Paul Chorley, a master of landscape architecture candidate in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will defend his thesis on "A Model for Sustainable Design: An Urban Agriculture Autoethnography." The adviser is Prof. Robert Brown. Time: 1 p.m. Location: Landscape Architecture, Room 125

Abdalla Albeely, an M.Sc. candidate in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend his thesis on "Termination of Ribosomal RNA Transcript by RNA Polymerase I in Schizosaccharomyces pombe." His advisers are Profs. Andrew Bendall and Ross Nazar. Time: 1:30 p.m. Location: Science Complex, Room 2315

Dylan Harding, an M.Sc. candidate in the Department of Plant Agriculture, will defend his thesis on "Effects of Bacterial Endophytes from the Genus Zea on Non-native Host Species in the Context of Application to Biological Weed Control." All are welcome to attend. Time: 9 a.m. Location: Crop Science, Room 202