*All lectures free unless noted otherwise
REDUCING LEAKING ELECTRICITY TO A TRICKLE - Dr. Alan Meier of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory describes efforts to cut standby power use in appliances which are responsible for 1% of global CO2 emissions. "What Physicists Do" lecture series. 4 p.m., Monday, March 12, Darwin 103. (707) 664-2119.
GENETIC STRUCTURE OF RATE AND ENDANGERED VERNAL POOL PLANTS ON THE SANTA ROSA PLAIN: IMPLICATIONS FOR LONG-TERM CONSERVATION AND SPECIES RECOVERY - Lecture and discussion by Dr. Christina Sloop of the Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation. Biology Colloquium. Noon-1 p.m., Tuesday, March 13. Darwin 103. (707) 664-2189.
A DIFFERENT LOOK AT COMING BACK -Pat Jackson, Professor Criminology and Criminal Justice discusses the longstanding problems facing people who are under community supervision and how they are managed by local communities. Social Science Brown Bag Lecture Series. Noon, Tuesday, March 13. Stevenson 2011, (707) 664-2112.
BOSNIA TO DARFUR: INTERNATIONAL RESPONSES IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE - Lecture by Jerry Fowler, Director of the Committee on Conscience for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Holocaust Lecture Series. 4-5:40 p.m., Tuesday, March 13, Warren Auditorium, (707) 664-4076.
QUEER MEMOIR AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY - Author and co-founder of the Sister Spit spoken word tour, Michelle Tea, will read from one of her memoirs and speak about the relationship between queer memoir and autobiography. Queer Studies lecture series. 12-12:50 p.m., Tuesday, March 13, Stevenson 1002. (707) 664-2306.
TOPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ENZYMATIC ACTIONS - Mariel Vazquez of San Francisco State University discusses the topological (knotting) properties of DNA loops and circular DNA molecules. Certain enzymes such as DNA topoisomerases change the topology of circular DNA. Vazquez discusses the analysis of such enzymatic actions using knot theory and computational methods. Math Colloquium. 4-5 p.m., Wednesday, March 14, Darwin 103, (707) 664-3324.
ENERGY MODELING: INTEGRATING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND GREEN - Lecture and open forum with Pat Bailey, engineer and principal of Green Building Studio. Spring 2007 Energy Forum. 4-5:40 p.m., Wednesday, March 14, Environmental Technology Center, (707) 664-2577.
EASILY AUTHORING MULTIMEDIA LEARNING OBJECTS - Interactive workshop led by Media Center staff. Technology in Teaching Series. 10-11 a.m., Wednesday, March 14, Schulz 3001. (707) 664-2873.
"WILL RUSSIA STILL EXIST IN 2107?" - Presentation by Steve Bittner of the History Department and Zeno Swijtink of the Philosophy department. Noon-1:30 p.m., Thursday, March 15. Schulz 3001. University Library lecture series. Karen Brodsky, (707) 664-4240.
WOMEN'S HISTORY LUNCHEON - Professor Michelle Jolly, the creator of the Women's History project, presents "A Fine and Long Tradition: The Sonoma County Women's History Project." Following Jolly, professor Victor Garlin presents "My Grandmother Rose Halpern: Working-Class Activism in the Birth Control Movement." Women's History Lecture Series. 12 p.m., Thursday, March 15. Salazar 2021. (707) 664-2461.
OPTICAL FILTERS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS - Robert Sargent of JDS Uniphase discusses the types and applications of optical filters. Reception 4 p.m.; lecture 4:30 p.m.; Q&A 5 p.m. Engineering Science Lecture Series. Thursday, March 15, Current Engineering Science Complex, Salazar 2009A, (707) 664-2030.
SECURITY ISSUES IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS - Xiaoming Lu of the University of California, Davis discusses why wireless nodes are battery powered, and explain why many Medium Access Control (MAC) protocols have been proposed to reduce energy consumption. Lu explores security issues related to the design of energy efficient protocols and presents a new generic attack (the synchronization attack) on listen-sleep MAC protocols. Computer Science Colloquium. Noon, Thursday, March 15, Darwin 102. (707) 664-2667.
FILMS
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST - Epic story of a mysterious stranger with a harmonica who joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad. $5 general or free with SSU student ID. Sonoma Film Institute. 4 p.m., Sunday, March 11, Warren Auditorium. (707) 664-2606.
PROMISES - Follows the journey of a filmmaker who travels in and around Jerusalem, from a Palestinian refugee camp to an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, where he meets seven Palestinian and Israeli children who exist in completely separate worlds, divided by physical, historical and emotional boundaries. Free. CCGS Movie Fest. 12 p.m., Thursday, March 15, Student Union Multi-Purpose Room, (707) 664-2710.
THE SCARLET EMPRESS AND SHORTS - Marlene Dietrich in one of her most memorable roles as Catherine the Great in what director Josef von Sternberg called "a relentless exercise in style" A totally unique film - sexually audacious even by today's standards, whose grotesqueries of decor, lighting and design have never been surpassed. $5 general or free with SSU student ID. Sonoma Film Institute. 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 15, Darwin 103. (707) 664-2606.
CLIMATES - The mournfully droll Turkish analyst of male melancholy Nuri Bilge Ceylan moves metaphorically and meteorologically from the warmth of western Turkey to the snowy cold of its eastern border in this visually stunning tale of a couple's break-up and the aftermath. $5 general or free with SSU student ID. Sonoma Film Institute. 7 p.m., Friday, March 16, Warren Auditorium. (707) 664-2606.
CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS
ETUDE MUSIC COMPETITION AUDITIONS - 51st year of youth awards in 4 divisions: piano, strings, winds and vocal. Participants include youth from Sonoma, Lake, Mendocino and Napa counties. Noon, Saturday, Mar. 11, Ives Concert Hall 119. (707) 664-2353.
DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP AUDITIONS - Call (707) 664-2235 for audition appointments. 1-6 p.m., Saturday, March 17, Warren Auditorium. (707) 664-2235.
ASSOCIATED STUDENTS
REDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK TRIP - Help box food for Sonoma County's largest hunger relief organization. Free. 5 p.m., Tuesday. March 13, Meet at Flagpole. (707) 664-2815.
LAST LECTURE SERIES FEATURING MIKE EZRA - American Multicultural Studies professor and chair Mike Ezra gives his hypothetical "last" lecture of his career. Free. Last Lecture Series. 5 p.m., Thursday, March 15, Cooperage. (707) 664-2804.
COMING TO AMERICA-TRANSFORMATIONS A one-woman show written and performed by Stephanie Satie depicts eight intimate portraits of women from El Salvador, Iran, Afghanistan, Armenia, Cambodia, India, Yugoslavia and Russia whose lives have been transformed, first by extraordinary events in their birth countries and again by their response to America as they acclimate to life in Southern California. Free. 8 p.m., Thursday, March 15, Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall. (707) 664-2815.
METALFEST WITTH CYANIDE BAPTISM, ANCIENT AT BIRTH, AND SHITSTORM - Concert featuring the hardest of Sonoma County Underground Metal Rock. Free with SSU student ID. 8 p.m., Friday, March 16. Student Union Multi-Purpose Room. (707) 664-2815.
