Eastern Mennonite University

Suter Science Seminars

Upcoming...

"Moving Towards Phosphorus Based Nutrient Management Plans: Issues and Options"
Rory O. Maguire, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech, Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Blacksburg, VA
Friday, September 12, 2008

"Cells and Bridges: Can Microengineering Help Identify Metastatic Cancer Cells?"
Jeannine Strobl, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology, Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Blacksburg, VA
Monday, September 22, 2008

"DO Plus MD: Coexisting Philosophies in a Shifting Landscape"
Madhur D. Solanki, O.D.
Valley Hospitalist, Winchester Medical Center, Winchester, VA
Saturday, October 11, 2008

"Food and Our Future: Hope and Solutions through Biointensive Farming"
John Jeavons
Cofounder of Ecology Action & Father of the modern biointensive gardening movement, Willits, California
Wednesday, October 22, 2008

"How We Got to Where We Are: A Brief Review of the Right to Refuse Treatment"
Mimi Mahon, Ph.D., RN, FAAN
Associate Professor School of Nursing, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Monday, October 27, 2008

"On the Suffering of Vegetables (and Why It Matters)"
Stephen Cessna, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA
Monday, November 10, 2008

"Environmental Ethics and Christian Theology"
Willis Jenkins, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Social Ethics, Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Connecticut
Friday, November 21, 2008

"Fall Research Symposium "
Speakers & Topics: To Be Announced
TBA
Friday, December, 5, 2008

"Praying for a Change of Heart: What Do We Do with All this Science?"
Joe Johnston
Nashville, TN
Friday, January 16, 2009

"Recognizing the Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol as Key to Improving Life Outcomes for People"
Daniel Dubovsky, MSW, LSW
FASD Specialist for the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Rockville, MD
Monday, January 19, 2009

"Update on the Diagnostics and Medical Management of Cardiovascular Disease"
Dana Morrison, RN, MSN
The Heart and Vascular Center, Winchester Medical Center, Winchester, Virginia
Monday, January 19, 2009


"Sensory Processing Disorders: What They Are and How to Help"
Deborah Marr, Sc.D., OTR/L
Associate Professor and Director, Division of Occupational Therapy, Shenandoah University, Winchester, Virginia
Monday, February 16, 2009

"Evolution and Faith: What Is at Stake?"
John F. Haught, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow in Science & Religion, Georgetown University, Washington D.C
Monday, March 16, 2009

"Climate Change and Human Evolution: Evidence from the Fossil Record of East Africa"
Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Ph.D.
Research Curator, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C.
Friday, March 20, 2009

"Voltage Sensors and Electrical Signaling in the Nervous System"
Kenton Swartz, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Section, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Monday, March 30, 2009

"Spring Research Symposium"
Speakers & Topics: To Be Announced
TBA
Friday, April, 17, 2009

See past 2007-08 Suter Science Seminars or contact Cheryl Doss at (540) 432-4400 for more information.