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 Pathways to Knowledge: A Lecture Series for Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Spring 2007
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
7:00-8:00 P.M.
Grant Auditorium
The Experiences and Time Allocation of
Newly-hired College Science Faculty
Kenneth Sagendorf
Ph.D Candidate
Department of Science Teaching
Syracuse University
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You graduate with a bachelor’s degree and then what do you do? That may be a wide open question. When you receive a Ph.D., the choice may be more narrow. Many people will aspire to become a college faculty member. They are perhaps drawn by the enjoyment of research, teaching and service. They may also be lured by the intellectual stimulation, love of their discipline, and flexible hours. After all, you may teach three or four classes a semester? How hard can that be?
This presentation will provide an overview of the job-related experiences that first-year college science faculty accumulated prior to joining the academy. It will also outline how these new faculty spend their 53-76 hours per week on the job.
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007
7:00-8:00 P.M.
Gifford Auditorium
American Radical? American Traitor?
The Judicial Odyssey of Steve Nelson
Karen Bruner
Ph.D Candidate
Department of History
Syracuse University
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In 1956, less than two years after issuing its benchmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court of the United States announced another ruling that seemed to signal further, the Court’s new dedication to expanding the civil liberties and civil rights of American citizens. This 1956 ruling, Pennsylvania v. Nelson, was the Court’s first major attempt to curb the anti-communist crusade that had surged through American politics and culture since 1945. Because of this decision, and others which followed it in the mid-1950s, many historians have lauded the Court for being the one institution that dared to challenge McCarthyism and to work to limit the excesses of that hunt for Communists in America.
This presentation discusses the trials of Steve Nelson, a Croatian immigrant to the United States, who eventually became a zealous and committed Communist and one of the top leaders of the Communist Party of the United States.
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007
7:00-8:00 P.M.
Grant Auditorium
How Large Grazing Animals Influence Grasses
in Yellowstone National Park
Michele Thorne
Ph.D Candidate
Department of Biology
Syracuse University
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Plant carbon (C) allocation patterns can have substantial effects on ecosystem processes such as nutrient cycling and soil C storage and influencing aboveground and belowground food webs. Grasslands make up of 1/3 of the worlds terrestrial surfaces making them an ideal system for studying the effects of plant C allocation. Additionally, large grazing animals have co-evolved with native grasses and influence how plants allocate C. In recent years, major attention has been given to plant C allocation since it is a major part of the global C cycle and important for understanding the potential effects of increased atmospheric CO2.
The goal of this study is to determine how grazers influence plant C allocation patterns in native grasslands of Yellowstone National Park through two processes: (1) removal of plant tissue by grazing and (2) addition of urine from grazers.
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