Josh Franklin Department of Anthropology University of Pennsylvania Topic: Sex, Gender, Diversity and Neuropsychiatry Penn grad students, postdocs, and RAs, you are invited to lunch with interesting guests. Not a talk – they’ll take 10 minutes to introduce their work, then it’s pure conversation. Sandwiches and drinks served.
Events
MindCORE & CURF present: “Growing Up in Science” A conversation-style event series about becoming and being a scientist. UPenn faculty members share their stories with a focus on the unspoken challenges in a life in science. Come join us as we chat with: David Meaney, PhD S.R. Pollack Professor Chair, Department […]
Michael Nachman Department of Biology UC Berkeley The Genomic Basis of Environmental Adaptation in House Mice A major goal in biology is to understand the genetic details of how organisms adapt to novel environments. I will discuss recent studies on the genetic basis of environmental adaptation in mice which have recently colonized North […]
John McCoy Department of Marketing University of Pennsylvania Distilling more wisdom from a crowd In many situations, from economists predicting unemployment rates to chemists judging fuel safety, individuals have differing opinions or predictions. We consider the crowd-wisdom problem of aggregating the judgments of multiple individuals on a single question, when no outside information […]
Ron Baecker Emeritus Professor of Computer Science and Bell Chair in Human-Computer Interaction University of Toronto *Please note special time: 12:00pm – 1:15pm