April 25, Wednesday -- Subra Suresh, director of the National Science Foundation, will speak at UC Davis as part of the Chancellor's Colloquium speaker series. His talk, "Science and Engineering in a Globalized World," will begin at 4 p.m. in the Vanderhoef Studio Theatre at the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts.

Suresh was sworn in as director of the NSF in October 2010. The agency has an annual budget of $7 billion and is charged with advancing research and related educational programs in all areas of basic science and engineering.

Before his appointment to the NSF, Suresh was dean of the School of Engineering and Vannevar Bush Professor of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received his Bachelor of Technology degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India; a master’s degree from Iowa State University; and a Doctor of Science degree from MIT.

At the NSF, he has established several new initiatives including INSPIRE (Integrative NSF Support Promoting Interdisciplinary Research and Education), PEER (Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research, in collaboration with USAID), the NSF Career-Life Balance Initiative, and the NSF Innovation Corps.

Admission to his talk is free, but please register in advance at http://chancellor.ucdavis.edu/initiatives/colloquium/index.html.

For more event information, please call (530) 754-2262.