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Nov 14
Last day to drop/withdraw
Contact: 785-864-4422, kuregistrar@ku.edu
Department: Office of the Registrar
Wednesday November 14, 2012
All Day
Strong Hall -
Nov 14 8:00 amFree
Professional Edge: Making Hope Happen in Business and Life
Jerry Seinfeld and Danny Kahneman can't be wrong. We are indeed strangers to our future selves. Learn three strategies for introducing your present self to your future self and making hope happen in business and life. Coffee and pastries provided at 7:30 a.m.
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Nov 14 8:30 amFree
GIS Day @ KU
GIS Day @ KU is part of a nationwide event to promote awareness of geographic information systems (GIS), and how we use this evolving tool to analyze our world. We continue our tradition of bringing together a community of GIS users from academia, business and government. The 2012 symposium will...
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Nov 14 10:30 amFree
USS Full Senate Meeting
Contact: 864-7893
Department: University Support Staff Senate
Ticket Cost: Free
Wednesday November 14, 2012
10:30am - 12:00pm
Kansas Union, International Room -
Nov 14 12:00 pmFree
Summer Undergraduate Research: Find your opportunity
Why not spend your summer getting paid to do research? Join us for a workshop about summer undergraduate research opportunities. Undergraduate students in any discipline are encouraged to attend!
Contact: 864-7351, cur@ku.edu
Department: Center for Undergraduate Research
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Nov 14 12:00 pm
Hope for the planet: Addressing climate change through carbon fee and dividend legislation
Climate scientists are warning us that we have just a few years to effectively address climate change or else face catastrophic consequences. One of the most efficient and effective ways to do this is to put a revenue-neutral tax on carbon.
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Nov 14 12:00 pm
Ujamaa Brownbag: 'Navigating Nairobi: Artists in a Workshop System'
Contact: (785) 864-3745
Department: Kansas African Studies Center
Wednesday November 14, 2012
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Kansas Union, Governor's Room -
Nov 14 2:30 pmFree
'Research Administration 101'
The Office of Research and Graduate Studies provides a free, user-friendly orientation to the ins and outs of research administration at KU. "RA-101" is designed to help educate campus administrators and staff about the management of externally-sponsored grants and contracts. It addresses a wide...
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Nov 14 4:00 pmFree
'How Can They Believe That?' The Never-Ending Challenge for a Sociologist of Religion
Eileen Barker is Professor Emeritus at the London School of Economics and her main research interests are "cults", "sects" and new religious movements, and the social reactions to which they give rise. A frequent adviser to governments and other official bodies around the world, she is the...
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Nov 14 4:00 pmFree
World at KU
International students and scholars are invited to attend International Education Week event.
Contact: 864-6161
Department: International Programs
Ticket Cost: Free
Wednesday November 14, 2012
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Kansas Union, Ballroom -
Nov 14 5:15 pmFree
Mastering Job Applications: How to Make Your Master's Degree Work for You
As a master's student or a master's program alum, you possess a wide array of skills, knowledge, and capabilities, but how do you translate these into a strong application in an increasingly competitive job market? This panel will give you the opportunity to hear firsthand what HR...
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Nov 14 6:00 pm
Graduate Writing in Science Programs
Science graduate students may be daunted by new writing tasks in graduate school: writing descriptively and critically about research conducted in their fields, grant proposals, qualifying exams, and publishable journal articles. This workshop teaches students to use samples of published writing...
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Nov 14 7:00 pmFree
'God's Century: Resurgent Religion in Global Politics'
Dr. James Philpott, associate professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame will present a lecture titled "God's Century: Resurgent Religion in Global Politics." This lecture is part of the annual Hesburgh Lecture Series and is sponsored by the St. Lawrence Institute for...
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Nov 14 7:30 pmFree
An Evening with Newt & Callista Gingrich
The Gingrich's will discuss what it's like as a couple on the campaign trail, living on the road and being in the spotlight. This event will include a book sale and signing.
Contact: (785) 864-4900, doleinstitute@ku.edu
http://www.doleinstitute.org
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Nov 14 7:30 pmFree
Humanities Lecture Series: 'The Swerve: How the World Became Modern'
Stephen Greenblatt is the Pulitzer Prize-winning literary critic and author of twelve books. His most recent work, The Swerve: How the World Became Modern received both the 2011 National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, and demonstrates how something as seemingly insignificant as a poem could...
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Nov 14 7:30 pmFree
Environs' 'Fresh' Movie Night
Sponsored by Environs Environs' local food group invites you to a free screening of Fresh at Hashinger Hall Theatre on Wednesday, November 14, at 7:30 p.m. Fresh celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. As part of the local food...
