College of Science & Health Symposium Series

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The College of Science & Health Symposium Series runs monthly through the Fall and Spring semesters and features outstanding speakers who address relevant and current topics in the fields of science and health. Invited speakers, who are selected by the dean’s council, are experts in their fields and…

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    • Feb 21, 2013 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 48m AVG DURATION
    • 15 EPISODES


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    The Priestess of Chornancap

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2013


    Dr. Daniel Fairbanks and Dr. Haagen Klaus of Utah Valley University present the archaeological finding and excavation of an ancient female Peruvian ruler and the subsequent forensic sculptural facial reconstruction of said ruler performed by Dr. Fairbanks.

    The Vavilov-Lysenko Contention

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2013 53:32


    High-Elevation Lakes in Grand Teton National Park

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2013 37:40


    Sarah is an Ecologist for the US Geological Survey National Water Quality Assessment program and is based at INSTAAR, University of Colorado. Her area of expertise is in the taxonomy and ecology of a group of algae, the diatoms. She is particularly interested in ice-covered lakes in the alpine and Antarctic, where she has worked on diatoms surviving under harsh conditions. Sarah is also the lead Editor and manager for a project to develop a national diatom flora in the form of an online database, Diatoms of the United States. Sarah would like everyone to know about diatoms and for all to have the resources to identify them correctly. In addition to spending time with diatoms, Sarah is also an avid rock climber and enjoys traveling around the western US.

    Advances in Image-Guided Therapies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2013 40:14


    Cancer Dementia and Muscle Function

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2012 42:45


    Dr. Laura Bridgewater, Cancer Dementia & Muscle Function: A Potential Genetic Connection. The BMP2 gene encodes a protein that regulates bone, cartilage, and limb formation, heart development, and programmed cell death. Dr. Bridgewater has discovered genetic variants in this gene that demonstrate its involvement in muscle strength and endurance, as well as possible links to cancer and dementia.

    The Evidence For Evolution

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2012 45:25


    Dr. Alan Rogers has been teaching evolution to college students for thirty years. Until recently, he seldom spent much time arguing that evolution happens. He took that for granted and launched directly into his real love--the mechanisms of evolution. This has lately begun to look like a mistake. According to polling data, most Americans doubt that evolution is a real phenomenon. How can one teach students how evolution works if they doubt that it happens at all? As soon as this dawned on him, he began looking for a text on evidence--something to assign during the first couple of weeks of his introductory course. Many of the books he found seemed to assume that the reader needed only to be told about evolution, not convinced. In the end he wrote his own book, which covers the evidence for evolution and nothing more. It does not merely summarize received wisdom; it recounts the give and take between skeptical scientists who first asked "how can we be sure" and then answered those questions with evidence.

    Life in the Treetops - Prisoners Preachers and Poets as Partners in Understanding the Forest Canopy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2012 44:02


    Nalini Nadkarni is an American ecologist who pioneered the study of Costa Rican rain forest canopies. Using mountain climbing equipment to make her ascent, Nadkarni first took an inventory of the canopy in 1981, followed by two more inventories in 1984. Nadkarni and her work in the Costa Rican rain forest were featured in the 1988 PBS series, The Second Voyage of the Mimi, starring a young Ben Affleck. She maintains an interest in public outreach, and her work was highlighted on the web page of the National Science Foundation.

    How to Avoid the Truth About Climate Change

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2011 40:40


    Barry Bickmore is Associate Professor of Geological Sciences at Brigham Young University. His research specialties are low-temperature geochemistry and geoscience education. In this presentation, he discusses how he moved from being a climate change "skeptic" to being an outspoken advocate of mainstream climate science. He then discusses how it is that people like him can so effectively avoid the truth about climate change. The views expressed in this symposium are solely those of Dr. Barry Bickmore.

    Science: The Next Generation

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2011 42:10


    China, Peak Oil, & Climate Change

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2011 55:35


    Dr. Minqi Li discusses the Chinese Government and its influence in Climate and the oil industry.

    Genetics of Autism

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2011 45:27


    Dr. Dan Fairbanks discusses the genetics of autism drawing from personal experiences within his own family. Dr. Fairbanks sculpts the bust of his son during his presentation.

    Smothering Utah's Future: The Pollution Consequences of Climate, Growth, & Energy Development

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2011 64:09


    Dr. Brian Moench discusses the air quality now and in the future in the State of Utah.

    Exploring a new frontier of particle with the Large Hadron Collider

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2011 53:00


    Dr. Steve Wasserbaech discusses his year-long fellowship at CERN in Europe.

    Medical Breakthroughs using Nanotechnology to Treat Osteoporosis and other Sketal Diseases

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2011 46:43


    Medical Breakthroughs using Nanotechnology to Treat Osteoporosis and other Sketal Diseases

    The Great "Gene Patent" Debate: The Side you haven't heard

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2011 71:34


    Benjamin Jackson of Myriad Genetics discusses the controversy over the great "Gene Patent."

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