FSU announces Spring 2011 Faculty Luncheon Series

Over the next several months, four Florida State University researchers will discuss some of the ways in which FSU is moving forward in critical areas of knowledge during the university’s Spring 2011 Faculty Luncheon Series. All four luncheons, which are open to the public, will take place at the Presbyterian University Center/Westminster House, 548 W. Park Ave., in Tallahassee.

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Reservations are required for each event; a catered hot lunch will be provided at a cost of $9 per person.Reservation requests may be mailed to the Presbyterian University Center, 548 W. Park Ave., Tallahassee, FL 32301, with a check made out to the Presbyterian University Center and clearly marked “Faculty Luncheon Series.” Alternatively, reservations may be made by calling the center at (850) 222-6320 or sending an e-mail to bac4259@fsu.edu. Payment may then be made at the door. All reservations must be made by noon on the Thursday prior to each Tuesday luncheon.

Parking adjacent to the building will be available, courtesy of the Presbyterian University Center.

Those attending the events are asked to arrive by 12:15 p.m. for lunch, which will be followed by a presentation and a question-and-answer session.

Each of the four distinguished speakers is an integral part of Florida State’s innovative interdisciplinary faculty hiring initiative.

The schedule of speakers and topics for the Spring 2011 Faculty Luncheon Series is as follows:

TUESDAY, FEB. 8, 2011:
“‘SEE ME, FEEL ME, TOUCH ME’: WHO SAYS DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IS A GOOD THING?”
BY PROFESSOR ELAINE TREHARNE, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
AND PARTICIPANT IN FSU’S “HISTORY OF TEXT TECHNOLOGIES” CLUSTER

TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2011
“NANOTECHNOLOGY AS A ROUTE TOWARD SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY”
BY ASSISTANT PROFESSOR STEVE LENHERT, DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE
AND PARTICIPANT IN FSU’S INTEGRATIVE NANOSCIENCE INSTITUTE CLUSTER

TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2011:
“TEAM PLAY AND STRATEGIC THOUGHT”
BY PROFESSOR DAVID J. COOPER, BRIM EMINENT SCHOLAR IN ECONOMICS,
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS,
AND PARTICIPANT IN FSU’S “EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL SCIENCE” CLUSTER

The Spring 2011 Faculty Luncheon Series is sponsored by the Presbyterian University Center, the FSU Faculty and Friends Club, and the FSU Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Organizers of the series are James C. Smith, the university’s Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor in Psychology; and Dennis Moore, an associate professor of English and a University Distinguished Teaching Professor.

For more information about any of the luncheons, contact Robert Ross at (850) 228-5641 or rross@fsu.edu.

The Spring 2011 Faculty Luncheon Series follows on the heels of the popular Fall 2010 Faculty Luncheon Series, in which four distinguished speakers addressed the broad topic of “The Future of Florida and Florida State University.”