Tuesday, April 17, Liberal Arts Pre Med will be hosting another guest speaker. Cheasty Anderson from Texas Well and Healthy will be discussing the Healthcare reform. This meeting is again required for all members and encouraged for non members as well. It would be great if this was posted in the LAH Herald. It will take place at Burdine 116 at 7 pm.
As Board Chair, appointed to the Board directly by President Obama, Tom plays a key role in shaping Fulbright policy and representing the program to the world. He is a dynamic personality and has personal global connections, including with Presidents Obama and Clinton, with world leaders and with Fulbright Commissions across the globe. Furthermore, he is a very good at helping others to make good connections.
Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Location: International Office, Multi-Purpose Room
University Towers, 715 West 23rd Street (entrance is shared with Abel’s Copies)
Agenda:
2-3 PM: Interested students, Fulbright alumni, interested faculty scholars and non-U.S. Fulbright scholarship students discuss what the program has to offer and the sharing of experiences with the program.
For more information:
http://us.fulbrightonline.org/overview_program.html?page=us/overview_program
3-4 PM: Senior scholars (faculty) discuss ideas for recruitment of high quality scholars to participate in Fulbright opportunities abroad at the research or teaching level.
For more information:
For more information about Tom Healy:
Undergraduate Research Week is next week!
Please let your students and coworkers know about this exciting event that they can attend:
ORAL PRESENTATION SYMPOSIUM
Wednesday, April 18, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
And
Thursday, April 19, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Gebauer (GEB) 3.312
Please drop in any time throughout the day to view ongoing short presentations given by Liberal Arts Undergraduate Researchers. Below is the schedule for the department clusters and presenter’s name:
Wednesday, April 18
Psychology, 10 – 10:45 a.m.
Courtney Lewis
Love/Hate
Keela Thomson
The Effects of Decision-Making Strategies on Financial Choices
Economics, 10:45 – 11:30 a.m.
Shuoyu Li
How Important Exchange Rate is in International Bonds Investing
Hamid Poorsafar
Transit Economics: A Caspian Approach
English, 11:30 – 1 p.m.
Chris Graves
“For a Ruthless Criticism of Everything Existing”: A Comparative Reading of Karl Marx’s and Paul K. Feyerabend’s Methodology
Zachary Garber
History and Nation-Building in the Novels of Sir Walter Scott
Laurel Richards
Dysfunctional Families and Reconstructive Dynamics in Diana Wynne Jones’ Chrestomanci Novels
Travis Alexander
Politics, Literary Ambitions, and Counterculture Critiques of H.S. Thompson
Christopher Barton
Expanding Original Practices
Government, 1 – 3 p.m.
Andres Eaton
The Cost of Apathy: Obama and the Black Vote
Joshua Tang
Mexican American Clemency from 1923-1972
Ainee Athar
The Politics of Dream Activism
Julieta Cuellar
In the Wake of the “October Revolution”: Otpor! Post-October 5, 2000
Joshua Fjelstul
Accession Conditionality in the European Union
American Studies, 3 – 4 p.m.
Natalie San Luis
Represent the Realness: Black Authenticity and Contemporary Rap
Lauren White
Don’t Blame the Grease, Blame the TV: Soul Food and the Media
Jillian Owens
A Wide Net of Hope: Understanding the Success of the Lakewood Church
Thursday, April 19
Classics, 11 a.m. – noon
Tu-Uyen Nguyen
Human and Virgin Sacrifice in Ancient Greece and Rome
Blagoje Djordjevic
Perceptions of Science in Late Byzantine Theology
Elizabeth Morgan de Marigny
Occupational Imagery in the Age of Augustus
Linguistics, 1 – 2 p.m.
Delwin Campbell
The Future of Folklore: Internet Memes
Victoria Heckenlaible
Arabic-English Code-Switching: Negotiating Social Networks in Jordan
Nancy Yuan
The Einsteinian Religion
Anthropology/Urban Studies, 2 – 3 p.m.
Jonathan Carrillo
Cost Benefit Analysis of Adding Real-Time Global Positioning System
Jandy Gu
Color Me Weird: Street Art in Austin
Jenna Stewart
Research on Celtic Symbolism in Europe
Cultural Studies, 3 – 4 p.m.
Lynn Romero
The Silencing of Mexico’s Journalists
Courtney Lee
El Grano de Oro: A Recent History of Bolivian Identity and Quinoa
Jose Luis Rodriguez Aquino
Order and Progress: Brazilian Leadership in South America
Our researchers have worked very hard on their presentations, so let’s support them and take a minute out of our day to learn about what they’ve been doing!
Thanks for your help!
UT Students in all Disciplines,
The Undergraduate Philosophy Association would like to cordially invite you the first annual Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, this Friday, April 13 at 3:00 PM in Waggener 302. Seven of our best thinkers will have the opportunity to present their research to an audience of like-minded peers like you, who are encouraged to ask questions, offer objections, and engage in philosophic dialogue. The presentations consider a variety of queries: Can thoughts be construed as actions, and do thoughts have moral weight? What exact are the laws of nature? Does ‘fallacy’ mean the same thing everywhere? How objective is mathematics?
If these questions intrigue you, or if you’ve ever found yourself thinking about them on your own before (as happens so often in philosophy), that we would love to have you with us as we explore the answers – and the questions that arise thereof – together. Again, it is this Friday, April 13 at 3:00 PM in Waggener 302.
Hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
Kyle and Armando, Co-Presidents, Undergraduate Philosophy Association
PS: There will be free pizza and soft drinks!!
For more information:
BOTH SHOWS
April 13th, 14th, and 15th
Friday, Saturday at 8:00 PM
Saturday, Sunday at 2:00 PM
Doubt
by John Patrick Shanley
directed by Colin McLoughlin
CAST
Megan Rabuse as Sister Aloysius
Aza Pace as Sister James
Yahya Khan as Father Flynn
Sam Moore as Mrs. Muller
***there will be a fifteen minute intermission between shows***
The Shape of Things
by Neil LaBute
directed by Emily Neie
assistant director: Jennifer Harrison
CAST
James Fisk as Adam
Susan Bennett as Evelyn
Christine Pedersen as Jenny
Joseph Crowley as Phillip
*for mature audiences only*
Executive producer: Kelsi Tyler
Producers: Stephanie Donowho and Rajvi Patel