Research Awards
2018 Distinguished Research Awards Lecture Series
Date: October 29, 2018
Lu Ann Aday Distinguished Lecture
Kenneth Ferraro
Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Director of the Center on Aging and the Life Course
Frontiers in the Science of Aging
Recent breakthrough discoveries in the science of aging are transforming the way we think about growing older and are stimulating cross-disciplinary research to make the most effective use of the aging process.
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Place: Fowler Hall, Stewart Center
Reception: 11:30 a.m., Robert L. Ringel Gallery, Stewart Center
Lecture is free and open to the public
Arden L. Bement Jr. Distinguished Lecture
Peide "Peter" Ye
Richard J. and Mary Jo Schwartz Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Moore’s Law Extension and Beyond
Moore’s Law became the “golden rule” for the microelectronics industry and a springboard for innovation. Gordon Moore paved the path for Intel and others to make faster, smaller and more affordable transistors for our modern tools and toys.
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Place: Fowler Hall, Stewart Center
Reception: 2:30 p.m., Robert L. Ringel Gallery, Stewart Center
Lecture is free and open to the public
Herbert Newby McCoy Distinguished Lecture
Natalia Dudareva
Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Look Who’s Talking: Chemical Language of Plants
Plants have exploited the language of small chemicals for interacting with their environment more extensively than any other living organism. A diversity of volatile molecules released by plants plays essential roles in their growth, development, reproduction, defense and communication. They also influence atmospheric chemistry and climate, and humans use them as flavors, fragrances, biofuels, insecticides and pharmaceuticals.
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Place: Fowler Hall, Stewart Center
Reception: 4:30 p.m., Robert L. Ringel Gallery, Stewart Center
Lecture is free and open to the public
