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March 2nd, Friday
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J. Walls, University of Miami: Relaxation and Pathway Selective Pulses in NMR
2:30 PM to 3:30 PM
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Philosophy Colloquium "The Open-Ended Normativity of the Ethical: A Critique of Kitcher's The Ethical Project" by Dr. Allen Buchanan
3:30 PM to 5:30 PM
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Applied Math Seminar: Optimal Prepayment of Mortgages
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
- John Chadam of University of Pittsburgh
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Combinatorics Seminar: Promotion and Rowmotion
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
- Nathan Williams of University of Minnesota
March 4th, Sunday
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Architecture of the Art Schools: Time and Passion Panel
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
- Part of the University of Miami's Cuban Culture on the Edge Series and Miami Dade College's Miami International Film Festival.
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March 5th, Monday
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Department of Biology Seminar: Dr. Isaac Skromne (12:20-1:20PM)
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
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“The euro and the dollar:
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
a special global dimension of
EU-United States relations”
- Presentation by
María Lorca-Susino
Lecturer, University of Miami Depts. of
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Guest Lecture: Dr. César A. Salgado
5:00 PM to 7:30 PM
- "Lezama Lima and Haiti: Locating the Caribbean in La expresión americana."
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The European Union’s relations with the United States:
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Trends, cooperation and conflicts
- Presentation by:
Maxime Larivé
Jean Monnet Fellow (2011-12), EU Center and
Instructor at the Department of International Studies
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THE UM FORUM ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
HOW RELIGION BOTH DIVIDES AND UNITES AMERICANS:
RELIGION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN AMERICA
- The Forum is sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies and the Office of Civic and Community Engagement and the Department of Religion at FIU.
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March 6th, Tuesday
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The Evolution of US Foreign Policy in Latin America
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
- Panelists will assess the change in U.S.- Latin American relations since 9/11
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- Panelists will assess the change in U.S.- Latin American relations since 9/11
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American Studies Program/ Spring Speaker Series
4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
- Wai Chee Dimock Presents
"Gilgamesh on Three Continents" -
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- Wai Chee Dimock Presents
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Mathematics Colloquium: Probabilistic and Combinatorial Aspects of the Card-Cyclic to Random Insertion Shuffle (CANCELLED)
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
- Professor Ross Pinsky
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
- Professor Ross Pinsky
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Combinatorics Seminar: A Conjectured Combinatorial Interpretation for Induced Sign Characters of the Hecke Algebra
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
- Mark Skandera of Lehigh University
March 7th, Wednesday
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Sociology Brown Bag - Spring 2012
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
- Presenter: Robert J. Sampson, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University.
Title: "Inequality and the American City: Implications of the Neighbor... -
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- Presenter: Robert J. Sampson, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University.
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Department of Computer Science Pizza Seminar
5:00 PM
- Shirley Cunningham,Carlos Gandarillas,& Darren North,FPL Energy Services
NextEra Energy, Inc will present Careersat NextEra Energy/FPL
- Shirley Cunningham,Carlos Gandarillas,& Darren North,FPL Energy Services
March 8th, Thursday
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Avances legislativos en Colombia para la equidad de genero
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
- A speech by Colombian Senator Alexandra Moreno Piraquive as part of the Miami Consortium's Distinguished Speaker Series 2011-12
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- A speech by Colombian Senator Alexandra Moreno Piraquive as part of the Miami Consortium's Distinguished Speaker Series 2011-12
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USpeak Open Verse and Short Story Performance Series Features Patricia Engel
8:00 PM to 9:30 PM
March 9th, Friday
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L. Johnson, Steacie Inst. for Molecular Sciences, N.R.C. of Canada, Ottawa: Multimodal Approaches for Nanoscale Imaging of Membrane Organization
2:30 PM to 3:30 PM
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Philosophy Colloquium "Permissions To Do Less Than The Best: A Moving Band" by Thomas Hurka & "Sociality & Solitude" by J. David Velleman
3:30 PM to 6:00 PM
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Mathematics Colloquium: Computations of Heegaard Floer Homologies
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
- Dr. Andras Stipsicz
Renyi Institute of Mathematics (Budapest)
Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton)
- Dr. Andras Stipsicz
March 10th, Saturday
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4th Annual Vernacular Photography Exhibition
2:00 PM to 9:00 PM
March 12th, Monday
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Mathematics Colloquium: Hidden Symmetries and Conserved Charges
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
- Professor Lars Andersson
Albert Einstein Institute
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
- Professor Lars Andersson
March 13th, Tuesday
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Kher Albaz
8:00 PM to 9:30 PM
on
The Bedouin of the Negev
March 16th, Friday
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N.Chaniotakis, University of Crete: Nanomaterial-Based Sensors for Direct Analysis in Remote and Martian Environments: Possibilities and Challenges
2:30 PM to 3:30 PM
March 19th, Monday
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Department of Biology Seminar: Dr. Michael Boyle, Smithsonian Marine Station (12:20-1:20PM)
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
March 20th, Tuesday
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Philosophy Colloquium "Liability & Assignability" by Jules Coleman, Yale University
3:30 PM to 5:30 PM
March 21st, Wednesday
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Department Chairs' Meeting at Physics Conference Room
3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
- Department Chairs' Meeting at Physics Conference Room
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Geometry and Physics Seminar
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
- Dr. Wilderich Tuschmann of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
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Cineforum: Italian Film Series of UM - “Il divo”
7:30 PM to 10:00 PM
- FILM TITLE: “Il divo” (“The Deity”) dir. Sorrentino, 2008
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March 22nd, Thursday
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Unity and Diversity Marking the 50th Anniversary of Desegregation
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
- Desegregation, Student Activism, and Black Power at UM" Featuring Chanelle Rose,Ph.D.
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Philosophy Colloquium "Indexicals & Barriers to Implication" by Gillian Russell,Washington University, Saint Louis
3:30 PM to 5:30 PM
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Rabbi Uri Regev on Can Israel be both Jewish and Democratic?: Israel's Identity Crisis
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
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Unity and Diversity Marking the 50th Anniversary of Desegregation
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Student and Faculty Forum on Diversity
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Guest Lecture: Dr. Carrie Noland
5:00 PM to 7:30 PM
- "Inheriting the Avant-Garde"
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Unity and Diversity Marking the 50th Anniversary of Desegregation
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
2012 Black Student Scholarship Reception
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Brazilian Movie Series: Eu, tu, eles (I, You, Them; 2000)
7:30 PM to 9:30 PM
- Part of the Miami Consortium's Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum Lecture Series
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March 23rd, Friday
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Department of Biology Seminar: Dr. Maureen A. Donnelly, Florida International University
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
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A conversation with His Excellency, Sr. Hélio Vitor Ramos Filho, Consul Geral do Brasil (Consulate General of Brazil)
1:30 PM to 2:30 PM
- Presented in part by the Miami Consortium’s Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum Lecture Series
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- Presented in part by the Miami Consortium’s Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum Lecture Series
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M.l Klein, Temple University, Philadelphia:
2:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Computation and the Nano-Bio-Med Frontier
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Philosophy Colloquium "Epistemology of Logic, Made Easy" by Gillian Russell, Washington University, Saint Louis.
3:30 PM to 5:30 PM
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"My Love Affair with Art" Lecture by Dr. Johnnetta Cole, Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
- Lecture given by Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, who was appointed the Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art (NMAfA) in March, 2009.
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March 26th, Monday
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College Council Meeting in Physics Conference Room (CANCELLED)
12:30 PM to 2:30 PM
- College Council meeting in Physics Conference Room (CANCELLED)
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Prof. David Nirenberg on
3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Medieval History Meets Geopolitics:
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
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"Medieval History Meets Geopolitics: Judaism, Christianity, Islam"
3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
- Department of History Speakers Series Lecture by David Nirenberg, Deborah R. and Edgar D. Jannotta Professor of Medieval History and Social Thought, The University of Chicago
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Designing For Diversity: Affordable Housing for America's Changing Demographic
6:00 PM
March 27th, Tuesday
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Philosophy Colloquium "Staying Regular" by Alan Hajek, Australian National University
3:30 PM to 5:30 PM
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Dr. AMANULLAH DE SONDY - "Constructions of Islamic Masculinity: from Hedonist to Chaste Representations"
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- "Constructions of Islamic Masculinity: from Hedonist to Chaste Representations"
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March 28th, Wednesday
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Reading Beyond the Notes: Politics, Ideology, and Music in Twentieth-Century Argentina
2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
- How does music convey political ideas and actions? What mechanisms does it use to persuade citizens to act in politically engaged ways?
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- How does music convey political ideas and actions? What mechanisms does it use to persuade citizens to act in politically engaged ways?
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Legal Scholars: Palace Warriors or Global Actors?
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
- This is the fourth and final lecture in the Latin American Law Visiting Professor Lecture Series.
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- This is the fourth and final lecture in the Latin American Law Visiting Professor Lecture Series.
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Geometry and Physics Seminar: Essential Surfaces and Dehn Filling
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
- Professor Ryan Derby-Talbot of Quest University
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"At the Crossroads of Art & Science: The Physicist as Novelist" by Stanford Distinguished Professor Alan Lightman
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
- Stanford Distinguished Professor Alan Lightman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Writing and Humanistic Studies), At the Crossroads of Art & Science: The Physicist as Nove...
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March 29th, Thursday
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The College of Arts and Sciences Interdisciplinary Studies Program Reception
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
- You are invited to a lunchtime reception, hosted by the
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- You are invited to a lunchtime reception, hosted by the
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Philosophy Colloquium "The Science of Philosophy" by Colin McGinn"
3:30 PM to 5:30 PM
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"Of Anagrammatology: Decoding the Renaissance Text" by William Sherman from University of York, UK
4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
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Mathematics Colloquium: Are Complicated 3-manifolds Complicated?
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
- Dr. Ryan Derby-Talbot of Quest University
March 30th, Friday
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R. Breslow, Columbia University, New York:The invention of an approved anticancer compound with a novel mode of action
2:30 PM to 3:30 PM
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Philosophy Colloquium "The Fundamental Disagreement Between Luck Egalitarians & Relational Egalitarians" by Elizabeth Anderson, University of Michigan
3:30 PM to 5:30 PM
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Mathematics Colloquium:
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
An SDE Perspective on the Ecology and Evolution of Movement
- Dr. Sebastian Schreiber of University of California, Davis
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Appignani Foundation Lecture "Democracy, Public Policy & Lay Assessments of Scientific Testimony" by Elizabeth Anderson, University of Michigan
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
