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The Tufts Daily
Where you read it first | Friday, March 29, 2024

Visiting the Hill

MONDAY

"Professor van Hoven from Eco-Life Expeditions"
Details: The founder of Eco-Life Expeditions, Professor Wouter van Hoven of Pretoria University, will be showing a film and answering questions about his work and study program.
When & Where: 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.; Pearson 106
Sponsor: Pre-Veterinary Society

"Free Dinner, Movie and Interview with Errol Morris"
Details: "Standard Operating Procedure,"(2008) a film that examines the treatment of detainees in U.S. custody, will be shown. Food will be served and the film will be followed by a live discussion with filmmaker Errol Morris via Web cast.
When & Where: 6:30 p.m.; Cabot 205
Sponsor: PANGEA

"Ask a Sexpert"
Details: Sexologist Logan Levkoff, an expert on college relationships, will speak to students.
When & Where: 8:00 p.m.; Pearson 104
Sponsor: Hillel

"Marketing for Social Change: ‘Getting People to Stop Smoking'"
Details: Lori Fresina of M&R Strategic Services will be leading a discussion on getting people to stop smoking.
When & Where: 6:00 p.m.; Braker 202
Sponsor: Communications and Media Studies Program

TUESDAY

"Self-Assembling AY-Peptide Nanotubes: A New Approach to Functionalized Nanotubes"
Details: Professor Juan Granja of the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela will lecture on nanotubes.
When & Where: 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Pearson 106
Sponsor: Chemistry Department

"Jewish Artist and Black Africans in Renaissance Art"
Details: Paul Kaplan, professor of art history at SUNY, Purchase, will discuss the role of Jewish and black Africans in Renaissance art. Kaplan has published many articles, and he wrote his doctoral dissertation on the portrayal of black Africans in European art.
When & Where: 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m; 155 Granoff Music Center
Sponsors: Department of Art and Art History and the Africa in the New World Minor


WEDNESDAY

"Peace and Diplomacy in the Middle East"
Details: Former Deputy National Security Advisor and National Security Council Chief of Staff Mara Rudman will discuss diplomatic relations in the Middle East as part of a speaker series this fall on U.S. foreign policy hosted by Professor John Shattuck, former assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor and former ambassador to the Czech Republic.
When & Where: 12:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.; Tisch Library, Austin Conference Room
Sponsor: Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service

"Human Factors: Engineering and Design of the ‘Reach' Toothbrush"
Details: John Kreifeldt, a former Tufts professor, will discuss the design and development of the Reach Toothbrush. Kreifeldt and Percy H. Hill designed the toothbrush in 1972 and sold it to Johnson & Johnson.
When & Where: 3:00 p.m. to 4:20 p.m.; Barnum 008
Sponsor: Tufts Human Factors & Ergonomics Society

"Making Space for Asian American Artists"
Details: Giles Li and Eugene Shih will talk about their arts organization and its role in supporting Asian Pacific American artistic expression. The lecture will be followed by a dinner reception at the Start House. 
When & Where: 4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.; 155 Granoff Music Center
Sponsor: Asian American Center

"Reflections on the Middle East in World Affairs"
Details: Stanley Hoffman, the Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser university professor at Harvard University, will discuss the Middle East as part of the fall 2008 Fares Lecture Series.
When & Where: 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.; Cabot 702
Sponsor: Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies


THURSDAY

"Computer Science Seminar"
Details: Jim Waldo of Sun Microsystems Labs will discuss computer science and virtual worlds.
When & Where: 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at 111A Halligan Hall
Sponsor: Norman Ramsey


FRIDAY

"Decision '08: Brown Bag Lunch with Simon Rosenberg"
Details: President and New Democrat Network Founder Simon Rosenberg (A '85) will discuss the 2008 election. R.S.V.P. is required. Fruit salad and drinks will be provided.
When & Where: 12:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.; Lincoln Filene Center, Rabb Room
Sponsor: Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service

"Racial Bias in the Police Decision to Shoot"
Details: Joshua Correll, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Chicago, will discuss the impact of complexity and control in the police decision to shoot as part of this year's Diversity and Cognition Lecture Series.
When & Where: 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m; Anderson 306
Sponsor: Diversity and Cognition Lecture Series