Date	Discussion Topic
Jan. 6	Discussion of the coming semester Dan Wagner, Cyrus Mody
Jan. 13	Use of Human and Animal Subjects in Research Jim Pomerantz (Psychology) and Chris Smith (UT Medical School and Rice Veterinarian)
Jan. 20	What is a University For?  David Schneider (Psychology)
Jan. 27	The Editorial Process I:  Journals in Social and Natural Sciences Ken Whitmire (Chemistry) and Randi Martin (Psychology)
Feb. 3	The Editorial Process II:  Rice’s Journal of Southern History, and The Life of a Scholarly Article from Idea to Print John Boles (History)
Feb. 10	Women in the Academy Carol Quillen (History/ Vice Provost for Academic Affairs) and Carrie Masiello (Earth Science)
Feb. 17	The History of Rice University Melissa Kean (Centennial Historian, Provost’s Office)
Feb. 24	The University and the Law Richard Zansitis (General Counsel, Rice University)
Mar. 3	Midterm Recess
Mar. 10	Research Experiences Roundtable RUSP students
Mar. 17	First Draft of Papers due by 5:00 p.m. today, by email
Mar. 24	Presentations Elliot Harwell, Thomas Sprague, Kathy Zhang
Mar. 31	Presentations Sarah Zelonis, Aurelia Chaudhury, Bo Qiu
Apr. 7	Presentations Katie Wang, Natalie Weber, Amy Lin, Jasdeep Mangat
Apr. 14	Presentations Elie Karabunarlieva, Sukhdeep Kuar, Amy Liu
Final Thesis Due	Seniors Due: Apr. 24th Everyone Else Due: May 6th