Brown Bag Seminars
All graduate students registered in MCB*6500 and MCB*7500 courses are required to participate in and attend the graduate seminar presentations. These classes and seminars will be held in-person in SSC 1511.
Grading Form Templates (for faculty use only - submit completed forms to the course coordinator)
Winter 2025 Class and Seminar Schedule
Fridays at noon; Teaching Team: Dr. Andrew Bendall, Dr. Angela Scott, Dr. Siavash Vahidi, Dr. Cezar Khursigara
Jan. 10
- 12 p.m.: Introductory Class
Jan. 17
- 12 p.m.: Hailey Larkin; Advisor, Dr. Lu
- 12:45 p.m.: Kate Barnes; Advisor, Dr. Uniacke
Jan. 24
- 12 p.m.: Megan Caswell; Advisor, Dr. Cox
- 12:45 p.m.: Maya Abboud; Advisor, Dr. Meng
Jan. 31
- 12 p.m.: Dylan Brettingham; Advisor, Dr. Allen-Vercoe
- 12:45 p.m.: Matthew Rennie; Advisor, Dr. Geddes-McAlister
Feb. 7
- 12 p.m.: Arielle Ramnath; Advisor, Dr. Dawson
- 12:45 p.m.: Nathaniel Petersen; Advisor, Dr. Jones
Feb. 14
- 12 p.m.: Lia Reynolds; Advisor, Dr. Lalonde
- 12:45 p.m.: Aizaz Humayun; Advisor, Dr. Harkness
Feb. 21
- 12 p.m.: Sean Balogh; Advisor, Dr. Xu
- 12:45 p.m.: Hannah Lye; Advisor, Dr. Xu
Feb. 28
- No class
March 7
- 12 p.m.: Ellis Chartley; Advisor, Dr. Lalonde
- 12:45 p.m.: Mavis Chinn; Advisor, Dr. Scott
March 14
- 12 p.m.: Julien Jensen; Advisor, Dr. Myers
- 12:45 p.m.: Alivia Moneypenny; Advisor, Dr. Alpaugh
March 21
- 12 p.m.: Nisandi Herath; Advisor, Dr. Sanders
- 12:45 p.m.: Hannah Dychtenberg; Advisor, Dr. Pundir
March 28
- 12 p.m.: No class
April 4
- 12 p.m.: Nicholas Sheppard; Co-ADvisors, Dr. Tetlow and Dr. Wang
- 12:45 p.m.: Matthew Hibbert; Advisor, Dr. Jones
Fridays at noon; Teaching Team: Dr. Nina Jones (coordinator), Dr. Ray Lu, Dr. Priyanka Pundir, Dr. Terry Van Raay
Sep 13, 2024
- 12:00 pm - Introductory Class
Sep 20, 2024
- 12:00 pm - Jacquelyn Ogata-Bean; Advisors, Dr. Vahidi and Dr. Harkness
- 12:45 pm - Kent Vosper; Advisor, Dr. Vahidi
Sep 27, 2024
- 12:00 pm - Marijke Murray; Advisor, Dr. Graether
- 12:45 pm - Shaoqian Zong; Advisor, Dr. Kimber
Oct 4, 2024
- 12:00 pm - Azat Bikmullin; Advisor, Dr. Khursigara
- 12:45 pm - Jamie McBride; Advisor, Dr. Uniacke
Teaching Team: Dr. Jennifer Geddes-McAlister (coordinator), Dr. Emma Allen-Vercoe, Dr. Melanie Alpaugh, Dr. Joseph Yankulov
May 17, 2024
- 12:00 p.m. - Introductory Class
May 24, 2024
- 12:00 p.m. - Quinn Currie; Advisor, Dr. Vahidi
- 12:45 p.m. - Oscar Eduardo Romero Gonzalez; Advisor, Dr. Geddes-McAlister
Fridays at noon. Teaching Team: Dr. Jennifer Geddes-McAlister (coordinator), Dr. Emma Allen-Vercoe, Dr. Melanie Alpaugh, Dr. Joseph Yankulov
January 12, 2024
- 12:00 p.m. - Introductory Class
January 19, 2024
- 12:00 p.m. - Anthony Hendriks; Advisor: Dr. Shapiro
- 12:45 p.m. - Eileen Bates; Advisor, Dr. Shapiro
January 26, 2024
- 12:00 p.m. - Marina Figueira; Advisor, Dr. Lu
- 12:45 p.m. - Noah Presley; Advisor, Dr. Dawson
February 2, 2024
- 12:00 p.m. - Avalene Kong; Advisors, Dr. Seah and Dr. Gong
- 12:45 p.m. - Lauryn Warywoda; Advisor, Dr. Khursigara
- 1:30 p.m. - Elma Misini; Advisor, Dr. Dawson
February 9, 2024
- 12:00 p.m. - Jiaxi Lu; Advisors, Dr. Geddes-McAlister and Dr. Booker
- 12:45 p.m. - Sidney Evans; Advisor, Dr. Dawson
- 1:30 p.m. - Ryan Gillett; Advisor, Dr. Uniacke
February 16, 2024
- 12:00 p.m. - Elizabeth Mallory; Advisor, Dr. Allen-Vercoe
- 12:45 p.m. - Christine MacPherson; Advisor, Dr. Allen-Vercoe
February 23, 2024
- Winter Break - no class
March 1, 2024
- 12:00 p.m. - Manitabhai Govind; Advisor, Dr. Kimber
- 12:45 p.m. - Runqi Qian; Advisor, Dr. Uniacke
March 8, 2024
- 12:00 p.m. - Alexandra Law; Advisor, Dr. Scott
- 12:45 p.m. - Syeda Kashaf Gilani; Advisor, Dr. Scott
March 15, 2024
- 12:00 p.m. - Amelia Doerksen; Advisor, Dr. Sanders
- 12:45 p.m. - Hyeyun Yang; Advisor, Dr. Jones
March 22, 2024
- 12:00 p.m. - Rachel Hindle; Advisors, Dr. Tetlow and Dr. Colasanti
- 12:45 p.m. - Alice Wang; Advisor, Dr. Jones
March 29, 2024
- Good Friday - no class
April 5, 2024
- 12:00 p.m. - Mayara Barbara Da Silva; Advisors, Dr. Geddes-McAlister and Dr. Droit
- 12:45 p.m. - Emma Pearen; Advisor, Dr. Jones
April 12, 2024
- 12:00 p.m. - Erin Rudolph; Advisor, Dr. Pundir
- 12:45 p.m. - Mallory Wright; Advisor, Dr. Cox
April 19, 2024
- 12:00 p.m. - Laura O'Neill; Advisor, Dr. Cox
- 12:45 p.m. - Ruina Bao; Advisor, Dr. Cox
Fridays at noon. Teaching Team: Dr. Joe Colasanti (coordinator), Dr. Steffen Graether, Dr. Yang Xu
September 15, 2023
- 12:00 p.m. - Introductory Class
September 22, 2023
- 12:00 p.m. - Jason Cousineau; Advisor, Dr. Alpaugh
September 29, 2023
- 12:00 p.m. - Mary Adofo; Advisor, Dr. Geddes-McAlister
- 12:45 p.m. - Sujani Rathnayake; Advisors, Dr. Geddes-McAlister and Dr. Serajazari
October 6, 2023
- 12:00 p.m. - Aimee Dawe; Advisor, Dr. Alpaugh
October 13, 2023
- 12:00 p.m. - Sajid Muslan; Advisor, Dr. Uniacke
- 12:45 p.m. - Saba Sabzevari; Advisor, Dr. Sanders
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