Calendar for 1999-2000
| Program (From most future to past) | Date | Time | Place |
Annual Banquet and New Member Initiation Rosalind Reid, the editor of American Scientist, will speak on Science, Art, Story: Picturing Research Since the dawn of civilization, people have used pictures tocommunicate ideas across barriers of language, culture and time. Today, new technologies and art forms offer ways to engage thesenses in imagining and visualizing scientific ideas. |
Wednesday, April 18, 2001, Dinner costs $37 and there will be a cash bar. |
6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. |
While we gladly acknowledge attendance by phone or email, reservations cannot be confirmed without accompanying payment. Contact Program Director The cut-off date for reservations is Sunday, April 15th. Send your reservations Millicent C. Goldschmidt, UT Houston Dental Branch Mgoldsch@admin4.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (713) 500-4501 |
| Awards Banquet Neal Frank from Channel 11 Weather! Building Towards a Disaster: Lessons from the 1900 Storm |
May 4, 2000 RSVP-$28 per person*, Send your reservations
and payment by Monday May 1, 2000 to: |
Cocktails 6:15-7pm, Dinner and Speaker promptly at 7pm, Awards Program To Follow Speaker 8:00-9:15pm |
Cohen House, Rice University While we gladly acknowledge attendance by phone or email, reservations cannot be confirmed without accompanying payment. Contact Program Director Dr. Art Sherwood at 713-794-7254 or email: ams@bcm.tmc.edu for any other program information
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| Digital Information Processing/Transfer and Quantum
Mechanics: How I Joined IEEE Dr. Donald Kouri, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor of the |
March 30, 2000 | 12-1 pm | Cohen House, Rice University Telephone reservations to 713-794-7254 or email: ams@bcm.tmc.edu |
| Symposium: Ethical and Regulatory Issues in Human
Research Participants: M.A. Carter Ph.D. (UTMB), K. Motil, M.D. Ph.D. Baylor College of Medicine, houston, A. Sherwood, Ph.D. Houston VA Medical Center |
February 10, 2000 | 3:20-5 pm | Special Sigma Xi Registration Instructions Houston Society for Engineering in Medicine and Biology 18th Annual Conference. University of Houston, Hilton Hotel and Conference Center. |
| Special
Clearlake Chapter Sigma XI Seminar Announcement Dr. Jennifer West |
September 30, 1999 | Lecture at 6:00 pm; Dinner at 7:00 pm | China Square
Restaurant 1111 NASA Road One (281-486-7722) Click here to preplan your dinner! (May take a while if your connection is by modem). For Additional Information Contact: Lovely Fotedar, Ph.D.: (281) 483-7603 Bonnie Cooper, Ph.D.: (281) 336-4132 Richard Puzdrowski, Ph.D.: (281) 283-3750 |
| Randi Martin, Ph.D., Cognitive
Neurosciences, Rice University: "Neuropsychological and Neuroimaging Evidence on Verbal Working Memory" |
Thursday, November 11 |
11:30-1pm |
Telephone reservations to 713-794-7254 or email: ams@bcm.tmc.edu by noon, November 8 |
| Andrew C Papanicolaou, Ph.D.,
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Houston Medical School, "Mapping the Language Cortex with Magnetoencephalography" |
Thursday, October 21 | 11:30-1pm |
Telephone reservations to 713-794-7254 or email: ams@bcm.tmc.edu by noon, October 18 |
| John L. Margrave, Ph.D., Butcher
Professor of Chemistry, Rice University, "Nanoscience and Nanotechnology." Nanotubes, nanocrystals, nanoshells... nanomachines are very
small but are bringing forth new concepts, new materials and new devices which will have a
major |
Friday, September 17, 1999 |
11:30-1pm | Cohen House, Rice University Telephone reservations to
713-794-7254 or email: ams@bcm.tmc.edu by noon, |
| Awards Banquet Dr. Robert O'Dell Title: New Science with the Hubble Space Telescope Andrew Hays Buchanan Professor of Astrophysics; Rice University |
May 18, 1999 | Salons A&B Cocktails 6-7, Dinner$25 7:00-8:00pm Talk 8-9:30 |
For reservations
contact Art Sherwood , fax 713-794-7623 by 12
pm May 14th. Braeswood Hotel and Convention Center,2100 Braeswood, Ave, Houston, TX (Corner of Greenbriar & South Braeswood) |
| Oscar
Criner, Ph.D., Professor Texas Southern University Environmental Science, Autonomous Agents, and the Digital World View |
April 15, 1999 | 6:30 pm | Institute for
Biosciences and Technology 2121 Holcombe @ Holcombe and Main Auditorium (Rm 204). Tell parking attendant that you are attending the Sigma Xi. Lecture and parking is free. |
| Kumar Krishen Ph.D. Research and Technology Needs for Human Exploration and Development of Space NASA Johnson Space Center |
March 18, 1999 | 7 PM | Institute for
Biosciences and Technology 2121 Holcombe @ Holcombe and Main Auditorium (Rm 204). Tell parking attendant that you are attending the Sigma Xi. Lecture and parking is free. Dinner at Buon Appetito Retaurant, 2231 W. Holcombe following talk For "interested" persons. (713)665-4601 |
| Dr. W.J. Evans, M.D. Excercise in the Elderly: |
Thursday October 23, 1998 |
*8PM | Institute for
Biosciences and Technology 2121 Holcombe @ Holcombe and Main Auditorium (Rm 204). Tell parking attendant that you are attending the Sigma Xi. Lecture and parking is free. |
| Dr. Nancy Griggs "Butterfly Museum & IMAX |
Saturday, June 6, 1998 |
10am... | Natural Science Museum |
| Dr. Bob Curl "Bucky Balls" |
Thursday, May 7, 1998 |
6:30-9:30pm | Terrace Room, Cohen House, Rice University |
| Dr. Louise
Hayes-Odum "Alligator Research" |
Thursday, March 12, 1998 |
11:30-1:00pm | Ester's Room, Cohen House, Rice University |
| Dr. Gerard Wellington, "El Nono Research" |
Thursday, January 29, 1998 |
6:30-9:30pm | Terrace Room, Cohen House, Rice University |