October 1st, Thursday

• UM, Lowe Art Museum "Happy Hour"

  7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
  
  
  

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October 2nd, Friday

• Applied Math Seminar: Trojan Y Chromosomes as Means of Eradication of Invasive Species

  4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
  
  • Juan Gutierrez of University of Miami
  
  

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  DALLAS IN MIAMI: A Print Exchange

  5:00 PM to 9:00 PM
  
  • Dallas in Miami, a printmaking exhibition featuring work by faculty and students from the University of Dallas, opens Friday, October 2, 2009, and runs through October 24, 2009....
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• USpeak: Open Verse and Story Performance Series

  6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
  
  • Featuring Adrian Castro, poet, performer, and interdisciplinary artist known for his rhythmic Afro-Latino style.
  
  

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October 5th, Monday

• Trans Plantations with Janis Astor del Valle

  7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
  
  
  

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October 6th, Tuesday

• UGalilee on the Rock

  11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
  
  
  

• Mathematics Colloquium: How Can Computational Neuroscience Help Us Understand How the Brain Works?

  5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
  
  • Professor Mina Teicher of Bar-Ilan University
  
  

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October 7th, Wednesday

• Department Chairs' Meeting in Physics Conference Room

  3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
  
  • Department Chairs' Meeting in Physics Conference Room
  
  

• Geometry and Physics Seminar: Pseudo-Hermitian Metrics on Complex Surfaces

  4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
  
  • Professor G. Grancharov of Florida International University
  
  

• Physics Colloquium

  5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
  
  • Speaker: Dr. Chris Landsea, NOAA/NWS/National Hurricane Center
    Title: Hurricane Analysis and Forecasting at the National Hurricane Center
  
  

• UGalilee Information Session

  5:30 PM to 6:30 PM
  
  
  

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October 8th, Thursday

• Bird Song and the Problem of Signal Reliability

  3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
  
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• Inside the Puzzle Palace: Careers in Mathematics and Computer Science
  at the National Security Agency

  5:00 PM
  
  • Guest Speaker: Dr. Arnaldo Horta, National Security Agency
    Fort Meade, Maryland
    
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• Mathematics Colloquium: Inside the Puzzle Palace: Careers in Mathematics and Computer Science at the National Security Agency

  5:00 PM to 6:30 PM
  
  • Dr. Arnaldo Horta, Applied Research Mathematician, National Security Agency,
    Fort Meade, Maryland
  
  

• UGalilee Information Session

  5:30 PM to 6:30 PM
  
  
  

• Interculturalities: Contexts, Usages, and Meanings
  

  6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
  
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October 9th, Friday

• "Introducing and Welcoming New Humanities Faculty"

  3:30 PM
  
  
  

• Applied Math Seminar: Biostructural Classification Database Case Study: Shape Analysis for Automated Sulcal Classification & Parcellation of MRI Data

  4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
  
  • The cortical surface of the brain can be represented by a triangulated mesh obtained from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data. Each ridge (gyrus) and fissure (sulcus) of the c...
  
  

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October 10th, Saturday

• Chamaco y el novísimo teatro cubano

  2:00 PM to 6:30 PM
  
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• David Luis-Brown presents "Waves of Decolonization: Discourses of Race and Hemispheric Citizenship in Cuba, Mexico, and the United States"

  7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
  
  • Presented in collaboration with the Center of the Humanities at the University of Miami
  
  

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October 12th, Monday

• "Poto Mitan" Film Screening

  7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
  
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October 14th, Wednesday

• Calderon y la Crisis de Seguridad en Mexico

  12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
  
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• The Department of Sociology Brownbag Series, Fall 2009

  12:30 PM to 2:00 PM
  
  • “Social Learning, Reinforcement, and Criminal Probability”
    Dr. Olena Antonaccio
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• Biostructural Classification Database (BCD)
  
  

  5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
  
  • Dr. Juan B. Gutierrez
    Department of Mathematics, University of Miami
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• “THE FORUM OF ARMED CONFLICT AND HUMANITARIAN CRISES: Afghanistan & Pakistan”

  7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
  
  
  

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October 15th, Thursday

• VIth Annual Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning Research Working Group

  8:30 AM to 5:00 PM
  
  • There will be 18 presentations connecting Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Teaching and Learning, 10/15/09 - 10/17-09
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• W.E.B. Du Bois Speaker Series
  
  "Race in Cuba: Afro-Cubans, African Americans, and the Politics of Revolution, 1959-1961"
  
  

  7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
  
  • An analysis of testimonios and oral histories to uncover the ways in which people of color contributed to and challenged the Revolution's claim over racial politics.
  
  

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October 16th, Friday

• XVIth Annual Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning Research Working Group

  8:00 AM to 6:30 PM
  
  • 18 presentations connecting Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Teaching and Learning, 10/15/09 - 10/17/09.
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• Mathematics Colloquium: Coexistence of the Strains Induced by Super-infection and Mutation

  4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
  
  • Professor Xue-Zhi Li of Xinyang Normal University, P.R. China
  
  

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October 17th, Saturday

• XVIth Annual Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning Research Working Group

  8:30 AM to 3:00 PM
  
  • XVIth Annual Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning Research Working Group, 10/15/09 - 10/17/09.
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October 19th, Monday

• "The History of Brazilian Women Writers" by Joyce Cavalccante

  4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
  
  • A história da literatura feminina no Brasil
    La historia de la literatura femenina en el Brasil
    The talk will be delivered in Portuguese, Spanish and English.
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• SEEDS presents "The Midterm Review"

  4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
  
  • Featuring President Shalala, Deans Avissar, Dixon, Goldschmidt and Tien
  
  

• Latin and Latino America: Documentaries by UM Students

  7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
  
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October 21st, Wednesday

• Slow Earthquakes in the Costa Rica Subduction Zone

  5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
  
  • Guest Speaker: Prof. Tim Dixon
    RSMAS/MGG, University of Miami
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• Martin Nesvig - "Ideology and Inquisition: The World of the Censors in Early Mexico"

  6:30 PM
  
  • Center for the Humanities hosts Martin Nesvig discussing his recently published book "Ideology and Inquisition: The World of the Censors in Early Mexico"
  
  

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October 23rd, Friday

• Patients' Perception of Their Illness: Assessment, Importance, and Target for Intervention

  4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
  
  • Colloquium by Keith Petrie, Ph.D., University of Auckland, Health Psychology
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• Applied Math Seminar: Extinction-proof Sperm Parasites

  4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
  
  • Juan Gutierrez of University of Miami
  
  

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October 26th, Monday

• College Council Meeting in Physics Conference Room

  3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
  
  • College Council meeting in Physics Conference Room
  
  

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October 28th, Wednesday

• The Department of Sociology Brownbag Series, Fall 2009

  12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
  
  • “The Work of El Departamento Ecuménico de Investigaciones in Latin America".
    Presenters: Claudio Jesús Pérez and Dr. John W. Murphy
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• Geometry and Physics Seminar: Rational Open Books, Cabling, and Contact Structures

  4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
  
  • Professor Ken Baker of University of Miami
  
  

• Heath Care Reform: A Public Forum

  4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
  
  • University and national experts debate and discuss the hot-button topic of health care reform. An event sponsored by the University of Miami Department of Political Science.
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• Colloquium

  4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
  
  • Title: Physics at the Large Hadron Collider with the CMS Experiment
    Speaker: Prof. Jorge L. Rodriguez, Florida International University
  
  

• Biostructural Classification Database (BCD) - Part 2

  5:00 PM
  
  • Presented by
    Dr. Juan B. Gutierrez
    Department of Mathematics, University of Miami
    
  
  

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October 29th, Thursday

• English Faculty Colloquium: Anthony Barthelemy, "Out of the Classroom into the Streets: Ovid's Metamorphosis"

  3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
  
  
  

• "The New Nineteenth Century in Latin America" By Mark Wasserman

  7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
  
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• The New Nineteenth Century in Latin America

  7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
  
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October 30th, Friday

• Exhibition: Tree of Paradise: Jewish Mosaics from the Roman Empire and
  Ricky Bernstein: Kitchen Dreams

  10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
  
  
  

• Marlee Wasserman, Director, Rugers University Press presents "A Publishing Primer: Nuts and Bolts for Scholarly Books in an Era of Change."

  3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
  
  • Wasserman began her career in publishing at the University of Chicago Press, where she acquired manuscripts in the social sciences. In 1978 she moved to Rutgers University Pres...
  
  

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