Honors Program
Calendar of Events
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Where? |
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Tuesday, Jan.27. 8pm-9:30pm |
Lippitt 402 | Fire Under the Snow: A Tibetan Monk -- A Spirit Unbroken by 33 Years of Torture. Free movie screening, discussion to follow. |
| Thursday, Jan.29. | Lippitt 402 | Teach For America -- Information Session. |
| Tuesday, Feb. 3. | Lippitt 402 |
Women's Studies: Rob Widell (History)-- Women and the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham. |
| Tuesday, Feb. 3. | Lippitt 402 | Roger Lebrun -- Film. |
Thursday, Feb. 12. 4:30-6:00pm |
Lippitt 402 | Center for the Humanities: Cheryl Foster, URI, Philosophy - "Writing Philosophically Informed Fiction." Prof. Wendy Roworth, URI, Art History - "Salvator Rosa's Fortuna and the Fortunes of Salvator Rosa" -- Talk. |
| Tuesday, Feb. 17. | Lippitt 402 | Women's Studies: Vanessa Quainoo (AAF). "Cry Elmina" - Her spoken word long poem about African slave women. She'll be reflecting also on the intersecition of spoken word, African American history, and feminist theory and thought. |
| Tuesday, Feb. 24. 3:30PM | Lippitt 402 | Professor Steve Mentz, St. John's University, English & The John Carter Brown Libraray, "Fathoming Shakespeare's Ocean: The Sea in English Literary Culture." |
Thursday, Feb. 26. 4:30-6:00pm |
Lippitt 402 | Center for the Humanities: George Steele (ABD), URI, English - "(Re)Scoring the Silent Film: Music, Modernism, Affect." |
Thursday, Mar. 5. 7PM International Women's Day |
Lippitt 402 | English Department & Women's Studies: Jane Lazarre & Jan Clausen --Two very well known writers of prose and poetry. A joint event with Read-Write (English Dept.) |
Friday, Mar. 6. 2:00-3:00PM |
Lippitt 402 | Panic Now! (So that you don't have to panic later). Meeting for all students currently working on an Honors Project. |
| Mar. 15-22. | Birmingham, Alabama | Academic Alternative Spring Break (Sorry, class full). |
| Monday. Mar. 23. | eMail Notice | Preliminary schedule for the Honors Senior Research Conference will be sent to you by email. Check with your faculty sponsors NOW and let Prof. Hames know within one week if the time to which you are assigned will not work for your sponsor. Any changes must be determined before April 3rd. |
| Tuesday, March 24 3:30PM | Lippitt 402 | English Department: Professor Matthew Frankel, "Meditation by the Sea." Frankel brings together the thought of Gilles Deleuze, Herman Melville, and Baruch Spinoza around the image of the sea. |
Thursday, Mar. 26. 4:30-6:00PM |
Lippitt 401 | Center for the Humanities: Judith Swift. |
| Thursday, Mar. 26. | Lippitt 402 | Phi Eta Sigma |
| Wednesday, Apr. 1. | Lippitt 402 | Women's Studies: Nancy Fae Yensen -- Talk |
Thursday, Apr. 2. 12:00-4:00PM |
Lippitt 402 | Charlie King & Karen Brandow -- Presentation: "Brother Can You Spare A Dime" and "The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti" |
Thursday, Apr. 2. 4:30-6:00pm |
Lippitt 402 | Center for the Humanities: Ryan Trimm, URI, English - "Cultural Value: Transacting Worth in Post-Imperial Britain." |
| Saturday, Apr. 4. | Lippitt 401/402/403 | Math Department: Numerical Analysis Conference -- Conference |
| Monday, Apr. 6. | Deadline for one-page abstracts. All abstracts must be emailed to Prof. Hames at chames@uri.edu before this date. These are to be in polished form, suitable for printing (that means no grammar and spelling errors!). They should have been reviewed by your faculty sponsor prior to submission. Be sure to include a header with all the required information. See examples of students’ submissions from 2007-2008. Format yours exactly like the samples. | |
Tuesday, Apr. 7. 6:30PM |
Kirk Center | Onyx Senior Honor Society Induction Ceremoney -- Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Roberts, keynote speaker. |
| Tuesday, Apr. 7. | Lippitt 402 | Women's Studies: Stephen Barber (English)-- Reading from and talking about his new book on Virginia Woolf. |
Thursday, Apr. 9. 4:30PM |
Lippitt 402 | Scholarship Workshop: Come and learn about prestigious scholarships and how to apply for them! |
| Monday, Apr. 13. | eMail Notice | Final research conference schedule will be distributed to you via email. Booklet of Abstracts, 2008-2009 goes to the printers. Your requests for audio visual equipment and tech support must be emailed to our student tech assistant, Evan Mitchell at Evanm@mail.uri.edu by this date. |
| Thursday, Apr. 16. 7PM | Swan Auditorium | Colloquium Lecture: Jody Heymann, McGill University Professor & Founding director of the Institute for Health and Social Policy. |
| Tuesday, Apr. 21. | Lippitt 402 | Women's Studie:Annemarie Vaccaro (HDF)-- Sharing her new work on gender issues and identity in college-aged students. |
| Friday, Apr. 24. | Lippitt 402 | Phi Beta Kappa -- Induction Ceremony |
Thursday, Apr. 30. 8:30-5:30PM |
Lippitt Hall & The Ryan Center | Honors Undergraduate Research Conference. The end of the honors year, a great event; all seniors completing the program are recognized, we will give out some special awards; and there will be food! Bring your friends and family to support you and celebrate with you. A CD of your project must be handed in at the time of your presentation. This will be archived in the University Library and put on the honors web site. Use the guidelines given to you at the Panic Now Meeting. |
Friday, May. 15. 11AM |
Golden Key International Honour Society Pin & Cord Ceremony -- Dr. Cheryl Foster, keynote speaker. | |
Sunday, May. 17. |
Graduation! |
