Schedule: Friday, May 6

9 a.m.
Informal Poster Viewing
Crossroads, Buntrock Commons
Posters will be on display from 9 a.m. on Friday until 11 a.m. Saturday. A formal session with presenters takes place Friday, 4:45 to 6 p.m.

10:10 a.m.
Honors Day Convocation
Boe Memorial Chapel
Jim Cederberg, professor of physics and Grace A. Whittier Endowed Chair, St. Olaf College

11 a.m.
Honors Day Reception
Crossroads, Buntrock Commons

2 p.m.
Introduction and Welcome
Science Center 280
Wesley Pearson, professor of chemistry and Hardy Distinguished Professor of Natural Sciences, St. Olaf College
Christopher M. Thomforde, President, St. Olaf College

2:15 p.m.
Plenary Address I: Influenza: Our Best Model for the Evolutionary Origin of Newly Emerging Disease
Science Center 280
Robin Bush, Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine

3:30 p.m.
Plenary Address II: Just Care: Rationing in a Public Health Crisis
Science Center 280
James F. Childress, John Allen Hollingsworth Professor of Ethics and Professor of Medical Education, University of Virginia

4:45 p.m.
Formal Poster Session
Buntrock Commons, Crossroads
Students present project results from work covering a variety of subjects.

7:30 p.m.
Plenary Address III: Emerging Infectious Diseases; The New Normal
Science Center 280
Michael T. Osterholm, Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy; Associate Director, Department of Homeland Security's National Center for Food Protection and Defense; Professor in the School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

8:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Science Center 280
Wesley Pearson, Professor of Chemistry and Hardy Distinguished Professor of Natural Sciences, St. Olaf College James May, Dean and Provost, St. Olaf College