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Please note due to the suspension of classes for this week -- no seminars will be happening this week.

 

The Faculty of Pure and Applied Science Presents - Please note - this event has now been cancelled.

IMPACT

Undergraduate Science Research Summit

Thursday, April 2/2020 - Huestis Innovation Pavilion - 6:00pm to 9:30pm

Members of the Acadia campus community are invited to discover the far-reaching effects of undergraduate research at Acadia

 

Biology Department

Speaker: Dr. Mirwais Qaderi - Department of Biology, Mount Saint Vincent University

Topic: Plant-derived methane: what do we know about it?

Thursday, March 19/2020 in Beveridge Arts Centre Room#236 at 11:3am

 

Earth and Environmental Science Department

Speaker: Dr. Marc Laflamme

Tuesday, March 17/2020 in Huggins Science Hall Room#336

10:00am - The Paleontological Toolset: How fossils help interpret the history of the Earth (classroom talk)

4:00pm - Complexity in the Oldest Animal Ecosystems

 

Jodrey School of Computer Science

Justin Hiltz - BCSH Thesis Defence: Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Image Classification via Feature Prediction and Localization

Friday, March 20/2020 in Carnegie Hall Room#113 at 2:30pm

The Faculty of Pure and Applied Science Presents

IMPACT

Undergraduate Science Research Summit

Thursday, April 2/2020 - Huestis Innovation Pavilion - 6:00pm to 9:30pm

Members of the Acadia campus community are invited to discover the far-reaching effects of undergraduate research at Acadia

 

Biology Department

Speaker: Dr. Anna Metaxas, Department of Biology - Dalhousie University

Topic: Evidence-based conservation: ecological connectivity and the design of marine protected areas

Thursday, March 12/2020 in Beveridge Arts Centre Room#236 at 11:30am

 

Earth and Environmental Science Department

CSPG East Coast Lecture Tour

Speaker: Dr. Genevieve Bordeleau

Topic: Shale Gas and Groundwater: When Isotopes get together and tell their story

Friday, March 13/2020 in Huggins Science Hall Room#336 at 12:30pm

 

Psychology Department

Speaker: Rhea Ashley Hoskin, Ph.D., Post Doctoral Reseacher - Queens University

Topic: Femmephobia: A new approach to gender-based discrimination

Friday, March 13/2020 in K. C. Irving Centre Auditorium at 4:30pm

 

School of Nutrition and Dietetics

Senior Seminar (NUTR 4903) is the capstone course for the Bachelor of Science in Nutrition in the School of Nutrition and Dietetics. Students engage in independent research projects on a topic of their choice related to food, nutrition, and/or dietetics. The course is a celebration of learning, drawing on courses taken throughout the degree. Campus and community members are most welcome.

Presentations for Tuesday, March 10/2020 from 7:00pm to 10:00pm in the K. C. Irving Centre Auditorium.

Three students will defend their Honours thesis. Their thesis presentations will be 30-45 minutes each, including questions.

Alexis Tomchuk (Dr. M. Kaviani, Supervisor) - Effects of New Zealand Blackcurrant Extra Supplementation on Cardiovascular Function and Running Performance in Athletes

Tim Lamont (Dr. M. McSweeney, Supervisor) - Surf'n Bake: Exploring the Sensory Characteristics of Seaweed Composite Bread

Madalyn Higgins (Dr. M. Kaviani, Supervisor) - Assessing Prevalence and Effect of Nutrition Education on Female Athlete Triad Risk at Acadia University

 

Faculty of Pure and Applied Science

40th Annual Huggins Science Seminar

Speaker: Dr. Jessica Fanzo - Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of Global Food and Agriculture Policy and Ethics at the Berman Institute of Bioethics, the Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at the Johns Hopkins University in the USA.

Topic: Eating in the Anthropocene - The Seminar will examine the complex interactions among food systems, our diets, human health, and the climate crisis. In doing so, it will describe the changes that must occur in food systems to ensure human health and environmental sustainability.

Monday, March 2/2020 in Huggins Science Hall Room#10 at 7:00pm

Reception to Follow - Everyone Welcome!

 

Biology Department

Speaker: Dr. Patricia Wright - Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph

Topic: Phenotypic plasticity across life stages: lessons from amphibious fishes

Thursday, March 5/2020 in Beveridge Arts Centre Room#236 at 11:30am

 

Earth and Environmental Science Department

Speaker: Dr. Tim Fedak - Curator of Geology for the Nova Scotia Museum

Topic: Letters to Dawson - History of Nova Scotia Geoscience (1840-1860)

Wednesday, March 4/2020 in Huggins Science Hall Room#336 at 12:30pm

 

Jodrey School of Computer Science

Speaker: Hosted by the Acadia Institute for Data Analytics

Topic: Data Science Pioneers Documentary Screening

Friday, March 6/2020 in Carnegie Hall Room#113 at 4:30pm

 

School of Nutrition and Dietetics

Senior Seminar (NUTR 4903) is the capstone course for the Bachelor of Science in Nutrition in the School of Nutrition and Dietetics. Students engage in independent research projects on a topic of their choice related to food, nutrition, and/or dietetics. The course is a celebration of learning, drawing on courses taken throughout the degree. Campus and community members are most welcome.

Presentations for Tuesday, March 3/2020 in K. C. Irving Centre Auditorium from 7:00pm to 10:00pm:

Jenn McIntosh - Eating for Two: An Examination of Prenatal Nutrition Education

Ben Brown - What Nutrition Support is Available to Athletes at Small Canadian Universities and is it Useful?

Robin McLennan - Wounds 101: The Role of a Dietician in Pressure Injury Treatment in Long Term Care

Rachel Powell - Family Ties: The Maternal and Infant life-cycle of the "Double Burden" or Malnutrition

Kim Parsons - Standardized Care Protocol vs The 'Whole' Person. The Way Patients Are Being Treated in Hospitalized Settings

Blaine Saulnier - The History of Nutrition Education and Home Economics in Nova Scotia's Middle and High Schools

 

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