2007 Academic Symposium Schedule
A Celebration of Research and Its Global Impact
In honor of
The Inauguration of Lehigh University's 13th President
Alice P. Gast
Lehigh University
Zoellner Arts Center
420 East Packer Avenue
Baker Auditorium
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Master of Ceremonies
Robert Thornton
MacFarlane Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
During the symposium, an exhibition of undergraduate and graduate student research and scholarship will be held in Zoellner's Butz Lobby, bringing attention to the range and remarkable caliber of creative student projects at Lehigh.
8:00 -8:30 a.m. Refreshments in Main Lobby
8:30-8:45 Welcome - Mohamed S. El-Aasser,
provost and vice president for academic affairs
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8:45-10:00 "Conveying Science", Horst Stormer,
the I. I. Rabi Professor of Physics and Professor of Applied Physics in the department of physics at Columbia University
Introduced by: Shalinee Kishore, P.C. Rossin Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, department of electrical and computer engineering
Interviewed by: Tom Koch, director, Center for Optical Technologies, Daniel E. '39 and Patricia M. Smith Endowed Chair, professor of electrical engineering and physics department of electrical and computer engineering
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10:00 -10:30 Break
10:30-11:45 "How the Brain Builds Habits", Ann Graybiel, the Walter A. Rosenblith Professor of Neuroscience in the department of brain and cognitive Ssciences and the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Introduced by: Patricia Manz, assistant professor of school psychology, Department of Education and Human Services
Interviewed by: Colin Saldanha, assistant professor of biological sciences, Department of Biological Sciences
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1:00 - 2:15 "Mending the Fire: Reflections
on Democracy in America", Jeffrey Stout, professor in
the department of religion at Princeton University
Introduced by: Ziad Munson, assistant professor of sociology, and head of the newly created Social Science Data Center in the department of sociology and anthropology
Interviewed by: John Pettegrew, associate professor of history and director of the American Studies program in the department of history
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2:15 - 2:45 Break
2:45 - 4:00 "American Universities in the Context of Global Civil Society", Arjun Appadurai, the John Dewey Professor in the Social Sciences and senior advisor for Global
Initiatives at The New
School in New York City
Introduced by: Arpana Inman, assistant professor of counseling psychology Department of Education and Human Services
Interviewed by: Elizabeth Vann, assistant professor of anthropology
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4:00 - 4:30 Break
4:30 - 5:45 "Poems and Where They Come From - A Combination Reading and Talk", Mark Strand,
professor in the
department of English and
comparative literature at
Columbia University
Introduced by: Stephanie Watts, assistant professor of English and director of creative writing, department of English
Interviewed by: Bob Watts, professor of practice, department of English
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5:45 Brief farewell remarks - Alice P. Gast, president
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