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Predator and Prey, The Art of Chauvet
Abstract:Over 36,000 years ago, in Aurignacian culture, our ancestors painted and engraved images of their life onto the rocky surfaces of their natur…
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Film screening: “Cave of Forgotten Dreams”
Werner Herzog’s award winning documentary film of the Chauvet caves in Southern France, the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind in their ast…
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Archaeology of Rock Art in Arnhem Land, Australia
Jean-Michel Geneste will screen a 45 minute documentary film, “Archaeology in Arnhem Land, Australia,” produced with Patricia Marquet-Geneste on the s…
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Computer-Assisted Medical Interventions: Background and challenges for the future
Yohan Payan will introduce the field of Computer-Assisted Medical Interventions while focusing on the areas of his research expertise, namely the biom…
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Small Molecule Activation by Polyhydride Ruthenium Complexes. Subtle Changes in Ligand Design, Tremendous Variations in Bond Activation and Catalysis
Polyhydride Ruthenium complexes, and particularly those incorporating one or two dihydrogen ligands, are attractive species. The dihydrogen ligand is …
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Women in Science
Five panelists will discuss leadership in science, career trajectories, navigating science culture, competition vs. collaboration, among others.A rece…
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Prendre la responsabilité au sérieux
Ce colloque aura pour objet d’étudier les sources et les remèdes à l’irresponsabilité qu’autorise la globalisation dans le traitement des trois « marc…
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Anarchic East Asia Amid a Flourishing Regional Economy: Why State to State Relations Are So Bad, and Economic Prospects So Good
Abstract:Dr. Bruce Cumings will examine recent conflicts over islands – more often piles of rocks – in the East China Sea and the South China Sea. He …
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The Secret, Social Lives of Bacteria
Bonnie Bassler, “the Bacteria Whisperer,” has discovered how bacteria talk to one another. This process called “quorum sensing” allows bacteria to wor…
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My Role in Educating the Catalytic Reaction that Led to a Nobel Prize in 2005
Abstract:A catalytic reaction discovered in 1955 allows one to break carbon-carbon double bonds and form new ones with remarkable ease. This “metathes…
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Smog, Smoke and Standards: Modelling the Effects of Air Pollution in Space and Time
Abstract:From the famous London smogs in the 1950s to air quality in megacities today, the potential effects of air pollution are a major concern both…
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From 2015 Millennium (MDGs) to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): The Economic Roadmap for Universal Health Care Coverage
Note: This event has been cancelled until further notice. Abstract:The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) adopted in 2000 by the United Nations have …
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