Fall 2021 CHEMSEM 3: Sense, Nonsense and Science

• Download: joe-schwarcz-poster.pdf

The faculty, students and staff of the Andrews University Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry are pleased to invite all to view a Zoom lecture by Joe Schwarcz, PhD, on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, at 4:30 p.m. EST on "Sense, Nonsense and Science."

This is the third installment of the Dwain L. Ford Lecture Series in the Andrews University Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry 2021–2022 Fall and Spring Seminar Program. Everyone is invited to view the Zoom-based lecture at https://andrews.zoom.us/s/92307867479.

Teachers are encouraged to announce this lecture in their classes and/or forward this email to their classes. Please share and encourage your colleagues, friends and others to tune in online. This lecture is free and open to all: students, high school through college, and everyone in our community and public.

The Dwain L. Ford Lecture Series is co-sponsored by the Andrews University Office of Research & Creative Scholarship and the Chemistry Honors Society.

Seminar Zoom Protocol:

• Mute your sound.
• Everyone can ask/write a question in the chat.

Speaker’s Short Bio (a more detailed bio is at https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/joe-schwarcz-phd-director):

Joe Schwarcz, PhD, is director of McGill University’s Office for Science and Society which has the mission of separating sense from nonsense. He is well known for his informative and entertaining public lectures on topics ranging from the chemistry of food to the connection between the body and the mind. Recently the Office has focused on trying to unravel the mysteries of COVID-19.

Schwarcz has received numerous awards for teaching chemistry and for interpreting science for the public and was the first non-American ever to win the American Chemical Society’s prestigious Grady-Stack Award for demystifying chemistry. He was awarded the 2010 “Montreal Medal” which is the Canadian Chemical Institute’s premier prize recognizing lifetime contributions to chemistry in Canada. In 2015 he was named winner of the Balles Prize for critical thinking by the U.S.-based Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. In 2018 he was the recipient of McGill University’s “Principal’s Prize for Public Engagement Through Media.” He has also been awarded honorary degrees by Athabasca University, Cape Breton University, the University of Windsor, and Simon Fraser University.