Dissertation Defense: Steven Planitzer, Physics
Regulation of Viral Membrane Fusion by Receptor Binding.
Location: Abelson-Bass-Yalem. Room: 333. Graduate Student Events Categories: Graduate Affairs Dissertation Events. Registration Information: Please contact the student's department for information about attending this defense.
Monday, July 6, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Dissertation Defense: Emily Calobrisi, Psychology
Attitudes Toward Sexual Offending: Disentangling Offender Characteristics and Respondent Traits.
Location: Mandel Center for the Humanities. Room: G12. Graduate Student Events Categories: Graduate Affairs Dissertation Events. Registration Information: Please contact the student's department for information about attending this defense.
Thursday, July 9, 2026, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
Dissertation Defense: Emily Ziperman, Chemistry
Directed Evolution of Multivalent 2'-Modified RNA Towards Protein Targets.
Location: Rosenstiel. Room: 118. Graduate Student Events Categories: Graduate Affairs Dissertation Events. Registration Information: Please contact the student's department for information about attending this defense.
Tuesday, July 14, 2026, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
Dissertation Defense: Richard Brutti, Computer Science
Uh, Actually: Grunt Acts as Grounding Contributions in Multimodal Dialogue.
Location: Volen. Room: 101. Graduate Student Events Categories: Graduate Affairs Dissertation Events. Registration Information: Please contact the student's department for information about attending this defense.
Tuesday, July 14, 2026, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM.
Dissertation Defense: Cori Posner, Biochemistry and Biophysics
State-selective recognition by mitochondrial CLPX.
Location: Rosenstiel. Room: 118. Graduate Student Events Categories: Graduate Affairs Dissertation Events. Registration Information: Please contact the student's department for information about attending this defense.
Wednesday, July 15, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Dissertation Defense: Kenneth Lai, Computer Science
Analyzing Meaning in Situated Multimodal Interactions.
Location: Volen. Room: 101. Graduate Student Events Categories: Graduate Affairs Dissertation Events. Registration Information: Please contact the student's department for information about attending this defense.
Wednesday, July 15, 2026, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM.