Weekly Bulletin

Neuroscience and Behavior seminar focuses on addictive processes

Helen Fox of the Yale School of Medicine will speak about "Stress Adaptations Affecting Addictive Processes: Potential Targets for Medications Development" at a Neuroscience and Behavior seminar on Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 4 p.m. in 222 Morrill II.

Alcohol and cocaine dependence are chronic relapsing disorders that are characterized by the up-regulation of core stress systems of the brain.

University Health Services offers Craft Fair on Dec. 5

The University Health Services Craft Fair is being held Wednesday, Dec. 5 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in 302 UHS.

Handmade items for sale will include jewelry, knitted and crocheted items, ornaments, woodwork, baked goods and other items.

Doctoral oral exams for Nov. 19-23

The graduate dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:

Xi Yu, Ph.D., Chemistry. Tuesday, Nov. 20, 3 p.m., 153 Goessman. Dissertation: “Assembly of Surface Engineered Nanoparticles for Functional Materials.” Vincent Rotello, chr.
 

Veterans Services sponsoring Toys for Tots drive

Veterans Services is collecting new and unwrapped toy for less fortunate children for this year's Toys for Tots campaign.
 
Bring donations to the Veteran Services drop box outside of 231 Whitmore.
 

Speaker examines changes in Scandinavian white nationalist music

Benjamin Teitelbaum of the University of Colorado Boulder will speak “Norwegian Terrorist Breivik, Music, and Ideological Affiliation: Changes in the Sound of Scandinavian Radical Nationalism” on Monday, Nov. 19 at 5:30 p.m. in 601 Herter Hall.
 
The talk is part of the Scandinavian Impulses 2 series on Vengeance and Violence.
 
Teitelbaum’s research on right-wing groups discovered a decline in popularity of hate rock and white power punk, and a rise of white, nationalist hip hop, reggae and light pop.

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