Fall 2007 Fairhaven Lecture Series

BIG IDEAS AT UW-WHITEWATER

The United States owes much of its global prestige to the creative activities of scholars who work in the laboratories, studios, and field stations of universities and colleges throughout the nation. At UW-Whitewater, professors and students engage in efforts to expand our knowledge of ourselves and our place in the world through work in the arts, the sciences, the humanities, and the professions. These creative and scholarly enterprises are one of the institution's greatest natural resources. Welcome to the Fall 2007 Fairhaven Lecture Series, "Big Ideas at UW-Whitewater."

Spring 2008 Fairhaven Lecture Series Audio & Videos Podcasts

All presentations are on Mondays at 3:00p.m. See dates and presenter topics below.
Unable to attend? Audio podcasts will be available below within a week.

September 10
Climate Change:
Indicators of Rapid Warming and Threats from Aviation

David Travis, Associate Dean, College of Letters and Sciences
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September 17
International Understandings of Workplace Ethics
Praveen Parboteeah, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Management
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September 24
Footprints of Giants:
Studying Roots of Ancient Mountains in Northern Wisconsin

Juk Bhattacharyya, Assistant Professor Dept. of Geography & Geology
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October 1
Fish Brains? What's So Interesting About Fish Brains?
Michael Woller, Associate Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences
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October 8
Are You a Patient or a Profit?
Inner Workings of the Pharmaceutical Industry

Michael Oldani, Assistant Professor, Dept of Sociology & Anthropology
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October 15
The Bird's Eye View of the Milky Way Galaxy
Robert Benjamin, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics
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October 22
The Growing Connection Between Language and Emotion
Diana Rogers-Adkinson, Professor, Dept. of Special Education
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October 29
Practically Perfect in Every Way:
The Influence of RealityTV Dating Shows on Real World Dating Practice
Susan Wildermuth, Associate Professor, Dept. of Communication
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November 5
Teaching at the University of Chicago's Laboratory School, 1896-1904
Anne Durst, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Educational Foundations
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November 12
From Slave to Citizen in Latin America
Seth Meisel, Associate Professor, Dept. of History
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November 19
Popular Partner Dancing as Social and Creative Expression
Denay Trykowski, Instructor, Dept of Health, Phy. Ed., Recreation & Coaching
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November 26
Tourism Disaster Recovery
Carol Scovotti, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Marketing
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December 3
Musical Collaborations in the Victory at Sea Documentary Series
George Ferencz, Professor, Dept. of Music
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