Lectures
Penn State Intercom......January
23, 2003
Filmmaker Spike Lee to make
return appearance to campus 
Filmmaker Spike Lee is the next speaker in the Distinguished Speakers Series at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, at Eisenhower Auditorium on the University Park campus.
Lee's most recent film, 25th Hour, was released in December.
The event is free to the public, but tickets are required. Tickets are now available at the Eisenhower ticket office.
Talk examines challenges
of space exploration 
Pat Dasch, author, consultant on space exploration and former executive director of the National Space Society, will give a free public lecture at 11 a.m. Jan. 25 in 100 Thomas Building on the University Park campus.
The lecture, "Challenges in Space Exploration," is the first in the 2003 Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science, an annual series designed to be a free minicourse for the enjoyment and education of residents in Central Pennsylvania communities.
This year's theme is "Beyond Earth: Living on Other Worlds."
Dasch will discuss some of the technological, social, economic and political hurdles that would need to be overcome for human habitation on other worlds. Her lecture also will include a review of the past 50 years of space exploration, an assessment of the current state of space exploration and some predictions about the future of space exploration, including the prospects for additional space stations and manned missions to the moon, Mars and beyond.
For information, call (814) 863-8453,
e-mail science@psu.edu or click on
the Web link at http://www.science.psu.edu/alert/frontiers/FrontiersIndex.html.
Chemist to present
2003 Priestley Lectures
Chemist Robert H. Grubbs from the California Institute of Technology will give three lectures titled "Synthesis of Large and Small Molecules Using Olefin Metathesis" as the 2003 Priestley Lectures in the Chemical Sciences.
The lectures will take place at 8 p.m. Jan. 27 in 102 Thomas Building, at 4 p.m. Jan. 28 in S-5 Osmond Laboratory and at 12:15 p.m. Jan. 29 in S-5 Osmond Laboratory on the University Park campus. The series is free to the public.
Grubbs is an expert in the use of advanced catalysts to synthesize organic chemicals and polymers. He leads a research group that is involved in the design, synthesis and mechanistic studies of complexes that catalyze basic organic transformations.
The Priestley Lectures are named in honor of Joseph Priestley, the 18th-century chemist who discovered oxygen, and were established by the late professor Wheeler P. Davey in 1926.
Noll Center sets seminar schedule
The Noll Physiological Research Center in the College of Health and Human Development has several seminars planned for spring semester. All seminars will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. in conference room 127 at the center. The schedule follows:
* Jan. 24: "Exercise Hyperemia: A Physiological Conundrum," with Philip S. Clifford, professor of anesthesiology and physiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin;
* Jan. 31: "Exercise-Induced Asthma," with Kenneth C. Beck, research scientist in the Department of Radiology at University of Iowa Hospitals;
* Feb. 7: "Improving Orthostatic Tolerance In Women: Role of the Splanchnic Circulation," with Michael Curren, master's candidate in kinesiology;
* Feb. 14: "Supplemental Antioxidants and Cancer," with Keith Martin, assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition;
* Feb. 28: "Sleep Apnea," with Dr.Urs A. Leuenberger, director of the Gen-eral Clinical Research Center and associate professor in the College of Medicine, Hershey Medical Center;
* March 21: "Pediatric Exercise," with James N. Roemmich, assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at State University of New York at Buffalo;
* March 28: "The Effects of Microgravity on Skeletal Muscle Vascular Function and Structure," with Michael Delp, associate professor in the Department of Health and Kinesiology at Texas A&M University;
* April 4: "Sex Differences in Exercise Metabolism," with Barry Braun, assistant professor in the Department of Exercise Science at the University of Massachusetts;
* April 18: "Gene-Environment Interactions on Cardiovascular Function and Glucose Metabolism," with Michael Brown, assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology Exercise Biochemistry Laboratory at University of Maryland; and
* April 25: "Rat Genetic Models of Intrinsic Aerobic Capacity," with Steven L. Britton, professor of physiology and molecular medicine in the Functional Genomics Laboratory at the Medical College of Ohio.
Space station director
to speak at University Park
The Applied Research Laboratory will hold a presentation by Frank Buzzard, director of NASA's International Space Station, from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, in the Applied Science Building auditorium, University Park.
The event will be free to the public.
Buzzard will talk about the engineering challenges and future of the program. He will provide a multi-media presentation and a question-and-answer period.
Seating will be limited. For reservations, call Lori Mowery at (814) 865-3264 or e-mail llm1@psu.edu.
Harris Lecture to focus on team success
Albert V. Carron, a longtime faculty member at the University of Western Ontario, will present this year's Dorothy V. Harris Lecture Series in Sports Psychology.
His lecture, "Group Cohesion and Team Success: Research Findings and Some Implications," will take place at 4:30 p.m. Jan. 30 in the Bennett-Pierce Living Center, 110 Henderson Building, University Park.
The event is free to the public.
Carron is considered one of the leading authorities on sports psychology in North America, particularly on issues related to group dynamics and team cohesion.
The Harris Lecture, sponsored by the Department of Kinesiology, is presented annually in memory of Dorothy V. Harris (1931-1991), a longtime faculty member.
American Indian activist
to speak in Harrisburg
Vernon Bellecourt, leader of the 1972 occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Redskin Super bowl demonstrations in 1992, will speak from 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, in the Morrison Gallery of the library at Penn State Harrisburg.
Bellecourt is a member of the Chippewa Tribe of the Lakota Nation and president of the National Coalition on Racism in Sports and Media.
The event is free to the public. A reception will follow Bellecourt's talk.
Lecture series focuses
on adult education
The Penn State Downtown Center in Harrisburg is holding a series of lectures focusing on "Adult Education in a Multicultural Context" beginning Wednesday, Jan. 29.
The four-lecture series is free to the public from noon to 1 p.m. at the Downtown Center, 234 N. Third. St., Harrisburg.
The first lecture on Jan. 29 will feature Raffy Luqis, assistant professor of health education, discussing "Culture, Folk Remedies and Traditional Healing Practices: Implications for Health Practitioners Working with Adults."
Felicia Brown-Haywood, director of Student Support Services and Intercultural Affairs, will discuss "Music, Culture and Adult Learning: Cultural Song as an Element of Faith Formation" on Thursday, Feb. 20.
Elizabeth J. Tisdell, associate professor of adult education, will discuss "Claiming a Sacred Face: Spirituality and Culture in Adult and Higher Education" on Wednesday, March 26.
Marilyn M. Parrish, adult education doctoral candidate, will present "Women's Learning in the 1930s Catholic Worker Movement: Implications for Emancipatory Education in the New Millennium" on Wednesday, April 30.
For information, call (717) 783-0433.
Speaker to explore
appeal, danger of cults
Ron Loomis, cult awareness educator and consultant and education liaison with the American Family Foundation will present two talks on "Cults on Campus: The Appeal, the Danger" on the University Park campus.
Loomis will speak at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, at Heritage Hall in the HUB-Robeson Center and at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, in the Memorial Lounge in the Eisenhower Chapel.
The events are free to the public.
For information, call (814) 865-6548.