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Schedule of Ides of August

Crawfordsville, Ind. — Wabash College’s annual Ides of August program will be presented in Detchon International Hall on Friday, August 22. The Ides of August is the College’s traditional forum for faculty and staff members to discuss their recent projects.

9:00 a.m. Eric Wetzel: “Flukes, Snails, and a Little Sugar: The Influence of Habitat on Parasite Distribution”

9:20 a.m. Bobby Horton: Title pending

9:40 a.m. Joyce Burnett: "The Wages and Employment of Female Agricultural Laborers in England, 1740-1850"

10:00 a.m. Dennis Krause: "Quantum Mechanics meets Archimedes: Is there a Vacuum Buoyant Force?" 10:20-40 Break (Snacks in International Hall)

10:40 a.m. David Polley: "Chlamydomonas, Potassium transport and Mendel: A simple test of a working model for potassium transport"

11:00 a.m. Preston Bost: "Teaching Introductory Psychology with Modules"

11:20 a.m. Richard Nelson: "Unwinding the 'coiled spring' of embryonic development: an assessment of gene regulation during early embryonic patterning in vertebrates"

11:40 a.m. Richard Lynch: "What our staff are teaching us about C&T"

12:30-1:30 p.m. Lunch in Detchon 209

2:00 p.m. Richard Warner: "(Hi)stories from Chiapas"

2:20 p.m. Scott Feller: "Health Effects of Fish Oils: A Molecular Level Explanation?”

2:40 p.m. J.D. Phillips: “Strange Doctors or How I Learned to Quit Worrying and Love the Multiversity"

3:00-3:30 p.m. Break (Snacks in International Hall)

3:30 p.m. Todd McDormand: "Fostering Undergraduate Research in the Humanities: Three Collaborative Approaches"

3:50 p.m. Michele Pittard: "Student Teaching: Impediment of Impetus for Developing Identity?"

4:10 p.m. John Zimmerman: Digital Stops Along the Western Highway

The presentations will conclude with a reception in the Detchon International Hall. The public is welcome at the Ides of August program.