MODESTO — Modesto Junior College’s weekly Science Colloquium will kick off the fall semester series with “The Science Behind a Sustainable Water Supply for Stanislaus County” presented by Walter Ward, Stanislaus County water manager, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 3 p.m. in the Science Community Center, Room 115, on West Campus, 2201 Blue Gum Avenue, Modesto.  

The Science Colloquium series is free and open to the public.  There is a $2 charge for on campus parking without a permit. 

 The following fall 2015 MJC Science Colloquium presentations are also scheduled for Wednesdays, 3-4 p.m., in the Science Community Center, Room 115, on West Campus: 

*Sept. 16: Craig Vierra, Ph.D., University of the Pacific – “Spider Silk:  A Next Generation Biomaterial with Outstanding Properties”

*Sept. 23: Horacio Ferriz, CSU Stanislaus geophysicist – “Looking into the Earth: The Use of Geophysics to Assess Aquifer Depletion and Flood Control Levees”

*Sept. 30: Maya Leiva, Pharm.D., R.Ph. – “Chemotherapy”

uOct. 7: Elizabeth McInnes, MJC professor of biology – “Darwin and his Wicked Dear Little Drosera”

uOct. 14: Denise Godbout-Avant – “Hearing Health and Cochlear Implants”

uOct. 21: John Seager, president of Population Connection – “Human Population”

uOct. 28: Dan Chase, MJC professor of astronomy – “Discoveries on Pluto and Beyond”

uNov. 4: Dale Phillips, MJC professor of computer science – “How Does a Computer Work its Magic?”

uNov. 18: Jody Strait, MJC student – “Conservatives and Fighting Global Warming: An Either/Or?”

uDec. 2: Des Orsinelli, engineer – “A Light Look at Reversing a Warming Planet”

 For more information on the Science Colloquium contact Richard Anderson, MJC professor emeritus, at andersonr@mjc.edu or (209) 529.5182.