Campus events highlights: Oct. 7-16

(All events are free unless otherwise noted.)

Friday, Oct. 7: “Improved Inventory Targets in the Presence of Limited Historical Demand Data”
Friday, Oct. 7: “Global Neogene Erosion and Accumulation Rate Increase”
Wednesday, Oct. 12: “Reading the Global: Comparative Education at the End of an Era”
Wednesday, Oct. 12: “The Mechanochemistry of Single Macromolecules”
Thursday, Oct. 13: “The Sense of Ana Mendieta”
Thursday, Oct. 13: “Going Viral: A Translational Approach to Identify Therapeutic Targets for Lung Fibrosis”

Friday, Oct. 7: “Improved Inventory Targets in the Presence of Limited Historical Demand Data”

The department of industrial and systems engineering presents an address by Bahar Biller, associate professor of operations management in the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.

The event begins at 11 a.m. in 453 Mohler Lab.

Friday, Oct. 7: “Global Neogene Erosion and Accumulation Rate Increase: A Critical Reevaluation”

The department of earth and environmental sciences presents an address by Jane Willenbring, assistant professor of earth and environmental science at the University of Pennsylvania.

The event begins at noon in STEPS 101.

Wednesday, Oct. 12: “Reading the Global: Comparative Education at the End of an Era”

The College of Education presents an address by Stephen Carney, associate professor of comparative education at Roskilde University in Denmark.

The event begins at 3 p.m. in the Governor’s Suite of Iacocca Hall.

Wednesday, Oct. 12: “The Mechanochemistry of Single Macromolecules”

The department of chemistry presents an address by Piotr E. Marszalek, professor of mechanical engineering and materials science at Duke University.

The event begins at 4:10 p.m. in Neville Auditorium 3.

Thursday, Oct. 13: “The Sense of Ana Mendieta”

The Humanities Center presents an address by Jose Esteban Munoz, department chair of performance studies in the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.

The event begins at 4:10 p.m. in Linderman Library 200. It is cosponsored by the Latin American Studies program and the departments of English, theatre, and modern languages and literatures.

Thursday, Oct. 13: “Going Viral: A Translational Approach to Identify Therapeutic Targets for Lung Fibrosis”

The department of biological sciences presents an address by Glenda Trujillo ’98, research assistant professor in the department of pathology at Stony Brook University School of Medicine.

The event begins at 4:10 p.m. in Room B-023 of Iacocca Hall.