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Olfaction (the sense of smell) is mediated by receptor neurons located in the nose that have the tough job of translating chemical signals (odors) into electrical signals that the brain can understand. To make matters worse, in vertebrate animals, there are about 1000 different types of these neurons located within the nose, each highly tuned to sniff out particular molecules that might make up an odor. Somehow, very rapidly the olfactory system is able to process all the information and recognize complex mixtures of odors. Certainly, a great deal of olfactory processes such as odor recognition require high level processing by the brain. Read more...

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Dr. Georgina Montgomery

Dr. Georgina Montgomery examines the history of field primatology and animal behavior studies. She analyzes the development of field sites and methods for the study of "natural" primate behavior and how these studies have been used to justify and/or explain various human behaviors and social hierarchies.

October Events

Oct 01
Talk by Dr. John Waller on “The Dancing Mania.”

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Oct 08
The Contracdictions of Scientific Motherhood: Women, Childcare, and the Politics of Expertise.

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Oct 14
Michael Dowd and Connie Barlow: “Evolution and the Global Integrity Crisis”

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Oct 15
The Making of a Cultural Icon: Early Biographies of Charles Darwin

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Oct 16
Dynamics of Sexual Violence as Weapons of War: Crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Oct 16
The Journey From MSU’s Lyman Briggs College to the Congo: Advancing the Science and Practice of a Humanitarian Response to Violence and War

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Oct 17
Lyman Briggs College Homecoming Tent

9:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Oct 20
Katharsis Productions presents David Cronenberg’s sci-fi thriller eXistenZ!

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Oct 21
Book Panel Debate on Darwin’s Origin of Species

7:00 PM -

Oct 23
Dr. Georgina Montgomery “Entering a Different World:” Learning to See Individuals in the Study of Primate Behavior, 1926 - the Present.

12:00 PM -

Oct 23
Why People Believe Weird Things - Michael Shermer

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

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What's Happening

Catherine Westfall, PhD has been elected an American Physical Society Fellow

The "American" Psychoanalytic Hospital in the Making

UPDATED: Undergraduate Learning Assistant Application for Academic Year 2010-2011

Formulating a Vision for Fish Health Management in Fishery Conservation: Bridging Knowledge Gaps

Infinite Loneliness: the life and times of Miss Congo

The History of Physics: Outing the hidden curriculum?

Dr. Kendra Cheruvelil selected as Lilly Teaching fellow for 2009-10 year.

Dean Elizabeth Simmons and Sekhar Chivukula

Undergraduate research at the core of the Briggs experience

Catherine Westfall interviewed by New England radio station on The History of Fermilab: Physics; the Frontier and Megascience

Faculty Conversation with Robert Shelton

MSU/LBC students are participating in a study abroad in Auckland, New Zealand

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