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The Drift
September 7, 2007

Carol Freeman, Editor
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-In This Edition–
EEB Department News
    EEB Dissertation Final Oral Presentation
    Monday Seminar Series
    Tuesday “Noon” Seminar Series
    EEB Projector and Laptop Reservations
    Benefits Sign-up Reminder
News from Other Areas
    Department of Entomology Seminar Series
    “got Science? Café
    Discovering Science at the Center
    Business Community Open Forum
Meetings
    Research Insights in Semiarid Ecosystems (RISE) Symposium
General Announcements
    Task Force on Innovation Sponsors Video Competition
    Big Cat Fridays  

EEB Dissertation Final Oral Presentation
 
Date:            September 10, 2007
Time:            9:00 am
Location:       Library Special Collections, Room 205
 
J. Alexander Eilts
Candidate for the degree of:       Doctor of Philosophy
With a major in:                        Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
With a minor in:                        Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
 
The physiological ecology of exploitation competition

Monday Seminar Series
 
Date:            September 10, 2007
Time:            4:30 pm
Location:       Biosciences West, Room 301
 
Dr. Charles W. Fox
University of Kentucky
http://www.uky.edu/~cfox/
Host: Dr. Daniel Papaj
 
Evolutionary ecology of offspring size and number: Lessons from a desert seed beetle
 
For an appointment with Dr. Fox, please contact Dr. Papaj, papaj@u.arizona.edu.

Tuesday “Noon” Seminar Series

Date:            September 11, 2007
Time:            12:30 pm
Location:       Biosciences West, Room 208
 
Patrick Degnan
EEB Graduate Student
 
Parasitoid defense in aphids mediated by facultative symbiont and its toxin-encoding bacteriophage

EEB Projector and Laptop Reservations
 
EEB department members may make their projector and laptop reservations on-line at http://corazon.biosci.arizona.edu/projector/ and http://corazon.biosci.arizona.edu/laptop/.  You will require the username and password which can be obtained from the EEB IT staff, BSW 310E, or 621-1446.  If you have any questions or problems with reserving the equipment, please contact Barry McCabe at mccabeb@email.arizona.edu or 621-1446.

Benefits Sign-up Reminder
Enrollment ends on Monday!
 
All benefit-eligible employees must re-enroll to ensure the continuation of benefit coverage after September 30, 2007.  Additional information is available at: http://www.benefitoptions.az.gov.
 
Flexible Spending Account Open Enrollment for 2008 participation will be held at a later date.

Department of Entomology Seminar Series
 
Date:            September 13, 2007
Time:            4:00 pm
Location:       Marley 230 (Auditorium)
 
Dr. Timothy Dennehy
University of Arizona
 
A Decade of Successful Management of Whitefly Resistance to Insecticides in Arizona

“got Science? Café”
 
Date:            September 10, 2007
Time:            5:30 pm
Location:       EnotecA Pizzeria Wine Bar
                   58     W. Congress Street
 
Dr. William Boynton
Dept. of Planetary Sciences
University of Arizona
 
Trials and Tribulations of Going to Mars: What About Life There?
 
Flandrau: The UA Science Center is continuing with its next “got Science? Café” at Enoteca Pizzeria Wine Bar in downtown Tucson. A science café is a casual forum for people to meet and discuss a particular science topic with a UA scientist in the relaxed atmosphere of a local restaurant. Topics of discussion will vary each month, but each one will be current, relevant, and perhaps even slightly edgy and humorous, or controversial.
 
For additional information, please contact Sam Kane at skane@email.arizona.edu.

Business Community Open Forum
 
Date:            September 12, 2007
Time:            2:00 – 3:30 pm
Location:       Student Union, South Ballroom
 
Brian Seastone of UAPD and Steve Holland of Risk Management and Safety will be discussing "Disasters and Business Continuity: Planning for the Unexpected".
 
The Business Community Open Forum is held quarterly and is open to anyone at the University who has an interest in the UA's business policies and processes.

Discovering Science at the Center
Presented by the Arizona Cancer Center


Date:            September 15, 2007
Time:            9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Location:       Arizona Cancer Center
                   Kiewit Auditorium
 
Take a glimpse into the workings of a premier comprehensive cancer center!  Take this opportunity to learn about the developments and discoveries that are driving the future of cancer prevention, treatment and cures. You will also visit a working laboratory and experience the excitement of the scientists who are advancing cancer research.
 
This event is free and open to the public.  Due to limited seating, pre-registration is required. To pre-register, contact isloan@azcc.arizona or call 626-6401.

Registration and continental breakfast begin at 9:00 am.

Research Insights in Semiarid Ecosystems (RISE) Symposium

Date:            Saturday, October 6, 2007
Time:            8:30 am - 2:30 pm
Location:       Marley Auditorium, Room 230
                        University of Arizona

Please use the web site http://www.tucson.ars.ag.gov/rise/ to view the RISE program, to register for the symposium, and to submit poster titles.

Task Force on Innovation Sponsors Video Competition
Submission Deadline: September 18, 2007

The Task Force on the Future of American Innovation is sponsoring a YouTube video contest in which individuals, ­particularly students, ­are invited to submit three-minute videos that illustrate how scientific discoveries resulting from federally funded research in the physical sciences have changed our lives.  Videos can focus on past transformational research (the YouTube page points to two lists of examples) or showcase what may happen in the future.  Participants are urged to let their creativity flow, with music, humor, or other formats to help celebrate American innovation. 

Additional information is available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuGBNNCwkfs.  Information about the Task Force is available at: http://futureofinnovation.org.  

Questions about the competition should be directed to Tawanda W. Johnson at opa@aps.org.

Big Cat Fridays
 
Mark your 2007 calendars!  Each Friday before home football games, receive 25% off on UA insignia clothing only at your official UA BookStores.
 
Dates:          September 7, September 14, September 28, October 19, and November 2.
Locations:     Main UA BookStore (SUMC); Park Student Union BookStore; Medical BookStore (AHSC); UA South (Sierra Vista); Corleone Center – Our new location, serving the James E. Rogers College of Law and Eller College of Management area just north of Speedway Blvd.
 
Details available at: http://www.uofabookstores.com/uaz/BigCatFridays.asp
 
Show your Spirit - GO CATS!