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2008 Meeting Schedule

 

Meetings are held at 7:00 pm in room 25 of the Park Science Building (Biology Wing) at Bryn Mawr College, usually on the third Thursday of each month (except in the summer). Click here for directions.
 

PGS Speakers—2008

Jan

17

The Reverend Jesse B. Garner, 3rd, First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia

Science and Religion: What’s the Problem?

Feb

21

Mr. Bob Dineen, PA Department of Transportation, Bureau of Construction and Materials

Schoharie Bridge Has Fallen Down: Why?

abstract

Mar

20

Dr. Henrich Holland, University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University

The Evolution of the Atmosphere

Apr

17

Dr. Neil Coleman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Yucca Mountain and Nuclear Waste Storage for a Million Years

May

15

Dr. Ted Daeschler, Academy of Natural Sciences

Tiktaalik: This Fish Evolved for Walking

Jun

No field trip this year.

Sep

18

Mr. Derrick Pitts, Chief Astronomer, The Franklin Institute

Mercury to Pluto: A Planetary Update

Oct

16

Mr. George Love, Pennsylvania Geologic Survey

The Pennsylvania Geologic Survey: Science Serving the Commonwealth

Nov

Dec

 

See meeting schedules for 1999–2007 and before.
 
Last revised: 5 October 2008