STEM

Tour the Solar System with this family-friendly program suitable for all ages! Our viewing of "Secret of the Cardboard Rocket" will be preceded by a star talk about the planets, stars, and constellations visible in the late September sky. This show is being offered on a first-come, first-served basis, but please feel free to call (740-376-...

Please join us at the Anderson Hancock Planetarium for the Marietta College premier of the new show "Dark Matter Mystery", produced by the Planetarium in Laupheim, Germany with funding from the National Science Foundation. This program delves into the evidence for the existence of dark matter and how we hope to one day detect it more directly...

Dr. Dave Brown of the Department of Biology and Environmental Science will bring us up-to-date on his efforts to chart where manganese is being deposited in the local environment during a special presentation at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, February 9th in Rickey 150. Dr. Brown's research is innovative as it combines the ability of lichens to take...

Xiaoyue Ni ’12, a doctoral student at the California Institute of Technology, is making a presentation during Marietta College's Physics Colloquium Series at noon, Friday, February 17th. The event is free and open to the public in Rickey 166. Ni will be discussing "Probing Microplasticity: The Mechanical Noise in Metal's Pre-yield Regime." ...

Meredith Rogers Dubelman ’07, a Ceramic Development Engineer, General Electric Aviation, is making a presentation during Marietta College's Physics Colloquium Series at noon, Friday, March 3rd. The event is free and open to the public in Rickey 166. Dubelman will be discussing "Next Generation Technology in Aviation." If you plan to attend,...

Marietta College is hosting the regional Science Olympiad from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Saturday, March 11th, in a variety of locations across campus. More than 400 students from grades 5-12 will be competing for prizes.

As part of the Physics Colloquium, the College will show "Dark Matter Mystery" at noon, Friday, March 24th in the Anderson Hancock Planetarium. If you plan to attend, please contact Andrea Richardson at (740) 376-4750 or adr003@marietta.edu so she can order enough pizza.

Jacob Bills ’11 will be presenting “The Heart as a Dynamical System,” as part of the Fall Physics Colloquium from 12:00-12:50 p.m., Friday, September 22nd, in Rickey 166. This event is free and open to the public. Bills, who earned a Bachelor of Science in both Physics and Mathematics at Marietta, will be back on campus to discuss his Masters...

The Investigative Studies Summer Fellowship Fall Symposium is scheduled for 4:30 p.m., Monday, October 2nd, in Rickey 148. Marietta College students will present their undergraduate research work that they completed as part of the Investigative Studies Summer 2017 Fellowships. It is free and open to the public. Presentations are being made...

The Fall Physics Colloquium will have a planetarium show of “Galileo: The Power of the Telescope,” from 12:00-12:50 p.m., Friday, October 6th, in the Anderson Hancock Planetarium. This event is free and open to the public. The Physics Department will provide pizza and drinks. If you know you plan to come, please let Andrea Richardson (adr003@...

Lindsey Romick-Rosendale ’07, Director of the NMR-Based Metabolomics Core (NBMC) at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, is making a presentation at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, October 19th, in the Alma McDonough Auditorium. It is free and open to the public.

Vance Turnewitsch ’14 of Barnstorm Research Corporation will be making a presentation as part of the Fall Physics Colloquium from 12:00-12:50 p.m., Friday, November 10th, at Rickey 166. This event is free and open to the public. The Physics Department will provide pizza and drinks. If you know you plan to come, please let Andrea Richardson (...

Marietta College's Dr. Ann Bragg will be making a presentation as part of the Fall Physics Colloquium from 12:00-12:50 p.m., Friday, December 1st, in the Anderson Hancock Planetarium. This event is free and open to the public. The Physics Department will provide pizza and drinks. If you know you plan to come, please let Andrea Richardson (...

Marietta College's Physics Department is pleased to announce the spring portion of the Physics Colloquium opens with Dr. Ann Bragg giving a “Star Talk” from 12:00-12:50 p.m., Friday, February 16th, in the Anderson Hancock Planetarium. Bragg is an Associate Professor of Physics and Director of the Planetarium. The Physics Department will...

Second-year Physician Assistant Studies student Madison Hexter is presenting her capstone project, "Tuberculosis Screening in HIV Coinfection," from 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Friday, May 4th, in Room 116 of the Physician Assistant Building.

Dr. Martin Weinhous of Cleveland State University will present “Medical Physics: A Brief Discussion of the History, Profession, Science & Practice,” at noon, Friday, January 18th, in Bartlett 166. Dr. Weinhous' presentation will kick off the spring semester of the College's Physics Colloquium. Please RSVP to Andrea Richardson at (740) 376...

Marietta College's Physics Department has chosen "The Voyager Encounters" for the February 1st Physics Colloquium in recognition of Voyager 2 leaving the solar system on November 5, 2018. The show will be held at noon, Friday, February 1st at the Anderson Hancock Planetarium. It is free and open to the public. The Physics Department will...

Dr. Harrison Potter ’08, Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Marietta College, will present “The Precession in the Perihelion of the Orbit of Mercury,” at noon, Friday, February 15th, in Bartlett 166. Dr. Potter's presentation is part of the College's spring Physics Colloquium. Please RSVP to Andrea Richardson at (740) 376-4750 or adr003@...

Dr. Petru Fodor of Cleveland State University will present “Mixing in Microfluidic Devices,” at noon, Friday, March 22nd, in Bartlett 166, as part of the College's Physics Colloquium Series. Please RSVP to Andrea Richardson at (740) 376-4750 or adr003@marietta.edu to help with the counts for pizza and beverages.