Sayuri Muraki, Japan's vice consul, is giving a public talk, "From Exchange Student to Diplomat: A Conversation with Vice Consul Sayuri Muraki," on Friday, March 29 at 4 p.m. in 917 Campus Center.
Muraki was an exchange student on the UMass Amherst campus in 1998-99, studying Political Science, Economics and Psychology. She subsequently graduated from Hokkaido University and entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan where she has been pursuing a career as a diplomat.
"Shaping the View," a new exhibition at the University Museum of Contemporary Art, investigates how modern and contemporary artists use a variety of media to capture and re-imagine both interior and exterior scenes. The works presented will encourage the audience to think about what is beyond the picture plane. By juxtaposing unconventional views of ordinary spaces, this exhibition will showcase how artists orchestrate the viewer’s perception of the world around them.
Eric J. Nestler, professor and chair of the department of neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, will speak on “New Insight into the Neurobiology of Depression” on Wednesday, April 3 at 4 p.m. in 222 Morrill Science Center (South).
Albert Lloret, assistant professor of Spanish, will discuss “Forging Poetic Authorship in Renaissance Spain” on Wednesday, March 27 at 4 p.m. at the Renaissance Center, 650 East Pleasant St.
Kenneth Warren, professor of English literature at the University of Chicago, will speak on “Reflections on Politics and African American Literature” on Thursday, April 4 from 4-6 p.m. in 904-08 Campus Center.