Family Weekend 2009 Partial Schedule

The final listing of Family Weekend events will be in your registration packet available upon your campus arrival at the Maddock Alumni Center.

Friday, October 16, 2009

9 and 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m.

Campus tours.
These regularly scheduled tours of the main campus are sponsored by the College Admission Ofﬁce and conducted by undergraduate students.

10 a.m.–4 p.m.

The Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology invites you to explore its satellite location in Manning Hall, on the College Green, and its exhibition, Believing Africa, an examination of spirituality across the continent and beyond. The exhibit is co-curated by museum staff, faculty, and students. Local artist Dawn Spears (Narragansett) will make and fashion corn husk dolls on Saturday October 17 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and again from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Learn more at www.brown.edu/Haffenreffer.
LOWER MANNING HALL

12–8 P.M.

Registration at the MADDOCK ALUMNI CENTER, 38 Brown Street, at the corner of Brown and George streets. Pick up your registration packet, which will include your nametags and the ﬁnal program for the weekend, including a comprehensive and updated schedule of events with locations and detailed descriptions of all planned activities. (Call 401 863-2474 with questions)

1 P.M.

Jumah prayers. MUSLIM STUDENT CENTER, Morriss-Champlain ground floor
Enter through the main entrance of the Emery-Woolley dorm on Meeting Street and follow the signs.

1-4 P.M.

Cogut Center for the Humanities “Let us imagine a straight line: an interactive installation” by Butch Rovan.
Pembroke Hall, Room 003

2-4 P.M.

Open house with the Office of the Chaplains. Stop by for a warm welcome before the start of the busy weekend. Light refreshments will be served.
J WALTER WILSON, SUITE 401

2-4 P.M.

Office of International Programs open house. Stop by the OIP RESOURCE LIBRARY and learn the many study abroad opportunities available to students.

2-5 P.M.

Heath care away from home. Health Services will hold an open house and provide tours of the department and ambulance. Bring your questions and curiosity. Come meet staff from Emergency Medical Services, Health Education, Health Services Administration and Support, Laboratory, Nursing and Impatient Services, Pharmacy, Primary Medical Care, and X-ray. ANDREWS HOUSE

3-4 P.M.

Successful choices: Career planning to prepare for life beyond Brown. Meet staff of the Career Development Center to discover how Brown assists students in integrating a liberal learning environment with the process of career planning to position students for the future. The program will feature a panel of Brown students who will share their sometime direct and sometimes winding and unpredictable (but always fascinating) paths to career discovery. HEMISPHERE BUILDING

3-4 P.M.

Bird watching at the John Hay Library. One of the treasures in the Library is a copy John James Audubon's masterpiece: Birds of America. Library staff will be turning pages in several volumes. The double elephant folio edition of Audubon's The Birds of America was published between 1827 and 1838. Subscribers received 87 parts of 5 prints each (one large, one medium and three small prints). The series contains 435 hand colored plates of 1065 birds. In addition, some of the other items on display will include several uncolored proofs, an original engraving plate, prints from the later chromolithograph edition and items from various editions of Audubon's Quadrupeds.
JOHN HAY LIBRARY, LOWNES ROOM

3–4:30 P.M.

Cider on the Green. Join the Faculty Advising Fellows and other deans and advisors for a traditional Family Weekend welcome event. Faculty Advising Fellows are experienced academic advisors who are interested in students’ lives both in and outside the classroom. FAFs meet and advise students every afternoon over coffee at Advising Central, over meals at Sharpe Refectory, and through events at Fellows’ houses. By directing students to Brown’s many programs and resources, FAFs can help frst-years, sophomores, juniors, and seniors make the most of their college experience. MAIN GREEN TENT

3-4:30 P.M.

$ Lovecraft’s Providence. Walking tour. http://www.rihs.org/BrownWeekend.html

3-4:45 P.M.

Beyond Google: The competitive advantage provided by Brown Information Resources. Start with Google Unchained and learn advanced research tips to become a more effective Google user. Then move Beyond Google. Brown offers a distinct advantage to our population — access to many additional scholarly information resources. Learn about effective power-searching techniques, the critical thinking skills needed to evaluate the information found on the web, and ways to navigate among and manage results from the full range of resources and tools available to Brown researchers.

4 P.M.

Piano and chamber music workshop. A workshop featuring students in the applied music program. GRANT RECITAL HALL

4-6 P.M.

Third World Center open house. Families are cordially invited to learn about the center and its activities, and to chat with faculty and administrators. This event is cosponsored by the Third World Center and the Multicultural Alumni Committee of the Brown Alumni Association. Entertainment and refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP at www.brown.edu/twc or 401-863-2120 THIRD WORLD CENTER, PARTRIDGE HALL. 68 Waterman St, corner of Brown & Waterman St.

4 P.M.

Career Development Center open house. Find out about resources that help students compete in today’s job market. HEMISPHERE BUILDING

4 P.M.

Brown RISD Hillel welcome reception. Please join us for wine and hors d’oeuvres in the COMMONS AND GALLERY OF HILLEL. Student-led Shabbat services begin at 6pm.

4:45 P.M.

H1N1 on Campus: where we are and what are we doing. The University’s response — academically, administratively, and medically — to the flu pandemic will be discussed with opportunities for questions and answers.

6 P.M.

Shabbat Services. Four student-led services, Reform, Conservative, Havurah, and Orthodox

7:30 P.M.

$ Shabbat Dinner. Please join us for a delicious Shabbat dinner. To RSVP, please email Devorah_Weiner@brown.edu or call 401-863-2805.

8 P.M.

$ Family Weekend dance concert. Rich, versatile, textured, and intense, the Family Weekend dance concert is culturally diverse and resplendent with choreography by faculty and artists-in-residence. ASHAMU DANCE STUDIO

9 P.M.

$ Brown University Jazz Band. Matthew McGarrell, conductor. Tickets are $5 and will be available beginning Tuesday, October 13, in Orwig 101 from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. A limited number of tickets may be available at the door one hour before the performance. If you require more information, please call 401 863-3234. GRANT RECITAL HALL

Saturday, October 17

8 A.M.- 1 P.M.

Late Registration. Maddock Alumni Center, corner of Brown and George streets. (See Friday 12-8 P.M. for details.)

8-10 A.M.

Coffee on the Green. A light breakfast is available preceding our morning events. THE COLLEGE GREEN

8:30-9:30 A.M.

What’s new on College Hill. A discussion with Dean of the College Katherine Bergeron and Vice President for Campus Life Margaret Klawunn.
WILSON HALL, ROOM 102

9:30 A.M.-NOON

Brown Faculty Forums. Times and locations will be listed in your registration packet. Seating is limited. Registration badge or Brown ID is required.

The Start of Truly Great Contemplation: Galileo and His Telescope
Joan Richards, Professor of History

Like I’ve Never Been Born: The Importance of Mattering to Family in Adolescence
Gregory Elliott, Professor of Sociology
Book signing immediately following

The Global Health Initiative: Brown’s Commitment to Reducing Worldwide Health Inequalities
Susan Cu-Uvin, professor of obstetrics and gynecology; director, Global Health Initiative
Kenneth Hugh Mayer, professor of medicine; director, Brown University AIDS Program
Kartik K Venkatesh, AB’06 PhD’11 MD’13

The Brown Global Health Initiative is a multidisciplinary university-wide effort to reduce health inequalities among underserved populations locally and worldwide through education, research, service and development of partnerships. Some of those partnerships include the Brown AIDS Program, the Center for AIDS Research, and the Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research Program.

Making Waves: New Approaches to Ocean Management
Heather Leslie, Sharpe Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology
Center for Environmental Studies & Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Book signing immediately following

Use Trouble
Michael Harper, University Professor, Professor of Literary Arts
Book signing immediately following

Changing the Campus Climate: Clean Energy and Climate Change at Brown
Timmons Roberts, professor of sociology; director of the Center for Environmental Studies
Libby Kimzey ’10, coordinator, Project 2020

More about Timmons Roberts and the Center for Environmental Studies: NY Times article; Today at Brown article; EPA award

Implants Are Everywhere: Using Biotechnology to Improve Health
Thomas Webster, associate professor of engineering and orthopedics

The Big Bang Occurred....Then What?
Understanding the early universe with the large hadron collider
Meenakshi Narain, Associate Professor of Physics

Article: Brown Physicists Play Key Role in Single Top Quark Discovery

10 A.M.

Shabbat services. Egalitarian, traditional, and spiritual student-led minyan. All are invited. Please join us for Kiddush and lunch following services.

10:30 A.M.-NOON

Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon meetings. Open meetings designed for students in recovery at Brown University and for their family members and friends who are visiting this weekend. We also welcome local members of AA and Al-Anon. SALOMON CENTER FOR TEACHING, ROOM 203

11 A.M.

Family Weekend brunch recital. The Department of Music is presenting a brunch recital that will include solo and chamber music performances. Free and open to the public. GRANT RECITAL HALL

11:45 A.M.-3:45 P.M.

Shuttle service to and from Brown Stadium for the football game. The shuttle will run continuously to the stadium entrance. Pick-up: FAUNCE ARCH.

NOON

Field Hockey vs. Princeton

12:30 P.M.

$ Shabbat lunch. Please join us for a delicious Shabbat lunch. To RSVP, please email Devorah_Weiner@brown.edu or call 401-863-2805.

12:30 P.M.

Internationalizing the Undergraduate Experience: Study Abroad with Brown. Returned study-abroad students present their experiences, and staff from the Office of International Programs will be on-hand to answer questions regarding the opportunities available and Brown’s study abroad programs and policies.

12:30 P.M.

$ Varsity football vs. Princeton. Tickets are available at the Brown Stadium box office for $15 ($5 for children under 12). Your student is admitted free with his/her Brown ID. There is a concession stand inside the stadium. BROWN STADIUM, ELMGROVE AVENUE AND SESSIONS STREET

1-3:00 P.M.

$ Historic College Hill. Walking tour.
http://www.rihs.org/BrownWeekend.html

1-4 P.M.

Cogut Center for the Humanities “Let us imagine a straight line: an interactive installation” by Butch Rovan.
Pembroke Hall, Room 003

3-4 P.M.

Planning with your sophomore. Sophomores and their families will have an opportunity to explore critical topics such as concentration, career interests, study abroad programs, and the best use of Brown’s open curriculum.

3-4 P.M.

Understanding Brown’s Commencement. Members of the Brown’s administration will be on hand to answer questions about this important weekend. This session is specially geared to families of seniors, but is open to all.

4 P.M.

An hour with the President. A Family Weekend tradition. A wonderful opportunity to hear from President Ruth J. Simmons, who will offer remarks and answer families’ questions.

5-6:30 P.M.

Reception for international families. Join Vice President for International Advancement Ronald Margolin and international advancement officers Josh Taub ’93 and Vijay Chitnis ’94 for light refreshments and conversation with other international students, parents, and other family members, as well as trustees, student administrators, and other members of the Brown community.

5-7 P.M.

Savoring the day: Dinner and Havdalah at Brown RISD HILLEL.

5:10 P.M.

Roman Catholic mass. MANNING CHAPEL

5:30 P.M.

Keynote speaker: Tom Rothman ’76 P’11 & P’13 Chairman, of 20th Century Fox. Managing Creativity: Living the oxymoron from Hope Street to Hollywood Boulevard
Seating is limited. Registration badge or Brown ID is required.

Thomas E. Rothman is chairman and CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment. FFE, one of the world’s largest producers and distributors of motion pictures and television entertainment, includes Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Fox Searchlight (which Rothman founded in 1994 and which won the 2008 Best Picture Oscar for Slumdog Millionaire), Blue Sky Animation, and Twentieth Century Fox Television.

A few of the many signature Fox films made under Rothman’s oversight are Cast Away, Master and Commander, Walk the Line, Juno, The Devil Wears Prada, Sideways, Borat, Little Miss Sunshine, Moulin Rouge, There’s Something About Mary, the X-Men and Ice Age series, and the top-grossing movie of all time, Titanic. During his tenure, Fox films have been nominated for more than 100 Academy Awards, won three best picture Oscars, and earned more than $22 billion in worldwide box office receipts.

Prior to joining Fox, Rothman held top management positions at the Samuel Goldwyn Company and Columbia Pictures. He was previously a partner at the New York entertainment law firm Frankfurt, Garbus, Klein and Selz, and he clerked for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. He graduated in 1980 from Columbia Law School as a James Kent Scholar and in 1976 from Brown, where he was an All New England lacrosse selection. He is currently a board director for the American Film Institute and the Sundance Institute (emeritus). He also hosts Fox Legacy, an examination of classic films that airs on the Fox Movie Channel.

7-8 P.M.

Gallery talk and reception. A reception hosted by HILLEL GALLERY project committee chairs Christina Graham and Jenny Lee and featuring Brown and RISD student artists from the fall juried show. Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served. The gallery will remain open until 9pm.

8 P.M.

$ Family Weekend dance concert. (See Friday at 8pm listing)

8:30 P.M.

$ Brown University Orchestra. Paul Phillips, conductor. Tickets will be available beginning Tuesday, October 13, in Orwig 101 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets will also be available at the door one hour before the performance. This concert will occur again on Sunday, October 18 at 1pm. For more information, please call 401-863-3234.
SAYLES HALL

Sunday, October 18

9:30am-1:00 P.M.

$ Brunch at the Faculty Club. A traditional buffet including a variety of scrambled eggs, home fries, waffle station, bacon and sausage, fresh fruit, and yogurts, breakfast pastries, and much more. Call 401-863-3023 x6 to confirm your reservation. THE FACULTY CLUB

10:30 A.M.-Noon

Brunch at Hillel. Meet our Israel Fellow and find out more about upcoming Taglit-Birthright Israel trips and Israel issues on campus.

10 A.M.-4 P.M.

Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology at Manning Hall. If you haven’t had a chance during the weekend to explore this treasure, come and visit our satellite location on the College Green. (See Friday 10 A.M. listing.) LOWER MANNING HALL

10:30 A.M.

Roman Catholic mass. MANNING CHAPEL

12:30 P.M.

Ecumenical Protestant Christian worship service. Join us for a celebration of faith hosted by A Call to Worship and Imani Jubilee. All are welcome. MANNING CHAPEL

1 P.M.

$ Brown Orchestra Concert. Paul Phillips, conductor. Tickets will be available beginning Tuesday, October 13, in Orwig 101 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets will also be available at the door one hour before the performance. For more information, please call 401-863-3234.
SAYLES HALL

2 P.M.

$ Family Weekend dance concert. (See Friday at 8pm listing) ASHAMU DANCE STUDIO

8:30 P.M.

Roman Catholic mass. MANNING CHAPEL