January

      20         Dr. Bruce Patterson; Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago, IL

                         "Patterns of distribution and endemism among Recent mammals of South                                   America"

      27         Biology Faculty Panel; Northeast Missouri State University; Kirksville, MO

                         "Undergraduate research opportunities for summer 1995"

February

        3         Mr. William Franklin; Franklin Associates; Kansas City, KS

                         "Life cycle analysis: A systems approach to environmental decision making"

      10         Dr. John Curtis; University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point; Stevens Point, WI

                         "Travels with a microtome: Studies of a noncomformist plant anatomist"           

      24         Dr. Carl Gerhardt; University of Missouri; Columbia, MO

                         "Acoustic communication in tree frogs: Evolution and neurobiology"

March

      14         Dr. Stuart Pimm; University of Tennessee; Knoxville, TN

                         "The balance of nature?"

                         *Tues. – 7:30 pm - Alumni Room, Student Union Building; Sigma Xi Lecture*

      17         Dr. Daphne Fautin; University of Kansas; Lawrence, KS

                         "The anemonae fish symbiosis: Systematics matter"

      24         Dr. Charisse Buising; Drake University; Des Moines, IA

                         "Transformation of elite alfalfa lines by particle bombardment"

      31         Dr. Kathy Newton; University of Missouri; Columbia, MO

                         "Mitochondrial mutations in plants"      

April

        5         Dr. Douglas Whitman; Illinois State University; Normal, IL

                         "How insects conquered the world"

      12         Dr. Steven Carroll; Northeast Missouri State University; Kirksville, MO    

                         "Having it both ways: Analysis of a flower-color polymorphism in

                         Viola pedata (birdfoot violet)"

      19         Dr. Neil Chamberlain; Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine; Kirksville, MO

                         "Bacterial pathogenesis: How staph makes us sick"

      26         NMSU Undergraduate Biology Honors Students

                         Ms. Jennifer LaBundy – "  "

                         Mr. Eldon Frazier – "  "