{"id":702,"date":"2024-09-09T10:50:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T15:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/?p=702"},"modified":"2024-09-17T16:20:05","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T21:20:05","slug":"seminar-series-kicks-off-this-week-will-highlight-local-physicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/news\/seminar-series-kicks-off-this-week-will-highlight-local-physicians\/","title":{"rendered":"Seminar series kicks off this week, will highlight local physicians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mississippi University for Women\u2019s Department of Sciences and Mathematics is opening the doors to W faculty, staff and students for the science\/math seminar series beginning, Wednesday, Sept. 11.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/J5A0707-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Heda\" class=\"wp-image-27187\" style=\"width:473px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Ghanshyam Heda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The course is being instructed by Dr. Ghanshyam Heda, professor of biology at The W.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heda will be the first speaker, and his presentation is titled, \u201cMy semesters abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe course will be conducted slightly differently.&nbsp; This fall beside W students and faculty, local physicians and out-of-town speakers are scheduled,\u201d said Heda. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All seminars will take place each Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 117 of Parkinson Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday, Sept. 18, Dr. Sarah Poiani, assistant professor of mathematics and Emma Sadler Moss chair at The W, will give a presentation entitled, \u201cWeaving with Dietz Polynomials.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September\u2019s seminars will close out with a presentation from The W\u2019s Dr. Bob Sample, associate professor of microbiology, Sept. 25. His presentation is not yet titled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other seminars will take place in October and November and will include outside doctors and professors. Those will be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The W\u2019s Department of Sciences and Mathematics offers laboratory-based instruction in natural sciences and courses that develop quantifying skills, supporting majors within every program across campus. It is housed in Parkinson Hall and offers a variety of majors within the field of science and math. To learn more about the department, please visit www.muw.edu\/scimath\/.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mississippi University for Women\u2019s Department of Sciences and Mathematics is opening the doors to W faculty, staff and students for the science\/math seminar series beginning, Wednesday, Sept. 11. The course [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":703,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":704,"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702\/revisions\/704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/scimath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}