Science Symposium 2023 - Schedule

Tuesday, March 28, 2023 - Barrows Auditorium (Billy Graham Hall)

• 7:00 pm - Mr. Darwin's Tree
• 8:20 pm - Break
• 8:30 pm - Panel discussion with playwright Murray Watts
• 9:30 pm - Dismissal

Wednesday, March 29, 2023 - Buyse Lecture Hall (Meyer Science Center)

• 4:00 pm - Who were the Philistines: stories from their DNA - Dr. Daniel Master
• 7:00 pm - Archaeobotany and Agriculture in the Ancient Levant - Dr. John Marston
• 8:00 pm - Break - GIS demonstration by Hannah Stralow '24
• 8:30 pm - Exploring evolutionary immunogenomics: Lessons from our ancestors and past pandemics - Dr. Luis Barreiro
• 9:30 pm - Dismissal

Thursday, March 30, 2023 - Buyse Lecture Hall (Meyer Science Center)

• 4:00 pm - Examples of Geoarchaeology in Israel and Sinai - Dr. Stephen Moshier
• 7:00 pm - Wood as a key source of history for the ancient Mediterranean/Near East - Dr. Sturt Manning
• 8:00 pm - Break - LiDAR demonstration by Trevor Gilkerson '23
• 8:30 pm - Considering Cattle: The Faunal Remains from Iron I Ashkelon - Dr. Deirdre Fulton
• 9:30 pm - Dismissal

March 27 - April 1 - Meyer Great Hall (Meyer Science Center)

• A poster session will display research by Wheaton students and professors on Symposium-related themes.

 

Symposium theme artwork by Christina Carper (Wheaton College '24)