Monday, April 10<\/strong><\/p>\n My Head in a Jar \u2014 <\/b>A lecture by Lisa Temple-Cox<\/strong>, an artist based at Cuckoo Farm Studios in Colchester, <\/span>UK<\/span>. Her current visual research interests revolve around the aesthetics and symbolism of the 19th century medical museum; using its collections, taxonomies, and histories as metaphors for a contemporary subjective experience of the body, in life and death. 4 p.m., MU: Journey Room, 104.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Tuesday, April 11<\/strong><\/p>\n Optic Gallery Exhibit \u2014 <\/b>Horning Visiting Artist Lisa Temple-Cox\u2019s<\/b> history as a mixed-race, post- colonial child informs a practice exploring interstices: between science and religion, the normal and the pathological, the familiar and the uncanny. Her visual research interrogates the aesthetics and histories of the anatomical museum, using its objects, collections, and taxonomies as metaphors for a contemporary subjective experience of the self and the body. 5-8 p.m. 225 SW Madison #205.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Wednesday, April 12<\/strong><\/p>\n The Practice of Public Art \u2014 <\/b>A lecture by artist Lisa Temple-Cox<\/strong>. Temple-Cox is currently involved in a body of work which explores several themes concerned with identity and consciousness. 4 p.m., MU: Asian\/Pacific\u00a0Room, 206<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n Friday, April 14<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n OSU Disability Network \u2014 <\/b>Join a group of OSU community members interested in discussing disability studies teaching and research, in general, and the development of a\u00a0DS curriculum at OSU, in particular.\u00a0Martha Smith<\/strong> (DAS), Gabriel Merrell<\/strong> (EOA), and Stephanie Jenkins<\/strong> (SHPR) will facilitate a workshop on designing accessible syllabi.\u00a0Faculty participants are asked to bring multiple copies of syllabi that they are interested in having workshopped. Noon-1 p.m. Milam\u00a0Hall 301.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Music a la Carte \u2014\u00a0<\/strong>Platypus Clarinet Orchestra. Noon, Memorial Union Lounge<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n NW Dance Project<\/strong> will present an evening of contemporary dance at 7:30 p.m. at the LaSells Stewart Center<\/strong>. Each season, the professional company based at NW Dance Project performs a new series that includes appearances in the Portland area as well as tours around the state and across the country. The event is part of \u201cSAC Presents<\/a>,\u201d a visual and performing arts events series sponsored by the School of Arts and Communication in the OSU College of Liberal Arts.<\/p>\n April 14 and 15<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Oregon State University will host The Co.<\/strong>, a \u00a0two-day event celebrating hands-on learning and maker culture, April 14-15 on the Corvallis campus. \u201cSEA Through the Eyes of an Artist<\/a>\u201d will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. April 14 at Furman Hall<\/strong>. The fourth-annual Corvallis Maker Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 15 in the Memorial Union Ballroom<\/strong> and the Student Experience Center Plaza<\/strong>. \u201cMaker\u201d culture is a popular movement honoring craftsmanship and technology and the sharing of knowledge, skills and resources. The Co. event offers the OSU community and the public an opportunity to collaborate, innovate and create. The event also provides a forum for teaching the value of hands-on learning in classrooms from kindergarten through college.<\/p>\n Oregon State University will host \u201cCultural Conversations<\/a>,\u201d an exhibition of prints from the collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Schnitzer Family Foundation, April 3 through May 3<\/strong>.\u00a0Schnitzer<\/a>, a Portland businessman, collector and philanthropist who owns one of the country\u2019s largest private collections of contemporary prints and multiples, will provide remarks about the exhibition\u2019s artists and artwork. OSU President Ed Ray also will give remarks. An informal, self-guided tour of the exhibition will follow. Pieces from the exhibit will be displayed in the Fairbanks Gallery as well as in four cultural centers on campus. The exhibition was curated by Kirsi Peltom\u00e4ki,<\/strong> associate professor of art history at OSU.<\/p>\n The Little Gallery proudly presents Betty LaDuke\u2019s<\/strong> \u201c<\/span>Bountiful Harvest and Border Crossings,\u201d April 3 – June 16<\/strong>,<\/span> with an opening reception on April 27, <\/span>3:30 -5:00 p.m., Kidder 213<\/strong>. LaDuke\u2019s wood panel murals document and narrate stories of Latino farm workers who work on farms in Oregon\u2019s Rogue Valley.\u00a0<\/span>For more \u00a0information:\u00a0541-737-2146<\/span><\/p>\n Congratulations to professional faculty Charlene Martinez<\/strong>, who was given the Professional of the Year Award from the ACPA Coalition for Multicultural Affairs Multiracial Network for her work in developing multiracial community programs for OSU students. Martinez is affiliated with the School of Language, Culture, and Society, and serves as an associate director for Diversity & Cultural Engagement.<\/span><\/p>\n Auditions for Oregon State University Theatre\u2019s Spring One-Act Festival<\/strong> 2017 will be held from 6-8 p.m. April 16 and April 17 in the Withycombe Hall Lab Theatre<\/strong>. The 2017 One-Act Festival will feature three original plays written and directed by OSU Theatre students. The line-up includes \u201cThe Two Minds of Mr. Coffan,\u201d by Hannah Fretz; \u201cSkinner,\u201d by Mike Stephens; and \u201cLove Games,\u201d by Heaven Carreon. Roles are available for twelve performers. Auditions will consist of cold readings and short games. They are open to all OSU students, faculty and staff and to members of the Corvallis community. <\/span><\/p>\n Ana K. Spalding<\/b>, Assistant Professor of Marine and Coastal Policy in the School of Public Policy, recently led a co-authored Guest Editorial published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. Co-authors include OSU\u2019s Kelly Biedenweg (FW), Annaliese Hettinger (CEOAS), and Michael P. Nelson (FES). The editorial is titled \u201cDemystifying the human dimension of ecological research\u201d and seeks to clarify the types and contributions of human dimensions scholars in order to foster interdisciplinary collaborative research on global environmental issues.<\/span><\/p>\n Nabil Boudraa,\u00a0<\/strong>SLCS, gave a talk, \u201cLes probl\u00e9matiques de la langue, de la femme et de l\u2019histoire chez Assia Djebar,\u201d at the International Conference on Women and in the Francophone World, in Angers, France on March \u00a023-24, 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n Joshua Reeves<\/strong>, assistant professor in New Media Communications and Speech Communication, recently published the book,\u00a0Citizen Spies: The Long Rise of America\u2019s Surveillance Society<\/a>,<\/span> with New York University Press.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Associate Professor of History Marisa Chappell<\/strong> recently published the journalistic piece, \u201cThe Curious Case of Urban Homesteading<\/a>\u201d in Jacobin Magazine. Additionally, she was recently an invited participant at a symposium, “The Economization of Everyday Life” at the Center for Cultural Analysis at Rutgers University, where she discussed her research on the long history of federal programs to promote low-income homeownership, low-income housing activism, and the neoliberalization of federal housing policy since the 1970s.<\/span><\/p>\n Associate Professor of Anthropology Bryan Tilt<\/strong> is part of a research project<\/a> sponsored by the Center for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Sciences, in Oslo. The project is entitled \u201cAirborne: Pollution, Human Agency, and New Visions of Sustainability in China,\u201d and is in partnership with the University of Oslo (Norway), Zhejiang University (China), and OSU. Tilt recently presented<\/a> on the project at the Academy. Additionally, anthropology Ph.D. student Xiaoyue Li is associated with the project.<\/span><\/p>\n Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies and Associate Director of Research with CL@SE <\/span>Daniel L\u00f3pez-Cevallos<\/b><\/span>\u00a0recently published the following article:\u00a0L\u00f3pez-Cevallos DF, Gonzalez P, Bethel JW, Casta\u00f1eda SF, Isasi CR, Penedo FJ, Ojeda L, Davis SM, Chirinos, DA, Molina KM, Teng Y, Bekthesi V & Gallo LC (2017). Is there a link between wealth and cardiovascular disease risk factors among Hispanic\/Latinos? Results from the HCHS\/SOL Sociocultural Ancillary Study<\/span><\/a>. Ethnicity & Health, doi: 10.1080\/13557858.2017.1315370.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nRecurring Events<\/h2>\n
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