Week of April 8, 2012 to April 14, 2012

1. Sunday, April 8, 2012

   1. 1:05 pmBaseball vs. Indiana

2. Monday, April 9, 2012

   1. 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm   note: this workshop was rescheduled from the original April 2 date.Valeri Werpetinski
      Case-based Teaching for (International) Service-learning
      428 Armory Bldg (southwest corner of the Armory)
   2. 12:00 pm

      Eleni Manolaraki, Assistant Professor of Classics, Department of World Languages, University of South Florida
      

      
      The River Nile in Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Antiquity
      

      Lucy Ellis Lounge: Room 1080, Foreign Languages Building, 707 S. Mathews, Urbana (map)
   3. 5:30 pm - 7:30 pmSteve Vivian
      CEO Forum: Private Equity's Role in Buy-outs and Acquisitions
      I Hotel & Conference Center (Quad Room), 1900 S. First Street, Champaign

3. Tuesday, April 10, 2012

   1. 12:00 pm - 12:50 pmBob Glushko
      Bob Glushko: The Discipline of Organizing
      131 Library and Information Science Building
   2. 1:30 pm

      Beyazit Akman, Department of English, Illinois State University

      
      "Islam in Europe" Lecture Series: Ottomanism, Orientalism and Neo-Orientalism: The Image of the Ottoman Turks and Islam in the Western Discourse from the Late Renaissance to the Post-9/11 Era
      

      Lucy Ellis Lounge: Room 1080, Foreign Languages Building, 707 S. Mathews, Urbana (map)
   3. 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm2012 Research Park Career Fair
      Atkins Building (Corner of 1st Street and St. Mary's Road) at 1800 South Oak Street
   4. 4:30 pmLaila Amine, Postdoctoral Research Associate, African-American Studies
      Algerian Paris: Belonging Beyond Diaspora
      2090B Foreign Languages Building, 707 S. Mathews, Urbana
   5. 5:00 pmCAS Initiative - Culture as Data: Social Spaces on the Internet
      Coordinated Science Laboratory, Room B02, Auditorium; 1308 W. Main, Urbana
   6. 6:00 pm - 8:30 pmIMO Reception
      2100 S. Oak Street, Champaign
   7. 6:05 pmBaseball vs. Eastern Illinois
   8. 6:30 pm - 8:00 pmMBA Employee Networking Reception
      Houlihans at the I Hotel, 1900 S. First Street, Champaign
   9. 7:00 pmFilm screening of "Real Women Have Curves"
      Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana

4. Wednesday, April 11, 2012

   1. 9:00 am - 4:30 pm5th Annual Campus Undergraduate Research Symposium
      Illini Union
   2. 11:15 am - 11:45 amMary Wolters
      Mindful Meditation
      Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
   3. 11:15 amMary Wolters
      Mindful Meditation
      Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
   4. 12:00 pm

      Karthika Sasikumar, Assistant Professor, San Jose State University

      
      The Adoption and Adaptation of Deterrence Theories in India
      356 Armory, 505 East Armory Ave, Champaign
   5. 3:00 pmJames Akerman, director of the Hermon Dunlap Smith Center at the Newberry Library
      No. 44 Society: The History of the Atlas
      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 346 Main Library, 1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana
   6. 4:00 pmProfessor Joanna Hearne, University of Missouri, Department of English
      Film screening of "Ramona" (1928)
      Everitt Lab 165, 1406 W. Green Street, Urbana
   7. 4:30 pm - 6:00 pmDr. Abbas Aminmansour, Professor of Architecture
      CTEN Workshop: Using the Chalkboard
      142 Psychology Bldg., 603 East Daniel St.
   8. 5:00 pmECE Explorations (200): "No Seminar- Research Symposium"
      151 Everitt Lab
   9. 7:00 pmAsiaLENS Screening: ANPO: ART x WAR
      Urbana Free Library, 210 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL
   10. 7:30 pmRochelle Sennet, piano
       Krannert Center, Foellinger Great Hall

5. Thursday, April 12, 2012

   1. 8:30 am - 11:30 amSteve Robinson
      Constant Contact Seminar
      

      Join us on April 12 for a seminar conducted by Steve Robinson of Constant Contact. This seminar will cover both Facebook Marketing and Event Marketing. The cost to attend the seminar is $25 per person. You can find a detailed seminar agenda at the EDC Events page. Please register by phone or email.
      
   2. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmDr. Chris Byrne, P.E. - Professor, Western Kentucky University
      Brown Bag series - Another Look at Products from Plant Materials - Bio-templates and Bio-fuels
      Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, One E. Hazelwood Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
   3. 12:00 pmKate Grim-Feinberg, Ph.D. Candidate, Anthropology
      Lecture Series. Embodying Respectful and Respectable Citizenship at the Intersections of Educational Policy, Classroom Practice, and Child Rearing: Children in Post-Conflict Rural Ayacucho, Peru
      101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign
   4. 12:00 pmCheng Li, Ph.D., Candidate for the Illinois Strategic Excellence Hiring Program in Computational & Genomic Medicine
      Progresses and challenges in analyzing cancer genomics data
      612 IGB Conference Center
   5. 12:30 pmRegister for a Power Lunch with Professor Wasserman
   6. 4:00 pmPersonal Digital Archiving conference founder Jeff Ubois
      Illinois Research Data Initiative Presentation
      Room 126 LIS (501 E. Daniel, Champaign)
   7. 5:00 pmKrannert Uncorked
      Krannert Center, Lobby
   8. 5:00 pmJosefina Lopez
      Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, Jr. Lecture Series: "Finding your voice & celebrating it!"
      University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright, Champaign
   9. 6:00 pm - 8:30 pmArt of Science - Opening Reception
      Indi Go Gallery, 9 E. University Ave, Champaign
   10. 6:00 pm - 8:00 pmECE Professor Alejandro Domniguez-Garcia
       Austin Engineering at Illinois alumni event
       Z'Tejas Southwestern Grill 1110 W. 6th Street Austin, Texas
   11. 7:30 pmOur Town
       Krannert Center, Colwell Playhouse

6. Friday, April 13, 2012

   1.  Focal Point Graduate Student Conference
      

      University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
   2. All Day

      Robert Norton (University of Notre Dame)
      Brigitta Wagner (Indiana University)
      Craig Koslofsky (University of Illinois)
      Stephanie Hilger (University of Illinois)
      Brad Prager (University of Missouri)
      Ben Robinson (Indiana University)
      Stefani Engelstein (University of Missouri)
      Sara Hall (University of Illinois at Chicago).

      A number of guest discussants from each institution and from other universities (including Washington University, Case Western Reserve, and the University of Illinois-Chicago) also will attend.

      
      Midwest Symposium in German Studies 2012
      

      Levis Faculty Center, 919 West Illinois Street  Urbana, IL (map)
   3. 12:00 pm - 8:00 pmArt of Science: Images from the Institute for Genomic Biology 2.0
      Indi Go Gallery, 9 E. University Ave, Champaign
   4. 12:00 pmLAURA MATTHEW, Assistant Professor of History, Marquette University
      Lecture. MEMORIES OF CONQUEST: BECOMING MEXICANO IN COLONIAL GUATEMALA
      101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign
   5. 12:00 pmLaura Matthew, Assistant Professor of History, Marquette University
      Memories of Conquest: Becoming Mexicano in Colonial Guatemala
      101 ISB
   6. 1:30 pm

      Adrian Favell, Professor of Sociology, Sciences Po, Paris

      
      Turkey Today: Between Europe, the Regional, and the Global
      

      Music Room, Levis Faculty Center; 3rd Floor; 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana (map)
   7. 3:00 pm

      David Prytherch, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

      Josep Vicent Boira, Universitat de València, València, Spain

      
      Urban Sustainability in the EU Speaker Series: "Sustainability, Territoriality, and Trains: The Regional Politics of Trans-European Transport in Mediterranean Spain:"
      

      Davenport 219, 607 S. Matthews Ave., Urbana, IL (map)
   8. 4:00 pmMr. Neel Kashkari (BS '95, MS '98 Mechanical Engineering) and Mr. Jigar Shah (BS '96 Mechanical Engineering)
      Mechanical Science and Engineering Distinguished Alumni Panel
      NCSA Auditorium
   9. 5:00 pmTraffic Jam: Ryan Ideus and The Feudin Hillbillys
      Krannert Center, Lobby
   10. 7:30 pmOur Town
       Krannert Center, Colwell Playhouse
   11. 7:30 pmUI Percussion Ensemble
       Krannert Center, Foellinger Great Hall

7. Saturday, April 14, 2012

   1.  Focal Point Graduate Student Conference
      

      University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
   2. All Day

      Robert Norton (University of Notre Dame)
      Brigitta Wagner (Indiana University)
      Craig Koslofsky (University of Illinois)
      Stephanie Hilger (University of Illinois)
      Brad Prager (University of Missouri)
      Ben Robinson (Indiana University)
      Stefani Engelstein (University of Missouri)
      Sara Hall (University of Illinois at Chicago).

      A number of guest discussants from each institution and from other universities (including Washington University, Case Western Reserve, and the University of Illinois-Chicago) also will attend.

      
      Midwest Symposium in German Studies 2012
      

      Levis Faculty Center, 919 West Illinois Street  Urbana, IL (map)
   3.  Illinois Science Olympiad
      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
   4. All DayInvention 2 Venture: Stay in School Startup: Commercializing Your Research
      Coordinated Science Lab Auditorium (Room B02)
   5. 12:00 pm - 8:00 pmArt of Science: Images from the Institute for Genomic Biology 2.0
      Indi Go Gallery, 9 E. University Ave, Champaign
   6. 1:00 pmIllinois vs. Wisconsin
      Urbana, Ill.
   7. 2:30 pm - 3:30 pmSpanish Story Time: "Arroz con leche / Rice Pudding"
      Urbana Free Library, Children Department. 210 W Green St, Urbana.
   8. 6:30 pmChampaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra Pre-concert Discussion with Steven Larsen
      Krannert Center, Foellinger Great Hall
   9. 6:30 pmDessert and Conversation: Our Town
      Krannert Center, Krannert Room
   10. 7:00 pmStorytelling Festival
   11. 7:30 pmChampaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra: Struggles and Triumphs
       Krannert Center, Foellinger Great Hall
   12. 7:30 pmOur Town
       Krannert Center, Colwell Playhouse