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Nov. 2 Chemistry and biochemistry, "Engineering Active Interfaces Between Cells and Materials," Milan Mrksich, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, 4 p.m., Jones Physical Science Center, Room 006. Refreshments at 3:45 p.m.
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Brett Kloos
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Cheryl Townsend Gilkes
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Len MacGillivray
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Nov. 3 Columbia Museum of Art, "Photography and Social Consciousness," Brett Kloos, assistant professor of psychology on the Columbia campus, and Joelle Ryan-Cook, deputy director of Columbia Museum of Art, 3 p.m., Columbia Museum of Art, northwest corner of Main and Hampton streets, downtown Columbia. Free and open to the public. For more information, go to www.columbia
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Nov. 6 Center for Public Health Preparedness, "Personal Preparedness and the Avian Flu," Jane Richter, Center for Public Health Preparedness at USC, 12:30 p.m., Harper College, Gressette Room. Free lunch and refreshments will be provided. Free and open to the public.
Nov. 8 Women's Studies, Adrenee Glover Freeman Lecture in African American Women's Studies, "Symbiosis, Cooperation, and Community: The Politics of Black Women’s Faith," Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, John D. and Catherine R. MacArthur Chair of Sociology and African American Studies at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. 7 p.m., Gambrell Hall Auditorium. Free and open to the public.
Nov. 8 Mathematics, "Morphological Component Analysis: From Images to Hyperspectral Data," Jean-Luc Starck, researcher at Commissariat a' l'Energie Atomique, 3:30 p.m., LeConte, Room 412. Refreshments at 3 p.m. Sponsored by the USC Industrial Mathematics Institute.
Nov. 9 Philosophy, "Blood Feuds: The Ethics of Biobanking," Rosemarie Tong, distinguished professor in health care ethics, UNC Charlotte, 12:30 p.m., Gambrell Hall, Room 402.
Nov. 9 Law, Symposium, "19th-century African-American Congressmen, Legislators, and Judges in South Carolina, will feature panels of historians and legal scholars discussing leading African-American judges, legislators, and congressmen during Reconstruction and in the two decades afterward. 2-5:30 p.m., School of Law, Room 135. Free. For more information, go to www.law.sc.edu.
Nov. 9 Chemistry and biochemistry, "Supramolecular Control of Covalent Bonds in the Solid State," Len MacGillivray, University of Iowa, 4 p.m., Jones Physical Science Center, Room 006. Refreshments served at 3:45 p.m.
Nov. 9 Philosophy Honor Society, "Stem Cell Research and the Affirmation of Life," Rosemarie Tong, distinguished professor in health care ethics, UNC Charlotte, 5 p.m., Harper College, Gressette Room.
Nov. 10 Columbia Museum of Art, "Remembering Why We Sing: African-American Spirituals," Frankie Goodman, educational outreach coordinator for the Center for Southern African-American Museum at Carolina, 2 p.m., free and open to the public. For more information, go to www.columbiamuseum.org.
Nov. 13 Mathematics, Angela Kunoth, Institut fur Mathematik, Universitat Paderborn, 3:30 p.m. LeCont, Room 412. Refreshments at 3 p.m.
Nov. 14 Women's Studies, "Conductive Subjects: Engendering Virtue in Late Medieval Devotional Literatures," Holly Crocker, faculty member in the Department of English, 3:30 p.m., Gambrell Hall, Room 250. Reception will follow lecture.
Nov. 15 Chemical engineering, Piotr Zelenay, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 3:30 p.m., Swearingen Engineering Center, Faculty Lounge.
Nov. 15-17 Sport and entertainment management, International Conference on Sports and Entertainment Business (ICSEB), speakers to include Richard Andersen, executive vice president, San Diego Padres; Bill Kraus, senior vice president of marketing, Under Armour Inc; and Danny Zausner, managing director, U.S. Tennis Association Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. For more information, go to ICSEB.com, call 7-4690, or e-mail uscsportbiz@gwm.sc.edu.
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