Science Fridays

Join Rider faculty, staff and students for this seminar series featuring speakers on chemistry, astrophysics, biology and earth sciences. Please click on the link to register for each seminar. Guests will receive invitations to Zoom upon registration.

Upcoming Events

March 5
Astronomy | Speaker: Dr. Keith Hawkins, University of Texas at Austin: Galactic Archaeology: Stellar fossils tell the story of our home

March 19
Biology | Speaker: Dr. Tara LeGates, University of Maryland Baltimore County (and former Rider Biology student!) on the regulation of reward behavior
Seminar title: “X marks the spot: Dissecting neuronal pathways that underlie reward learning”

April 9
Earth Sciences | Speaker: Dr. Tana Wood, USDA Forest Service, Puerto Rico, on the effects of climate and land-use change on terrestrial ecosystems
Seminar title: "The vulnerability of tropical forests to a changing climate: The knowns and unknowns"

April 23
Chemistry | Speaker: Dr. Kevin Brew, from IBM
Seminar title: "Engineering innovation in AI devices and the role of experience"