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September 8-21, 2006

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CLA Assembly and the "State of the College" Address on September 19, 2006

All faculty and staff are invited to attend the CLA Assembly on Tuesday, September 19 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey Center, West Bank campus. The agenda includes the "State of the College" address by Dean Steven Rosenstone and the introduction of new and visiting faculty. Reception will follow in the atrium. FFI: Peggy Berkowitz, CLA Administration.

Winning External Grants Luncheon on September 20, 2006

All CLA faculty are invited to "Learn the Ropes" about securing external grant support at a luncheon on Wednesday, September 20 from 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m., room A-B-C, Campus Club, Coffman Memorial Union. RSVP by Thursday, September 14, Gayle Gabrielski, gabr0074@umn.edu, 612-625-1805. FFI: Office of the Associate Dean for Faculty and Research, http://www2.cla.umn.edu/admin/faculty-research/NewFacultyEvents.htm

Department Name Change

The Department of Women's Studies has changed its name to the Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies.

Kudos

Professor Sikkink named Regents Professor
Kathryn Sikkink (political science) was named Regents Professor. Her work on human rights has made her a world-renowned scholar of comparative politics and international relations. The Regents Professor title is the highest faculty honor conferred by the University.

2006 McKnight Presidential Fellows Award
Ben Munson (SLHS) and David Treuer (English) were named McKnight Presidential Fellows for 2006. The McKnight Presidential Fellowships are awarded to faculty recently promoted to associate professor and are accompanied by three years of research support.

Gordon Legge (psychology) received an honorary doctorate from the University of Montreal, the highest distinction a university can bestow on any individual.

Kathryn Pearson (political science) was awarded the Carl Albert Award of the American Political Science Association for the best dissertation in legislative studies.

Paul Sackett (psychology) was named the Beverly and Richard Fink Distinguished Professor in the Liberal Arts.

Gary Schwitzer (journalism and mass communication) was awarded the Knight-Batten Award for Innovations in Journalism for his work on the http://www.healthnewsreview.org website. He also received funding from the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making in Boston to continue his work on the project.

John L. Sullivan (political science) was awarded the Philip E. Converse Best Book Award of the American Political Science Association for Political Tolerance and American Democracy, (University of Chicago Press, 1982).

Events, Conferences, and Lectures

August 29-October 5
Exhibition: "New Photography: McKnight Fellows 2005/2006." This exhibition features work by Richard Copley, Todd Deutsch, Natasha D'Schommer and Meg Ojala. Public reception, Friday, September 8 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., The Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Regis Center for Art. Free. FFI: Department of Art.

August 29-October 5
Exhibition: "The Sur-Rational Paintings" by Fritz Hirschberger. Public reception, Friday, September 8 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., The Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Regis Center for Art. Free. FFI: Department of Art.

September 12
Christopher Cooley, Judith Lee, Tess Remy-Schumacher (pianos), perform works by Beethoven, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky, 7:30 p.m., Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall in Ferguson Hall. Free. FFI: School of Music.

September 13
Douglas McAdam (Stanford University), "Bowling Alone or Acting Together: The Structural Basis of Local Civic Action," 4:00 p.m., 125 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study.

September 14
Carola Sachse (University of Vienna), "On Men and the Animals: The Vivisection Debate in late 19th Century Germany," 3:30 p.m., Ford Room, 710 Social Sciences Building. FFI: Center for Austrian Studies.

Thursdays at Four Series: Terry Jay Jones (astronomy), "Who Says Pluto is not a Planet?!," 4:00 p.m., 125 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study.

Films: "Senior Year" by Zhou Hao, "Four Sisters from Baima" and "Mei Mei," 7:00 p.m., 155 Nicholson Hall. This film is part of the DocuLens Asia conference. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study.

September 15
Tyler Burge (philosophy), "Perceptual Objectivity," 3:30 p.m., 1-132 Carlson School of Management. FFI: School of Philosophy.

September 17
Kent Cook (piano), performs an all-Debussy program, 2:00 p.m., Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall in Ferguson Hall. Free. FFI: School of Music.

September 19
"Time Line on the Washington Avenue Bridge." Help create two time lines across the Washington Avenue bridge: geologic time and human history at 11:00 a.m. Free. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study.

September 21
Thursdays at Four Series: Lourdes Alvarez (Catholic University of America), "Songs in an Andalusian Key: Musical Style, Identity Politics, and Andalusian Nostalgia in Pop Music from Spain, North Africa, and Israel," 4:00 p.m., 125 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study.

Richard Hovanissian (UCLA), "Erasing the Armenian Past: Reflections on the Destruction and Rare Preservation of the Turkish-Armenian Landscape," 7:30 p.m., 125 Nolte Center. FFI: Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.

September 24
Jeffrey Van (music; guitar), performance, 2:00 p.m., Ted Mann Concert Hall. Free. FFI: School of Music.

September 26
Barbara Frey (global studies), "Education and advocacy on the rights of non-citizens in the Midwest"12:00 noon, 308 Elmer L. Andersen Library. FFI: Immigration History Research Center.

September 28
Thursdays at Four Series: Claire Conceison (Tufts University), "Contemporary Stagings of the American Other in China," 4:00 p.m., 125 Nolte Center. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study.

Announcements

Residential Faculty Fellowships and Research/Creative Collaboratives for 2007-08

The Institute for Advanced Study seeks applications and nominations for 2007-08 for Faculty Fellows and Research/Creative Collaboratives. Faculty Fellows applications are due Friday, October 13, 2006, http://www.ias.umn.edu/fellowsapply.php. Research/Creative Collaboratives applications are due Friday, January 19, 2007, http://www.ias.umn.edu/collabapply.php. FFI: Institute for Advanced Study.

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