Anarchy in the Kitchen (3/5)

On Friday, March 5, “Anarchy in the Kitchen,” a webcast/gastro-performance event featuring work by DC and Baltimore artists, will stream live over the Internet as part of the NYC-based Umami Food and Arts Festival. Join us for a local viewing party at the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, at 7 p.m.

“Anarchy in the Kitchen” brings together a diverse group of artists who engage in acts of culinary chaos that interrogate the intersection of edibility and aesthetics, technology and cuisine, and prose and produce. From human sausage grinders and battery-powered lemons to shopping cart gardens and text message meals, “Anarchy in the Kitchen” questions notions of digestibility, consumption and good taste in our daily interactions with the food system.

Office Paper Drive (3/10-11)

The Recyclemania Team is sponsoring an office paper drive on March 10 and 11, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

March 10 will feature the Recyclemania Parade on academic row at noon. Bring your office paper to the University Center Plaza between 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and place it in the large recycling box.

On March 11, bring your office paper to the south entrance of The Commons. Drop off at the paper retriever container. A recycling informational DVD and other recycling information will be available on Main Street from 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Presentation: Completing the First LEED Certified Building (3/5)

Are you interested in seeing what UMBC is doing to be more sustainable?  Stop by to see plans for attaining the first certified completed building to meet LEED standards at UMBC – the addition to Patapsco Residence Hall.  Residential Life will be hosting this presentation on Friday, March 5, noon-1 p.m., in the Harbor Multipurpose Room to discuss the newest residential space scheduled to be opened in fall 2011. Free pizza will be served.

For more information, contact Katie Boone at ext. 5-3932.

Urban Sustainability and Push-Pull Drivers of Residential Change (3/5)

Join Ali Whitmer from Georgetown University for a discussion about urban sustainability Friday, March 5, 2 p.m., in the Technology Research Center, Room 206. This lecture is part of the Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education’s Spring 2010 Seminar series.

For more information, click here.

Mathematics and Robotics (3/4)

Robots have been with us for only half a century, but the idea of man-made mechanisms that can work and think goes back to ancient civilizations. A lecture by Florian Potra, professor of mathematics, will cover this topic and present the most important historical developments in robotics, especially emphasizing its interplay with mathematics.

The lecture will be Thursday, March 4, 6:30 p.m., at the Mathematical Association of America Carriage House (1781 Church Street, NW, Washington, DC).

For more information, click here.

‘Blue Collar’ Science and The Maryland State Implementation Plan for Air Quality (2/26)

Join Jeff Stehr from the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science at University of Maryland, College Park, as he discusses Maryland’s plan for air quality. This lecture is hosted by the Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education as part of its Spring 2010 Seminar Series. It will be Friday, February 26, 2 p.m., in the Technology Research Center, Room 206.

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Facilities Master Plan – Campus Forum (3/1)

The Facilities Master Plan Update Steering Committee invites you to join us on Monday, March 1, noon, in the Information Technology and Engineering building, Lecture Hall 7, for a campus forum to discuss the update to the Facilities Master Plan.

The master plan update has been a year-long process to create refinements to the previous master plan, based on projections of future space and facility needs. The plan creates a framework for future development as well as a guide for open space and land use planning on campus.

The event has been scheduled during free hour to allow for greater involvement. Come join us!  For more information, contact Celso Guitian at cguitian@umbc.edu.

Long-Term Ecological Changes in China’s Villages (3/3)

Join Erle Ellis, associate professor of geography and environmental systems, as he discusses long-term ecological changes in China’s villages on Wednesday, March 3, noon, in Sondheim Hall, Room 001. This is part of the Geography and Environmental Systems Seminar Series.

For more information, contact Dawn Biehler at dbiehler@umbc.edu or ext. 5-2095.

Missives on Music in the Seventeenth Century: A View of Education and Values (3/3)

Music historians generally rely on scores and musical treatises rather than correspondence to trace the history of music.  Associate Chair and Lecturer Joseph “Skip” Morin’s analysis of the “Lettre de Mr Le Gallois a Mademoiselle Regnault de Solier touchant la Musique” (Paris: Michallet, 1680) provides both a broad and insightful view of music in Paris during the second half of the seventeenth century and glimpses into the cultural and social values of Parisian culture at the time.

This discussion, which is part of the Humanities Forum, will be March 3, 4 p.m., in the Albin O. Kuhn Library, 7th Floor. The sponsor is the Dresher Center for the Humanities.

Nitrogen Cycling in Urban Watershed Ecosystems (2/19)

Join Peter Groffman from the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, New York, for a discussion on nitrogen cycling on Friday, February 19, 2 p.m., in the Technology Research Center, Room 206. This is part of the Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education’s Spring 2010 Seminar Series.

For more information, click here.