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Dish It Up: Men Engaging Feminism: Standing in Solidarity Speaker Durell Callier, Doctoral Candidate, Educational Policy, Organization, and Leadership Date Jan 28, 2013 Time 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Location Women's Resources Center 703 S. Wright Street, 2nd floor Champaign, IL 61820 MC-302 Cost FREE Sponsor WRC Contact Rachel Storm E-Mail rstorm2@illinois.edu Phone (217) 333-3137 Event type Dish It Up Lunch Series Views 36 Come join us for another Dish It Up Lunch on Us Program at the Women's Resources Center (every 2nd and 4th Monday at noon). Enjoy a complimentary meal while listening to speakers, lecturers, and panelists explore a variety of topics at the intersection of gender and other social identities. Dish It Up and the Lunch on Us Programs from OIIR offer a unique opportunity to engage with your peers in a fruitful discussion of identity, social phenomena, and justice on campus. Each Dish It Up program offers vegan and vegetarian food options. Should you require any additional accommodations (assistance with food and seating, large print programs, ASL interpreter, visual/audio assistance, etc.), please contact us at your earliest convenience.PAID FOR BY THE STUDENT CULTURAL PROGRAMMING FEE
7:00PM Thursday 24 January 2013 Siebel Center #1104 (first floor near west entrance) 201 N Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM — it's a computer club!) is a student group consisting of a variety of people with diverse backgrounds who share a common interest in computers. They have many Special Interest Groups (SIGs) that work on projects in a wide variety of areas. All SIGs are open to all students, no previous knowledge required!
The ACM@UIUC is having an open house on Thursday 24 January so people can see what they're all about!
Speaker: Nicole Anderson Cobb, Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence Date: Jan 23, 2013 Time: 5:00 pm Location: IPRH Lecture Hall, 805 W. Pennsylvania Ave, Urbana Sponsor: Education Justice Project Contact: Rebecca Ginsburg E-Mail: rginsbur@illinois.edu
Description: During this month’s forum by the Education Justice Project, America's gun violence crisis will be explored, both at the national and local level. The presenter, Nicole Anderson Cobb from the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence, will also examine how the intersections of race, gender, class, and other dimensions can complicate discussions about gun violence, and offer strategies that ALL can employ to reduce gun violence in our communities.
DATE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2013, 2:00 PM TO 3:20 PM LOCATION: ACES LIBRARY - MONSANTO ROOM Charlie Arnot, CEO of the Center for Food Integrity (CFI), will be a guest lecturer in ACES’ sustainable food systems course in the ACES Library’s Monsanto Room on Jan. 24 from 2 to 3:20 p.m. Since 2007, CFI has been at the forefront of groundbreaking research to measure and track consumer attitudes on key food issues.
INTERACTIVE SEMINAR: Putting The Movement Back Into Civil Rights Teaching
Speaker: Dr. Alana Murray, Parkland Magnet School for Aerospace Technology, Rockville, Md. Date: Jan 25, 2013 Time: 9:00 am - 11:00 am Location: 242 Education Building Sponsor: Professor Ronald Bailey, African American Studies Contact: Angela Masters E-Mail: masters854@gmail.com Description: This interactive seminar will focus on suggested resources that can be integrated into curriculum to involve students in learning about the Civil Rights Movement and civil rights issues. The presenter, Dr. Alana D. Murray, is an educator-activist who has taught world history on both the middle- and high-school levels in Montgomery County, Maryland public schools. She has created pilot lessons on African-American history, conducted youth training workshops for several organizations, and has provided professional development to educators across the country. She has a B.A. in government and politics from the University of Maryland, an MAT from Brown University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland.
The speaker will be informing on the past, present, and future of the Latin American Business Environment.
Speaker: Terry Mc Coy, CLACS Research Affiliated Date: Jan 24, 2013 Time 12:00 pm Location: 101 International Studies Building Sponsor: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Date Jan 26, 2013 Time 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Location Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana Cost Free admission. Sponsor Spurlock Museum Contact Kim Sheahan E-Mail ksheahan@illinois.edu Phone 244-3355 Event type Storytelling Views
"The Iceman Cometh: Forgotten Pioneers of British Arctic Exploration
The Rare Book and Manuscript Library has a new exhibit called "Names Swallowed by the Cold: Hidden Histories of Arctic Exploration" and one of the faculty here, Gillen Wood, will be giving a public lecture to kick off the exhibition. The exhibit is about works by important explorers who contributed to Arctic exploration. Wood's lecture will cover the contributions made by some explorers to the British search for the Northwest Passage.
There will probably not be food... but it is free.
Friday, Jan 25, 3:00pm The Rare Book & Manuscript Library (346 Library)
MLK Community Celebration and Writing Contest Presentation
Saturday, January 26, 2013, at 10am | Krannert Center Lobby
The community honors and celebrates the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and the annual scholarship winners are announced at this free event for the entire family.
Bart Huelsenbeck, Dickinson College: "Making Sense of the Elder Seneca's Rhetorical Collection: From Textual Order to Community Practice'"
Speaker Bart Huelsenbeck, Dickinson College Date Jan 28, 2013 Time 3:30 pm Location Room 211, Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana Cost Free and open to the public. Sponsor Department of the Classics Event type Lecture
Thu, 1/24/2013 Website URL: http://vetmed.illinois.edu/ope/onehealth/ Keyword(s): health Content Area(s): Health & Wellness Description: Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
This session will cover a range of topics including marijuana legalization, energy ("monster") drinks, antimicrobials in milk and meat, bottled water, vaccinations, and cell phones.
About the series
The Center for One Health Illinois at the College of Veterinary Medicine in Urbana is planning a lecture series in the spring of 2013 to bring awareness to issues with human, animal, and environmental dimensions.
Four lectures are planned, two of which will be offered in Chicago as well as in Urbana. The two-hour events will consist of brief presentations from 4-5 panelists in the first hour, followed by questions and discussion with the audience.
CAS Brown Bag Lecture: "Disrupting Patriarchy: An Examination of the Role of E-Technologies in Rural Kenya"
Jan 23, 2013 12:00 pm 101 International Studies Building; 910 S. Fifth St., Champaign Sponsored by: Center for African Studies & Women's Resources Center
A lecture from Brenda N. Sanya, Doctoral Student in Global Studies in Education in the Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, on the role of E-technology in Kenya's quest for women's rights.
Takes place at the food co-op in Urbana. Great place to purchase your sustenance. You need to book a seat to take this class on the link posted. The co-op classes fill up kind of quick sometimes, so make haste ye slobby gluttons.
This series is specially designed to offer great nutrition and health information for parents who are working to make their family healthy on a budget! Class topics: Important nutrients found in fruits and vegetables How to increase the amount and variety of fruits and vegetables in our family meals and snacks How to save money when buying fruits and vegetables Eating Smat, Being Active: Vary Your Veggies… Focus on Fruits Led by Amy D. Ali, University of Illinois Extenion Saturday, January 26, 1-2pm
Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. It's an enormous goal to accomplish and we need great people to help us do cool stuff that matters!
Come learn about Google and meet our Googlers at this exciting event. Grab some dinner and join us for an insightful set of Lightning Tech Talks from 3 alumni highlighting several exciting projects they work on (including Google Wallet) and the Google scale challenges they tackle every day.
RSVP here (to help them know how many people are coming/ how much food to get): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDc5RmZRbzJjN3VKOUtKbFRFY2hEMEE6MA#gid=0
RUSSIAN NATIONAL BALLET THEATRE: CHOPINIANA/ROMEO AND JULIET
Wednesday 23 January, 7PM Tryon Festival Theatre, Krannert $10
Daring escapes, tumultuous love affairs, grand adventures, and drama en pointe—it’s all in a day’s work for the more than 50 dancers in this ensemble. Get swept away by Cervantes’ imperfect hero, Siegfried’s misplaced affections, the neighborly struggles of the Montagues and Capulets, or the simple poetry of Chopin-inspired ballet. No matter the tale, the Russian ballet tradition is resplendent with wistful scores, enchanting fables, and a romantic majesty that captivates the hearts of audiences.
Thursday 24 January, 7PM Tryon Festival Theatre, Krannert $10
Daring escapes, tumultuous love affairs, grand adventures, and drama en pointe—it’s all in a day’s work for the more than 50 dancers in this ensemble. Get swept away by Cervantes’ imperfect hero, Siegfried’s misplaced affections, the neighborly struggles of the Montagues and Capulets, or the simple poetry of Chopin-inspired ballet. No matter the tale, the Russian ballet tradition is resplendent with wistful scores, enchanting fables, and a romantic majesty that captivates the hearts of audiences.
7:30 PM January 28, 2013 without charge GUEST ARTIST RECITAL: Jeri-Mae Astolfi, piano with electronics Music Building MB Auditorium from University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Information Session with Boeing Information Technology
Speaker Boeing Information Technology Date Jan 29, 2013 Time 5:00 pm Location 152 Wohlers Hall Sponsor ECE ILLINOIS Event type Seminar
Boeing's Information Technology organization offers exciting careers in technology-related fields. From simplifying working environments, to strengthening enterprise security and controls, to improving user experiences, Boeing IT has plenty to offer. Boeing Information Technology is home to more than 8,000 employees and has an international presence that is known for its world-class execution of high-quality, low-cost services. Boeing IT operates on the leading edge of technology and offers a multitude of career opportunities.
Date: Thursday, Jan. 24 Location: Lucy Ellis Lounge, Foreign Language Building Sponsor: Dept. of Anthropology, UIUC Panhellenic Council, others. Info: Speaker has been studying interaction between genders, specifically flirting, with emphasis on the importance of desire and masculinity.
Date Jan 24, 2013 Time 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Location EnterpriseWorks Conference Room 130 Sponsor University of Illinois Credit Union Registration RSVP Views 2 Originating Calendar Office of Technology Management Susan Toalson, Vice President of Community and Business Development at the University of Illinois Credit Union, will give a presentation geared toward professionals in the Research Park on how to maintain personal finances. She will discuss how to manage and improve your credit score and plan for major financial goals as a young professional.Lunch will be served.
Held at the Phillips Recreation Center in Urbana. 505 W. Stoughton. 7:30 PM on Saturday, Jan. 26th. It's 10$ but that includes the tango lesson. if you already know how to tango, it's only $5 dollars and you can go later! light refreshments served.
Information and registration: Tango.Society@gmail.com, http://www.centraltango.com, http://facebook/com/UCATango.
Ever been curious about acupuncture? Urbana Acupuncture is holding an event at Lincoln Square Mall on Sunday, Jan 27th from 11am-1pm. Come with questions and get a free acupuncture session if you decide you want to! It says to bring friends, and that appointments are encouraged. (217) 344-9118 or schedule online at www.urbana-acu.com
FRENCH -- Maxime Foerster, PhD French University of Michigan 2012: "French Romanticism and the Rewriting of the Sexual Contract"
Speaker Maxime Foerster, PhD French University of Michigan 2012; Post-doctoral lectureship, Dept. of Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan 2012-13 Date Jan 24, 2013 Time 5:00 pm Location Room 1065, Lincoln Hall Cost Free and open to the public Sponsor Department of French Event type Lecture
Unfortunately, I don't think this lecture is given in French, but you never know.
24 JANUARY - NEW DIRECTIONS IN RUSSIA, EASTERN EUROPE, AND EURASIA
Individual Lives and the Culture of International Communism 4pm, 101 International Studies Building, 910 S Fifth St Champaign
Lisa A. Kirschenbaum is a professor of history at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of two books: 'Small Comrades: Revolutionizing Childhood in Soviet Russia, 1917-1932 (2001)' and 'The Legacy of the Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1995: Myth, Memories, and Monuments (2006).' Her current research explores the personal and political lives of international communists.
Want to know more about health risks associated with bottled water? vaccinations? cell phone use? "monster" energy drinks? Wonder how marijuana cultivation is connected to environmental health?
The College of Veterinary Medicine is hosting a free community forum on Thursday, January 24, from 7 to 9 pm. at the vet school, 2001 S Lincoln in Urbana.
This will be the first in a series of four talks, entitled "One Health & You: News You Can Use," slated for this spring and organized through the college's Center for One Health Illinois, and will feature four speakers covering a range of health topics.
-Dan Linn, executive director, Illinois NORML: Marijuana research and policy -Dr. Yvette Johnson-Walker, University of Illinois: Energy ("monster") drinks and heart disease, cell phones and cancer studies -Awais Vaid, Champaign-Urbana Public Health District: Vaccination safety, rabies, and gastroenteritis -Dr. Jack Herrmann, University of Illinois: Antimicrobials in milk and meat, safety of bottled water, hand sanitizers
Throughout the series, the first hour will be devoted to science-based presentations from a panel of experts, and the second hour will allow attendees to ask questions and offer comments.
"The purpose of the lecture series is to provide the general public with reliable information and to clear up misconceptions," notes Dr. Herrmann, one of the directors of the Center for One Health Illinois and an organizer of the series. Dr. Herrmann, a faculty member at the College of Veterinary Medicine, holds both a doctor of veterinary medicine degree and a master's in public health.
"For example, there is a belief held by some that immunization may cause autism in children, but studies have shown this to be unfounded," says Dr. Herrmann. "We will present evidence that reflects current scientific consensus. While people are entitled to their opinions, no one is entitled to make stuff up."
More information is available online at vetmed.illinois.edu/ope/onehealth/.
Friday 25 January 2013 | 5PM - 6PM #2405 Siebel Center | 201 N Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Interested in finding out what it is like to be an intern at Facebook? Come to this intern panel to hear from several of the UIUC interns from summer 2012!
We will be answering your questions about our projects, teams, events, and the company in general. Oh, and there will be food!
This seems like it would be over my head, but I'm mostly posting this for the title.
Theoretical Astrophysics and General Relativity Seminar: "A Sinister Universe: Chromo-Natural Inflation and Magnetic Drift" Speaker Peter Adshead (University of Chicago, KICP)
Date Jan 30, 2013 Time 12:00 pm Location 464 Loomis Sponsor Department of Physics Contact Jon Thaler E-Mail jjt@illinois.edu
Originating Calendar Physics - Theoretical Astrophysics and General Relativity Seminar I will describe a new, generic mechanism for realizing a period of slowly-rolling inflation through the use of an analog of 'magnetic drift'. I will focus on a particular realization of this mechanism - Chromo-Natural Inflation - which consists of an axion coupled to non-Abelian gauge fields. The model's novel requirement is that the gauge fields begin inflation with a rotationally invariant vacuum expectation value (VEV) that is preserved through identification of SU(2) gauge invariance with rotations in three dimensions. The gauge VEV interacts with the axion leading to an attractor solution that exhibits slow-roll inflation even when the axion potential is steep. I will show that the background gauge fields mediate parity-violating interactions in the action for the fluctuations leading to observable gravitational waves with a preferred handedness.
Friday, January 25, 2013 Elizabeth Ashford (St. Andrews) Title TBA 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Room 223 Gregory Hall Colloquium Series
From her Research Profile Area of interest: Moral Philosophy (my areas of particular interest are the formulation of utiltiarianism; utilitarian and Kantian conceptions of impartiality and their implications for the demandingness of our obligations to those in need; and the possiblity of a pluralist intergration of Kantianism and utilitarianism).
The Department of Microbiology and the Institute of Genomic Biology announce the Carl Woese Memorial Lecture will be given by Norman R. Pace, Distinguished Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado.
Dr. Pace's talk, Following Carl Woese into the Natural Microbial World, will be given this Friday, January 25, starting at 3:00pm, 100 Noyes Laboratory, 505 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana.
A memorial gathering honoring Carl R. Woese will be held the following day, Saturday, January 26, starting at 3:00pm, at the Levis Faculty Center, 9191 West Illinois Street, Urbana.
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Evolutionary biologist, Carl Woese, 84, discoverer of the Archaea, the so-called ‘third form’ of life, died in Urbana on December 30, 2012. He was a professor of Microbiology and faculty member of the Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois.
Born July 15, 1928, in Syracuse, N.Y., Carl Woese earned bachelor's degrees in math and physics from Amherst College, going on to earn a Ph.D. in biophysics from Yale University. He joined the faculty at the University of Illinois in 1964 receiving the highest faculty recognition at the Urbana campus when he was elected Center for Advanced Study Professor of Microbiology in 1989.
He received a MacArthur Foundation grant in 1984, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1988 and was awarded the Leeuwenhoek Medal, microbiology's premier honor, in 1992. He received a National Medal of Science in 2000, the prestigious Crafoord Prize by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 2003 and was made a foreign member of the Royal Society in 2006.
SLATE talk -- Professor Randall Sadler, UIUC Dept. of Linguistics: "Virtual Worlds, Young Learners, and Language Learning"
Speaker Professor Randall Sadler, UIUC Dept. of Linguistics Date Jan 29, 2013 Time 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Location Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building Cost Free and open to the public Sponsor Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education Event type Lecture Views 99 Originating Calendar School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics Calendar Abstract -- One of the main strengths of Virtual Worlds like Second Life is that they provide a multiuser 3-D environment that may be used for either classroom-based or autonomous language learning. While most of the research into the use of VWs has focused on older language learners, VWs also have great potential for young learners, for whom a "virtual" life is now normal. While Second Life is one of the most popular VWs at the current time, there are a number of other VW platforms that, taken together, dwarf Second Life in terms of users. A few of these include: Active Worlds, Entropia Universe, Club Penguin; and MMOGs like the World of Warcraft, Runescape, Lineage II, etc. In addition to these worlds, there are also more customized environments such as Croquet and OpenSimulator. This presentation will provide an overview of Virtual Worlds and their place in education, followed by a discussion of an ongoing (2 years so far) telecollaboration project that makes use of Second Life with groups of students located in Canada, Spain, and Austria. Starting when the students were six years-old the VW was used for a variety of functions ranging from teaching directions to creating custom machinima used by the students for a unit focused on healthy habits. The venues used for the research will be shown in the VW itself, and images and movies of the collaboration will be discussed. Bio -- Randall Sadler is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at the U. of I., where he teaches courses on Computer-Mediated Communication and Language Learning (CMCLL), Virtual Worlds and Language Learning (VWLL) and Teaching of Second Language Reading and Writing. His main research focus is on the role of technology in language learning, with a particular focus on how Virtual Worlds may be used to enhance that process. He has published in these areas in journals including the Journal of English for Academic Purposes, CALICO Journal, and Computers & Education. His latest book, Virtual Worlds, Telecollaboration, and Language Learning: From Theory to Practice will be published by Peter Lang. He is also the co-owner of the EduNation Islands, which are located in the Virtual World Second Life, where he may often be found in the guise of his avatar, Randall Renoir.
Lecture Blake Stimson Professor of Art History, University of Illinois at Chicago Love Anger Depression Abstraction
Location: Cobb Hall, Rm 409 Admission: FREE
Stimson is the author of The Pivot of the World: Photography and Its Nation (2004), and coeditor (with Alexander Alberro) of Conceptual Art: A Critical Anthology (2000) and Institutional Critique: An Anthology of Artists’ Writings (2009), all published by the MIT Press. He has written numerous articles and teaches postwar and contemporary art, theory, and methodology, and the history of photography. Prior to joining the UIC faculty this year, he was a professor of art history at UC Davis where he co-directed the Critical Theory Program from 2001 to 2003. This event will take place in Cobb Hall Room 409, down the hall from the gallery.
This event has already occurred but I just wanted to post it since I will be blogging on it.
Sikh Student Association (SSA) invites you to LOHRI NIGHT 2013! Friday, January 25, 2013 7-11 pm Asian American Cultural Center 1210 W. Nevada Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801 Free entry, free food.
Lohri is celebrated in the Northern states of India and near by areas to welcome the New Year. This day of colors and happiness is done in full beauty and liveliness. Folk songs and dance in the evening of Lohri truly mark the welcoming of a New Year!
"Spaces of Oratorical Performance in Ancient Greece: Reconstruction, Interpretive Visualization, and Assessment"
Lecture: Richard Graff, Writing Studies, University of Minnesota Wednesday Jan 30, 4:30 pm Lincoln Hall rm. 1000
Graff will be presenting his findings on how the ancient Greeks practiced art and rhetoric. Graff has been studying the physical aspects of how they practiced in these fields through a great deal of archeology. He has excavated sites and developed 3d models to learn more.
Eurochannel Short Films Tour: Laugh in Europe
ReplyDeleteStraight from the link: "Everything You Wanted to Know About Europe but Were Afraid to Ask"
Jan 24, 2013
6:00pm
Foreign Language Building
(more info provided in the link)
http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/596?eventId=26484374&calMin=201301&cal=20130114&skinId=1
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DeleteDish It Up: Men Engaging Feminism: Standing in Solidarity
ReplyDeleteSpeaker Durell Callier, Doctoral Candidate, Educational Policy, Organization, and Leadership
Date Jan 28, 2013
Time 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location Women's Resources Center 703 S. Wright Street, 2nd floor Champaign, IL 61820 MC-302
Cost FREE
Sponsor WRC
Contact Rachel Storm
E-Mail rstorm2@illinois.edu
Phone (217) 333-3137
Event type Dish It Up Lunch Series
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Come join us for another Dish It Up Lunch on Us Program at the Women's Resources Center (every 2nd and 4th Monday at noon). Enjoy a complimentary meal while listening to speakers, lecturers, and panelists explore a variety of topics at the intersection of gender and other social identities. Dish It Up and the Lunch on Us Programs from OIIR offer a unique opportunity to engage with your peers in a fruitful discussion of identity, social phenomena, and justice on campus. Each Dish It Up program offers vegan and vegetarian food options. Should you require any additional accommodations (assistance with food and seating, large print programs, ASL interpreter, visual/audio assistance, etc.), please contact us at your earliest convenience.PAID FOR BY THE STUDENT CULTURAL PROGRAMMING FEE
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DeleteACM Open House
ReplyDelete7:00PM Thursday 24 January 2013
Siebel Center #1104 (first floor near west entrance)
201 N Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM — it's a computer club!) is a student group consisting of a variety of people with diverse backgrounds who share a common interest in computers. They have many Special Interest Groups (SIGs) that work on projects in a wide variety of areas. All SIGs are open to all students, no previous knowledge required!
The ACM@UIUC is having an open house on Thursday 24 January so people can see what they're all about!
www.acm.uiuc.edu
www.facebook.com/events/470854039637281
EJP MONTHLY FORUM: Gun Violence in American Life
ReplyDeleteSpeaker: Nicole Anderson Cobb, Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence
Date: Jan 23, 2013
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: IPRH Lecture Hall, 805 W. Pennsylvania Ave, Urbana
Sponsor: Education Justice Project
Contact: Rebecca Ginsburg
E-Mail: rginsbur@illinois.edu
Description: During this month’s forum by the Education Justice Project, America's gun violence crisis will be explored, both at the national and local level. The presenter, Nicole Anderson Cobb from the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence, will also examine how the intersections of race, gender, class, and other dimensions can complicate discussions about gun violence, and offer strategies that ALL can employ to reduce gun violence in our communities.
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Deletehttp://ansci.illinois.edu/calendar/charlie-arnot-lecture-aces-sustainable-food-systems-course
ReplyDeleteDATE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2013, 2:00 PM TO 3:20 PM
LOCATION: ACES LIBRARY - MONSANTO ROOM
Charlie Arnot, CEO of the Center for Food Integrity (CFI), will be a guest lecturer in ACES’ sustainable food systems course in the ACES Library’s Monsanto Room on Jan. 24 from 2 to 3:20 p.m. Since 2007, CFI has been at the forefront of groundbreaking research to measure and track consumer attitudes on key food issues.
INTERACTIVE SEMINAR: Putting The Movement Back Into Civil Rights Teaching
ReplyDeleteSpeaker: Dr. Alana Murray, Parkland Magnet School for Aerospace Technology, Rockville, Md.
Date: Jan 25, 2013
Time: 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Location: 242 Education Building
Sponsor: Professor Ronald Bailey, African American Studies
Contact: Angela Masters
E-Mail: masters854@gmail.com
Description: This interactive seminar will focus on suggested resources that can be integrated into curriculum to involve students in learning about the Civil Rights Movement and civil rights issues. The presenter, Dr. Alana D. Murray, is an educator-activist who has taught world history on both the middle- and high-school levels in Montgomery County, Maryland public schools. She has created pilot lessons on African-American history, conducted youth training workshops for several organizations, and has provided professional development to educators across the country. She has a B.A. in government and politics from the University of Maryland, an MAT from Brown University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland.
Latin American Lecture Series:
ReplyDeleteThe speaker will be informing on the past, present, and future of the Latin American Business Environment.
Speaker: Terry Mc Coy, CLACS Research Affiliated
Date: Jan 24, 2013
Time 12:00 pm
Location: 101 International Studies Building
Sponsor: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Shoe Stories and Dance
ReplyDeleteDate Jan 26, 2013
Time 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Location Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
Cost Free admission.
Sponsor Spurlock Museum
Contact Kim Sheahan
E-Mail ksheahan@illinois.edu
Phone 244-3355
Event type Storytelling
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Delete"The Iceman Cometh: Forgotten Pioneers of British Arctic Exploration
ReplyDeleteThe Rare Book and Manuscript Library has a new exhibit called "Names Swallowed by the Cold: Hidden Histories of Arctic Exploration" and one of the faculty here, Gillen Wood, will be giving a public lecture to kick off the exhibition. The exhibit is about works by important explorers who contributed to Arctic exploration. Wood's lecture will cover the contributions made by some explorers to the British search for the Northwest Passage.
There will probably not be food... but it is free.
Friday, Jan 25, 3:00pm
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library (346 Library)
http://uillinoisenglish.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-iceman-cometh.html
http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2169/25315870?cal=20120621&skinId=6641
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DeleteMLK Community Celebration and Writing Contest Presentation
ReplyDeleteSaturday, January 26, 2013, at 10am | Krannert Center Lobby
The community honors and celebrates the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and the annual scholarship winners are announced at this free event for the entire family.
Bart Huelsenbeck, Dickinson College: "Making Sense of the Elder Seneca's Rhetorical Collection: From Textual Order to Community Practice'"
ReplyDeleteSpeaker Bart Huelsenbeck, Dickinson College
Date Jan 28, 2013
Time 3:30 pm
Location Room 211, Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana
Cost Free and open to the public.
Sponsor Department of the Classics
Event type Lecture
http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/319?eventId=27447818&calMin=201301&cal=20130114&skinId=1
Thu, 1/24/2013
ReplyDeleteWebsite URL: http://vetmed.illinois.edu/ope/onehealth/
Keyword(s): health
Content Area(s): Health & Wellness
Description:
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
This session will cover a range of topics including marijuana legalization, energy ("monster") drinks, antimicrobials in milk and meat, bottled water, vaccinations, and cell phones.
About the series
The Center for One Health Illinois at the College of Veterinary Medicine in Urbana is planning a lecture series in the spring of 2013 to bring awareness to issues with human, animal, and environmental dimensions.
Four lectures are planned, two of which will be offered in Chicago as well as in Urbana. The two-hour events will consist of brief presentations from 4-5 panelists in the first hour, followed by questions and discussion with the audience.
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DeleteCAS Brown Bag Lecture: "Disrupting Patriarchy: An Examination of the Role of E-Technologies in Rural Kenya"
ReplyDeleteJan 23, 2013
12:00 pm
101 International Studies Building; 910 S. Fifth St., Champaign
Sponsored by: Center for African Studies & Women's Resources Center
A lecture from Brenda N. Sanya, Doctoral Student in Global Studies in Education in the Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, on the role of E-technology in Kenya's quest for women's rights.
http://www.afrst.illinois.edu/news/brownbags/
http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2345?eventId=27337551&calMin=201301&cal=20130119&skinId=2292
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DeleteEasting Smart, Being Active
ReplyDeletehttp://commonground.coop/?event=eating-smart-being-active-vary-your-veggies-focus-on-fruit#em-booking
Takes place at the food co-op in Urbana. Great place to purchase your sustenance.
You need to book a seat to take this class on the link posted. The co-op classes fill up kind of quick sometimes, so make haste ye slobby gluttons.
Date/Time
Date(s) - Saturday, Jan 26
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location
Flatlander Classroom (300 s. broadway)
This series is specially designed to offer great nutrition and health information for parents who are working to make their family healthy on a budget!
Class topics:
Important nutrients found in fruits and vegetables
How to increase the amount and variety of fruits and vegetables in our family meals and snacks
How to save money when buying fruits and vegetables
Eating Smat, Being Active: Vary Your Veggies… Focus on Fruits
Led by Amy D. Ali, University of Illinois Extenion
Saturday, January 26, 1-2pm
Google@Illinois - Lightning Tech Talks & Luncheon/Dinner
ReplyDeleteLightning Tech Talks & Dinner (undergrad & MS)
When: Tuesday, January 29th
Where: Siebel 1404
Time: 7:00-8:00pm
Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. It's an enormous goal to accomplish and we need great people to help us do cool stuff that matters!
Come learn about Google and meet our Googlers at this exciting event. Grab some dinner and join us for an insightful set of Lightning Tech Talks from 3 alumni highlighting several exciting projects they work on (including Google Wallet) and the Google scale challenges they tackle every day.
RSVP here (to help them know how many people are coming/ how much food to get): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDc5RmZRbzJjN3VKOUtKbFRFY2hEMEE6MA#gid=0
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DeleteRUSSIAN NATIONAL BALLET THEATRE: CHOPINIANA/ROMEO AND JULIET
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Tryon Festival Theatre, Krannert
$10
Daring escapes, tumultuous love affairs, grand adventures, and drama en pointe—it’s all in a day’s work for the more than 50 dancers in this ensemble. Get swept away by Cervantes’ imperfect hero, Siegfried’s misplaced affections, the neighborly struggles of the Montagues and Capulets, or the simple poetry of Chopin-inspired ballet. No matter the tale, the Russian ballet tradition is resplendent with wistful scores, enchanting fables, and a romantic majesty that captivates the hearts of audiences.
RUSSIAN NATIONAL BALLET THEATRE: SWAN LAKE
ReplyDeleteThursday 24 January, 7PM
Tryon Festival Theatre, Krannert
$10
Daring escapes, tumultuous love affairs, grand adventures, and drama en pointe—it’s all in a day’s work for the more than 50 dancers in this ensemble. Get swept away by Cervantes’ imperfect hero, Siegfried’s misplaced affections, the neighborly struggles of the Montagues and Capulets, or the simple poetry of Chopin-inspired ballet. No matter the tale, the Russian ballet tradition is resplendent with wistful scores, enchanting fables, and a romantic majesty that captivates the hearts of audiences.
7:30 PM
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without charge
GUEST ARTIST RECITAL: Jeri-Mae Astolfi, piano with electronics
Music Building MB Auditorium
from University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
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ReplyDeleteOpening reception on friday... 25 jan in chicago
Information Session with Boeing Information Technology
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Date Jan 29, 2013
Time 5:00 pm
Location 152 Wohlers Hall
Sponsor ECE ILLINOIS
Event type Seminar
Boeing's Information Technology organization offers exciting careers in technology-related fields. From simplifying working environments, to strengthening enterprise security and controls, to improving user experiences, Boeing IT has plenty to offer. Boeing Information Technology is home to more than 8,000 employees and has an international presence that is known for its world-class execution of high-quality, low-cost services. Boeing IT operates on the leading edge of technology and offers a multitude of career opportunities.
http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/7?eventId=27439066&calMin=201301&cal=20130121&skinId=1
Date: Thursday, Jan. 24
ReplyDeleteLocation: Lucy Ellis Lounge, Foreign Language Building
Sponsor: Dept. of Anthropology, UIUC Panhellenic Council, others.
Info: Speaker has been studying interaction between genders, specifically flirting, with emphasis on the importance of desire and masculinity.
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DeleteFinancial Literacy Workshop
ReplyDeleteDate Jan 24, 2013
Time 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location EnterpriseWorks Conference Room 130
Sponsor University of Illinois Credit Union
Registration RSVP
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Originating Calendar Office of Technology Management
Susan Toalson, Vice President of Community and Business Development at the University of Illinois Credit Union, will give a presentation geared toward professionals in the Research Park on how to maintain personal finances. She will discuss how to manage and improve your credit score and plan for major financial goals as a young professional.Lunch will be served.
Intro to Tango and Milonga dancing!
ReplyDeleteHeld at the Phillips Recreation Center in Urbana. 505 W. Stoughton. 7:30 PM on Saturday, Jan. 26th. It's 10$ but that includes the tango lesson. if you already know how to tango, it's only $5 dollars and you can go later! light refreshments served.
Information and registration: Tango.Society@gmail.com, http://www.centraltango.com, http://facebook/com/UCATango.
Free Acupuncture!
ReplyDeleteEver been curious about acupuncture? Urbana Acupuncture is holding an event at Lincoln Square Mall on Sunday, Jan 27th from 11am-1pm. Come with questions and get a free acupuncture session if you decide you want to! It says to bring friends, and that appointments are encouraged. (217) 344-9118 or schedule online at www.urbana-acu.com
FRENCH -- Maxime Foerster, PhD French University of Michigan 2012: "French Romanticism and the Rewriting of the Sexual Contract"
ReplyDeleteSpeaker Maxime Foerster, PhD French University of Michigan 2012; Post-doctoral lectureship, Dept. of Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan 2012-13
Date Jan 24, 2013
Time 5:00 pm
Location Room 1065, Lincoln Hall
Cost Free and open to the public
Sponsor Department of French
Event type Lecture
Unfortunately, I don't think this lecture is given in French, but you never know.
http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/319?eventId=27519648&calMin=201301&cal=20130123&skinId=1
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Delete24 JANUARY - NEW DIRECTIONS IN RUSSIA, EASTERN EUROPE, AND EURASIA
ReplyDeleteIndividual Lives and the Culture of International Communism
4pm, 101 International Studies Building, 910 S Fifth St Champaign
Lisa A. Kirschenbaum is a professor of history at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of two books: 'Small Comrades: Revolutionizing Childhood in Soviet Russia, 1917-1932 (2001)' and 'The Legacy of the Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1995: Myth, Memories, and Monuments (2006).' Her current research explores the personal and political lives of international communists.
for your consideration this thursday
ReplyDeleteWant to know more about health risks associated with bottled water? vaccinations? cell phone use? "monster" energy drinks? Wonder how marijuana cultivation is connected to environmental health?
The College of Veterinary Medicine is hosting a free community forum on Thursday, January 24, from 7 to 9 pm. at the vet school, 2001 S Lincoln in Urbana.
This will be the first in a series of four talks, entitled "One Health & You: News You Can Use," slated for this spring and organized through the college's Center for One Health Illinois, and will feature four speakers covering a range of health topics.
-Dan Linn, executive director, Illinois NORML: Marijuana research and policy
-Dr. Yvette Johnson-Walker, University of Illinois: Energy ("monster") drinks and heart disease, cell phones and cancer studies
-Awais Vaid, Champaign-Urbana Public Health District: Vaccination safety, rabies, and gastroenteritis
-Dr. Jack Herrmann, University of Illinois: Antimicrobials in milk and meat, safety of bottled water, hand sanitizers
Throughout the series, the first hour will be devoted to science-based presentations from a panel of experts, and the second hour will allow attendees to ask questions and offer comments.
"The purpose of the lecture series is to provide the general public with reliable information and to clear up misconceptions," notes Dr. Herrmann, one of the directors of the Center for One Health Illinois and an organizer of the series. Dr. Herrmann, a faculty member at the College of Veterinary Medicine, holds both a doctor of veterinary medicine degree and a master's in public health.
"For example, there is a belief held by some that immunization may cause autism in children, but studies have shown this to be unfounded," says Dr. Herrmann. "We will present evidence that reflects current scientific consensus. While people are entitled to their opinions, no one is entitled to make stuff up."
More information is available online at vetmed.illinois.edu/ope/onehealth/.
FACEBOOK INTERN PANEL
ReplyDeleteFriday 25 January 2013 | 5PM - 6PM
#2405 Siebel Center | 201 N Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Interested in finding out what it is like to be an intern at Facebook? Come to this intern panel to hear from several of the UIUC interns from summer 2012!
We will be answering your questions about our projects, teams, events, and the company in general. Oh, and there will be food!
Please RSVP at facebook.com/UIUCInternPanel
Numinous flesh
ReplyDeleteLive electroacoustic music compositions by barry monroe, chris vaisvil
Saturday jan 26, 3:00 pm
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DeleteThis seems like it would be over my head, but I'm mostly posting this for the title.
ReplyDeleteTheoretical Astrophysics and General Relativity Seminar: "A Sinister Universe: Chromo-Natural Inflation and Magnetic Drift"
Speaker Peter Adshead (University of Chicago, KICP)
Date Jan 30, 2013
Time 12:00 pm
Location 464 Loomis
Sponsor Department of Physics
Contact Jon Thaler
E-Mail jjt@illinois.edu
Originating Calendar Physics - Theoretical Astrophysics and General Relativity Seminar
I will describe a new, generic mechanism for realizing a period of slowly-rolling inflation through the use of an analog of 'magnetic drift'. I will focus on a particular realization of this mechanism - Chromo-Natural Inflation - which consists of an axion coupled to non-Abelian gauge fields. The model's novel requirement is that the gauge fields begin inflation with a rotationally invariant vacuum expectation value (VEV) that is preserved through identification of SU(2) gauge invariance with rotations in three dimensions. The gauge VEV interacts with the axion leading to an attractor solution that exhibits slow-roll inflation even when the axion potential is steep. I will show that the background gauge fields mediate parity-violating interactions in the action for the fluctuations leading to observable gravitational waves with a preferred handedness.
Friday, January 25, 2013
ReplyDeleteElizabeth Ashford (St. Andrews)
Title TBA
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Room 223 Gregory Hall
Colloquium Series
From her Research Profile
Area of interest: Moral Philosophy (my areas of particular interest are the formulation of utiltiarianism; utilitarian and Kantian conceptions of impartiality and their implications for the demandingness of our obligations to those in need; and the possiblity of a pluralist intergration of Kantianism and utilitarianism).
In short, human rights.
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ReplyDeleteThe Department of Microbiology and the Institute of Genomic Biology announce the Carl Woese Memorial Lecture will be given by Norman R. Pace, Distinguished Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado.
Dr. Pace's talk, Following Carl Woese into the Natural Microbial World, will be given this Friday, January 25, starting at 3:00pm, 100 Noyes Laboratory, 505 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana.
A memorial gathering honoring Carl R. Woese will be held the following day, Saturday, January 26, starting at 3:00pm, at the Levis Faculty Center, 9191 West Illinois Street, Urbana.
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Evolutionary biologist, Carl Woese, 84, discoverer of the Archaea, the so-called ‘third form’ of life, died in Urbana on December 30, 2012. He was a professor of Microbiology and faculty member of the Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois.
Born July 15, 1928, in Syracuse, N.Y., Carl Woese earned bachelor's degrees in math and physics from Amherst College, going on to earn a Ph.D. in biophysics from Yale University. He joined the faculty at the University of Illinois in 1964 receiving the highest faculty recognition at the Urbana campus when he was elected Center for Advanced Study Professor of Microbiology in 1989.
He received a MacArthur Foundation grant in 1984, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1988 and was awarded the Leeuwenhoek Medal, microbiology's premier honor, in 1992. He received a National Medal of Science in 2000, the prestigious Crafoord Prize by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 2003 and was made a foreign member of the Royal Society in 2006.
SLATE talk -- Professor Randall Sadler, UIUC Dept. of Linguistics: "Virtual Worlds, Young Learners, and Language Learning"
ReplyDeleteSpeaker Professor Randall Sadler, UIUC Dept. of Linguistics
Date Jan 29, 2013
Time 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building
Cost Free and open to the public
Sponsor Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education
Event type Lecture
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Originating Calendar School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics Calendar
Abstract -- One of the main strengths of Virtual Worlds like Second Life is that they provide a multiuser 3-D environment that may be used for either classroom-based or autonomous language learning. While most of the research into the use of VWs has focused on older language learners, VWs also have great potential for young learners, for whom a "virtual" life is now normal. While Second Life is one of the most popular VWs at the current time, there are a number of other VW platforms that, taken together, dwarf Second Life in terms of users. A few of these include: Active Worlds, Entropia Universe, Club Penguin; and MMOGs like the World of Warcraft, Runescape, Lineage II, etc. In addition to these worlds, there are also more customized environments such as Croquet and OpenSimulator. This presentation will provide an overview of Virtual Worlds and their place in education, followed by a discussion of an ongoing (2 years so far) telecollaboration project that makes use of Second Life with groups of students located in Canada, Spain, and Austria. Starting when the students were six years-old the VW was used for a variety of functions ranging from teaching directions to creating custom machinima used by the students for a unit focused on healthy habits. The venues used for the research will be shown in the VW itself, and images and movies of the collaboration will be discussed. Bio -- Randall Sadler is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at the U. of I., where he teaches courses on Computer-Mediated Communication and Language Learning (CMCLL), Virtual Worlds and Language Learning (VWLL) and Teaching of Second Language Reading and Writing. His main research focus is on the role of technology in language learning, with a particular focus on how Virtual Worlds may be used to enhance that process. He has published in these areas in journals including the Journal of English for Academic Purposes, CALICO Journal, and Computers & Education. His latest book, Virtual Worlds, Telecollaboration, and Language Learning: From Theory to Practice will be published by Peter Lang. He is also the co-owner of the EduNation Islands, which are located in the Virtual World Second Life, where he may often be found in the guise of his avatar, Randall Renoir.
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Blake Stimson
Professor of Art History, University of Illinois at Chicago
Love Anger Depression Abstraction
Location: Cobb Hall, Rm 409
Admission: FREE
Stimson is the author of The Pivot of the World: Photography and Its Nation (2004), and coeditor (with Alexander Alberro) of Conceptual Art: A Critical Anthology (2000) and Institutional Critique: An Anthology of Artists’ Writings (2009), all published by the MIT Press. He has written numerous articles and teaches postwar and contemporary art, theory, and methodology, and the history of photography. Prior to joining the UIC faculty this year, he was a professor of art history at UC Davis where he co-directed the Critical Theory Program from 2001 to 2003. This event will take place in Cobb Hall Room 409, down the hall from the gallery.
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ReplyDeleteSikh Student Association (SSA) invites you to LOHRI NIGHT 2013!
Friday, January 25, 2013
7-11 pm
Asian American Cultural Center
1210 W. Nevada Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801
Free entry, free food.
Lohri is celebrated in the Northern states of India and near by areas to welcome the New Year. This day of colors and happiness is done in full beauty and liveliness. Folk songs and dance in the evening of Lohri truly mark the welcoming of a New Year!
Everyone is welcome.
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Delete"Spaces of Oratorical Performance in Ancient Greece: Reconstruction, Interpretive Visualization, and Assessment"
ReplyDeleteLecture: Richard Graff, Writing Studies, University of Minnesota
Wednesday Jan 30, 4:30 pm
Lincoln Hall rm. 1000
Graff will be presenting his findings on how the ancient Greeks practiced art and rhetoric. Graff has been studying the physical aspects of how they practiced in these fields through a great deal of archeology. He has excavated sites and developed 3d models to learn more.
http://www.iprh.illinois.edu/news/iprhevents/default.aspx#RichardGraff
ReplyDelete"Beyond the Legend: Cesar Chavez, Charismatic Leadership, and the Relevance of Accountability"
although this was not listed, it was reviewed by Alejandra
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