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April 2013
APRIL IS EARTH MONTH
The University has put together a month of events spotlighting sustainability. See all Earth Month events here.
SEVENTH ANNUAL ST. JUDE STAFF AND FACULTY DRESS DOWN DAY – DEADLINE EXTENDED THROUGH APRIL 30
(April 23, 2013) It's time for the Seventh Annual St. Jude Staff & Faculty Dress Down Day as part of the St. Jude Awareness Week. Help support DU's Up Til Dawn student group as well as St. Jude Children's Research Hospital by participating in this event.
A minimum $12 donation gets you a "Just DU It...Save a Life" T-shirt. Wear your new St. Jude shirt with jeans to participate in the Chancellor-approved Dress Down Day on May 6. Freebies for wearing your shirt will be available around campus! Of course, additional donations are appreciated.
Only online donations are accepted. Click on the link to view the T-shirt design and fill out a quick survey that will guide you through the process to sign up for the event.
All donations must be received by the end of the day Tuesday, April 30, so act quickly! T-shirts will be delivered to the designated pickup locations by May 1.
Please help us in supporting the kids at St. Jude. All proceeds go directly to the hospital. For questions, please contact Anne Musial, Up 'Til Dawn executive director, at anne.e.musial@gmail.com, or campus advisor Kristin Olson at 303-871-4505 or kolson1@du.edu.
SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS WEEK - APRIL 22-27, 2013
The annual Sexual Assault Awareness Week at the University of Denver aims to further educate the University community about sexual violence and how to prevent it. Events throughout the week will bring the community together in solidarity.
TAKE YOUR CHILD TO WORK DAY - APRIL 25, 8 A.M.-1:30 P.M.
Join the Staff Advisory Council for a day of activities and fun on campus for children of DU employees ages 7-15 (if your child is under the age of 7, please contact Kathy Aliaga at 303-871-3284). SAC will provide breakfast and lunch for the kids. Parents are welcome to join for lunch at noon for a $5 fee.
7TH ANNUAL UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES AUTHOR'S LECTURE FEATURING GARY YOUNGE – APRIL 23, 12:30 P.M.
Hear author, broadcaster and award-winning columnist Gary Younge present "I Have a Dream: What Martin Luther King's Words Mean for Our Times" during the first Author's Lecture in the new Anderson Academic Commons.
In his forthcoming book, The Speech, Younge tells the story behind Martin Luther King's renowned "I have a Dream Speech", examining the moment and movement that made it possible and interrogating its modern appeal and significance in its 50th anniversary year.
April 23, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Anderson Academic Commons, Special Events Space (Room 290). Free and open to the public, RSVP required. Light refreshments will be served.
MASTER SCHOLARS PANELS – APRIL 22, 4 P.M. AND APRIL 23, 6 P.M.
University of Denver Master Scholars are accomplished alumni from around the country who return to campus during Masters Week to lecture, teach and share information about their work and careers.
LAMONT SCHOOL OF MUSIC PRESENTS SUSANNAH – APRIL 18-21
(April 2, 2013) The Lamont Opera Theatre, directed by Kenneth Cox, together with the Lamont Symphony Orchestra, directed by Lawrence Golan, present Carlisle Floyd's dramatic American opera Susannah.
This musical drama in two acts is based on Susannah and the Elders with the heart of the opera being 18-year-old Susannah Polk, an innocent girl targeted as a sinner by church elders in the small rural mountain town of New Hope Valley, Tenn.
Performances are in Gates Concert Hall at the Newman Center on Thursday, April 18; Friday, April 19; Saturday, April 20 at 7:30 p.m.; and on Sunday, April 21 at 2:30 p.m.
DU faculty and staff receive a $4 discount off any tickets purchased. To purchase tickets, visit the Newman Center Box Office online, call 303-871-7720, or visit the box office in the Newman Center, open 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Monday-Friday, and noon-4:00 p.m. on Saturday.
VOLUNTEERING WITH METRO CARERING – APRIL 19, 9 A.M.-NOON
Spend a morning doing good for those less fortunate. Metro CareRing is one of Denver's largest food pantries. But it does more than simply operate as a pantry. Join in and learn all that they do! Let Gary Brower, gary.brower@du.edu, know if you would like to participate!
NET IMPACT GENERAL MEETING WITH KATE PEABODY, CH2M HILL – APRIL 17, 9 A.M.
Speaker: Kate Peabody, communications strategist at CH2M HILL. Free and open to the public. April 17, 9-10 a.m., Schneider Boardroom, 6th floor, Daniels College of Business.
DU BLOOD DRIVE – APRIL 16-17
Give hope. Give life. Give blood.
The DU blood drive is April 16-17, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. in Driscoll Student Center Suite 1864. This drive is part of the National Cesar Chavez Blood Drive Challenge. To reserve an appointment time contact Bonfils Blood Center at 303-363-2300 or register online using site code 1086.
DU'S PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY DEPARTMENT HOSTS ANDREW GEMANT AWARD WINNER LISA RANDALL – APRIL 15, 7 P.M.
(April 9, 2013) The Department of Physics and Astronomy is hosting renowned physicist and writer Lisa Randall. The professor of science from Harvard University will deliver a public lecture at 7 p.m. Monday, April 15 at DU's Davis Auditorium. Her lecture, "Truth and Beauty and Other Scientific Misconceptions," is free and open to the public.
"I want to stress that this is a great opportunity not just for Physics & Astronomy students but for all DU students and community members," says Jennifer Hoffman, assistant professor of Physics and Astronomy at DU. "Dr. Randall is one of today's leading physicists, and her work is at the forefront of scientists' efforts to understand the nature of the particles and forces that make up our universe. But she's not just interested in science for its own sake; she's also interested in how people think about and relate to science in society."
Hoffman says Randall is dedicated to talking about scientific research in an approachable way and explaining why it matters in our everyday lives. "Her lecture will be fascinating to anyone who is curious about things like the Higgs boson, dark matter and the Big Bang."
Randall has written two acclaimed popular science books: Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions and Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World. She will be signing copies of her books after her talk. She has made numerous radio and TV appearances, including The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
While Randall is in town, she will receive the Andrew Gemant Award from the American Institute of Physics. The award recognizes the accomplishments of a person who has made significant contributions to the cultural, artistic, or humanistic dimension of physics.
Prior to and after the talk, the DU Society of Physics Students will conduct live physics demonstrations in the lobby of Davis Auditorium. For more information about the event, visit the Physics & Astronomy webpage.
BOOK DISCUSSION: THE MAN WHO QUIT MONEY – APRIL 14, NOON
(April 9, 2013) In 2000, Daniel Suelo left his life savings-all 30 dollars of it-in a phone booth. He has lived without money-and with a newfound sense of freedom and security-ever since.
The Man Who Quit Money is an account of how one man learned to live, sanely and happily, without earning, receiving or spending a single cent. Suelo doesn't pay taxes, accept food stamps or welfare. He lives in caves in the Utah Canyonlands, forages wild foods and gourmet discards. He no longer even carries an ID card. Yet he manages to amply fulfill not only the basic human needs for shelter, food and warmth but, to an enviable degree, the universal desire for companionship, purpose and spiritual engagement. In retracting the surprising path and guiding philosophy that led Suelo into this way of life, author Mark Sundeen raises provocative and riveting questions about the decisions we all make, by default or by design, about how we live-and how we might live better.
April 14, noon-1 p.m., Gottesfeld Room, Anderson Academic Commons
DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE PRESENTS: FLOAT, A STAGED READING – APRIL 13, 7:30 P.M.
Float, a staged reading of a play by Gary Leon Hill directed by Rick Barbour, is an apocryphal tale about the man who invented the sensory isolation chamber (float tank) and might have single-handedly ushered us into the next dimension, if what happened hadn't happened.
One night only: April 13, 7:30 p.m., JMAC Studios in Johnson McFarlane Hall. Reserve your free tickets online, visit the Newman Center Box Office, or call 303-871-7720.
COLLEGE FRIDAY – APRIL 12
Show your spirit and wear your DU colors! College Friday is a statewide event to encourage and motivate Colorado students to seek degrees in higher education.
GLOBAL EDUCATION WEEK - APRIL 8-13
Global Education Week is an annual spring event in which DU colleges, departments and student organizations organize programs, lectures and other educational events that showcase their efforts to internationalize the DU curriculum and campus community. This year, many departments across campus are participating; see all the events here (PDF).
HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE AWARENESS WEEK – APRIL 7-13
The Holocaust Awareness Institute (HAI) is proud to be a part of a series of student led, campus-wide events. Hillel, Never Again! and University of Denver Social Justice Living and Learning Community teamed up with HAI to commemorate Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day).
ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALIST BILL MCKIBBEN – APRIL 3, 6:30 P.M.
Join DU's Department of Media, Film and Journalism and the Estlow International Center for Journalism and New Media in honoring environmental journalist Bill McKibben with the 2013 Anvil of Freedom Award and Estlow Lecture: "Report from the Front Lines: The Climate Fight Heats Up."
"LESSONS FROM THE IRAQ WAR, 10 YEARS ON" – APRIL 3, 12:30 P.M. AND 5:30 P.M.
(March 26, 2013) The Josef Korbel School of International Studies, together with the Center on Rights Development, the Center for Middle East Studies and the Sie Cheou-Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy, present two panel discussions featuring leading voices in international and military affairs.
The first panel, at 12:30 p.m., features Thabit A.J. Abdullah, associate professor of history at York University and author of Dictatorship, Imperialism and Chaos: Iraq Since 1989, and Christopher Hill, former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq (2009-2010) and dean of the Josef Korbel School, moderated by Danny Postel, associate director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the Josef Korbel School.
The second panel, at 5:30 p.m., features General George Casey, 36th chief of staff of the U.S. Army; General Charles H. Jacoby, Jr., commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command; Lieutenant General Dana K. Chipman, U.S. Army judge advocate general; Colonel David L. Grosso, Fort Carson garrison commander; Lieutenant Colonel Michael T. Wright, Josef Korbel School Army fellow; moderated by Claude d'Estree, director of the International Human Rights Degree Program at the Josef Korbel School.
Both discussions take place in Anderson Academic Commons, room 290. The event is free to DU faculty, staff and students; register for one or both panels here.
THE DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE PRESENTS: DEAD MARSHES, A STAGED READING - APRIL 1, 7:30 P.M.
This is the final staged reading in the 2012-2013 season. Written by a DU student, Dead Marshes focuses on survival, friendship and the power of fiction.
One performance only! Monday, April 1, 7:30 p.m. in Byron Theatre at the Newman Center. Admission is free.
VOICES OF EXPERIENCE WITH ROBERT KATZ – APRIL 1, 6 P.M.
Mr. Katz became Chief Executive Officer of Vail Resorts in February 2006 and Chairman of the Board in March 2009. Prior to that, he served as the Company's Lead Director and has been intricately involved in guiding Vail Resorts' strategic direction and operations since 1992. Learn more and register here.
WHO SHOULD REGULATE HYDRAULIC FRACTURING IN COLORADO? - APRIL 1, 11:45 A.M.
A conversation between Governor John Hickenlooper & Boulder County Commissioner Elise Jones on State v. Local Control. The event and the reception are free of charge, thanks to the generous contributions of Holland & Hart LLP.
Monday, April 1, 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m., Ricketson Law Building, Room 165.