Monthly Archives: September 2016

FILM SCREENING: “The Grim Game” (1919)

Event Title

FILM SCREENING: “The Grim Game” (1919)

Event date and Time

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 7 P.M.

Event Cost/Admission

Free and open to the public

Please be aware that the Ransom Center’s Charles Nelson Prothro Theater seats 125. Line forms upon arrival of the first patron, and doors open 30 minutes in advance.

Description

Harry Houdini, the legendary stage illusionist, also made his mark in film. In the 1919 silent film “The Grim Game”, Houdini stars as a man who has been jailed for a murder he did not commit. He uses his talents to escape and find the real killers. Eric Colleary, Cline Curator of Theater and Performing Arts, introduces the film and the riches of the Center’s Harry Houdini collection. Not rated, 71 minutes.

Location

Harry Ransom Center

Eula Biss campus visit, plus free books for honors students

Essayist Eula Biss, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, will give a public talk in the Joynes Reading Room (CRD 007) on Tuesday, October 4th, at 7 p.m. Saloncalled Biss’s Notes From No Man’s Land “the most accomplished book of essays anyone has written or published so far in the 21st century. It provokes, troubles, charms, and heckles the reader, and it raises more questions than it answers.” Biss has written on race, family, religion and cultural identity. Her latest book, On Immunity: An Inoculation, explores the history of medical science and the pernicious myths that perpetuate anxieties about vaccination. This event is free and open to everyone. Call 512-471-5787 for more information. A limited number of free books by Eula Biss are available to UT honors undergraduates—students interested in free books should enquire in person at the front desk of the Joynes Reading Room.

American Foreign Relations Scholarship

The Department of Government is accepting applications for a James Roach Fellowship in American Foreign Relations. Fellowships will support research and/or writing, or foreign study or travel, and/or work experience in the American foreign relations field relating to South or Southeast Asia.

Deadline is October 21, 2016 

Students can access the scholarship here: http://liberalarts.utexas.edu/government/undergraduate/scholarships.php

Apply for Texas 4000

Texas 4000 is an 18-month leadership development program where riders learn resiliency training, decision-making, fundraising, and public speaking, as well as receive one-on-one mentorship all while training to bike from Austin, Texas to Anchorage, Alaska to raise money for cancer research and survivor programs. 

Texas 4000 supports UT Biomedical Engineering, MD Anderson Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Gundersen Medical Center, Young Adult Cancer Canada, First Descents, and Brent’s Place. 

If you are interested in becoming a Texas 4000 2018 Rider, we encourage you to attend an info session this fall. They will be from 6:00-7:30pm on Tuesday 9/27 (UTC 3.134) and Wednesday 9/28 (UTC 3.134).

The rider application closes on September 30th at 11:59 pm. 

The link for the application can be found here:

http://www.texas4000.org/get-involved/ride/

Don’t hesitate to email us at apply.texas4000@gmail.com if you have questions or reach out to past or current LAH riders to learn more about why they ride.

Clements Center Events

Wednesday, Sep 21, 2016 | 5:15-7:00 PM | MAI 212

The Pivot: The Future of American Statecraft in Asia

Kurt Campbell (Former Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs)

Michael Green (Former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asian Affairs at NSC)

James Steinberg (Former Deputy Secretary of State and former Deputy National Security Advisor)

 

Thursday, Sep 22, 2016 – Friday, Sep 23, 2016 | Alumni Center/LBJ Presidential Library

The Herzstein Texas National Security Forum

Security in Transition: National Security Challenges Facing the Next President

This year’s conference theme is “National Security and the Presidential Transition” and will feature the Director of National Intelligence Jim Clapper, former National Security Advisor Steve Hadley, former Deputy Secretaries of State John Negroponte and Jim Steinberg, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Philip Breedlove, former White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten, and many other national security leaders.

Full agenda here

 

Thursday, Sep 29, 2016 | 5:00-7:00 PM | CLA 3.102B

Information Session: Maymester in London

Applications due Nov 1st

Naomi Shihab Nye HRC Event

Event Title

Naomi Shihab Nye

Event Date and Time

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 7 P.M.

Event Cost/Admission

free and open to the public

Description

Award-winning poet Naomi Shihab Nye reads from her work for the Ransom Center’s 2016 Burnshaw Lecture. A former chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, she has written over 30 books of poetry and prose, including Transfer (2011), You and Yours (2005), and Fuel (1998). Co-presented by the Michener Center for Writers, where Nye is a visiting professor. A reception follows.

Location

Harry Ransom Center

Careers In Service Panel 9/26

Careers In Service: A Panel with AmeriCorps NCCC-Peace Corps-Teach for America-City Year – Monday, September 26 | 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm | MEZ 2.124

Join us and find out how you can join local, national, and international service programs, including AmeriCorps NCCC, City Year, Peace Corps, and Teach For America, who are advancing education and youth development, propelling economic revitalization, and creating environmental stewards. Free pizza provided!

RSVP here: http://tinyurl.com/ServicePanelRSVP

Free UT LSAT Workshop!

UT’s Minority Women Pursuing Law and ScorePerfect will be hosting a Free LSAT Workshop on Wednesday, September 21st, 2016 from 6:00PM-7:30PM at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, Room 201. Chick-fil-A will be served!

 The workshop will be conducted by Jessica Jackelen, a veteran ScorePerfect instructor with over five years of LSAT teaching experience. Attendees will be challenged with a series of difficult LSAT questions and Jessica will demonstrate the most effective methods for tackling them. If you are interested in law school and want to score high on the LSAT, don’t miss this great opportunity!

 Seating is limited: RSVP HERE!

CoLA Scholarships!

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS SCHOLARSHIPS

 

Applications are now being accepted for merit-based, research, and study abroad scholarships for fall 2016!

 

See if you are eligible on the Liberal Arts scholarship website: 

 

bit.ly/CLAScholarships

 

Deadlines for merit & research scholarships are mid-October 2016.

 

 

 

 

 

ARE YOU A LIBERAL ARTS STUDENT FROM ANY OF THESE TEXAS COUNTIES? 

 

Franklin 

Camp

Delta

Hopkins

Lamar

Red River

Titus

Upshur

Wood

Shelby

Sabine

Panola

St. Augustine

Nacogdoches

 

You may be eligible for these:

 

– Styles – Franklin County scholarship: bit.ly/CLAScholarships

 

– Strong – Shelby County scholarship: bit.ly/CLAScholarships

 

Applications are now being accepted!!  Deadline October 17, 2016