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Calendar of Events
April
Tuesday, April 1
4:05 pm, Career Resource Center, Reitz Union
Career Options for Geography and Geology Majors. Sponsored by the Career Resource Center.
Friday, April 2
5:30 pm, Pugh Hall Auditorium
Polio: A Look Back at America's Most Successful Public Health Crusade, the 2008 Gus Burns Lecture by David M. Oshinsky, winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in History & Jack S. Blanton Chair in History, University of Texas, Austin. Reception at 5:30, lecture at 6:30, followed by book-signing of his Pulitzer Prize-winning Polio: An American Story. Sponsored by the Department of History and the Alexander Grass Chair in Jewish Studies. For more information, contact Dr. Jack Davis at davisjac@ufl.edu or 352-273-3398.
6:00 pm, La Casita
Common Misconceptions in Santeria and Voodoo, presented by Natalie Broadnax, Ph.D. student, Religious Studies. Part of Religious and Spiritual Diversity Week sponsored by the Institute of Hispanic-Latino Cultures and and Club Creole.
8:00 pm, Goerings Bookstore
The Avenue Coffee House UF Faculty and Their New Books presents Galina Rylkova, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. Rylkova will be talking about her book, The Archaeology of Anxiety The Russian Silver Age and Its Legacy. For more information contact Thomas Rider at goerings@bellsouth.net or 377-3703.
Thursday, April 3
4:05 pm, Career Resource Center, ReitzUnion
Career Options for Non-Med School Options for CLAS Science Majors. Sponsored by the Career Resource Center.
6:30 pm, Pugh Hall, Room 120
Oratory, Assassination, and Tragedy: Two Speeches by Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy, presented by Dr. Lewis A. Sussman, Professor of Classics, University of Florida. A.B. Classics, Princeton Ph.D. Classics, University of North Carolina. Sponsored by the Department of Classics. For more information contact Lewis Sussman at sussman@ufl.edu or 376-1652 and 392-2075 x 268.
Friday, April 4
4:00 pm, Griffin-Floyd Hall, Philosophy Library Room 303
Evolution, Morality, and Doing the Right Thing Because It Is Right, a lecture presented by Geoff Sayre-McCord, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Part of the Evolution of Morality Speaker Series, sponsored by the Department of Philosophy. For more information, contact Marina Oshana at moshana@ufl.edu or 392-2083 x 311.
Saturday, April 5
7:30 pm, Keene Faculty Center, Dauer Hall
Russia-Poland: New Gaze, a screening of short films. Experience a selection of documentary films that are part of an innovative experiment in international understanding. Sponsored by the Center for European Studies. For more information contact Gail Keeler at gskeeler@ufl.edu or 392-8902.
Sunday, April 6
2:00 pm, Goerings Bookstore
Authors on Sundays presents Barbara Purdy, Professor Emerita, Department of Anthropology. Purdy will discuss her new book, Florida’s People During the Last Ice Age, which documents the evidence of human populations in Florida as early as 14,000 years ago. For more information contact Thomas Rider at goerings@bellsouth.net or 377-3703.
Monday, April 7
10:40 am, Dauer Hall, Room 219
La Perplejidad de la Escritora Ante su Obra (The Perplexity of the Writer Looking at Her Work), a talk by Carme Riera, author, script-writer and essayist in Catalonia and Spain. Sponsored by the Center for European Studies and the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. For more information contact Geraldine Nichols at nichols@rll.ufl.edu.
11:45-1:00 pm, Ustler Hall
My Central Questions about... Black Women Creating Erotica, a lecture by LaMonda Horton-Stallings, Department of English. Part of a brown-bag lunch series sponsored by the Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research.
Tuesday, April 8
12:50 - 2:15 pm, Anderson Hall, Room 216
External Policies of the European Union, presented by Gordon Adam, former member of European Parliament. Part of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence speaker series sponsored by the Center for European Studies. For more information, contact Gail Keeler at gskeeler@ufl.edu or 392-8902.
4:05 pm, Career Resource Center, ReitzUnion
Career Options for Non-Law School Options for CLAS Majors. Sponsored by the Career Resource Center.
Thursday, April 10
11:30 am - 1:00 pm, at 1405 NW 13th St., Suites B and C
Free hearing screenings, courtesy of the UF
Speech and Hearing Clinic.
No appointment is necessary. An annual hearing checkup is recommended
for those age 45 and up. Common symptoms of hearing loss include: ringing
in the ears, frequently asking others to repeat themselves, having a difficult
time understanding others without wearing glasses or looking the subject
directly in the face, difficulty following a group conversation and complaints
from others about the chosen volume level of radios or televisions.
2:00 pm, Pugh Hall, Ocora
The Ethical Lessons of Abu Ghraib, a lecture by Dr. Albert Pierce, University Professor of Military Ethics from the National Defense University. Sponsored by the Bob Graham Center for Public Service.
2:00 pm, CSE E119
Sailing the South Pacific with Jules & Paul Verne: The Kip Brothers, a lecture presented by Jean-Michel Margot, President of North American Jules Verne Society. Co-sponsored by the Department of English and the France-Florida Research Institute
6:15 pm, Florida Gym, Room 210
Cuckoo film screening. Part of the Russian/Slavic Film Festival: Men and Women in Extreme Conditions, sponsored by the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies.
7:00 pm, Pugh Hall, Ocora
Strategy and Ethics in Counter Insurgency, a lecture by Dr. Albert Pierce, University Professor of Military Ethics from the National Defense University. Sponsored by the Bob Graham Center for Public Service.
Sunday, April 13
9:00 am, Flavet Field
4th Annual Stride Against Silence 5K Run/Walk benefiting Cochlear implant patients. Registration starts at 9am; t-shirst available with a $15 donation and free breakfast for all participants.Sponsored by the National Student Speech and Hearing Association and the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. For more information, contact stride.against.silence@gmail.com or Brandy Eiland at bdeiland@ufl.edu or 352-214-8302.
Tuesday, April 15
11:45 am - 12:45 pm, Dauer Hall, Room 215
The Evolution of European Information Resources: a Theoretical Analysis and Practical Approach to Online Resources in Europe, presented by Matthew Loving, French Literature PhD student. Brown Bag Lecture Series. Bring your lunch. Soda and chips provided. Sponsored by the Center for European Studies. For more information, contact Gail Keeler at gskeeler@ufl.edu or 392-8902.
1:00 - 2:30 pm, Dauer Hall, Room 215
Afghanistan: Policy for European Union Engagement, presented
by Paul Turner,
UK Government National Expert to the European Commission
on Afghanistan. Part of the Jean Monnet Centre
of Excellence speaker series sponsored by the Center
for European Studies. For more information, contact Gail Keeler at
gskeeler@ufl.edu or 392-8902.
3:00 pm, Keene Faculty Center, Dauer Hall
Women • India • Social Reform: Limitations and Potentials of Law as an Instrument of Social Reform, a lecture by Madhu Purnima Kishwar. Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Hindu Traditions (CHiTra), The Department of Religion, and the Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research.
Thursday, April 17
11:30 am - 1:00 pm, at 1405 NW 13th St., Suites B and C
Free hearing screenings, courtesy of the UF
Speech and Hearing Clinic.
No appointment is necessary. An annual hearing checkup is recommended
for those age 45 and up. Common symptoms of hearing loss include: ringing
in the ears, frequently asking others to repeat themselves, having a difficult
time understanding others without wearing glasses or looking the subject
directly in the face, difficulty following a group conversation and complaints
from others about the chosen volume level of radios or televisions.
5:00-9:00 pm, Florida Museum of Natural History
A Starry Night: Close Your Day...Open Your Mind . Sponsored by the Department of Astronomy, the Florida Museum of Natural History, Musuem Nights Student Group, and the Alachua Astronomy Club.
7:00 pm, in the Ocora at Pugh Hall
Media and the Presidency. Matt Bai of the New York Times and Joe Trippi will discuss the relationship between the media and the Executive Office. The event will be moderated by Tom Fielder. This event is part of the Presidential Lecture Series: The Path to the White House. The lecture is free and open to the public; tickets are available at the Graham Center office, 220 Pugh Hall. For more information contact Michael Bowen at 352-273-1080 or at mbowen@ufl.edu.
Monday, April 21
3:00 pm, Pugh Hall, Room 120
Water • Gender • Equity: Water in the Karakorum, a lecture by Hermann Kreutzmann, Department of Geography, Free University, Berlin. Sponsored by the Water Institute, the Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research, Religion, and the Center for the Study of Hindu Traditions (CHiTra).
Thursday, April 24
11:30 am - 1:00 pm, at 1405 NW 13th St., Suites B and C
Free hearing screenings, courtesy of the UF
Speech and Hearing Clinic.
No appointment is necessary. An annual hearing checkup is recommended
for those age 45 and up. Common symptoms of hearing loss include: ringing
in the ears, frequently asking others to repeat themselves, having a difficult
time understanding others without wearing glasses or looking the subject
directly in the face, difficulty following a group conversation and complaints
from others about the chosen volume level of radios or televisions.
Friday, April 25
12:00-1:30pm, Ustler Hall
First Year Graduate Student Panel featuring Kathryn Turner, Desirae Krell, Tanya Faublas, Tatiana Falcon, Michelle Phillips, Lola Bovell. Part of a brown-bag lunch series sponsored by the Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research.
May 2008
Saturday, May 3
9:00 am, O'Connell Center
CLAS Masters and doctoral candidates commencement. Assembly begins at 8:00 am.
2:00 pm, O'Connell Center
Undergraduate Degree Ceremony. For degrees A-M.
6:00 pm, O'Connell Center
Undergraduate Degree Ceremony. For degrees N-Z.
September
Friday, September 5
Time TBA, in the Ocora at Pugh Hall
The 2008 Primaries. Dr. Howard Dean (Chair, Democratic National Committee) and Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL, Former Chair, Republican National Committee) will discuss the primaries in Florida during the 2008 election. This event is part of the Presidential Lecture Series: The Path to the Whitehouse. The lecture is free and open to the public. Tickets are available at the Graham Center office, 220 Pugh Hall. For more information contact Michael Bowen at 352-273-1080 or at mbowen@ufl.edu.
October
Friday, October 3
Time TBA, in the Ocora at Pugh Hall
The Next President and Florida. Governor Charlie Crist (R-FL) will discuss the relationship between the Sunshine State and the Executive Office. This event is part of the Presidential Lecture Series: The Path to the Whitehouse. The lecture is free and open to the public. Tickets are available at the Graham Center office, 220 Pugh Hall. For more information contact Michael Bowen at 352-273-1080 or at mbowen@ufl.edu.
Time and Location TBA
Lenguaje & Espacio / Language & Space, the Fourth Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Hispanic/Latin American Literatures, Linguistics and Cultures. Sponsored by Romance Languages and Literatures.
Saturday, October 4
Time and Location TBA
Lenguaje & Espacio / Language & Space, the Fourth Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Hispanic/Latin American Literatures, Linguistics and Cultures. Sponsored by Romance Languages and Literatures.