“”Weight Management: Separating Fact from Fiction.”” Noon. Student Union Memorial Center, Tubac Room
Doctoral oral defense. “”Design and Construction of a Multiple Beam Laser Project and Dynamically Refocused Wavefront Sensor.”” Noon. Steward Observatory, Room N305
Math Lecture. “”Modeling Thermalized Nonlinear Wave Motion in Large Molecular Systems: Stochastic Discrete Nonlinear Schroedinger Equations with Heat Loss Terms,”” a talk by Brenton LeMesurier, College of Charleston Department of Mathematics. 12:30 p.m. Mathematics building, Room 402
Distinguished speaker seminar series. “”Computing with Theories of Language.”” 2 p.m. SUMC, Kiva Room
Writing workshop. Joe Stefani of the Writing Skills Improvement Program will discuss Writing Cover Letters and Personal Statements. 4 p.m. Psychology building, Room 205
Lecture. “”Disease Evolution: The Example of HIV.”” 7 p.m. Centennial Hall
Opera. The program includes excerpts from a variety of operatic genres, including Humperdinck’s “”Hansel and Gretel,”” Donizetti’s “”Don Pasquale,”” Puccini’s “”Suor Angelica,”” von Weber’s “”Der Freischutz,”” and Janacek’s “”Jenufa.”” 7:30 p.m. Free Music building, Crowder Hall
Charles Darwin Experience improvisational comedy group. 10:15 p.m. SUMC, Wilbur’s Underground, Cellar.