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4/24/06

FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE APRIL 27 AT SLU

CANTON - St. Lawrence University's Festival of Science, showcasing original science research by students, will be on Thursday, April 27, followed by the Susan Caroline Ferguson Memorial Lecture.

Students who have been selected for the festival will give oral presentations on their research from 4 to 4:45 and 5 to 5:45 p.m. in Eben Holden Conference Center on campus. From 5:45 to 7 p.m., students will give poster presentations.

At 7:30 p.m., University of Cincinnati Professor of Geology Carlton E. Brett will deliver the Ferguson Lecture, on the topic "Stability and Crisis: Cycles, Stasis and Bioevents in Devonian Seas," in Bloomer Auditorium, Brown Hall.

All events in the Festival of Science are open to the public, free of charge.

The Susan Caroline Ferguson Memorial Lecture Fund was established in 1982 by her family and friends to bring exceptional geoscientists to campus each academic year to present a lecture on topics of regional, national and international interest.

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More information:

The Festival of Science Web site

The Ferguson Memorial Lecture