ANNOUNCEMENTS
Writing Pedagogy Workshop for faculty, Nov. 28
The Division of Undergraduate Education and Academic Planning and Writing Across the Curriculum/Writing in the Disciplines (WAC/WID) invite faculty to the fall Writing Pedagogy Workshops. This month's workshop, "The Writing Process, GWAR Style" will be facilitated by Erika Dyquisto from the College of Science and Engineering. In this workshop, we will explore the writing process in the context of a GWAR science course. We will practice breaking down a research paper assignment into its essential components so that the instructor can work with students both on content and on effective writing skills. The workshop will be held Monday, Nov. 28, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Faculty Commons (LIB 286). Lecturers will be paid for participating and lunch will be served.
Psychology Distinguished Speaker Colloquium, Nov. 30
UCSF Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering Skrikantan Nagarajan will speak about "Magnetoencephalographic Imaging of Neural Oscillatory Networks at Rest and during Speech and Language Processing" on Wednesday, Nov. 30, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in LIB 121. He will introduce the challenges of functional brain imaging of neural oscillations with non-invasive recordings of electromagnetic signals (MEG and EEG) from the brain, and discuss recent advances that overcome these challenges. He will then provide examples of imaging resting-state oscillations with MEG. Finally, he will discuss applications of electromagnetic brain imaging to examine speech and language networks, in basic and clinical neuroscience studies.
WGS lecture series schedule
The Department of Women and Gender Studies (WGS) has resumed its lecture series on Wednesdays from 12:35 to 1:50 p.m. in HUM 119. Upcoming lectures include:
- Nov. 30: "Performing Development: One Laptop per Child and (Re)producing Development Discourses in Paraguay" by Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society Postdoctoral Fellow Morgan G. Ames
- Dec. 7: "Evidence of Being: The Black Gay Cultural Renaissance and the Politics of Violence" by Assistant Professor of Sexuality Studies Darius Bost
31 years of HIV/AIDS activism at SF State: 1985 to 2016, Dec. 1
The University will commemorate World AIDS Day on Thursday, Dec. 1, with a celebration of the unsung heroes and remembrance of those lost to the epidemic and a recommitment to reaching zero HIV/AIDS for all of our communities.
- 4 to 5 p.m.: Community members will gather at the Memorial Grove between the Gym and César Chávez Student Center to celebrate and recommit to the spirit of community that brought SF State into the forefront of universities worldwide in our efforts to take care of our community and innovate prevention strategies.
- 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.: The SF State Nursing Alumni Association will present "A Nursing Perspective," a symposium and panel discussion in Jack Adams Hall of the César Chávez Center to remember the unsung heroes who courageously cared for AIDS patients during the early days of the epidemic. (Two hours of CEU's available.)
Free HIV antibody testing by the Native American Health Center will be held in the Student Health Center 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on that day.
Also, the University Archives will present the display "31 Years of the University's AIDS Coordinating Committee" in LIB 460 from Nov. 28 to Dec. 2. The SFSU AIDS Quilt Panel will be hanging in the lobby of the César Chávez Student Center throughout December.
All members of the University family both past and present are welcome to join this community celebration. Email Michael Ritter for more information.
"Sofa Sin Casa (Couch With No Home)," Dec. 1-11
Eviction squads are moving through the city. A reporter chases a homeless sofa, but it's got four feet and it's out on the street so it just keeps moving — moving through stories and songs of a world where only the privileged can find shelter. "Sofa Sin Casa (Couch With No Home)" is a crowdsourced play with blues, directed by Roy Conboy, that addresses the current housing situation in San Francisco. Beginning Dec. 1 and running through Dec. 11, the play will be performed at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and at 2 p.m. on Sundays in the Little Theatre (CA 107). Visit the play's webpage for pricing information or to make a reservation.
Women's Association holiday luncheon at the St. Francis Yacht Club, Dec. 4
The University Women's Association (UWA) will hold its annual holiday luncheon Sunday, Dec. 4, at the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco. This is an excellent way to kick off the holiday season with colleagues and friends in beautiful surroundings. No host cocktails at 11:30 a.m., luncheon served at noon. The cost is $65 per person, and the deadline to RSVP is Nov. 23. Menu selections and details are available at uwa.sfsu.edu Questions? Email Lin Ivory.
Admission-free chamber music concert with the Peabody Trio, Dec. 4
The Morrison Chamber Music Center presents an admission-free concert with the Peabody Trio at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, in McKenna Theatre. The piano trio will perform works by Beethoven, Ives and Dvorák. The concert is part of the Morrison Artists Series, the longest-running chamber music series in San Francisco.
Professor Richard Festinger, artistic director of the Morrison Artists Series, will deliver a pre-concert talk at 2 p.m. Dec. 4 in McKenna Theatre. The Peabody Trio will also lead a master class with students from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, in Knuth Hall.
Since winning the Naumburg Chamber Music Award in 1989, the Peabody Trio has established itself as an important presence in the chamber music world as a vivid interpreter of the classics of the repertoire, an advocate for new music and a dedicated teacher and mentor to a generation of young musicians. The trio brings to its music making what the Washington Post calls "the romantic fervor of the 20th century greats."
Reserve your free seats now online or call the Box Office at ext. 8-2467.
"A Forum on High Performance Computing," Dec. 5
Faculty with current or anticipated computing needs that cannot be satisfied by personal computers are invited to join "A Forum on High Performance Computing" Monday, Dec. 5, from noon to 1 p.m. in LIB 222. The forum will be led by Academic Technology Director of Technology Services Andrew Roderick. Lunch will be served at this free event. RSVP to rharvey@sfsu.edu. Drop-ins for part of the meeting are also welcome and are asked to RSVP to reserve a lunch. Email questions to rharvey@sfsu.edu or efc@sfsu.edu.
Participants will have the opportunity to discuss their needs and how they might be met. Of special interest are the needs and challenges encountered in accessing and using high-performance computing resources by those who use a computing cluster, a server, the cloud or the National Science Foundation supercomputing resources.
This event is sponsored by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs through its funding of the SF State Statistics Community of Representative Researchers (CORR) Research Cluster. Stat CORR hosts meetings, workshops and training clinics, to foster and promote the dissemination of quantitative and qualitative research skills. Stat CORR aims to connect faculty and staff with specialized methodological knowledge with to those who seek assistance designing new research projects, completing data analysis or developing, submitting and revising extramural grants.
The Medea Project, Dec. 5
With "The Medea Project," an evening of performance-based vignettes, director Rhodessa Jones and the women she works with will explore how an arts-based approach can help reduce the numbers of women returning to jail and can aid women living with diagnoses of HIV/AIDS. The show takes its inspiration from stories from Greco-Roman mythology (e.g., Pandora, Medea, Daphne) and features short performance pieces that weave together the performers' own experiences — of incarceration, of HIV/AIDS diagnosis and of addiction — with the challenges faced by the figures from those ancient stories. Please join us for this free performance with social justice at its heart, which will take place Monday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m. in Knuth Hall (CA 132). Questions? Contact Seth Chabay at clas@sfsu.edu or ext. 8-2068.
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