Sunday, 11/15 - Saturday, 11/21
Faculty candidate Ryan Gutenkunst of Los Alamos National Laboratory will discuss “Sloppy modeling and natural selection in biochemical networks” on Monday, Dec. 7 at 11 a.m. at the Medical School in Worcester.
The final First Sundays Concert at the Renaissance Center will feature the Honest Harmony madrigal singers with a program of music for the Christmas season on Dec. 6 at 2 p.m.
Assistant professor Marc Achermann will present a Physics colloquium on “Optical Excitations and Interactions in Metal and Semiconductor Nanostructures” on Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 4 p.m. in 124 Hasbrouck.
Gov. Deval Patrick has ordered that flags be lowered to half-staff at all state buildings from sunrise until sunset on Friday, Nov. 20 in honor of Army Sgt. Benjamin W. Sherman of Plymouth, who was killed in action in Afghanistan on Nov. 4.
The following new course proposal has been submitted to the Faculty Senate Office for review and approval and is listed here for faculty review and comment.
James Patrick Miller will lead the Wind Ensemble Concert performance on Thursday, Dec. 3 at 8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall.
Football coach Kevin Morris will show film of the Hofstra game and Jeff Smith, associate athletic director for sports medicine, will speak at the Weekly Sports Luncheon on Wednesday, Nov. 25 at 12:15 p.m. in 1009 Campus Center.
University Health Services has received a limited supply of H1N1 vaccine and is scheduling appointments for persons in high-risk groups.
Daniel G. Anderson of the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will speak at the RNA Therapeutics Institute at the Worcester campus on Monday, Nov. 30 at noon.
Ken Gowens of the University of Connecticut will discuss “The Simian/Human Boundary in Early Modern Europe” on Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 4:30 p.m. in the Renaissance Center Reading Room.
The Student Union Craft Center is hosting its annual Holiday Arts and Craft Fair on Dec. 3-4 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Campus Center concourse.
The International Programs Office is inviting families around town to host international students for Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday, Nov. 26.