Chemistry & Biochemistry Seminar Series.
On Thursday, October 2, 2014, a very important cross-disciplinary topic dealing with cheating in science will be presented as part of our annual Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Seminar Series. The specific topic is: "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: What Retractions Tell Us About Scientific Transparency." Our guest speaker is Dr. Ivan Oransky, Co-Founder of Retraction Watch, Medical Journalist and Faculty at New York University School of Medicine.
This public science event is co-sponsored by: Andrews University Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Andrews University College of Arts & Sciences, Andrews University Office of Research & Creative Scholarship, Building Excellence in Science & Technology and Benton Spirit Community Newspaper.
Everyone is welcome to attend the fifth Fall 2014 session in the Andrews University Chemistry & Biochemistry Departmental Seminar Series this coming Thursday, October 2 at 4:30pm. As usual we meet in A-107 Halenz Hall. However, this lecture will be live-streamed at: http://andrews.adobeconnect.com/chemsem
Attached is the lecture flyer and poster in pdf format with more details about our speaker's educational and professional background. The pdf formatted poster is also available at this Dropbox link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ul2bjkwbwb2kze5/Oransky%20Poster.pdf?dl=0
To learn more about the topic visit the following online sites:
Retractions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retraction
Retraction Watch: http://retractionwatch.com/
Top 10 Retractions in 2013: http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/38743/title/Top-10-Retractions-of-2013/
Teachers are encouraged to announce this lecture in their classes and/or forward this email to their classes.
Administrators are encouraged to forward this email to their faculty and staff.
For non-Andrews faculty and students wishing to see the talk in the Chemistry Amphitheater:
There are directions given to Andrews at: http://www.andrews.edu/about/visiting/get_to_andrews.html
There are directions given to Andrews at: http://www.andrews.edu/visitors/get_to_au/directions.php3
