2019 Program

This year’s SOAR program series will host three distinguished speakers from the sciences and humanities, music concerts, and five interdisciplinary events: Mind Over Major conference with the Outstanding Student Research Symposium, the Science Poster Session, and the Social Sciences Poster Session.

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2016

Event Description Date/Time & Location
Kickoff Reception for SOAR participants April 6, 6 - 7 p.m., TBD
Fine Arts Senior Thesis Exhibition Reception April 7, 4 - 5 p.m., TBD
Alumni-Led Panel Discussion for Current Students April 14, 5 p.m., Perini Lecture Hall (Goulet)
Mind Over Major Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Conference April 16, 9 a.m - 4 p.m., NHIOP West Wing
Fine Arts Senior Thesis Exhibition Reception April 19, 4 - 6 p.m., TBD
Outstanding Student Research Symposium April 20, 4.30 - 6.30 p.m., Perini Lecture Hall (Goulet)
Science Poster Session April 28, 2 - 4 p.m, Cushing
SOAR Distinguished Speaker April 28, 4 - 5 p.m, Cushing North Lounge  

 

2015

Event Description Date/Time & Location
Solo Exhibition by Alumna Christie Green '09, Reception
On view: March 11 - April 1		 March 11, 4.00 p.m., Dana Center Alcove Galleries
Common Hour Music Concert, featuring Music Performance Students March 25, 12.30 p.m., Dana Center
Fine Arts Series lecture on the persistent influence of Richard Wagner April 7, 4.30 p.m., Chapel Art Center
Kickoff Reception for SOAR participants April 8, 6 - 7 p.m., NHIOP Auditorium
125th Anniversary / SOAR Distinguished Speaker, Dr. Jonathan M. Bloom,
Norma Jean Calderwood University Professor of Islamic and Asian Art, Fine Arts Department, Boston College.
Presentation: Paper: The Transformative Medium 
Reception: 5 p.m 
Informal meeting with students 3 - 4 p.m.		 April 9, 4 - 5 p.m., NHIOP Auditorium
Spring Choir Concert April 11, 7.30 p.m., Abbey Church
Conversatio Music Event April 13, 12.30 p.m., Dana Center
Film: Watermark April 15, 5 - 6.30 p.m., Perini Lecture Hall (Goulet)
Alumni-Led Panel Discussion for Current Students
Jeffery Czaplinski (Biology 2010), Sean Beausoleil, Ph.D. (Biochemistry 2001), Dr. Victor Stetsyuk, DMD  (Biology 2008)		 April 16, 5.30 p.m., Perini Lecture Hall (Goulet)
SOAR Distinguished Speaker, James Keegan April 16, 4 p.m., Dana Center Conversatio Lecture Hall
Senior Thesis Exhibition Reception
On view:  April 10-May 17, 2015		 April 17, 3 - 5 p.m., Dana Center Alcove Galleries
Mind Over Major Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Conference April 18, 9 - 3 p.m., NHIOP West Wing
Induction Ceremony for Beta Beta Beta National Biological Honor Society Chi Zeta Chapter April 21, 5 - 6 p.m., Perini Lecture Hall (Goulet)
Common Hour Music Concert, featuring Music Performance Students April 22, 12.30 p.m., Dana Center
Senior Seminar Symposium Interdisciplinary Peace & Justice Studies Majors April 22, 12.30 p.m., Creaghe Room, Geisel Library

SOAR Distinguished Speaker

Dr. Jim Haney
Lake cyanobacteria blooms and toxic aerosols: Possible linkages to disease in wildlife and humans

 April 22, 5 - 6 p.m., Perini Lecture Hall (Goulet)
NH-INBRE/SOAR Distinguished Speaker, Dr. Elaine Walker, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience in the Department of Psychology at Emory University.  
Presentation:  Neuromaturation, Stress, and the Emergence of Psychosis		 April 24, 12.30 p.m., Cushing North Lounge
Senior Seminar Symposium Sociology Majors April 24, 12.30 p.m., Creaghe Room, Geisel Library
Science Poster Session April 24, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m., Living Learning Commons
Outstanding Student Research Symposium April 27, 4.30 - 5.30 p.m., Perini Lecture Hall (Goulet)
Common Hour Fine Arts Grand Opening of Art Display Spaces, featuring Student Works April 29, 12.30 p.m., Living Learning Center (LLC)

 

2014

Event Description Date/Time & Location

"An Alumni Exhibition"

  • Kara Consigli (F.A. '10)
  • Justine Johnson (F.A. minor '12)
  • Carlo D'Anselmi (Classics/F.A. '13)
  • Mereith Graf (F.A. '11)
  • Christie Telge Green (F.A. '09)
 April 1 - June 1, Dana Center Alcove Galleries
"Recent Work by Student/Alumni" April 1 - May 1, Fine Arts & Honors Lounge - Alumni South Hall Display Areas (ground floor below Chapel Art Center) as well as Comiskey Art Center
Reception: "Recent Work by Student/Alumni" April 3, 3:30 p.m., Honors Lounge - Alumni South Hall
Reception: "An Alumni Exhibition" April 4, 4 - 6 p.m., Dana Center Alcove Galleries
"Fine Arts Senior Thesis Exhibition & Music Performance"
  • Talia Reid (F.A. - Studio Art '14) - Magazine Design
  • Andrew Sterling* (F.A. - Music '14) - Music Composition for Voice & Guitar

*with accompanying music video by Jordan St. Jean (Communication '15)
 

 April 7 - May 9, Comiskey Art Center

SOAR Distinguished Speaker, Dr. Cameron Wake, "Climate Change in New England:  Past, Present, and Future"

Dr. Cameron Wake is a paleoclimatologist and Research Associate Professor at the Climate Change Research Center of the University of New Hampshire.

 April 8, 4:30 p.m., Goulet Science Center, Perini Lecture Hall
Reception: "Fine Arts Senior Thesis Exhibition & Music Performance"
  • Talia Reid (F.A. - Studio Art '14) - Magazine Design
  • Andrew Sterling (F.A. - Music Composition '14) - Music Performances at 3:30-3:50 and 4:10-4:30 in Room 10C
 April 11, 3 - 5 p.m., Comiskey Art Center Gallery and Room 10C

Mind Over Major Interdisciplinary Conference

Mind Over Major is an on-campus, interdisciplinary conference recognizing excellent work by students in all disciplines. The theme for this year is Humans and Nature.

 April 12, 9:00 - 3:30 p.m., NHIOP West Wing and Classrooms
Alumni led panel discussion for current students April 14, 4:00 p.m., Goulet Science Center, Perini Lecture Hall

SOAR Distinguished Speaker, Fredrik Logevall

Fredrik Logevall, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Vice Provost for International Affairs at Cornell University. Dr. Longevall's talk is titled, "The Embers of Wars: The Meaning of the Vietnam War." Sponsored by the Norwin S. and Elizabeth N. Bean Foundation Distinguished Lecturer Series and New Hampshire Humanities Council

 April 15, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m., NHIOP Auditorium
SOAR Reception April 23, 6:00 p.m., NHIOP Auditorium

SOAR Science Poster Session

An undergraduate poster session exhibiting student research in the sciences including biology, chemistry, computer science, physics, and psychology.

 April 24, 1:30 p.m - 4.00 p.m., Cushing Center Lobby

SOAR/INBRE Distinguished Guest Speaker, Victor Ambros

Victor Ambros is an American developmental biologist who discovered the first known microRNA (miRNA). He is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts.

 April 24, 4:00 p.m., Cushing Center, North Lounge

Professional Practice Exhibition & Reception

(Illustration, Character Design, Magazine Design, Painting, Filmmaking, Drawing & Photography)

 April 25, 4:00 p.m., Comiskey Art Center
Outstanding Student Research Symposium
  • 4:00 p.m., Caleigh MacDonald (Nursing '14, iSURF recipient): "Nocturnal Enuresis and its Relationship to Adverse Childhood Experiences"
  • 4:15 p.m., Katharine Lunny (Chemistry '14, Fr. Michael OSB recipient): "Analysis of Archaeological Samples"
  • 4:30 p.m., Abigail Crane (Nursing '15,  INBRE recipient): "Effectiveness of a Nurse-Administered Educational Intervention in the Reduction of Symptoms of Postpartum Depression"
  • 4:45 p.m., Benjamin Berube (Biochemistry '15, INBRE): "Chromosome abnormalities of cancer cells"
  • 5:00 p.m., Timothy Cooke (Chemistry '14, iSURF recipient): "Antibiotic-resistant super-bugs: Will new antibacterial approaches reduce our risk of infection?"
  • 5:15 p.m., Ashley Scoville (History '15, Albert J. Gordon Summer Research Fellow): "The Relationship between British Women's Non-Traditional WWI Efforts and the Suffrage Movement"
 April 28, 4:00 - 5.30 p.m., Gadbois 4
Senior Symposium for Sociology and Peace & Justice Majors April 28, 11:30 a.m., Bradley House Lounge

Beta Beta Beta National Biological Honor Society Induction Ceremony / Student research presentation

Annual induction of eligible students from the Department of Biology. The ceremony will be followed by brief presentations given by Beta Beta Beta student researchers.

 April 29, 4.30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Goulet Science Center, Perini Lecture Hall