WHAT: Huun Huur Tu Concert
WHEN: Saturday, October 8 at 7:30p.m.
WHERE: Singletary Centure for the Arts
Tickets: $20 general/$15 students at www.singletarytickets.com or 859-257-4929
WHO: Dr. Theodore Levin and Sayan Bapa (Huun-Huur-Tu)
WHAT: Throat singing demonstration and discussion of musical aspects of Huun Huur Tu's music
WHERE: Briggs Theater, UK Fine Arts Building
WHEN: Saturday October 8, 3:30p.m.
Free and open to the public
WHO: Theodore Levin, Dartmouth College
WHAT: "Music and the Spirit World in Central Asia & Siberia"
WHERE: Niles Gallery, Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library
WHEN: Friday October 7,2011 3:30p.m.
WHO: Pritam Bhartwan
WHAT: An exploration of the joyful and ecstatic devotional music from the central Himalayas of India with musician and healer Pritam Bhartwan
WHEN:October 6, 2011 7:00p.m.
WHERE: Niles Gallery, Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library
The University of Kentucky's ArtsAsia Festival breaks new ground this year with a two-day symposium on Chinese art, design, film and architecture.
WHO: Dr. Robert Mock
WHAT: Carter G. Woodon Lecture Series - "Groups, Organizations and Identity: Intercultural Communication in Black Greek Letter Organizations
WHERE: Student Center Room 211
WHEN: Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 4:00p.m.
This talk centers on a course being offered in Spring 2012. The course will recognize and select appropriate methods of Black Greek Letter Organizations in a variety of contexts including communication, leadership, and community service. Students will identify and explain the concepts of African American cultural communication pertaining to linguistic, rhetorical, and relational styles.
Tim Knauer is a professor for the department of Physics and Astronomy, and the director of the MacAdam Student Observatory. Each month, he hosts the Kentucky SkyTalks, an ongoing series of discussions on the science of life and the universe.
This podcast was produced by Stephen Gordinier.
In celebration of National Chemistry Week, the UK Chemistry Department will be presenting a demonstration show Friday October 21, 2011 at 7 pm in room 139 of the Chemistry/Physics building at 505 Rose street. Come one come ALL!!! This fun-filled evening has become a much-anticipated annual event. Students of the Chemistry Department of the University of Kentucky will inform, entertain and amaze you with a variety of demonstrations of the colour, charm and excitement of chemistry. For children in school, ask your teacher if attendance can earn you extra credit in a science course. For parents, don't get left out, learning something new keeps you young!
For more information contact Pauline Stratman, psst223@uky.edu.
WHO: Roy Baumeister
WHAT: Willpower: New and Surprising Evidence of the Greatest Human Strength
WHERE: Center Theater, UK Student Center
WHEN: Friday October 7, 2:00p.m. - 3:00p.m.
View the poster.
This Friday, world-renowed social psychologist Roy Baumeister, author of the New York Times bestseller Willpower, will discuss "New and Surprising Evidence on the Greatest Human Strength". Baumeister is the Francis Eppes Professor of Psychology at Florida State University and has authored nearly 500 publications.
From 2-3PM in the Center Theater of the UK Student Center, Dr. Baumeister will discuss "Willpower: New and Surprising Evidence on the Greatest Human Strength. "
Dr. Gisela Garcia-Ramos from the Department of Biology of the University of Kentucky will give a talk on "Fighting Back a Viral Attack with a Virus" on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. The talk will take place from 4pm to 5pm in room 114 of the Classroom Building.
Abstract: Viruses must hijack the living cells of animals or plants to reproduce. Many viruses burst the cells during the
release of viral particles causing severe damage to the host organism. When drugs do not work, can a good
virus fight a bad virus? In this talk, the biology of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) will be discussed and
a mathematical model to predict the viral battle outcome.
This is the first talk for the Fall semester of the UK Math Club. As usual pizza will be served after the talk.
For more information about the UK Math Club activities please visit the website: http://www.math.uky.edu/~mathclub .
