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LAS 2026 Centennial Meeting

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2. Brown Memorial Chapel
3. Bynum Commons
4. Centenary Fitness Center
20. Magale Library
23. Meadows Museum of Art
Lot 16. Visitor Parking
Lot 17. Visitor Parking
Lot 18. Visitor Parking
Lot 6. Parking - SATURDAY ONLY
Lot 8. Parking - SATURDAY ONLY

Index of presenters (with assigned sessions)

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Program

Thursday, March 5:  LAS Centennial Monument Dedication

3:00-5:00 PM (Meadows Museum of Art)

Friday, March 6:  LAS Centennial Science Humanities Symposium [F] (Whited Room, Bynum Commons) 

8:30 AM Introduction

8:40 AM  The Human and Humanitarian Factors in the Stern-Gerlach Experiment
Dr. B. Ramu Ramachandran (Louisiana Tech University)

9:25 AM A Rudimentary Search for “Biological Evolution” in Religion
Dr. William H. Dees (McNeese State University)

10:10 AM Morning Intermission

10:20 AM Biological Muses of Baroque Music
Dr. John P. Doucet (Nicholls State University)

11:05 AM Louisiana and Leprosy:  One Man’s Journey
Ms. Ann Brett (Author and Independent Scholar)

11:50 Noontime Intermission

12:50 PM William Marbury Carpenter:  Pioneer Scientist of Louisiana
Dr. Alvadus Bradley McPherson emeritus (Centenary College of Louisiana)

1:35 PM Notes from an Invader:  A Decade of Science Poetry Readings at the Louisiana Academy of Sciences
Dr. John P. Doucet (Nicholls State University)

2:20 PM Afternoon Intermission 

2:30 PM The Art of Visual Storytelling in Science
Dr. Urska Cvek (Louisiana State University—Shreveport)

3:15 PM Humanities in Health Care
Dr. Elizabeth Guice and Dr. Heather Anderson (LSU Health Sciences Center—Shreveport)

4:00 PM Closing

Saturday, March 7:  LAS 100th Annual Meeting

7:00-9:15 AM Check-in (Centenary Fitness Center)

7:30-9:15 AM Judges Check-in (Centenary Fitness Center)

8:00-9:05 AM Meeting Opening and [SMK] Morning Keynote Address (Brown Memorial Chapel)

9:15 AM until complete Oral Competition Presentations and Two-Minute Poster Competition Talks

[SM1] Agriculture, Forestry, and Wildlife / Environmental Sciences (Magale Library, Room G1)

[SM2] Botany / Zoology (Magale Library, Room G2)

[SM3] Chemistry / Physics / Earth Sciences (Magale Library, Room B10)

[SM4] Computer Science / Mathematics and Statistics / Cyber Security and Information Assurance (Magale Library, Room B9)

[SM5] Materials Science and Engineering (Magale Library, Room B8)

[SM6] Molecular and Biomedical Biology / Microbiology (Magale Library, Room B7)

[SM7] Science Education / Social Sciences / Science and Humanities (Magale Library, Room B5)

After Oral Competition Presentations (time varies by session) until 11:45 AM Poster Presentations and Institutional Exhibitors

[P] Poster Competition and Poster Viewing (Centenary Fitness Center)

[IE] Institutional Exhibitors (Centenary Fitness Center)

11:45 AM-12:15 PM Centennial Meeting Photograph (Meadows Museum of Art)

12:15-1:00 PM Lunch (Centenary Fitness Center)

1:00-2:05 PM Academy Business and [SAK] Afternoon Keynote Speaker (Brown Memorial Chapel)

2:15 PM until complete Afternoon Oral Presentations

[SA1] Agriculture, Forestry, and Wildlife (Magale Library, Room G1)

[SA2] Environmental Sciences / Agriculture, Forestry, and Wildlife (Magale Library, Room G2)

[SA3] Zoology (Magale Library, Room B10)

[SA4] Chemistry (Magale Library, Room B9)

[SA5] Computer Science / Material Science and Engineering / Physics (Magale Library, Room B8)

[SA6] Social Sciences / Science Education (Magale Library, Room B7)

[SA7] Science and Humanities (Magale Library, Room B5)

2:15-3:45 PM [P] Poster Viewing (Centenary Fitness Center)

3:55-4:30 PM Closing and Awards (Brown Memorial Chapel)

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