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Monday, November 23, 2009
Zugunruhe: an installation by Rachel Berwick
List Art Center, 64 College Street [Arts & Entertainment] Hours: M-F 11-4; Sat & Sun 1-4
The David Winton Bell Gallery presents "Zugunruhe," a new installation by Rachel Berwick, from Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009, through Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. In conjunction with the exhibition, the gallery will host a series of lectures on related topics, including art, history, anthropology, zoology, and ecology.
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Dean Sheila Bonde - Open Office Hours
Horace Mann, Room 202 [Graduate School]
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
CDC IM Chat Walk-in Hours
[Career Development] The CDC offers Walk-in hours to answer your quick questions, review resumes and assist with resources. Walk-in hours are offered either in person or via IM Chat.
Monday and Friday - IM Chat - 2-4pm
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - In person Walk-ins - 2-4pm.
To IM Chat, simply invite browncareercounselor@gmail.com to chat using your google account. If you don't have a google account, it's easy and free to set up at: www.google.com
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Leavetakers Info Session
Curricular Resource Center, JWW 310 [All Public Events] Talk to returned leavetakers over free snacks, check out the center’s many resources and start planning your self-enriching time off from Brown.
(http://brown.edu/Administration/Dean_of_the_College/crc/leave_taking/)
4:00 PM
Francis J. Ricciardone -- What Are We Doing in Afghanistan?
Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street [Watson Institute] “What Are We Doing in Afghanistan?,” with Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr., Deputy Ambassador, American Embassy, Kabul, Afghanistan.
Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr. was assigned as Deputy Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in March, 2009. Ambassador Ricciardone previously served as Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt (2005-2008) and concurrently as Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of Palau from 2002 to 2005. Prior to that, Ambassador Ricciardone served as Director of the Department's Task Force on the Coalition Against Terrorism and as a Senior Advisor to the Director General of the Foreign Service. From March 1999 until early 2001, he served as the Secretary of State's Special Coordinator for the Transition of Iraq.
Ambassador Ricciardone was born in Boston and graduated from Malden Catholic High School. Upon graduation summa cum laude from Dartmouth College in 1973, he received a Fulbright Scholarship for teaching and study in Italy. He went to Iran as a teacher in 1976, traveling widely in Southwest Asia, Europe, and the Middle East until he entered the Foreign Service in 1978.
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Peer Support Network: Open Hours
Sarah Doyle Women's Center: Room 204 [All Public Events] Peer facilitators are available during open hours to listen to whatever is on your mind, to share information, or to suggest other resources. Any topic, casual or urgent, academic or personal, is up for discussion. Everything is on a walk-in basis, there are no sign-up sheets and it's completely private. We're not experts. But we are fellow students, and we're here to help.
Tuesday-Friday, 7-9pm
Sarah Doyle Women's Center: Room 204
BrownPSN@gmail.com.
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