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Hey, I'm going to Brown for like 4 days. Anything (classes, places, etc) anyone thinks I absolutely should not miss when I'm there?

By Fredmurtz2 (Fredmurtz2) on Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 09:47 pm: Edit

When are you going to be up there?

By Asianalto (Asianalto) on Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 09:52 pm: Edit

october 2,3,4,5

By Rocktank3 (Rocktank3) on Thursday, September 30, 2004 - 08:27 am: Edit

come to prof. tomasi ps0011 course in Soloman 101 on the main green. Its at 10:00 on Monday. He is awesome.

By Soozievt (Soozievt) on Thursday, September 30, 2004 - 10:51 am: Edit

Rocktank, I think my daughter is in that class. She also says it is very good. It is Intro. to Political Thought, right?

Susan

By Rocktank3 (Rocktank3) on Thursday, September 30, 2004 - 03:09 pm: Edit

yes thats the class

By Asianalto (Asianalto) on Thursday, September 30, 2004 - 09:44 pm: Edit

Thanks for the suggestion! Anyone else?

By Dcircle (Dcircle) on Thursday, September 30, 2004 - 10:56 pm: Edit

Check out the Jim Garvin lecture at 2:45 on Oct 2nd in Salomon 101. He is the chief scientist for mars and lunar exploration at NASA and an awesome alum that has gotten many degrees from Brown. He's here a lot so I've seen him speak a couple of times and it is always really great.

By Dcircle (Dcircle) on Friday, October 01, 2004 - 01:00 pm: Edit

Also:

Oct. 2
WEN-HSIUNG LI TO GIVE HORACE MANN LECTURE
Balzan Award-winner Wen-Hsiung Li  will speak on his work when he gives the Horace Mann Lecture, titled “From a Mathematician to a Bona Fide Biologist,” Saturday, Oct. 2 at 2:45 p.m. in the auditorium of List Art Center, located at 64 College St.  Li, a pioneer in the field of molecular evolution, received his Ph.D. in applied mathematics from Brown in 1972; he will receive the Horace Mann Medal for Distinguished Graduate School Alumni during an alumni dinner Saturday evening. The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, call (401) 863-2600.
http://www.brown.edu/News/2004-05/04-029.html

Oct. 2
NASA SCIENTIST JAMES GARVIN TO GIVE WILLIAM ROGERS LECTURE
Alumnus James Garvin, chief scientist for NASA’s Mars and lunar exploration programs, will give the annual William Rogers Lecture, titled “New Visions of Mars: A Scientific Frontier,” Saturday, Oct. 2 at 2:45 p.m. in Starr Auditorium, 117 MacMillan Hall, located at 167 Thayer St. (Note change in location.) This event, which is free and open to the public, is part of the 2004 Brown Alumni Leadership Conference; Garvin will be presented with the William Rogers Award during the Alumni Recognition Dinner Saturday evening. For more information, call (401) 863-3307.

Oct. 4
BUTCH ROVAN AND ULRICH MAISS TO PERFORM CONCERT
The Music Department will present a concert of cello and real-time electronic music featuring guest cellist Ulrich Maiss and Professor of Music Butch Rovan on clarinet on Monday, Oct. 4 at 8 p.m. in Grant Recital Hall, One Young Orchard Ave. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call (401) 863-3234.

Oct. 5
BROWN MIDDLE EASTERN MUSIC ENSEMBLE TO GIVE DEBUT CONCERT
Brown’s new Middle Eastern Music Ensemble will give its first performance, accompanied by visiting artist Latif Bolat, Tuesday, Oct. 5 at 8 p.m. in Grant Recital Hall, One Young Orchard Ave. The program will feature Turkish folk and devotional music. Bolat, one of the most distinguished Turkish musicians in this country, will also present a lecture on "The Turkish Mystic Musical Tradition since the 13th Century: Music, Poetry, Dance and Ritual" Oct. 5 at 3 p.m. in room 315 of the Orwig Music Building, also located at One Young Orchard Ave. Both events are free and open to the public. For more information, call (401) 863-3234.

Oct. 5
SLAVERY AND JUSTICE COMMITTEE PRESENTS AUTHOR/ALUM EDWARD BALL  
The Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice will present a lecture by Brown alumnus Edward Ball, best-selling author of “Slaves in the Family,” who will speak Tuesday, Oct. 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the lower level of the Salomon Center for Teaching on The College Green. In his book, which won the 1998 National Book Award for Nonfiction, Ball recounted his search for the descendants of all the residents – black and white – of his family's antebellum plantation. In his subsequent books, “The Sweet Hell Inside: The Rise of an Elite Black Family in the Segregated South” and “Peninsula of Lies: A True Story of Mysterious Birth and Taboo Love,” Ball has continued to excavate the hidden history of the American South. The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, see the web site. For more information, call (401) 863-2896.
http://www.brown.edu/Research/Slavery_Justice/

By Wo4567 (Wo4567) on Monday, October 04, 2004 - 01:49 am: Edit

go to a neuro one lecture on thursday. one oclock solomon. it's packed so get there early.