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 Gwen Ifill Lecture
October 29
4:00 pm
Thompson Theatre, Roselle Center for the Arts
Ifill is the author of the book, The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama. She is the moderator and managing editor of Washington Week and senior correspondant for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. Prior to joining PBS, Ifill covered politics and national affairs for NBC News, The New York Times, the Washington Post and the Baltimore Sun.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
For more information, visit the Black American Studies Program Web site. |
 Symposium on Nobel Prizes
Part II: Chemistry, Literature, Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences
October 30
2:00 pm
Theatre, Trabant University Center
- Brian Bahson, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry will talk about the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- Monika Shafi, Elias Ahuja Professor of German and Director of Women's Studies
will speak about the Nobel Prize for Literature.
- Jeffrey Miller, professor of economics, will discuss the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Studies in Memory of Afred Nobel.
All of the talks are intended for an audience of non-specialist.
For more information, download a PDF of the event poster. |
Rest in Peace: Violence in the Black Community
November 2
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
120 Smith Hall
Sponsored by the Black Student Union |
Dr. Steven E. Sidebotham Lecture
November 2
12:00 pm
Class of 1941 Lecture Room, Morris Library
The University of Delaware announces that Dr. Steven E. Sidebotham, Professor of History, will present "Berenike: University of Delaware's Archaeological Excavations 1994-2001 & 2009 at the Red Sea Port on the Ancient Maritime Spice Route"
This lecture is part of the University of Delaware Library Assembly of Professional Staff's (ADLAPS) "Scholar and the Library" series. The brown-bag luncheon program with light refreshments is open to the public.
For more info, click here. |
All Day I Dream About Sex
November 2
6:00 pm
116 Gore Hall
Not your average safe sex discussion! This is everything you thought you knew plus more.
Sponsored by Lambda Pi Chi, Haven, and Wellspring
Contact: Yesenia Rodriquez (yessi@udel.edu)
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Primer Impacto: Who Came First
November 2
7:00 pm
318 Gore Hall
Sponsored by: Chi Upsilon Sigma & Lambda Theta Phi |
Kate Bornstein: "How America's Bully Culture is Messing with Your Sex Life"
November 3
2:00 pm
100 Wolf Hall
Author, playwright, performance artist and transsexual trailblazer Kate Bornstein will speak as part of a series of lectures being held at universities throughout the Delaware Valley. Bornstein is currently scholar in residence with the Greater Philadelphia Women's Studies Consortium. She is the author of Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us, My Gender Workbook and, most recently, Hello, Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws.
Sponsored by UD Women's Studies Program
Contact: Jessica Schiffman(jesss@udel.edu) |
Dr. Randal Pinkett Lecture
November 4
6:00 pm
140 Smith Hall
Sponsored by the Entrepreneur Club
Free and open to the public |
 Presidental Lecture on Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Elon Musk
November 5
4:00 pm
Gore Recital Hall, Roselle Center for the Arts
Elon Musk is the chairman, CEO and Product Architect of Tesla Motors, overseeing product development and design, including the all-electric Tesla Roadster and Model S sedan.
For more information or to register for this event (seating is limited) visit: http://www.udconnection.com/lecture
Contact: (302) 831-8911 or special-events@udel.edu
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Shakespeare First
November 12
5:30 pm
Roselle Center for the Arts
Event will feature a lecture by James Shapiro, author of A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare 1599.
Following the lecture, there will be a reception and concert by Lyric Fest, a Philadelphia based chorale that celebrates Shakespeare's life in music.
This event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Department of English and is made possible through a gift from the Charlotte Orth Shakespeare Fund. |
Let's Talk About Sex Baby!
November 18
7:00 pm
130 Sharp Lab
Birth Control Presentation
Q&A with a Sexologist
Sponsored by VOX |
