Mark these Fridays on your calendar and plan on attending the Friday Noon Sigma Xi Seminar Series. All talks are located in Room 164 of the Lory Student Center, beginning at 12:10 p.m. and lasting about an hour.

October 25: Dr. Maury Albertson, Professor Emeritus, Department of Civil Engineering. "Converting to a Hydrogen Economy"

November 1: Mr. Jeff Root, Department of Microbiology (AIDL). "Ecology of the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) in relation to the transmission and trafficking of Sin Nombre virus"

November 8: OPEN

November 15: Dr. John E. Pinder, Department of Radiological Health Sciences.
"Habitat Loss for the Endangered Malagasy Flat-Tailed Tortoise: Measuring Tropical Deforestation Using Data from Espionage and Commercial Satellites"

November 22: Dr. Robert Ward, Colorado Water Resources Research Institute.
"CSU and Drought: The Water Research and Education Challenge"

December 6: OPEN

December 13: Dr. John Sofos, Department of Animal Sciences and Co-Recipient of Sigma Xi Honored Scientist for 2001-2002.
" Microbial Foodborne Illness: An Update "

All seminars are free and open to the public. The Colorado State University Chapter of Sigma Xi is in need of a Vice President/President Elect, a Secretary, and a Program Chair for 2002-2003. Please contact Linda Henk at 491-7065 or Linda.Henk@colostate.edu with your suggestions or questions or to volunteer as an officer.