On Wednesday, November 6th, visiting poet Ada Limón will read her work in the Joynes Reading Room (CRD 007) at 7 p.m. Limón’s most recent book, The Carrying (2018), won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was named one of the top five poetry books of the year by the Washington Post. A review in the New York Times praised Limón’s “novelistic knack for scene,” and said that “the narrative lyrics in this remarkable collection, her fifth, could stand as compressed stories about anxiety and the body.” Limón lives in Kentucky and teaches in the summer program at the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center. Undergraduate honors students at UT Austin may receive a free copy of The Carrying (courtesy of the Mary Lu Joynes Endowment) while supplies last, by visiting the front desk of the Joynes Reading Room and requesting the book. (The books are available now!) This reading is free and open to the public. The Joynes Reading Room is located on the east side of the Carothers building at 2501 Whitis Avenue on the UT Austin campus. Call 512-471-5787 for more information.

Have you ever been confused about what technological resources you’re allowed to use for an assignment, for example, a class GroupMe? Come share your experiences at our casual, open-discussion town hall! Pizza, drinks, and desserts will be provided as we discuss the often confusing role of technology in academic integrity. This event will help us determine how to clarify the university’s academic integrity policies surrounding resources that help us learn collaboratively.

Date: Wednesday, November 6th from 4 – 6pm

Location: JES A218A

Questions? Contact: collegeambassadors.utlac@gmail.com

Martha Redbone’s music embodies the folk, indigenous, and mountain blues sounds of her childhood in the Appalachian hills of Kentucky. Her latest album is “The Garden of Love- Songs of William Blake”, produced by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band founder/Grammy Winner John McEuen (2012). Alongside her career as a recording artist and songwriter, Martha Redbone has maintained a steady involvement with causes she believes in. Ms. Redbone is contracted by The Department of Indian Education- Louisiana, LaFourche where she teaches Southeastern Traditional Singing Workshop for the United Houma Nation’s Bayou Healers Cultural Enrichment Camp program. Martha guest lectures on subjects ranging from Indigenous rights to the role of the arts in politics and Native American Identity at many institutions including New York University, the University of Michigan and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, to name a few.

Redbone will be presenting her concert Bone Hill on Feb. 1: see https://texasperformingarts.org/season/bone-hill-mccullough-theatre-2020 for a video introduction. RSVP by November 1st.

Are you interested in applying your liberal arts skillset in the corporate world? Are you looking for an exciting (paid) internship opportunity for this summer? Egon Zehnder will be hosting an information session in the LAH Commons Room (RLP, 2.104) from 5:30pm-7pm on Tuesday, November 12^th to talk about their Seasonal Analyst program with interested Liberal Arts Honors and Plan II students.

A quick introduction: Egon Zehnder is a management consulting firm focused on helping clients make their biggest talent decisions. EZ works with clients to set up CEO successions, build out an organization’s Board diversity, replace or fill new positions within the executive ranks, or to provide customized leadership and talent advisory services. The firm works with clients across all industries, C-Level functions and geographies (68 offices in 40 countries), from multi-national corporations to well-established privately held companies. For more info, check out EZ’s website at https://www.egonzehnder.com/.

As an intern with Egon Zehnder you will get exposure to leadership of some of the world’s most exciting and transformative companies, all while applying your critical thinking skills to help solve complex business problems through talent decision-making and advisory.

If you’re interested in learning more about EZ’s internship opportunities for UT students, please consider attending the information session. Space is limited, so if you plan on attending please send through an RSVP to Samantha.hea@egonzehnder.com by November 8^th. Complimentary snacks will also be provided

Tuesday, November 12 – Meyerson Conference Room

(WCH 4.118) 2:30 – 4:30 PM (drop-in) – Light refreshments

Come and meet with Asian Studies faculty and other students while enjoying light refreshments.  Find out about Spring 2020 course offerings in China, Japan, Korea, and South Asia (languages, history, religion, cultures, literature, anthropology).  Information about the major and minor and the Honors Program will be available at this event.

A research team based at the Marine Science Institute is leading an NSF project that is quantifying nutrient transport, utilization, and relationship to carbon drawdown in the sub-tropical gyres that is looking to recruit 6 science communication fellows to accompany his research team during their research cruise in Hawaii (!!) in summer 2021.

This project is part of the ‘Broader Impacts’ objective: This project addresses a cross-disciplinary question working at the interface of biology and chemistry. It will quantify biological contributions to upward nutrient flux, helping to further advance our understanding of the controls on the marine biological carbon pump. This proposal addresses NSF societal goals via incorporation of a postdoc and undergraduate students into the research program and provides sea-going research experiences to undergraduate students.  In addition, we propose to use our dedicated research cruise as a forum for training a set of 6 Fellows in science communication. They will accompany the cruise, receive active training in science education/communication and use the experience to create a range of products to transfer this information to non-scientists. The work and results of this project will be disseminated to the general public via a social media campaign, #SaveOur70, which releases a weekly post covering facts and topics related to the oceans and their conservation across the Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook social media platforms as well as a web blog, reaching 250+ unique followers.  The team is looking for undergraduate and graduate students in any discipline who are interested in science communication who would be interested in writing blog posts, producing social media content, and creating other outreach pieces during and after the research trip. If you’re interested, please reach out directly to the research team with a message explaining your interest, and they will follow up with an application process:

Tracy Villareal: tracyv@austin.utexas.edu

Sara Pelleteri: sarapel@utexas.edu

Kristin Evans: klevans@utexas.edu

CTURC is hosted by the Research Student Advisory Council, Senate of College Councils, and the Texas Undergraduate Research Journal. We developed this conference to provide undergraduate students, from all disciplines, a collaborative interdisciplinary environment that promotes undergraduate research across the state of Texas. Attendees may give a poster presentation, Google Slides presentation or a presentation of creative works (Analysis, Artifact, and Reflection). Attendees will also have the opportunity to speak with graduate school representatives, attend breakout sessions, network and compete for awards.

Our attendees are the FUTURE OF TEXAS RESEARCH! We encourage you to attend and network with undergraduate researchers from universities across Texas.

For further information, please visit www.cturc.org or contact us at cturccontact@gmail.com with any questions. Also, please follow us on Facebook at CTURC 2019.

Hosted at The University of Texas at Austin, November 16, 2019. Open to the public.
You can find the schedule of events here: https://sites.google.com/view/cturc/conference/schedule?authuser=0

Maymester: Ancient & Colonial Heritage in Latin America: Cultural Treasures of the Maya

• Taught by UT professor and LLILAS faculty affiliate Dr. Astrid Runggaldier at Casa Herrera (UT’s research center in Antigua, Guatemala)
• Open to all majors, and to all classes (from freshman to graduating seniors)
• Earn 4 UT credits (1-credit seminar in spring 2019, and 3 credits during Maymester); ARH 347M (cross-listed in ANT, LAS, GRG); fulfills the VAPA core requirement, and the Global Cultures and Independent Inquiry flags
• Apply for scholarships specifically for this program, including one all-expenses-paid scholarship
•  Learn more and contact Dr. Astrid Runggaldier <astrid@austin.utexas.edu>
• Click here for program details and click here to go directly to the application portal (Application Deadline: Nov. 15, 2019)

Start your spring semester off right with the LeaderShape Institute!

The LeaderShape Institute is a great professional development opportunity for undergrad students of ALL MAJORS. Enhance your soft skills (communication, teamwork, ethical decision-making, etc.), build your resume, increase your confidence to lead in all aspects of your life, and meet other motivated students.

Food, lodging and transportation included. $100 for the week; scholarships available.

Session Dates: Sun. Jan 12th – Fri. Jan 17, 2020 (week before the spring semester starts)
Application Deadline: Friday, November 8th at 11:59pm

Click here for more info and ONLINE APPLICATION<http://www.engr.utexas.edu/student-life/leadership-development/

Today in America, kids growing up in low-income communities have a 14% chance of graduating from college by the time they’re 25. Be among the most diverse, remarkable leaders of your generation working to change that statistic by putting your talents to work to disrupt educational inequity.

By joining Teach For America, you will become part of a 60,000 strong network of leaders shaping the political, economic, and social future of our country. Learn about inspiring ways alumni are leading across education, business, policy, law, medicine, and more. Also, check out stories from UT students who have decided to join Teach For America after graduation.

The class of 2020 is welcomed to apply for the 2020 Teach for America corps by Friday, October 18th, 2019. All majors accepted. Full salary and benefits. 60,000+ alumni network.