Faculty - please announce in your classes the final semester's Pizza with the Chair is Thurs, Nov. 15th at 12:30, 122D Lyman.

Interested students should see Deb Herholtz to sign up.

Fall 2007 Academic Calender

SPRING 2008 Online registration
Wed. Nov. 7th. - Fri. Dec. 14th

THANKSGIVING BREAK
Wed. Nov 21 - Sun. Nov. 25

 BIOLOGY FRIDAY SEMINARS
 Friday Biology Seminar Schedule

• Nov. 2 Mary Lilly
• Nov. 30 Angert
• Dec. 5 Nipam Patel
• Dec. 7 Erica Crespi

Pathways to Knowledge Lecture Series ( pdf)
7:00 - 8:00 pm, Gifford Auditorium

Thurs., Nov. 8
Ben Stahlberg, Dept. of Religion
"Politics, Piety, and Pantheism: Spinoza and Hegel on the Idea of the Will"

Frontiers of Science
7:30 - 8:30 pm, Gifford Auditorium

Wed., Nov. 14
Lisa Osadciw , Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
"Wireless Networking: Do Ants Have the Answer?"

A place where scientists and scientifically interested non-scientists can come together informally to hear about interesting science, old and new, and discuss its implications in a friendly, cordial way, over drinks and snacks.

Next Meeting: 7pm, Tuesday November 6, 2007
Where: Ohm Lounge, 314 S. Franklin St.
Door Fee $5 (waived for students)

Topic: Diabetes Treatment: Does it come in a pill?
Discussion Initiated by Prof. Timothy Fairchild
Dept. of Exercise Science, Syracuse University

FINAL REPORT - BIOLOGY UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN
We did it! We more than doubled our goal from last year and raised a grand total of $700 exactly. All proceeds will go to United Way of CNY.

Many thanks to you all for helping to make our Biology Department fundraiser a great success. We want to especially thank our mail lady Sheila for helping us transport the bags to and from the Schine, the BRL and Lyman staff for their support and selling tickets, our Bio Labs and staff members for contributing great gift bags, and all who purchased tickets.
Cheers,
Sally Hallahan & Evelyn Lott

Gift Bag Winnners:
Avon Special and Baker's Dozen: Kelly Pierson
Barbecue Anytime: Scott Kelley
Game Night Party Pack: Liz Occhino
Indian Flare: Xingyu She
Italian Fiesta: Cindy Wiestling
Late Night Snack Pack : Joe Tupper
Night at the Movies: Michelle Young
Sweet Tooth: Susan Germain
Sushi Kit: Roy Welch
Thai in the Sky: Sue Kiggins

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

OPEN ENROLLMENT ENDS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9th
UPDATE YOUR BENEFITS ONLINE

Visit the Human Resources Website for more information and Road Show Dates at: http://humanresources.syr.edu/highlights/OpenEnrollment.html

PUBLICATIONS
Curtis PD, Taylor RG, Welch RD and LJ Shimkets. 5 October 2007.  Spatial Organization of Myxococcus xanthus during Fruiting Body Formation. Journal of Bacteriology.  doi:10.1128/JB.01008-07.

DEFENSES
Jeffrey Kovatch (Hainsworth) will defend his doctoral dissertation "Resource allocation to growth and thermoregulation during early development in altricial nestlings" on Mon., Dec. 3, 2007, 9:30 am.

And just for fun.....

MUTANT RABBIT LOOSE ON SU CAMPUS. On Wed. Oct. 31st a very strange creature wandered onto our campus. This strange creature was described as rather tall rabbit-like mutant with long ears, sporting a full coat of gray and white fur and an unsightly virtual smile of freaky teeth. It was reported that at approximately 9:30 a.m.,this creature entered 126 Lyman Hall and took over teaching General Biochemistry. Do you recognize this odd fellow? To find out the answer, check out photos from recent department events at our online Bio Photo Gallery.