The Brown Bag Colloquia is a one hour formal presentation given by one of the core faculty members of the department or a visiting scholar about his or her current research. Since it is held around lunch time attendees can bring a lunch with them, although it is not encouraged when we have guests coming from countries where this is considered disrespectful. These events are great opportunities for both graduate students and undergraduate majors to get to know other faculty members, and for faculty members to learn about and discuss each others' research. These presentations are given in the seminar room of the department (Sakamaki A302).