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There’s Something Fishy About Your Brain, with Dr. Kimberley McArthur
Wednesday, March 25, 9:00 – 10:00 AM
Georgetown Public Library Hewlett Room
In Person
How do neuroscientists study the earliest events in brain development? In this presentation, Dr. McArthur will share her journey and her research using larval zebrafish as a model organism to study early brain development. You will walk away with a better understanding of why scientists use specific model organisms to answer scientific questions, a greater familiarity with methodological approaches used in contemporary neuroscience (including transgenics and recordings of brain activity), and what it is like to be a neuroscientist trying to unravel the (many!) mysteries of the developing brain.
Dr. Kimberly McArthur is an assistant professor of biology at Southwestern University here in Georgetown. She earned her doctorate in neuroscience from Washington University in St. Louis, then conducted postdoctoral research at Cornell University before joining the SU faculty in 2019. Her work has been published in scientific journals including Current Biology, the Journal of Comparative Neurology, and the Journal of Neuroscience.
Every Pot has a Story to Tell, with Dr. Patrick Veerkamp
Wednesday, March 25, 10:30 – 12:00 PM
Georgetown Public Library Hewlett Room
In Person
There are many ways to think about pottery to assess its worth. You can view pots as utilitarian objects, primarily for serving and storing food; as purely decorative objects to enhance your living environment; as sacred objects, used in ritual; as an embodiment of cultural identity as objects of art used for personal expression. I am interested in sharing with you a personal perspective, viewing pottery within the context of cultural identity and aesthetic experience. The focus of this talk will be on what pots mean.
Dr. Patrick Veerkamp has been making and thinking about pottery for the past 60+ years. For several years he made his living primarily by producing pottery for daily use. He also taught ceramics, focusing on pottery, at the secondary and university levels. He is Professor Emeritus of Art, Southwestern University, where he taught Drawing, Design, and Ceramics for 32 years.