Cosmosis, Dec. 8, 2015

Laramie Project

Link to UT Box Office

Healthy Relationship Conference, Nov. 21, 2015

Edmund Fitzgerald Talk and Movie, Saturday, November 7, 2015

Saturday, November 7, 2015
1-4 p.m.
Main Library
McMaster Center
325 Michigan St. 

 

It has been 40 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald, a ship considered the largest, strongest and fastest vessel of its time, the "Queen of the Great Lakes," sank in a violent storm on Lake Superior on November 10, 1975.

  

Thomas Walton, retired Editor and Vice President of The Blade and a member of the Fitzgerald crew as a young man, will present "10 November, the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,"  followed by the documentary,  "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." The program will also feature maritime-themed musical pieces performed by the Toledo School for the Arts Studio Winds.

  

This program is FREE and open to the public.
Free on-site parking.

  

Sponsored by the Library Legacy Foundation

Gloria Steinem Talk, November 18, 2015

Tickets available at all Toledo-Lucas County Public Libraries

$10

$8 students

Anti-doping Lecture, Nov. 4, 2015

DISTINGUISHED LECTURE - TRAVIS TYGART

November 4, 20157 p.m., Doermann Theater, University Hall -- Edwin Dodd Lecture (hosted by COBI)Travis Tygart, an American lawyer and CEO of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.  Under Tygart’s leadership, Lance Armstrong, the seven-time Tour de France winner, was accused of doping.

Click here to register for free tickets.

There are a bunch of videos on YouTube about this guy going after Lance Armstrong.

From the UT News . . .

Travis T. Tygart became USADA’s Chief Executive Officer in September of 2007. In his twelve years at USADA he has also served as the Director of Legal Affairs and as Senior Managing Director & General Counsel; prosecuting cases on behalf of clean athletes before the American Arbitration Association and the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

As CEO, Tygart works closely with the USADA Board of Directors to carry out the organization’s mission of preserving the integrity of competition, inspiring true sport, and protecting the rights of U.S. athletes. Tygart was actively involved in drafting the USADA Protocol for Olympic Movement Testing, and as CEO, he has injected a passion and energy into the fight against doping, including reaching out to America’s Olympic athletes and embracing them as part of the solution.

Tygart has served as an advocate for the integrity of sport and clean athletes, testifying in front of various Committees of the U.S. Congress, including the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, on the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport, the need for hGH testing in all sports, regulation of the supplement industry, and the ratification of the UNESCO international treaty against doping in sport. Tygart has also testified internationally in front of Committees of the European Union, the German Parliament, and the French Senate about creating effective anti-doping policy and on the issues surrounding doping in sport.

Under Tygart’s leadership, USADA’s efforts to protect clean athletes have included cooperating with Federal authorities on numerous investigations such as the international steroid bust, Operation Raw deal and the international doping conspiracy involving the BALCO laboratory in San Francisco. Tygart led the investigation into the U.S. Postal Service pro-cycling team doping conspiracy and the publication of the Reasoned Decision in the Lance Armstrong case. Tygart’s tenure as CEO also produced the groundbreaking research on the importance of true sport, “What Sport Means in America,” and the “TrueSport Report.”

Tygart currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Sports Lawyers Association and the Board of Governors of the Partnership for Clean Competition. He has previously served on various committees and boards including, the Society for Major League Baseball Strength and Conditioning Coaches, the House Government Reform Committee’s Zero Tolerance Roundtable, and the Institute of National Anti-Doping Agencies. He was also appointed by the World Anti-Doping Agency as the Vice-Chair for its Independent Observers Team, which monitored the doping control and legal processes at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.

Tygart has been recognized by Sports Illustrated as one of the 50 Most Powerful People in Sports; named to the TIME 100 list of most influential people in the world for 2013; named one of the top 12 World Sports Personalities of the Year by Sport Intern; selected as one of the World’s Most Influential Sports Personalities by Inside Sport and was one of the Colorado Lawyers of the Year named by Colorado Law Weekly. A lawyer by training, Tygart has also published numerous papers and law review articles on topics including, Title IX, antitrust, and doping in sport.

Originally from Jacksonville, Fla., Tygart graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, and in 2010 received the University’s Distinguished Young Alumni Award. Tygart went on to get his J.D. from Southern Methodist University in 1999, graduating Order of the Coif, and in 2014 he was recognized as one of its Distinguished Alumni.

Hussain Lecture, Wed., Oct. 21, 2015, 5pm, Health Ed. Bldg.

This is on the Health Science Campus

Rosetta Comet Mission Talk, Wed., Oct. 21, 2015, Driscoll, 6:30 pm

Law School Talk on Boston Bombing, Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Mikhail Memorial Lecture, Sunday, October 11, 2015, 3:30pm

* * * Highly Recommended * * *

Maryse and Mikhail Memorial Lecture
Sunday, October 11, 2015
3:30pm (it will be over by 5 and they usually have delicious pastries for snacks!)
Driscoll Center (map below)

For the last 15 years an annual lecture has been given at UT in the memory of a UT economics professor named Ramzy Mikhail. He and his wife were very prominent in the local Arab community.

The lectures deal with "Arab culture, history, politics, economics or other broadly-defined aspects of life in the countries of the Middle East, including issues of peace and justice."

I have been to all 14 of the past lectures but will likely miss this one unless everything works out just right on my flight from New York that lands in Detroit at 2pm.

These lectures have all been interesting and thought-provoking.

This year's lecture, "Prospects of Peace in Palestine and Israel" is by Thomas Abowd, a scholar who wrote this book.

Link to Maryse and Mikhail Memorial Lecture Website

Green Chemistry, Wednesday, September 30, 2015, 4pm.

Chinese Harmonies, Monday, September 21, 2015, 5:30pm

UT Distinguised Lecture Series

The Steve Wozniak Lecture is filled already.

Others here.

#BLACKLIVESMATTER Panel Discussion, Sept. 17, 2015

Thursday, September 17, 2015

UT Student Union 2595

Islamic Center International Festival, Sept 12-13, 2015

This is an amazing event.
The food is sooooooo good.

Kids can go for a cultural event or they can check with Ms. Al-Hayani to learn about getting service hours.

Joe Boyle Lecture, September 23, 2015

UT International Festival, Saturday, April 18, 2014

Women Unbound, National Poetry Month, Sat., April 4, 2015

Humanities Lecture, Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Stomp FEST 2015, Friday, April 17, 2015

The Stomp Fest is a step show put on for the students by the students to proudly display the traditions of the black culture.  The main focus of this show is to raise the level of consciousness of all students in relation to the Black culture, promote National Pan-Hellenic traditional values, and unify the entire Toledo community through entertainment. We also would like to raise thousands of dollars to support Rockethon which is a philanthropy event for children suffering from cancer.  We are expecting close to 2,000 people to attend this show and all proceeds will act as a fundraiser to preserve this event and support Rockethon.  The theme this year for our event is #FlashbackFriday, where each Black Greek Letter Organization participating will act out their interpretation of a flashback. Each performance will consist of a variation of formation, steps, and videos to portray the theme.  For example, one scene will be based off of a classic movie in the black culture and the members may act out the main characters and or scenes.

Reza Aslan Lecture, April 1, 2015 at Nitschke Hall, 7pm.

This is a highly recommended event.

Fukashima Lecure, Tuesday, April 7, 2015

A'Leila Bundles Talk, Saturday, March 29, 2015.

UT Student Filmmakers Showcase, Saturday, March 21, 2015

Brian Kennedy Lecture, March 24, 2015

George Zimmerman Talk, Thurs., Feb. 26, 2015

Remember the Trayvon Martin case?

"Rise Above the Mark" viewing, March 19, 2015

This could be an interesting forum on 

something that is impacting all of us.

At the Scott Park Auditorium

Black History Month Events at UT

Human Trafficking Talk, Wed., March 4, 2015, 4pm

Saturday Morning Science 2015

Photography Class, March 5th or 12th, 2015

Black History Month Blues Series in Monroe MI

This blues series is fantastic.
All shows are free.
Details here.

A few videos from this series

The Great Migration: Mapping Your History, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015.

This program looks great. It would help kids with their family heritage project that we do at the end of the year.

UT Center for Religious Understanding Events

THE CENTER FOR RELIGIOUS UNDERSTANDING
SPRING 2015 EVENTS


The University of Toledo’s Center for Religious Understanding promotes a deeper understanding of religion on campus and in greater Toledo, the nation and the world.

EVENTS
Always free and open to the public.

“Karen Armstrong and Pope Francis on Compassion: Theological Perspectives and Practical Strategies", Tuesday, February 10, 2015, 7pm,  Ingman Room, Student Union, Jewish-Christian-Muslim Dialogue led by Fr. James Bacik with reflections by Dr. S. Amjad Hussain and Rabbi Evan Rubin. Free dessert. 


Holi ToledoWednesday, April 8, 2015, 3-5pm.  Memorial Field House field
Celebrate the Indian holiday of Holi while learning about other religions and cultures on campus. Colors, music & prizes.

Screening of “Arranged”
Thursday, April 16, 2015, 5:30-7:30, Student Recreation Center, Oak Room
See an independent film about a friendship between an Orthodox Jewish woman and a Muslim woman both going through the process of arranged marriages.  Talk-back after with community & student leaders. Free snacks. Co-hosted by the Eberly Center for Women and the Center for Religious Understanding.

Everyday Humanities, Wed., Feb. 11, 2015, 5:30pm.

Man with a Movie Camera, January 22, 2015

The Man with a Movie Camera 

There is a FREE showing of this really famous 1929 silent documentary at the Peristyle at the 

Toledo Museum of Art.
Thursday, January 22, 2015
7pm

The film is 68 minutes long.
There will be a live organist playing the score.
95% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Read about it here.

Aspiring Minority Youth Conference, January 31, 2015