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August 18, 2000
Volume 38, No. 1

• This Old Facility: College adds on, spruces up, and moves in

• Staff Council president outlines the year's challenges and changes

• Ombudsperson's report notes a rise in incivility

• IWP: A three-month literary summit

• "Quote.....Endquote"

• News Briefs

• UI external support totals $252.6 million for 1999-2000

• Opportunities increase as cancer center tapped by NCI

• Arts and Humanities Initiative awardees named

• Carver Scientific Research Initiative awardees named for 2000-2001

• Bulletin Board

• Calendar

• Deaths

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Offices and Awards

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Ph.D. Thesis Defenses

• Pubs. and Creations

• Intellectually curious? Try Saturday Scholars series

• Office of the Provost deadlines for 2000-2001

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Intellectually curious? Try Saturday Scholars series

This fall the College of Liberal Arts offers the public the chance to learn about a variety of topics from some of the top scholars in their respective fields. There will be no books, no homework, no tests, and, best of all, no tuition. These lessons will be offered as part of the third-annual Saturday Scholars program, a free lecture-and-discussion series open to the public on six Saturdays in September and October.

This year program participants can learn about Shakespeare, the Northern Lights, the life of a traveling musician, turn-of-the-last-century amusement parks, jazz greats Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, and the brain’s memory capacity.

"We’ve put together a program highlighting faculty from a broad range of disciplines," said Linda Maxson, dean of the College of Liberal Arts. "You don’t have to be a scientist, a historian, or a musician to enjoy these presentations. You just have to be a little curious."

All presentations will begin at 10 a.m. in 40 Schaeffer Hall. Each session will last about an hour, including a 20-30 minute presentation followed by a question-and-answer session. Refreshments will be served.

This year’s program offerings will be:

Sept. 9 "Shakespeare: Side by Side," Miriam Gilbert, professor of English

Sept. 16 "The Aurora Borealis: Nature’s Lightshow in the Sky," Craig Kletzing, associate professor of physics and astronomy

Sept. 23 "Oboe on the Road," Mark Weiger, professor of music

Oct. 7 "Yesteryear’s Wonderlands: How Amusement Parks Introduced Modernism to America," Lauren Rabinovitz, professor of American studies and cinema and comparative literature

Oct. 14 "All That Jazz: Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington," Horace Porter, professor of African American world studies and English

Oct. 21 "Eye, Brain, and Mind," Steven Luck, associate professor of psychology

Article by Mary Geraghty

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