Monday, April 16, 2012
4:30 pm • Giant Eagle Auditorium
Director John Sayles: Critical Realismand New Left Cinema
Lecture by David R. Shumway, AssociateProfessor of English, CarnegieMellon University
In this study,David R. Shumway examines the defining characteristic of Sayles's cinema: itsrealism. Positing the filmmaker as a critical realist, Shumway exploresSayles's attention to narrative in critically acclaimed and popular films suchas Matewan, Eight Men Out, Passion Fish,and Lone Star. The study also detailsthe conditions under which Sayles's films have been produced, distributed, andexhibited, affecting the way in which these films have been understood andappreciated. In the process, Shumway presents Sayles as a teacher who tellshistorically accurate stories that invite audiences to consider the human worldthey all inhabit.
Description of the book from the Universityof Illinois Press:
John Sayles is thevery paradigm of the contemporary independent filmmaker. By raising much of thefunding for his films himself, Sayles functions more independently than mostdirectors, and he has used his freedom to write and produce films with adistinctive personalstyle and often clearly expressed political positions. FromThe Return of the Secaucus Seven to Sunshine State, his films haveconsistently expressed progressive political positions on issues includingrace, gender, sexuality, class, and disability.
Sponsored by theCenter for Arts in Society
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
4:30 pm • Giant Eagle Auditorium
The Distinguished Lecture Series inEnvironmental Science, Technology, and Policy:
Human Dimensions of Technology
Human Dimensions of Technology
20th and 21st Century Climate Change:Climate Modeling, Societal Impacts, and Environmental Justice
Warren M. Washington, National Center forAtmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
Everyone knows thatrecent climate has changed…almost everyone. The most recent IntergovernmentalPanel on Climate Change Assessment Report (IPCC AR4) has convinced most climatescientists that humankind is changing the earth’s climate and that significantglobal warming is taking place.
There will be adiscussion of the scientific uncertainties and societal impacts along with ananalysis of policy optionsincluding possible geoengineering of the climatesystem. The issue of environmental justice will also be discussed.
Warren M.Washington is a senior scientist and former head of the Climate Change ResearchSection in the Climate at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
Thursday, April 26, 2012
4:30 pm • Porter Hall 100 (Gregg Hall)
THE HUMANITIES CENTER LECTURES, 2011-2012:Imagining Planetarity
Anne Balsamo, Professor ofInteractive Media in the School of Cinematic Arts, and of Communication in theAnnenberg School for Communication & Journalism, University ofSouthernCalifornia
Monday, April 30, 2012
4:30 pm • Porter Hall 100 (Gregg Hall)
The Distinguished Lecture Series inEnvironmental Science, Technology, and Policy:
Human Dimensions of Technology
Human Dimensions of Technology
The Global Environment and Human Historysince 1900
John R. McNeill, UniversityProfessor, Georgetown University
Other Lectures ofInterest:
March 22 - April 15, 2012
Times and Locations available on thewebsite: http://www.cmu.edu/faces/
There is an admission fee for the films.
The 2012 Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival, Faces of Othersis the sixth in a series of international film festivals launched through theDietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Carnegie MellonUniversity. New award-winning, independent films and documentaries from allaround the world as well as an international student short film competition will be presented,accompanied by receptions with food anddrink, expert panels, and live performances!Each weekend hosts films that challenge the audience to contemplate theperspectives of others from cultures across the globe, including: Dutch,Polish, Latin American, French, Finnish, Germanic, Norwegian, African, MiddleEastern, Romanian, Hungarian, Austrian, Greek, Russian, and Chinese.
For a full description of the films, venues, and ticket information(ticket discounts for seniors and students!), please visit our website, http://www.cmu.edu/faces. For further information regarding the festival, you may contactFestival Director Jolanta Lion, mailto:jola@cmu.edu, (412) 445-6292.
March 24 - April 22, 2012
Reception: Friday, March 23, 6-8 pm
Carnegie Mellon 2012 MFA Thesis Exhibition
The You Inside of Me
Organized by theCMU School of Art
Artists: JonathanArmistead, Agnes Bolt, Sung Rok Choi, Jesse England, Riley Harmon, OscarPeters, Nina Sarnelle
April 10-13, 2012
TEDMED2012 Live Simulcast from the Hunt LibraryInstruction Center, 1st Floor
Thanks to AAU (American Association ofUniversities) and AAMC (American Association of Medical Universities), CMUwill link to the live broadcast of TEDMED2012 being held atthe Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, April 10-13.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Mellon Institute Auditorium (2ndFloor), 4400 Fifth Avenue, Enter from Bellefield Street
Carnegie Mellon2012 Pittsburgh Conference Lectures
"An Inconvenient Truth"
7:30 pm: Free pizza ‘til it’s gone outsideauditoriummust RSVP: swainer@andrew.cmu.edu by April 16th.
7:55pm: Brief Introduction, 8:00PMMovie. Free and open to the public.
FREE Kick-offmovie — "An Inconvenient Truth"presented by former vice president Al Gore. In this documentary, Gore discussesthe scientific evidence for climate change. William Schlesinger, dean of theNicholas School of Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke University, said "He(Gore) got all the important material and got it right." The film won the2007 Academy Awards for the Best Documentary Feature. Film critic Roger Ebertsaid, "… You owe it to yourself to see this film. If you do not, and youhave grandchildren, you should explain to them why you decided not to."
http://www.chem.cmu.edu/about/seminars/event-pgh_conf_lecture2012.html
http://www.chem.cmu.edu/about/seminars/event-pgh_conf_lecture2012.html
Thursday, April 19, 2012
4:45 pm • Carnegie Mellon University,Department of Chemistry, Mellon Institute, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Conference Roomon the 3rd floor, Enter from Bellefield Street.
PittsburghConference Lectures
Lecture I: “Greenhouse Gases and ClimateChange: Some Science and Solutions”
Dr. RobertJackson, Duke University
4:45PM lecture isfree to the public.
Lecture II: “Shale Gas and its EnvironmentalInteractions”
Dr. RobertJackson, Duke University.
Pittsburgh Athletic Assoc., 4215 FifthAvenue, Oakland, 6:00PM Cash Bar Social, 7:00PM Dinner, 8:00PM Lecture is freeto the public. Free parking in the PAAlot for the first 40 cars with token picked up inside.
Dinner: $20 regular, $10 student. Cash orcheck payable to SSP or SACP at the door.
RSVP: swainer@andrew.cmu.edu byApril 16th with dinner choice (Crab cakes or Chicken Marsala orGrilled Veggie).
BIOGRAPHY
Robert B. Jackson is the Nicholas Chair ofGlobal Environmental Change at the Nicholas School of the Environment and aprofessor in the Biology Department. His research examines how people affectthe earth, including studies of the global carbon and water cycles,biosphere/atmosphere interactions, energy use, and global change.
Sponsored by: PittCon, SSP, SACP, Carnegie Mellon, Environmental Group of the ACSPittsburgh Section
Monday, April 23, 2012
4:30 pm • Connan Room, UniversityCenter
Gelfand Student Award Program
Monday, April 23, 2012
4:30 pm • Giant Eagle Auditorium,Baker Hall A51
The Kim & EricGiler Lecture in the Humanities
A Sensational Drink: Chocolate Before and After the Spanish Conquestof Mesoamerica
Marcy Norton, George Washington University
Before 1492, no European had ever tastedchocolate. Along with tobacco, chocolate came to conquer Europe on a scaleunsurpassed by any other American resource or product. Norton considers thematerial, social, and cultural interaction between Europe and the Americas inher portrayal of the Columbian exchange.
Dr. Norton is Associate Professor of Historyat George Washington University. She is the author of Sacred Gifts, Profane Pleasures: A History of Tobacco & Chocolatein the Atlantic World (Cornell, 2008).
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
4:30 pm • Mellon Institute Auditorium
2012 BUHL LECTURE
Dark Energy and Cosmic Sound
Daniel Eisenstein, Harvard University
Receptionimmediately following in Mellon Institute Lobby
The acceleration of the expansion rate of theUniverse is one of most vexing questions in modern physics. Its cause is unknown, going only by themoniker "dark energy". I will discuss how sound waves that propagatein the cosmic plasma during the first million years of the Universe areproviding a critical observational test of this bizarre phenomenon. The sound waves create a distinctivesignature in the clustering of galaxies that allow us to measure the cosmicdistance scale to high precision. The galaxy maps from the Sloan Digital SkySurvey reveal this feature, achieving distance measurements below 2% for thefirst time and allowing us to probe the curvature and expansion history of theUniverse.
Dr. Daniel Eisenstein studies cosmology andextragalactic astronomy with a mix oftheoretical and observational methods. His dominant focus over the last decadehas been on the development of the baryon acoustic oscillation method tomeasure the cosmic distance scale and study dark energy. Dr. Eisensteinreceived his Ph.D. from Harvard University and then held postdoctoral positionsat the Institute for Advanced Study and the University of Chicago. He was onthe University of Arizona astronomy faculty before moving to his currentposition as a professor of astronomy at Harvard University. He has been activein the Sloan Digital Sky Survey since 1998 and is currently the Director ofSDSS-III.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Rangos 1 and 2, University Center
Celebration of Education
4:30 pm: Reception
5:00 pm: Awards presentation
Celebrate our distinguished faculty membersfor their outstanding contributions and honor this year's award recipients.
Monday, April 30, 2012
4:30 pm • Porter Hall 100 (Gregg Hall)
The Distinguished LectureSeries in Environmental Science, Technology, and Policy: Human Dimensions ofTechnology
The Global Environment and Human History since 1900
John McNeill, Georgetown University
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