University of Idaho Events for March 26-Apr. 1
Friday, March 17 2006
March 17, 2006 MOSCOW, Idaho - Following is a list of UI sponsored events for the week of March 26 – Apr. 1. Events this week will take place in Boise, Post Falls and Moscow. Sunday, March 26 Finding the Center Conference 2006 (Day 3) Idaho Commons 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. “An Action Oriented Human Rights Conference” offering speakers and workshops to encourage working together and teaching others to respect diversity and protect human rights. Registration required. For more information, visit www.webs.uidaho.edu/ftc/. Borah Symposium – “Resource Wars” Physical Education Gymnasium 5 p.m. Photo opportunity: An interactive world-simulation game played by 100 UI students on a giant world map. The game teaches participants how the world works and allows them to make decisions for nations around the world. Limited participant positions are available. A lottery will be held to designate players. For more information, visit www.martin.uidaho.edu/borah. Free. Monday, March 27 Borah Symposium – “Resource Wars – Oil and Water” Student Union Building Ballroom 7 p.m. Michael T. Klare and Aaron Wolf jointly present “Oil and Water: Conflict Over Resources.” Klare is an expert on U.S. defense policy, the arms trade and world security affairs. Wolf is an expert on the interaction between water science and water policy, particularly as related to conflict prevention and resolution. For more information, visit www.martin.uidaho.edu/borah. Free. Tuesday, March 28 Dissertation Defense Engineering Physics Building room 216 11:30 a.m. Jose Miguel Ponciano Castellanos defends “On the use of stochastic population models in microbial ecology.” Free. Wolf-Prey Relationships Presentation College of Natural Resources room 10 4 p.m. “Wolf-Prey Relationships in Isle Royale and Yellowstone National Parks,” given by John Vucetich of Michigan Technological University. Free. Borah Symposium – “Resource Wars: Global Action Locally” Student Union Building Ballroom 7 p.m. Presentation by Severn Cullis-Suzuki, an internationally acclaimed activist in environmental and social justice work, to present “An Individual's Responsibility - Cooperation or Conflict.” Cullis-Suzuki is the recipient of the U.N. Environment Program's Global 500 Award and has served as a member of U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan's Special Advisory Panel. For more information, visit www.martin.uidaho.edu/borah. Free. Wednesday, March 29 Virginia Wolf Distinguished Service Award Ceremony Student Union Building Silver and Gold Room Noon Three awards will be given, recipients honored. Keynote speaker Minty Jeffrey to present, “Women Warriors: Honoring Our Journey with a View from Our Shoulders.” Jeffery, of the Muskogee-Creek tribe, is a published poet and playwright, specializing in topics related to Black Indian heritage, Greek campus organizations and multiculturalism. Lunch is provided and seating is limited. For more information, visit www.uidaho.edu/wcenter. Free. “Corridor Connection” University of Idaho Research Park – Post Falls 5-7 p.m. “PREPARE FOR LIFTOFF! Space business opportunities in the Inland Northwest” is the topic of this year’s annual technology-networking event. Keynote speaker Stephen G. Johnson, director of the Radioisotope Power Systems Program at the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls, will present along with researchers from UI’s Center for Advanced Microelectronics and Biomolecular Research, and a social hour following. For more information contact Hank Artis at (208) 262-2039 or hpartis@juno.com. Free. Borah Symposium – “Resource Wars” Student Union Building Ballroom 7 p.m. Keynote address “Collapse - How Societies Choose to Succeed or Fail,” will be given by Jared Diamond, professor of geography at UCLA. Diamond is a noted author and scientist whose work over the past decade has focused on the relationship of resources and development to peace and conflict. For more information, visit www.martin.uidaho.edu/borah. Free. American Indian Film Festival Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre 7 p.m. “Thunderbird Woman-Winona LaDuke” - filmed on the White Earth Reservation: A story of Winona LaDuke Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), a leading figure in the struggle for American Indian land rights and sovereignty, vice-presidential candidate, novelist, environmentalist, anti-nuclear activist and mother. A panel discussion following the movie: American Indian women leaders and activists, including Rebecca Miles. Free. Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference – Public Forum University Inn Best Western – Silver and Gold Room 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. “Action, Ethics and Responsibility,” is the topic of the 8th annual conference. Forum speakers will comment on “What Should We Do for Nature? Environmental Problems, Responsibility, and Action.” Speakers include UI and WSU professors, and a community activist. For more information, visit: www.class.uidaho.edu/inpc/9th-2006/. Free. Thursday, March 30 Dissertation Defense College of Natural Resources room 200 11:00 a.m. Erik Allen Nielsen defends “Dimensions of Public Participation in Community-based Conservation Projects: Methods, Processes, Hope and Empowerment.” Free. University of Idaho Greek Week "Jingles" Student Union Ballroom 7:30 p.m. Greek chapters are judged on skits promoting the UI and Greek Life. Free. American Indian Film Festival Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre 7 p.m. “Doing it?” - An abstinence-education documentary. Three Nez Perce high school students are influenced by the images and messages they see on television and want to find out if everyone is “doing it.” Free. Immediately following first film: “Surviving Lewis and Clark: The Nimiipuu Story” - This documentary focuses on the contributions of the Nez Perce people to the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Highlights the major events that have contributed to some of the social and economic difficulties in today’s Nez Perce homeland. Following the second film: dialogue with filmmakers and actors. Free. Literary Reading by Campbell McGrath College of Law Courtroom 7:30 p.m. Author of “Spring Comes to Chicago, “Pax Atomica: Poems” and “American Noise,” professor at Florida International University and former. Free. Friday, March 31 Vandal Friday 2006 An event for high school seniors and their parents allowing an opportunity to be introduced to the UI campus community. Registration required. For more information, visit www.students.uidaho.edu/futurestudents/vandalfriday. UI International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research Seminar Idaho Water Center - room 162 – Boise 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Weekly IAHR Seminar: Ecohydraulics research developments “brown bag” series featuring Mark Morehead, Spatial and Temporal Variability of Suspended Sediment and Peter Goodwin, Environmental Observatories: Trends in Community Science. Free. American Indian Film Festival Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre 7 p.m. “Unconquering the Last Frontier” - This documentary chronicles the Elwha Klallam Tribe’s struggle to survive in the midst of hydroelectric development in Washington. Free. Immediately following the first film “The Snowbowl Effect” - Film explores the controversy surrounding the recently proposed ski resort expansion and snowmaking with wastewater on the San Francisco Peaks. Following the films; a panel discussion: Native Americans and non-Native Americans working with treaty rights, salmon preservation, sacred land, economic development and private property right issues. Free. Saturday, April 1 American Indian Film Festival Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre 7 p.m. “Trudell – The Movie” - A documentary about American Indian activist John Trudell, a poet, singer and powerful voice of the human spirit. His work began as an activist for American Indian rights and freedoms and was the national spokesperson during the Indians of All Tribes Occupation of Alcatraz Island in 1969. Following the film is a presentation/question and answer with Trudell. Free. Contacts: Katie Dahlinger, University Communications, (208) 885-7251, kdahlinger@uidaho.edu. -30- KD – 3/17/06-EVENTS
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