Dr. Olson-Pupek will look at the effects of lead on the brain from the neuroscience perspective, and why children are so heavily impacted by lead poisoning. Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019 @ Noon
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Campus Jeopardy Friday October 25 @ 3 pm in the Library commons!
FRIDAY OCTOBER 25, 2019 @ 3PM
Join us for fun and semi-competitive games of Jeopardy, with questions centered around content from What the Eye’s Don’t See. Grab some teammates, read the book, (copies are available the the Library’s Circulation Desk) and run the board!
If you can’t make it to this session, we’ll have another game on Monday November 4, 2019 @ 3pm!
Join the LSSU Library and Colloquium as we welcome Dr. Rocheford for her talk on “Drones, Mapping, and Spatial Analytics: Geospatial Technologies at LSSU” October 18th @ 3pm in the LSSU Library Learning Commons
Does your discipline/industry utilize unmanned aerial vehicles aka drones? Do you analyze data patterns? Do you collect samples from the environment? Is your discipline one of the following. Engineering/Robotics. Criminal Justice. Fisheries & Wildlife, Mathematics, Business/Marketing. Conservation Biology, Geology, or Environmental Science? If you answered yes to any of these questions then you may benefit from one of the LSSU’s geospatial programs. The GIS programs are designed as support programs to provide participants with spatial analytical skills that are in high demand in a variety of industries.
LSSU Library Sustainability Series welcomes Tony Anthony: “Emerging Contaminants” on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2019 @ 7PM
LSSU Library Sustainability Series. Tony Anthony: “Emerging Contaminants”, Tuesday, October. 16th@ 7 PM
PFAS, or polyfluoroalkyd substances, are all over the news these days as the newest environmental concern. Tony Anthony, Principal Consultant with national environmental consulting firm AKT Peerless, will talk about this newest issue, and address how the uncertainty surrounding PFAS contamination is creating challenges for municipal leaders and their communities.
LSSU Library Documentary Series – NOVA: Poisoned Water
Please join us on Tuesday, Oct. 1st @ 5 pm in the library for a screening of NOVA: Poison Water
How safe is our tap water?
This one-hour special report from PBS’s science series, NOVA, follows the ordinary citizens and independent scientists who exposed the danger lurking in Flint’s water and confronted those who turned a blind eye. Discover the disturbing truth that reaches far beyond Flint—water systems across the country are similarly vulnerable. How can we protect ourselves from poisoned water?
Please join us on Friday, September 20th @ 3pm in the Library Learning Commons as Dr. Jason Garvon presents, “Million Dollar Birdie”
Please join us on Friday, September 20th @ 3 pm in the Library Learning Commons as Dr. Jason Garvon presents, “Million Dollar Birdie”
Dr. Garvon has been active with the Great Lakes Piping Plover recovery effort since 2007 when he volunteered as a monitor and LSSU was subcontracted for one monitor position. Since that time they have successfully written grants and have become the primary monitoring organization of the UP. In this presentation, Dr. Garvon will discuss the biology of the Great Lakes Piping Plover, the history of recovery efforts and LSSU’s long tradition of involvement, and current recovery practices and future challenges.
LSSU Library Scholar Series Welcomes Professor Ginna Hoben: “Once Upon a Time, a Woman Developed Very Special Cells…” – A Look at What Makes a Compelling Story
A podcast. A book. A film. A stage play. An episode of Law & Order. What is it about Henrietta Lack’s compelling history that inspires the expression of her story in five different art forms? This talk will examine which plot points are included in all of these retellings of a similar tale, which are not, and what it is that makes a story worth telling (and retelling!).
GINNA HOBEN is an actor/writer/theatre professor. Her most recent play, “No Spring Chicken” premiered at NextStop Theatre as part of D.C.’s Women’s Voices Theatre Festival in 2015. Ginna’s play, “The Twelve Dates of Christmas” has enjoyed over fifty productions nation and worldwide. Other produced plays include the “wind-chill factor”, “telephone”, and “Spit Spat Splendor Spite.” She has also been a writer/producer for the Emmy nominated TV show, “Brain Games.”
Ginna has performed at various American regional theatres, most notably in 31 productions at American Shakespeare Center, including Kate in “Taming of the Shrew”, Portia in “The Merchant of Venice”, and the titular role in the World Premiere of “Shakespeare’s Sister.”
LSSU Library Altered Book Workshop
Wednesday, Jan. 23rd, 2019 @ 5 pm
KJS Holiday Break Hours ’18/’19
EXAM SLAM + FINAL EXAM WEEK HOURS
