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“Reinventing the Classroom, Rethinking Education,” Harry Lewis
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall)
– Harry Lewis, the Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University, is the author of numerous books and articles, including his celebrated book on higher education, “Excellence Without a Soul: Does Liberal Education Have a Future?” As a member of the Harvard faculty since 1974 and the former Dean of Harvard College, he has helped launch thousands of Harvard undergraduates, including both Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, into careers in computer science. With “Reinventing the Classroom, Rethinking Education,” Lewis explores the movement of information online and how it challenges the old rule of the lecture hall as the place where information from the professor is passed on to the students, while also exploring the emergence of mass online education and rethinking how faculty use classroom time.
“From Punishment to Public Health: Transforming Global Drug Policies and Supporting Human Rights,” Ernest Drucker
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at 6:00 pm (Sturgis Hall)
– Ernest Drucker is Professor Emeritus at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. He is licensed as a Clinical Psychologist in New York, where he conducts research in AIDS, drug policy, and prisons and is active in public health and human rights efforts in the U.S. and abroad. For 25 years, Drucker was the Director of Public Health and Policy Research at Montefiore/Einstein and founding Director of Montefiore’s 1000 patient drug treatment program until 1990, an NIH funded principal investigator since 1991, and author of over 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles, texts, and book chapters. His book, “A Plague of Prisons: The Epidemiology of Mass Incarceration in America,” was published by The New Press in September of 2011.
“Jazz: Evolution of an American Art Form and Its Place on 9th Street,” Jazz Symposium
Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. (Mosaic Templars Cultural Center) *In partnership with the Oxford American and Mosaic Templars Cultural Center
– This panel discussion will be moderated by musician and lifelong jazz enthusiast, Chris Parker, and feature panelists Amina Claudine Myers (born in Blackwell, Ark.), a New York-based jazz singer and pianist; John Cain, a Little Rock-based activist and 9th Street historian; and Nathan Hood, a Hot Springs-based baritone saxophone player. The panel will share personal experiences as jazz musicians and lovers of the genre, as well as the art form’s historical context within the African American microeconomics that existed in U.S. cities prior to the Civil Rights movement.
At 7:30 p.m. — following the 60-minute symposium — a jazz ensemble led by Chris Parker will play a 60-minute set of music. Featured members of the ensemble will include bassist Bill Huntington, drummer Yvette ‘Babygirl’ Preyer, and saxophonist Nathan Hood. Parker, Huntington, Preyer, and Hood have worked with an impressive and wide range of musicians, including Ellis Marsalis, Dr. John, Benny Powell, Art Pepper, Isaac Hayes, and Harold Ousley, among others. Admission for the performance is $10 regular or $5 for students/artists.
“Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Arkansas,” a film screening
Friday, January 15, 2016 at 12:00 Noon (Sturgis Hall)
– Join us for a film screening of “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Arkansas,” which originally aired on KATV-7 on January 19, 1987 as a 30-minute television special. Narrated by Arkansas native Deborah Mathis, it includes Dr. King’s attendance at Ernest Green’s Little Rock Central High School graduation and his commencement address at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff.
“A Conversation with Recording Legend Michael Fine”
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 12:00 Noon (Sturgis Hall) *In partnership with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
– Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Director Phillip Mann will moderate a wide-reaching discussion with seven-time Grammy Award winner and Classical Producer of the Year, Michael Fine. Widely acknowledged as one of the top classical recording producers in the world, Fine has held the post of Vice President of Artists & Repertoire at Deutsche Grammophon – the first American to hold the post of Artistic Director in its hundred-year history. Highlights of Fine’s producing career include work with Andrea Bocelli, the Vienna Philharmonic, and the London Symphony. Fine will premiere the chamber orchestra version of his “Suite For Strings” with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra on its Intimate Neighborhood Concerts Series at 7:00 p.m. on January 21 at 2nd Presbyterian Church.
“Peter and the Starcatcher,” a panel discussion
Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 12:00 Noon (Sturgis Hall) *In partnership with the Arkansas Repertory Theatre
– Arkansas Repertory Theatre producing artistic director, Bob Hupp, will host a panel discussion on the upcoming production of “Peter and the Starcatcher,” the prelude to J. M. Barrie’s fantasy classic “Peter Pan.” Based on the popular Dave Barry books, and mixing British pantomime with playful elements of childhood make-believe, this adventure journeys into the forgotten realms of the imagination and the secret history of the ‘Boy Who Would Never Grow Up.’ “Peter and the Starcatcher” embarks on an ocean voyage as Molly, a young Starcatcher aboard the good ship Neverland, races to escape the comical clutches of the dread pirate Black Stache. Accompanied by a trio of Lost Boys, she is soon marooned on a not-so-deserted island filled with otherworldly enchantments and exhilarating danger, all leading more to the untold story of Peter Pan.
“Historical Significance and Current Trends in the Iowa Caucus,” Steffen Schmidt
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 12:00 Noon (Sturgis Hall)
– Steffen Schmidt’s is a University Professor of Political Science at Iowa State University and an internationally recognized expert on American elections. He’s the author of 70 articles in scholarly journals and 11 books, including the best-selling college textbook “American Government and Politics Today (19th edition),” which has been read by over 3 million college students, and the recipient of numerous prestigious teaching prizes, including the Amoco Award for Lifetime Career Achievement in Teaching and Teacher of the Year award. Known as “Dr. Politics,” Schmidt has been analyzing the Iowa caucuses and US national politics since 1972 and is currently teaching a free, short online course on the caucuses.
Dan Visconti, award-winning composer
Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 12:00 Noon (Sturgis Hall) *In partnership with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
– Dan Visconti is an American composer whose compositions often explore the rough timbres, propulsive rhythms, and improvisational energy characteristic of jazz, bluegrass, and rock. His work has been performed by some of the top interpreters of contemporary music in some of the best venues around the world, including Carnegie Hall, the Sydney Opera House, and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and has received numerous awards. For his ongoing initiatives innovating concert experiences that address social issues through music, Visconti was awarded a 2014 TED Fellowship and delivered a TED talk at the 30th Anniversary TED Conference in Vancouver. Visconti serves as composer and Director of Artistic Programming at Chicago’s Fifth House Ensemble, a nonprofit organization that reaches new audiences with an emphasis on civic outreach, educational programming, and collaborative projects with other artists. He is also composer-in-residence at the Fresh Inc Festival, where he works with young entrepreneurs in building musical careers in line with their own unique vision and values.
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