First Thursday Graduate Student Talks
First Thursday graduate student take place the first Thursday of each month during the academic year. The talks provide Ph.D. candidates preparing to defend their dissertations an opportunity to make a generalist presentation on their research to a cross-disciplinary audience ready to listen carefully and ask good questions. EPIC members help give the Ph.D. students a useful learning experience and at the same time learn about something that may be well beyond their own scholarly interests.
A sandwich lunch is provided at each event. Please RSVP to EPIC to ensure an appropriate catering order.
Thursday, October 6, 2016
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Ward H. Dennis Room, 602 Lewisohn Hall
"Creativity under Authoritarian Rule: Popular Music and State Power in Postcolonial Togo," Marceline Saibou, Ph.D., 2016 Department of Music
Thursday, November 3, 2016
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Ward H. Dennis Room, 602 Lewisohn Hall
"A Transit System Hiding in Plain Sight," Eric Goldwyn, Ph.D. candidate, School of Architecture and Planning
Thursday, December 1, 2016
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Ward H. Dennis Room, 602 Lewisohn Hall
"Every Sperm is Sacred: How Stress and Obesity May Reduce Semen Quality," Dr Linda Kahn, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine