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The College of Arts & Sciences Reunions Forum:
How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going6/4/05 - Edward Murphy, assistant professor of astronomy and Director of education and public outreach, traces the history of your atoms from the Big Bang to the present day. Where did the atoms in your body come from? How did they get here on Earth? What will happen to your atoms in the long-distant future? You'll discover the many interesting places that you've been, from the core of a star to the deep cold of space. Murphy also briefly discusses the history of the McCormick Observatory. |
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African Music and Dance Workshop, Demonstration, and Discussion 6/4/05 - Michelle Kisliuk, associate professor of music performs drum rhythms, dance movements, and songs from the Central African rain forest (BaAka), and from coastal West Africa (Ewe). Following the dance and music is a discussion of social context and local and global politics. |
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Honoring Jefferson's Vision: University Contributions to Homeland Security 6/4/05 - The Honorable Nathaniel Howell ('61 COLL), former ambassador to Kuwait, discusses that for more than four years before 9/11 and since, the Critical Incident Analysis Group (CIAG) has conducted interdisciplinary research on threats to democratic institutions and values, including those posed by international terrorism. Through worldwide networking and conferences, diverse University faculty have been in the forefront of efforts to understand the nature and consequences of the challenge of terrorism. |
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The College of Arts & Sciences Reunions Forum:
Evil in Modernity and after 9/116/4/05 - Charles Mathewes, associate professor of religious studies and faculty fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture and the Center on Religion and Democracy, looks at the debates about the language of evil after 9/11, and traces their connections to deeper debates in modernity regarding the appropriateness of this language in an |
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The College of Arts & Sciences Reunions Forum:
Bloody Promenade, Reflections on a Civil War Battle 6/3/05 - Stephen Cushman, Robert C. Taylor Professor of English, leads a discussion of his book, Bloody Promenade. Cushman examines a single famous battle, The Wilderness, to try to understand the Civil War and its larger meanings today. Following Reunions Weekend you are invited to continue to explore the book through an online book club. |
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How the Earthquake Bird Got its Name and Other Tales of an Unbalanced Nature 6/3/05 - Environmental Science Professor H. H. Shugart presents important environmental concepts using stories about particular birds and mammals such as the woodpecker that was too picky, the engineering rodent, the rat that hid time in its nest, and others with seemingly quirky traits. Shugart explains what their destinies reveal about the interactions between changes in the environment and the extinctions or explosions of certain species. |
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Engaging the Mind 5/9/05 - In "Brown v. the Board of Education and the Civil Rights Movement," U.Va. Professor of History and James Monroe Distinguished Professor of Law, Michael J. Klarman discusses several issues relating to the Brown v. Board of Education decision. |
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UVA NewsMakers2/3/05 - Kenneth G. Elzinga, Ph.D. Professor of Economics and author discusses "The Economist as Sleuth and the Economist as Novelist" in February at The Colonnade Club. |
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