Spring 2013 Events & Exhibits

Many events happen in the Christopher Center's Community Room which are scheduled through the Union office. Please visit their site to find out about reserving the room for your event.

EVENTS

Core Approved!
Darwin Day Lecture
Nature, Nurture and the Nurturers
Speaker: Dr. Mike Wade, Department of Biology, Indiana University
Date: Friday, February 15th
Time: 3:30pm
Location: Neils Science Center, Room 234
Sponsor: Christopher Center Library and Department of Biology

The Nature vs. Nurture debate argument can be expressed simply: If Nurture plays an important role in characteristics, then allocation of scarce resources can bring about desired social change. If characteristics are determined by Nature, however, then it is futile to attempt to address them, since nothing can change the underlying genes.

In recent years, increasing attention has been focused on gene-environment interaction, especially in complex human diseases such as autism, obesity, and asthma. Although each disease has a genetic component, the rise in incidence within a single generation is too fast to be accounted for by genetics alone. On the other hand, if the increased incidence is entirely due to environmental change, the genetic signature would not be observed with these diseases. Rapid change in the environment is affecting some genotypes more than others; therefore, gene-environment interaction is inferred to be a major causal component of these diseases.

Wade’s lecture adds a new dimension to the Nature vs Nurture debate, namely, the Nurturers, the biotic components of the environment. These biotic environments have genes, and their existence allows the possibility of the co-evolution of genes and environments. Wade will discuss maternal effects as examples of co-evolving environments, as well as other social contexts in which genes play an important role.

Core Approved!
Faculty Seminar Series
In Search of the Ideal: Madness in Literature, Painting, and Music
Speaker: Prof. Carlos Miguel-Pueyo, Ph.D.
Date: Wednesday, February 20th
Time: 3pm
Location: Community Room, Christopher Center
Sponsor: Christopher Center Library


Core Approved!
Faculty Seminar Series:
How to Count like a Mathematician
Speaker: Prof. Lara Pudwell
Date: Wednesday, March 27th
Time: 4pm
Location: Community Room, Christopher Center
Sponsor: Christopher Center Library

 

Valpo Authors Reception
Date: Thursday, April 18th
Time: 4:30pm
Location: Community Room, Christopher Center
Sponsor: Christopher Center Library
Recognition of faculty/staff published books and articles. Presentation of the Library Undergraduate Research Award.

 

Core Approved!
Día de la Poesía en Español
Date: Tuesday, April 23rd
Time: 6:00 - 7:00pm
Location: Community Room, Christopher Center
Sponsor: Christophre Center Library and Spanish Department
Poetry reading in Spanish. Hear works by student poets  & famous Hispanic poets. Reception to follow.

 

EXHIBITS/DISPLAYS

To find out how you or your group can exhibit artwork at the Christopher Center, please fill out this Art Exhibit Request form.

 

Lobby Display

Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Date(s): January 16-30
Sponsor: Christopher Center Library

Darwin Day
Date(s): February 11-20
Sponsor: Christopher Center Library

Irreverant Library Display: The Library Celebrates Superheroes!
Date(s): April 29-May 24
Sponsor: Christopher Center Library

 

Exhibit Hallway

Artists in Bloom
Date(s): May 1-31
Sponsor: Pines Village Retirement Communities