Calendar

Monday, October 6, to Monday, October 13, 2008

NOTE: The next Calendar will include events taking place from Monday, Oct. 13 through Monday, Oct. 20. Those items must be in the database by 4 p.m. onMonday, October 9.

Calendar Information:

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For a complete listing of University events, go to the University Events Calendar.

Academics

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Libraries

Homer Babbidge Library. Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-2 a.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-2 a.m.
Dodd Center. Monday, 10 a.m.- 7 p.m.; Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.; Saturday, noon-4 p.m.; closed Sunday.
Health Center Library. Monday-Thursday, 7 a.m.-11 p.m.; Friday, 7 a.m.-7 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-10 p.m.
Law Library. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-11 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m.-9 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, 1-9 p.m.

Information Technology Services

Help Desk: Call 860-486-4357, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Meetings

Monday, 10/13 – University Senate. 4-6 p.m., Room 7, Bishop Center.

Ph.D. Defenses

Tuesday, 10/7 – Philosophy. The Limits of Ethical Disagreement: A Davidsonian Approach to Ethics, by Brian Rockwood (adv.: Wheeler). 2 p.m., Room 227, Manchester Hall.
Thursday, 10/9 – Curriculum & Instruction. The Implementation of a Media Literacy Curriculum in the Public Schools: Three Case Studies, by Belinha De Abreu (adv.: Irwin). 1:30 p.m., Room 246, Gentry Building.

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Lectures & Seminar

Monday, 10/6 – Celebrate Women. “Understanding Epilepsy: Diagnosis and Treatment,” by Lara Schrader. Noon, Henry Low Learning Center, Health Center. Call 860-486-8899 for registration. The program can be viewed live at www.celebrate.uchc.edu/webcast.
Wednesday, 10/8 – Stem Cell Seminar. “25 Years in the Making: Germline Competent Rat Embryonic Stem Cells,” by Qi-Long Ying, University of California. 10:30 a.m., Room CG076, Henry B.C. Low M.D. Learning Center, Health Center. Video at Storrs, Room 109, Advanced Technology Laboratory.
Wednesday, 10/8 – Rainbow Center Lecture. “Miscegenation and the ‘Homosexual Agenda’,” by Phoebe Godfrey. Noon, SU Room 403.
Wednesday, 10/8 – Statistics Colloquium. “ Estimation of Space-time Point Process Models in Seismology and Model Assessment,” by Alejandro Veen, IBM. 4 p.m., Room 344, CLAS Building.
Thursday, 10/9 – Comparative Pathology Seminar. “Wildlife Diseases in Africa and Management Thereof,” by Wouldter van Hoven, EcoLife Expeditions. 11 a.m., Room A001, Atwater Laboratories.
Thursday, 10/9 – African American Studies Lecture. “Jimi Hendrix, Yukio Mishima, and the Queerness of Patriotic Critique,” by Reggie Jackson, Yale University. 4 p.m., Room 421G, Women’s Center.
Thursday, 10/9 – Atomic, Molecular, & Optical Physics Seminar. “Controlling the Center-of-Mass Motion of Ultracold Atoms,” by Daniel Steck, University of Oregon. 4 p.m., Room P121, Gant Science Complex.
Thursday, 10/9 – Rainbow Center Lecture. “Always Present Necessity – One Woman Show,” by Sarahi Yajaira. 7 p.m., Room 437, PRLACC.
Friday, 10/10 – Polymer Science Seminar. “Nanoscale Semiconductor Assemblies for Photovoltaics,” by D. Venkataraman, UMass-Amherst. 11 a.m., Room IMS20, Gant Science Complex.
Friday, 10/10 – Center for Environmental Science & Engineering. “Ecological Scarcity: The Global Economic Challenge,” by Edward Barbier & John Bugas, University of Wyoming. 3 p.m., Room 130, Physics/Biology Building.
Friday, 10/10 – Marine Sciences Seminar. “Antarctic Copepod Life Cycle Studies,” by Tim Shank, Woods Hole. 3 p.m., Marine Science Building, Avery Point Campus.
Friday, 10/10 – Humanitarianism Lecture. “A World History of Genocide,” by Ben Kiernan, Yale University. 4 p.m., Konover Auditorium.
Tuesday, 10/14 – ‘Last Lecture’ Series. “Bioshock in Plato’s Cave: How Videogames Can Lead Us into the Light,” by Roger Travis. 7 p.m., Buckley Lounge.

Exhibits

Puppets from ChucheQhalin, a film designed to teach Afghan children how to keep safe in war and avoid landmines, are part of the Puppets Through the Lens exhibit at the Ballard Museum. See Exhibits. Photo by Frank Dahlmeyer

Through Friday, 10/10 – Babbidge Library. Migration Route, a Journey Through Art, collage photographs by George Jacobi, Gallery on the Plaza; 4 in Prints by Claudia Fieo, Margot Rocklen, Kim Tester, and Carmela Venti, Stevens Gallery; A Reason to Remember, Roth, Germany, 1933-1942, West Alcove. Also Monday, 10/13 through Friday, 11/7, The American President, photographs from the Associated Press Archives, West Alcove.
Through Friday, 10/10 – Dodd Center. Celebrating the Sculptural Book: The Challenge of Structure.
Through Friday, 10/10 – Contemporary Art Galleries. Alumni Biennial (One). Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Fine Arts Building.
Through Friday, 10/31 – Torrington Campus. Empty Place at the Table, domestic violence awareness display. Lobby, Eads Building.
Through Sunday, 11/2 – Alexey von Schlippe Gallery. Works by 38 Latin artists. Weds.-Sun., noon-4 p.m. Members and students free, others $3 donation. Avery Point Campus.
Through Friday, 11/14 – Jorgensen Gallery. Regarding India, including Walking Dreams of India, photographs & digital montage by Neil Chowdhury; Junctures & Constellations, by Hanuman Kambli & Kathryn Myers; and works by students and alumni from the Goa College of Arts. Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Through Thursday, 11/20 – Health Center. Oil paintings by Linda Tenukas. Daily, 8 a.m.-9 p.m., Main and Mezzanine Lobbies. Also, through Wednesday, 1/7, abstract paintings by Tory Cowles, and photographs by Melissa Post. Daily, 8 a.m.-9 p.m., Celeste LeWitt Gallery.
Through Sunday, 11/30 – Ballard Institute & Museum of Puppetry. Puppets Through The Lens. Depot Campus, Friday-Sunday, noon-5 p.m. Free admission, donations welcome.
Through Friday, 12/19 – Benton Museum. Sera: The Way of the Tibetan Monk; also, The Photographs of Sheila Rock. Also, through Sunday, 10/12, art department faculty exhibit. Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Sat. & Sun., 1-4:30 p.m.

Performing Arts

Friday, 10/10 – Symphony Orchestra. “Heroes and Heroism.” Jeffrey Renshaw and Howard Hsu, conductors. 8 p.m., von der Mehden Recital Hall. Admission $7 for adults, free for students and children.
Friday, 10/10 & Saturday, 10/11 – Capitol Steps. Political satire. Tickets: $34, $38, $45. 8 p.m., Jorgensen.
Sunday, 10/12 – Community School of the Arts Faculty Recital. Nick Cutroneo, guitar. 3 p.m., Vernon Building, Depot Campus.
Sunday, 10/12 – Songfest. Songs of the British Isles. Admission: $25. 4 p.m., Jorgensen.
Through Sunday, 10/12 – A Man for All Seasons. CRT production of Robert Bolt’s play. Nafe Katter Theatre. For performance times and tickets, call 860-486-4226.
Go to the Fine Arts Schedule

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Film

Monday, 10/6 – Library Documentary. Freedom of Expression®: Resistance and Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property. 2 p.m., Konover Auditorium. Co-producer Jeremy Smith will speak.
Monday, 10/6 – Rainbow Center Film. Paris is Burning. 7 p.m., Room 407, African American Cultural Center.
Monday, 10/6 – Puppet Film. Handmade Puppet Dreams, Volume III, by Heather Henson. 7:30 p.m., Student Union. Free admission.
Tuesday, 10/7 – Rainbow Center Film. I Exist. 5 p.m., Room 432, Asian American Cultural Center.
Wednesday, 10/8 – Rainbow Center Film. If These Walls Could Talk 2. 4 p.m., Room 421, Women’s Center.
Sunday, 10/12 – Film Screening & Discussion. Journey From the Fall, with Ham Tran, director. Noon, Student Union Theatre.
Tuesday, 10/14 – India Film Series. Om Shanti Om. 6:30 p.m., Room 106, Art Building.

Athletics

Tuesday, 10/7 – Men’s Tennis vs. Salve Regina. 3 p.m., Tennis Courts.
Wednesday, 10/8 – Men’s Tennis vs. Bryant. 3 p.m., Tennis Courts.
Wednesday, 10/8 – Women’s Volleyball vs. Hartford. 7 p.m., Gampel Pavilion.
Friday, 10/10 – Women’s Ice Hockey vs. Colgate. 7 p.m., Sherman Family Sports Complex.
Saturday, 10/11 – Women’s Ice Hockey vs. Rutgers. 2 p.m., Sherman Family Sports Complex.
Sunday, 10/12 – Women’s Volleyball vs. Rutgers. 2 p.m., Gampel Pavilion.
For the latest information on scheduled athletic events, please go to the uconnhuskies.com schedule page.

Potpourri

Wednesday, 10/8 – Literary Reading. Readings by Steve Almond. 7 p.m., Konover Auditorium. Free admission.