Next Plan II PreMed Meeting will be next Wednesday, October 5th at 7pm in CRD 007B. We will be hosting Dr. Winnie Whitaker, a pediatric emergency doctor. Dr. Whitaker graduated from the University of Texas Medical School in San Antonio in 2001, and she is affiliated with Dell Children’s and UMC Brackenridge. We will have food!
All LAHers are welcome.
Here is the link to the Academic Improvement Scholarship.
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
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.
Impact Hub is hosting an event to explore global trends of Economic Inequality THIS Tuesday (the 27th) called “Creating Common Ground on Economic Inequality” featuring UT’s own Dr. James K Galbraith, director of the UT Inequality Project.
Here is a link for more information of the event: http://impacthubaustin.com/events
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
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.
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
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: 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