November 18, 5:30 p.m.: Presentation by Dr. Brooke Erin Duffy, “The Romance of Work: Gender and Aspirational Labor in Contemporary Culture Industries, Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library.

November 19, 4-5 p.m.: Presentation by Chris Ware, winner of multiple Eisner Awards and the National Cartoonists Society Award, Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library. More

November 20, 12:15 p.m.: Film: Physics of Light, EMS Library, 105 Deike. The nature of light and how it is harnessed in our lives. 29 minutes.

December 2, 10:30 a.m. – noon: Introduction to Mendeley, 211 Davey Register online.

December 3, 4 p.m.: Making Sense of the Budget Crisis, presentation by Jared Bernstein, senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policies Priorities and former economic adviser to U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, Foster Auditorium. More details

December 4, 12:15 p.m.: Film: Flip Flotsam, EMS Library, 105 Deike. This film examines the journey of the humble flip flop in a small corner of Africa. 27 minutes.

December 4, noon: Using indigenous foodways to encourage the consumption and continued use of soybeans as a rotational crop in Uganda (seminar), Foster Auditorium. More details soon.