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Sunday, Oct. 26 - Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008
Nature (Re)Made: Genomics and Art
October 26–December 7
A growing number of artists have sought inspiration in genomics and biotechnology, including choreographer Liz Lerman, whose Ferocious Beauty: Genome (to be performed at the
Williams Center on November 14. The artists included in Nature (Re)Made conduct explorations revolving around genetic research and the effect of biotechnology in health care and environmental concerns.

Thursday, November 13, 4:00-6:00 pm,
Lecture by Ellen Levy, Williams - Room 108

Wednesday, Oct. 29 - Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008
8 p.m.
Urinetown by Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann
Praised for reinvigorating the very notion of what a Broadway show could be, this grand and winking love letter to the conventions of musical theater depicts a world wracked by ecological disaster and corporate greed—and a hero who rises to lead the people to freedom!

Entertainment Weekly called this hilarious and tuneful 2001 Tony Award winner “inspired, fresh, exuberant, even moving.”

Directed and choreographed by Mary Jo Lodge, with vocal direction by Jennifer Kelly.
Williams Center for the Arts
Price: students $2; staff/faculty $3; public $6

Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008
12 - 1 p.m.
Clarke Rupert of the Delaware River Basin Commission
He will talk about the Delaware River Compact, recent flooding, and their flexible flow management plan for the river.
Room 315 AEC
Price: Free
12 - 1 p.m.
GIS/Data Users Group Meeting
Proposed agenda:
1. Intro and news (including talks scheduled for GIS week)
2. Update by attendees on recent and/or future projects
3. Discussion of GIS/data user needs
Lunch will be provided.
For more information, contact Amy Abruzzi or Pat Facciponti, both at Skillman Library.
004 Skillman Library
12:15 - 1 p.m.
First Year Class Meeting
Join us to discover what the Gateway Program & Career Services is all about. Listen to current Gateway students talk about their experiences & how Gateway has worked for them. Sign-up required at 201 Hogg Hall.
Lunch available at the 12:15 meetings
CAREER SERVICES
Interfaith Chapel, Hogg Hall (1st floor)
Price: Free
12:15 - 1 p.m.
Lutron Brown Bag Information Session
Our focus on product innovations, technology, quality, and customer service has made us the undisputed leader worldwide in the area of lighting controls. Lutron strongly encourages students to participate in our Co-Op and Internship program. Hands-on opportunities exist in most departments, including engineering, marketing, operations, accounting, and on our technical assistance hotline.

Come learn more!
Hugel 103
4:10 - 5 p.m.
RefWorks Workshop: Save time with an online research management tool
RefWorks helps you organize a research project by allowing you to store references online and format a bibliography at the click of a button. During this hands-on workshop, you will create a RefWorks account; learn how to import references from the Library Catalog, Academic OneFile, JSTOR and other databases; be exposed to the many ways of managing references, notes, and files within your account; and use RefWorks to generate bibliographies in multiple styles. You will also be introduced to the Write-n-Cite plugin that works together with Microsoft Word to synchronize in-text citations with a bibliography.

Register at http://its.lafayette.edu/help/workshop/registration

Instructor: Rebecca Metzger, Reference & Instruction Librarian

Open to students, faculty, and staff.
Skillman 003
7 p.m.
Field Hockey vs. West Chester
Metzgar Fields Athletic Complex, Easton, Pa.
7 p.m.
Volleyball at Wagner
Staten Island, N.Y.
8 - 9 p.m.
Webcast and Discussion on Clean Energy
Professor Diane Elliott will lead a discussion about current environmental legislation. Following will be an airing of a live webcast on clean energy headed by Al Gore. He'll be talking about his Repower America challenge, the connections between the economic and climate crises, and the importance of the upcoming election.

Sponsored by Lafayette Environmental Awareness and Protection and College Democrats.
Kirby 104



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