Iggy Provencio Biology “Non-visual Photoreception”
Wed, Sep 18 Professor Mark Whittle Astronomy “Cosmic Inflation: Making Universe(s) from
Nothing!”
Wed, Sep 25 Professor Steve Macko Environmental Sciences “Hairy Tales of Human Diet”
Wed, Oct 2     CSS Fall Symposium 
Wed, Oct 5  Professor Cass Sackett  Physics  "Quantum technology using atoms at absolute zero temperature"
Wed, Oct 16     CSSC Mentoring Workshop
Wed, Oct 23 Professor Jeff Holt Statistics and Mathematics “The Sports Analytics and Statistics Lab”
Wed, Oct 30 Professor Dean Harman Chemistry “Using a molecular vise to build new molecules”
Wed, Nov 6 Professor Chris Deppmann Biology “A fight to the death: How competition drives nervous system development and disease”
Wed, Nov 13  Professor Karen Schmidt                                              Psychology “How to create a great CV and cover letter”
Wed, Nov 20     Talk to a professor!
Wed, Dec 4 Professor Amrisha Vaish Psychology “The Foundations of Morality and Cooperation in Early
Childhood”

Spring 2024

Wed, Jan 17 Professor Blaine Norum                                                 Physics “Nuclear Physics from Quarks to the Cosmos”
Wed, Jan 24 Professor Karen Schmidt Psychology  “CSS Summer Stipend Opportunities!”
Wed, Jan 31  Professor George Bloom Biology “Alzheimer’s Disease”
Wed, Feb 7 Professor T’ai Roulston Environmental Sciences “Native bee ecology and
conservation”
Wed, Feb 14  Professor Barry Condron  Biology  "Plasticity in the developed brain"
Wed, Feb 21 Professor Keith Kozminski Biology  “Walking into the unknown: an addiction most grand”
Wed Feb 28     Writing workshop with the College Science Scholars Council (CSSC)!
Wed, Mar 13 Professor Ilse Cleeves Astronomy “Forget Apple Pie; How to Make a Planet From Scratch”
Wed, Mar 20 Professor David Evans Computer Science “What will jobs be like 2024-2054?"
Wed, Mar 27 Professor Jaideep Kapur and Anastasia Brodovskaya Neurology  “In search of lost memories”
Wed, Apr 3 Professor Jeff Holt Statistics and Mathematics “Sports and Statistics”
Wed, Apr 10 Professor Lauren Miller Environmental Science  “Research in the Icy Frontier of
Antarctica”
Wed, Apr 17 Sally Pusede Environmental Science  “Observing nitrogen dioxide air pollution inequality in U.S. cities from space”
Ed, Apr 24      CSS McCormick Observatory Night! Build your own sundaes