MONDAY
"Engineering as a State Standard: Successes and Difficulties of Pre-College Engineering"
Details: Jacob Foster, director of science and technology/engineering education for the Massachusetts Department of Education, will speak about extending partnerships between universities and other institutions dedicated to student learning. This lecture is part of the Center for Engineering Educational Outreach's (CEEO) seminar series.
When and Where: 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Curtis Hall basement
Sponsor: CEEO
"Chemistry Department Seminar"
Details: Dan Harris, a senior scientist at the Naval Air Systems Command, will give a lecture entitled "Ralph David Keeling and the Measurement of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide."
When and Where: 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Pearson Hall 104
Sponsor: the Department of Chemistry
"Leontief Prize Award Ceremony and Addresses"
Details: Award recipients Robert Wade, a professor of political economy and development at the London School of Economics, and José Antonio Ocampo, a professor of professional practice in international and public affairs at Columbia University, will lecture on "Beyond the Washington Consensus: New Visions for Trade and Development." A reception will follow the ceremony and speeches.
When and Where: 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Coolidge Room, Ballou Hall
Sponsor: the Global Development and Environment Institute
"Erin Brockovich Speaks at Tufts"
Details: Erin Brockovich will speak about environmental health, sharing her experiences as an unemployed, single mother in California who became a legal assistant and successfully prosecuted the power company that was polluting her city's water.
When and Where: 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Cohen Auditorium, Aidekman Arts Center
Sponsor: Tufts Hillel
"Tufts Burlesque Troupe Presents: After Hours with Grant Stoddard"
Details: Grant Stoddard, a columnist and the author of "Working Stiff: The Misadventures of an Accidental Sexpert" (2007), will present an interactive sex discussion.
When and Where: 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.; Multipurpose Room, Sophia Gordon Hall
Sponsor: Tufts Burlesque Troupe
TUESDAY
"PJS Post-election Lunch Discussion"
Details: The Peace and Justice Studies Program will host a post-election brown-bag lunch focusing on the theme "Obama: Redistributer-in-Chief?" The discussion will analyze the president-elect's trade and development, military and domestic agendas. Cambridge Peace Commission Executive Director Brian Corr, Assistant Sociology Professor Sarah Sobieraj and Global Development and Environment Institute Deputy Director Tim Wise will speak.
When and Where: 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.; Zamparelli Room, Mayer Campus Center
Sponsor: Peace and Justice Studies Program
"Max Tishler Award Lecture"
Details: Leroy Hood of the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, Wash., will speak about "Systems Biology, Chemistry and the Coming Revolution in Medicine" for the Chemistry Department's Max Tishler Award Lecture.
When and Where: 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Pearson 106
Sponsor: the Department of Chemistry
"The Traditional Arab City and Urban Modernization in the 19th and 20th Centuries"
Details: André Raymond, professor emeritus at the Université de Provence, will speak on Arab cities and urban modernization in the 1800s and 1900s. The lecture is part of the Fares Center's Fall 2008 Lecture Series.
When and Where: 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.; 160 Packard Ave., Room 703
Sponsors: the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, the Department of History, the Department of Art & Art History, the Middle Eastern Studies Program, the Architectural Studies Program
WEDNESDAY
"Icons in Early Armenia"
Details: Catholic priest and art expert Thomas Matthews will discuss the meaning behind artistic iconography from Armenia.
When and Where: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Sophia Gordon Hall
Sponsors: the Department of Art & Art History, the Department of Classics
"The Role of Congress in Foreign Policy"
Details: As part of the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service's weekly brown-bag luncheon speaker series, Jim Leach, a former Republican U.S. representative from Iowa, will talk about Congress' impact in shaping foreign policy. R.S.V.P. to Sarah Labowitz at Sarah.Labowitz@tufts.edu
When and Where: 12:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.; Austin Conference Room, Tisch Library
Sponsor: Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service
THURSDAY
"The New American Majority: Los Angeles and the Rise of the Multiethnic Community"
Details: Scott Kurashige, an associate professor of history at the University of Michigan, will argue that Los Angeles is a city whose ethnic transformation from a "white city" into a "world city" has prompted politicians to reevaluate the shifting roles of ethnicities and culture in America.
When and Where: 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.; Anderson Hall 211
Sponsors: Office of Institutional Diversity, the School of Arts, Science and Engineering's Office of Diversity Education and Development
FRIDAY
"25th Anniversary Dance Program Concert"
Details: The Tufts Dance Ensemble will perform. There will also be an exhibit on display.
When and Where: 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.; the Dance Lab in Jackson Gym
Sponsor: the Department of Dance & Drama
