Events - Spring 2012

Friday, March 2, 5:30 – 6:30 PM 
Meet and Greet with Dr. Martha Sandweiss prior to the College of Arts and Sciences Big Read event. 

Friday, March 2, 6:30 – 7:30 PM, University Auditorium (Building 46) 
Dr. Martha Sandweiss will discuss her book, Passing Strange:  A Gilded Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line (Penguin 2009)

Friday, March 9, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM 
Honors visit to the American History Museum's exhibit, "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello:  Paradox of Liberty"

Tuesday, March 13, 5:30 – 7:00 PM, Building 41 A-03
Nobel Laureate William Phillips will give a lecture titled, "Time, Einstein, and the Coolest Stuff in the Universe."

Friday, March 16
Honors trip to Monticello, Charlottesville, VA

Tuesday, April 3, 5:30 – 7:00 PM, Building 41 A-03
Dr. Pradeep Behera, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, will give a lecture on his current research projects.

Sunday, April 8, 6:30 PM, Dr. Howe’s House
Honors Potluck Dinner

Thursday, April 12, 4pm - 5:30pm, Building 41 Rm A03
Honors Speaker Series:  Wynn Yarbough, Dept. of English Lecture Title:  Winnie the Pooh, Peter Rabbit, and other Bad Boys in Children's Books:  Masculinity in Animal Depictions in British Animal Fantasies

Friday, April 27, 12:00 – 2:00 PM, Building 41, Room 421

Honors End-of-Semester Lunch