The final 2010 issue of Indiana University's Lecture Notes includes events beginning today (Dec. 3) through Jan. 7. Included in these events is a Dec. 6 lecture titled, "The Ramayana in My Life: Growing Up With the Ramayana Tradition in India," by Aseem Chhabra, a freelance writer in New York City.
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The Nov. 19 issue of Lecture Notes includes today's presentation by Dawn Johnsen at the Maurer School of Law in room 123 at noon. Johnsen will present "Reflections on Reproductive Liberty and the Rule of Law."
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Dozens of studies by Indiana University researchers were discussed at the American Public Health Association annual meeting. This tip sheet includes research involving the impact of health care reform on people with disabilities, the cost of substance abuse in Indiana, efforts to reduce binge drinking on college campuses, declining physical activity levels of college students, and an initiative that has improved the health of residents in Honduras.
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The Nov. 5 issue of Lecture Notes includes today's presentation at Indiana Memorial Union about the "presidents for life" phenomenon seen in a number of Arab republics, two readings by award-winning writer Wendell Berry that will occur Nov. 9 and Nov. 11, and a reading and talk by writer Chris Cokinos about his two books that explore extinctions on Earth and their connection to the cosmos.
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The Oct. 1 issue of Lecture Notes includes a Design Studies Group presentation with three Chicago design professionals offering insights into initiatives on built environment sustainability, a presentation by Canisius College's Christopher Lee on the impacts of transnational processes on different communities, and an Oct. 4 presentation entitled "Fear of a Bleak Planet: Rapping about Race, Poverty, and the Environment."
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The Oct. 1 issue of Lecture Notes includes a Design Studies Group presentation with three Chicago design professionals offering insights into initiatives on built environment sustainability, a presentation by Canisius College's Christopher Lee on the impacts of transnational processes on different communities, and an Oct. 4 presentation entitled "Fear of a Bleak Planet: Rapping about Race, Poverty, and the Environment."
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IU Health and Wellness for September discusses the downfalls of multitasking, provocative Halloween costumes, how getting involved on campus can help college students graduate and tips for managing time.
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The Sept. 17 issue of Lecture Notes includes an art lecture on two prints by the influential Barcelona-born artist Antoni Tąpies, a discussion by James Leach titled "Civility in a Fractured Society" and Lorenzo DiTommaso, associate professor of religion at Concordia Univeristy, Montreal discussing "The Fifteen Signs of Doomsday" providing insight to some basic assumptions about the apocalyptic worldview, all taking place during the next two weeks on Indiana University campuses.
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The Sept. 3 issue of Lecture Notes includes arts lectures on painting and photography, a talk by actor Sean Astin and scientist discussions of optogenetics, chronic pain syndromes and the discovery of the vertebra of a 60-million-year-old snake, all taking place during the next two weeks on Indiana University campuses.
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This issue of Indiana University Book Marks features books by Indiana University faculty on the biology of caregiving and attachment, the politics of immigration in 21st century America, the potential for GIS technology to transform humanities scholarship, and the lives of the animals and people of a Florida zoo.
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