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Tim Little will be presenting a seminar titled:
Hyperhalogens: An experimental and theoretical look at a new class of superoxidizing agents
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Zhihui Zhang will be presenting a seminar titled
Probing Protein Misfolding by Vibrational Spectroscopy at the Interface
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Yuchen Zhang will be presenting a seminar titled:
Ab Initio Investigations on the Intermolecular and Intramolecular Interactions in the Ground Electronic State of the Superoxide-hydrogen Fluoride (O2---HF ) Complex
Course Instructor: Dr. Chris Richards
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Yiyang Liu will be presenting a seminar titled:
Electrochemically Oxidized Carbon Nano Onion with Increased Capacitance
I will summarize our current understanding of the formation and evolution of galaxies and supermassive black holes, and emphasize the underlying relationship between these two populations. I will pose several of the most fundamental shortcomings of our current models and then examine how they may be addressed by what we have learned from observations in the local universe of the effects that massive stars and supermassive black holes have on their surroundings. I will do my best to give a "physicist-friendly" talk that minimizes jargon and stresses the basic underlying physical processes.
Refreshments will be served in CP 179 at 3:15 PM
For students who may have recently dropped a class or hope to pick up some extra credit hours, these courses provide flexibility after the regular registration period.
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This week's research talks will be presented by Samantha Jones and Daudi Saangonyo.
The White Man’s the Devil~ The Black Man is King: Intraracial Sexual Politics and the Consequences for Black Women
On Wednesday September 11, 2013, The R&B Divas LA part two premiered. All of the women on stage discussed how they had been previously been beaten, sexually molested, and raped throughout their lives while in intimate relationships. On August 12, 2012 NFL player Chad Ochocinco Johnson was charged with “head-butting” his wife Evelyn Lozado. On February 8, 2009, singer Rhianna was beaten to the point of being unrecognizable by singer Chris Brown in a relationship dispute. All of these incidents have sparked huge debate within black communities. Unfortunately, the overwhelming response to these incidents has been to engender sympathy and forgiveness to the perpetrators, and to demonize these women for speaking their realities publicly. This in many ways, has given the message to young Black women and men that when Black women suffer abuse, whether physical, emotional, and/or sexual, at the hands of a Black man, the Black community historically and presently has not supported those women.
However, when Black women have accused White men of these same political ills, the black community has been overwhelming supportive, even if those incidents are found out later to be fabricated. Using the voices of the R&B Divas LA, and using the cases of Tawana Brawley, Crystal Magnum, Anita Hill, Deseree Washington, Rhianna, and Evelyn this presentation, will explore the historical and present intraracial and sociopolitical dynamics that are in play when a Black woman accuses a black man and/or white man of sexual impropriety and how the Black community has responded to such incidents.
