UBevents http://www.buffalo.edu/calendar/ en-US Copyright 2013, University at Buffalo 2013-06-19T23:33:00-04:00 ubinfo@buffalo.edu ubinfo@buffalo.edu Special Seminar - 2:00 pm Study and Characterization of the Carbon-Based Nanoparticles Obtained from PET http://www.chemistry.buffalo.edu/seminars/special_seminars/ Special Seminar - 2:30 pm Less-Common, Ultrasmall and Radioactive Nanoparticles http://www.chemistry.buffalo.edu/seminars/special_seminars/ UBThisSummer Lecture Series - 4:00 pm After the Flood: The Political Environment of Latin American Culture http://ubthissummer.buffalo.edu/lectures/ As human civilization has had a marked effect on the natural environment, we commonly read natural occurrences (floods, hurricanes and “superstorms”) as political and economic problems. Dr. Read will introduce the strange world of ecocriticism and discuss his current research on modern Latin American literature showing how authors gave meaning to Argentina and Brazil’s new urban environment in the 19th and 20th century. The Bridge Lecture Series, presented by the UB Newman Center - 7:00 pm A Legal Update on the Catholic Church Sexual Abuse Scandal http://www.newmancenteratub.org/