Environmental initiative continues with program on plant sciences

The next Environmental Initiative Colloquium will explore “Plant Sciences: The Environment and Sustainability.” From 2-5 p.m. Feb. 26 in Room 300 of the Arts & Sciences Laboratory Science Building, four eminent scientists will discuss phytoremidiation, the inorganic carbon cycle, carbon sesquestration, the impact of genetically modified crops on the environment and the issue of sustainability. […]

Maki to present Sam Fox Arts Center Lecture

Fumihiko Maki, the Pritzker Prize-winning architect of the planned Sam Fox Arts Center, will lecture on “Image, Space and Materiality” at 6 p.m. Feb. 23 in Steinberg Auditorium. The talk will serve as the Sam Fox Arts Center Lecture. Maki, principal of Maki & Associates in Tokyo, is renowned for fusing elements of Eastern and […]

Scott named UAA swimmer of the year

The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams concluded competition at the University Athletic Association Swimming and Diving Championships Feb. 14, ending the meet in a familiar place. The women placed second with 634 points and the men finished third with 465 points; both squads remained in the same positions they were in after Day […]

Key areas of the brain pinpointed

Daniel Moran and other researchers have identified areas of the brain where reality and illusion or perception are processed.