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April 21-27, 2008 | Volume 9, Issue 28  |
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Zachary Dobbin COL (COL '08) took 1st place in the 2008 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Undergraduate Poster Competition at the AACR annual meeting in San Diego this past Saturday. Zachary conducts research in the laboratory of Dr. Robert Clarke in the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. His winning AACR poster, titled "Caveolin-1 regulation of Bcl-2 in paclitaxel-mediated apoptosis in breast cancer," explores the relationship between CAV1 and Bcl-2, a protein that appears to have a role in preventing the formation of cancer. For more information view the Medical Center's full press release. |
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Monday, April 21 |
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The Georgetown University Chamber Singers present their Spring Concert directed by Frederick Binkholder. The group will present a number of selections from their core repertoire that reflects a period of time from the Renaissance through the Baroque to the 20th century. The performance will also include Gregorio Allegri's Miserere and Morten Lauridsen's O Magnum Mysterium. This event will take place in Copley Crypt of Copley Residence Hall (Basement Level) at 8:00 p.m. The suggested donation is $5. |
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Tuesday, April 22 |
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The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, & World Affairs will host a lecture on "Oil, Islam and Gender: The reasons for Gender Inequality" featuring Professor Michael Ross from the University of California Los Angeles. Professor Ross is both the Chairman of the International Development Studies Interdepartmental Program at UCLA and Acting Director of their Center for Southeast Asian Studies. The event will take place in the 7th Floor Conference Room of the Intercultural Center from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. For more information, please visit the Berkley Center's site. |
| Wednesday, April 23 | |
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The Georgetown University Concert Choir presents their Spring 2008 concert The American Identity. Directed by C. Paul Heins and accompanied by Jennifer Jackson, The American Identity is a celebration of the various musical styles that make up the American sound: from 19th-century hymn tunes (in Samuel A. Ward's America the Beautiful and Stephen Paulus' The Road Home) to bitonality (in Charles Ives' 67th Psalm) to whole-tone scales and chord clusters (in Eric Whitacre's Cloudburst). Guest artists will include members of the World Percussion Ensemble performing the percussion parts in Eric Whitacre's Cloudburst. The concert is a benefit for the Anacostia Watershed Society, with a suggested donation of $5.00 per audience member. The 60-minute performance will take place in Gaston Hall at 8:00 p.m. For more information, please visit the Program in Performing Arts website. |
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The Department of Linguistics will host a lecture featuring Professor Agha Asifi from the University of Pennsylvania. This event will take place in ICC 462 from 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. For more information, please contact Lissy March. |
| Thursday, April 24 | |
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The Program in Performing Arts and the Brazilian Studies Program will host a screening of Brasilintime, presented by director Bplus. The screening is being held in honor of Brazilian Music Week. This event is also sponsored by the Brazilian Embassy. The screening will take place in the New South Hall of the New South Building from 7:30 to 10:00 p.m. |
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The Faculty of Languages and Linguistics will present a full-day conference on "Fostering Translingual and Transcultural Competencies." The conference will address issues raised by the Modern Language Association's report Foreign Languages and Higher Education: New Structures for a Changed World (May 2007). The event will begin with a keynote address by Rosemary Feal, Executive Director of the MLA, followed by a panel discussion of the report itself. The conference will be held in the Gonda and Devine Theatres of the Davis Performing Arts Center from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. For details, please see the conference agenda. |
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The Catholic Studies Program will host a discussion featuring author Alice McDermott on her book After This. Ms. McDermott is a writer-in-residence at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The discussion, followed by a book signing, will take place in McShain Lounge Large (Southwest Quadrangle) from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. To RSVP for this event, please email the Catholic Studies Program. |
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The Department of Government's Tocqueville Forum on the Roots of American Democracy presents "Natural Law, God, and Human Rights," a lecture by political philosopher Robert P. George, the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. The lecture will be held at 6:00 p.m. in Copley Formal Lounge, followed by a reception. To RSVP, please email tocquevilleforum@georgetown.edu. |
| Friday, April 25 | |
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The Program in Performing Arts presents the GUDC Spring Dance Concert under the artistic direction of Miya Hisaka Silva. The performance will include excerpts from the great classical ballet La Paquita, originally created in 1847 by Marius Petipa, and from classical, contemporary, and jazz works by student choreographers Alison Lenet, Emily Lange, Allegra Markson, Stephanie Gal and Amanda Silva. Guest choreographers Aysha Upchurch (hip hop artist) and Karen Reedy (modern choreographer) will also be presented. Student directed by Alison Lenet and production directed by Stephanie Gal, the concert will take place in Gonda Theatre of the Davis Performing Arts Center at 8:00 p.m. For more information and tickets, please call 202-687-ARTS(2787) or visit the box office. |
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The Program in Performing Arts presents Friday Music: Organist Russell J. Weismann as part of a free concert series featuring artists of regional, national, and international acclaim. For the final week of this year's series, Dr. Weismann will perform a selection of concert and liturgical music. The concert will take place at 1:15 p.m. in the Dahlgren Sacred Heart Chapel. For more information about Friday Music, please visit the Program in Performing Arts website. |
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The Catholic Studies Program will host a screening of The Man Who Learned to Fall. The screening will take place in the New South Screening Room from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. This event is open to the public. |
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The Department of Mathematics will host a lecture on "Preprocessing in High Throughput Biological Experiments" featuring Professor Jeffrey C. Miecznikowski from the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Buffalo. This event will take place in St. Mary's Hall 326 from 3:15 to 4:05 p.m. For more information, please contact Delores M. Osborne. |
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The Department of Linguistics will host a lecture on "The meaning of temporal prepositions and nouns in news messages and legal text" featuring Dr. Frank Schilder, researcher in Computational Linguistics at Thomson Corporation. This event will take place in ICC 462 from 3:45 to 5:45 p.m. For more information, please contact Lissy March. |
| Saturday, April 26 | |
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The Program in Performing Arts presents the Georgetown Jazz Fest hosted by Professor Aaron Broadus. The afternoon performance will feature the Annanadale Jazz Ambassadors, the Duke Ellington Jazz Ensemble, Georgetown Jazz, Threeology, and Choro Ensemble from Brazil. The Grilling Society will be preparing hot dogs and hamburger. This free event will take place on Copley Lawn in front of White Gravenor (rain site: McNeir Hall) from 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. |
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The Program in Performing Arts presents the GUDC Spring Dance Concert under the artistic direction of Miya Hisaka Silva. The performance will include excerpts from the great classical ballet La Paquita, originally created in 1847 by Marius Petipa, and classical, contemporary, and jazz works by student choreographers Alison Lenet, Emily Lange, Allegra Markson, Stephanie Gal and Amanda Silva. Guest choreographers Aysha Upchurch (hip hop artist) and Karen Reedy (modern choreographer) will also be presented. Student directed by Alison Lenet and production directed by Stephanie Gal, the concert will take place in Gonda Theatre of the Davis Performing Arts Center at 8:00 p.m. For more information and tickets, please call 202-687-ARTS(2787) or visit the box office. |
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The Department of Spanish and Portuguese presents Rethinking lusofonia in the 21st Century, a symposium on the cultures of the Portuguese-speaking countries in the age of globalization. This event will take place in the Mortara Building (36th and N St.) from 9:15 a.m to 6:00 p.m. |
| Sunday, April 27 | |
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The Program in Performing Arts' GU Orchestra and Wind Ensemble present Spring 2008 Concert, under the musical direction of Professor Rufus Jones, Jr. For this collaborative concert, the ensembles will perform Mendelssohn's Fingal's Cave Overture and Haydn's Symphony No. 104. The event will take place in Gaston Hall at 4:00 p.m. For more information and tickets, please call 202-687-ARTS(2787) or visit the box office |
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The Program in Performing Arts is exhibiting the work of artist Walter Egan. Known worldwide to music lovers (and crossword puzzle enthusiasts) as Mister Magnet and Steel, Professor Walter Egan (COL '70) has come home to Georgetown University, his alma mater, with an exhibit of his paintings. As one of the school's first art majors, Professor Egan went on to make his name in the world of popular music as the composer of Hearts On Fire and his own million-selling top ten hit Magnet and Steel. He has released eight solo CDs to date. A sculpture major at Georgetown, Professor Egan has mainly concentrated on printmaking and painting during his time in the music business. His works will be displayed in the lower level gallery of the Davis Performing Arts Center. |
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