PUBLICATIONS Inside Illinois Vol. 24, No. 5, Sept. 2, 2004

brief notes

Herman to discuss future of Illinois
Richard Herman, interim chancellor, will speak about the future of the Urbana campus at noon, Sept. 14 in Latzer Hall, University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright St. Herman will talk about his aspiraions for the campus as well as his assessment of opportunities for the campus. In addition, he will answer questions from the audience at the end of his remarks.

The lecture is part of the YMCA's "Know Your University" lecture series and is free and open to the public. Thos attending may bring their lunch or purchase a meal from the Y Eatery Thai Restaurant located in the YMCA.

UI Concert Choir
9-11 observance performance planned
The UI Concert Choir will present a Sept. 11 observance performance, beginning promptly at 7:46 a.m. on that date, in Smith Hall.

The 20-minute musical observance is free and open to the public.

According to Karl Kramer, the director of the School of Music, the start time of the program coincides with the exact time that American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001.

The solemn observance will feature just two musical pieces – both performed in their original Latin – and no readings or speeches, according to Concert Choir conductor and UI music professor Chester Alwes.

The program opens with Gregorio Allegri’s “Miserere,” a setting of Psalm 51 composed for the Choir of the Sistine Chapel and performed just once a year during Holy Week. Following the performance of “Miserere,” at 8:03 a.m. – the approximate time that United Airlines Flight 175 slammed into the south tower of the World Trade Center – a moment of silence will be observed. The choir will then intone “O vos omnes,” by Tomas Luis de Victoria.

"At the conclusion of the Victoria, people may stay and reflect, or leave,” Alwes said.

Office of Publications and Marketing
Student/Staff Directory forms due Sept. 17
Retirees and people working for UI-affiliated agencies who want to be included in the 2004-05 Student/Staff Directory as well as people who want to suppress their home addresses and/or phone numbers from publication are being asked to submit their requests online by Sept. 17. Those who want to suppress their directory information must complete and submit online forms, even if they have submitted suppression requests in the past. Past requests are no longer viable because of the conversion to the Banner software system.

Paper forms can no longer be accepted. People without Internet access are asked to visit their local public libraries to submit their information online.

Forms are available at www.uiuc.edu (click on student/staff directory forms under the announcements header). For more information, contact the Office of Publications and Marketing at 333-9200 or by e-mail at opm@illinois.edu.

UI community design center
Civitas launches new art gallery
The UI community design center, Civitas, recently launched its new art-gallery space with an exhibition of photographs by Genevieve Borich titled “Urban Textures.” The exhibition is on view through Sept. 30.

Borich, a UI graduate student in urban and regional planning and student director of Civitas, said her work is based on concepts from John Stilgoe’s book “Underneath Lies Magic.” Borich described the images as “depicting close-up shots of surfaces found in everyday urbanism,” and said they are intended to invite visitors “to ponder the reason urban elements evolved – and remain – as they appear. “

Civitas, 112 W. Main St., Urbana, opened to the public last year. Its multidimensional mission, according to Borich, includes functioning as an example of good urbanism while serving as a resource about good urban design principles.

“We are looking for interested faculty and students who would like to create and exhibit work concerning urban issues and urban design,” Borich said.Along with the addition of an art gallery, the center – which is open to the public and available as an informal work space – now includes free wireless Internet access.

More information about Civitas is available on its Web site at www.urban.uiuc.edu/civitas.

WILL-FM
‘Second Sunday’ season begins
The Illinois Brass Quintet kicks off the new season of free WILL-FM “Second Sunday Concerts” at 2 p.m. Sept. 12 with The Illinois Brass Quintet performing a diverse program from Bach to Dixieland, classical to jazz, at the Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion.

Featured works will include selections from “Animal Ditties,” by trumpet virtuoso and composer Anthony Plog, based on poetry of Ogden Nash. The narrator in this performance will be Kathleen Conlin, actress and dean of the UI College of Fine and Applied Arts. A special work will be performed in observance of the third anniversary of the Sept. 11 attack.

Members of the Illinois Brass Quintet are Michael Ewald and Ronald Romm, trumpet; Kazimierz Machala, horn; Elliot Chasanov, trombone; and Mark Moore, tuba.

Krannert Art Museum curator Michael Conner will lead a Second Sunday Gallery Tour at 1 p.m. before the Sept. 12 concert.

The rest of the season features a mix of styles and performers. “Variety is the key to the upcoming ‘Second Sunday’ season,” said Paul Wienke, executive producer of the concert series. Featured artists this semester include pianist Ian Hobson with members of Sinfonia da Camera (Oct. 10); Champaign-Urbana native and former Stravinsky piano award winner Zsolt Bognar (Nov. 14); clarinetist J. David Harris performing chamber music for woodwinds and brass (Dec. 12). For a full schedule go to www.will.uiuc.edu.

Each concert will be broadcast live on WILL-FM (90.9/101.1 in Champaign-Urbana).

WILL-FM Second Sunday Concerts are a joint venture of WILL-FM, the UI School of Music and the Krannert Art Museum.

Two sizes with keys
Campus map available
An updated version of the campus map found in the Student/Staff Directory is available from Facilities and Services’ Printing Department. The map is available in two sizes with corresponding keys. Call 333-0428 for more information.

Washington University in St. Louis
NSF Regional Grants Conference
The first National Science Foundation Regional Grants Conference of fiscal year 2005 will be held in St. Louis, and hosted by Washington University on Oct. 4–5 with optional FastLane sessions on Oct. 3.

Key NSF representatives as well as faculty members, researchers and grant administrators representing regional colleges and universities will participate.

This two-day conference is important, especially for new faculty members, researchers and administrators who want to gain key insight into a range of current issues at NSF including the state of current funding; new and current policies and procedures; and pertinent administrative issues. NSF program officers representing each NSF directorate will be on hand to provide up-to-date information about specific funding opportunities and to answer questions.

For additional information regarding program content, including a complete agenda, contact the NSF Policy Office, Division of Grants and Agreements at 703-292-8243, or by e-mail policy@nsf.gov.

For logistical information (including conference registration, lodging, etc.) go to: http://cme.wustl.edu/NSF/.

11 to 3 p.m. Sept. 9
Library to host Fall Festival
The University Library is hosting its first Fall Festival in the Main Library Plaza and Marshall Gallery from 11 to 3 p.m. Sept. 9. The event include a self-guided library tour, the chance to sew-a-journal, a display from Rare Books, Library Lingo Bingo, QB (Question Board), a chance to vote for My Favorite Library, a call to nominate items in The Library Should Buy, and a special appearance by “Bob the Book.”

Center for Advanced Study
Fall lectures announced
Fears about monsters and artificial life; the struggles of China’s rural-urban migrants; and what we can trust and not trust about our memories will all be among the topics early this fall in lectures sponsored by the Center for Advanced Study at the UI.

Other lecture topics will include female sexuality, the future of Russian-U.S. relations and family/state relations in the Middle East and South Asia.

The lecture on memory is part of a yearlong “Memory Project” sponsored by CAS. The other lectures are part of the center’s MillerComm series, begun in 1973 and supported with funds from the George A. Miller Endowment and several co-sponsoring campus units. The MillerComm lectures provide a forum for discourse on topics spanning the university’s many disciplines.

All CAS talks are free and open to the public.

Upcoming lectures:
• Sept. 8, “What’s the Matter With Memory,” by Elizabeth Loftus, Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Social Behavior at the University of California, Irvine. Her lecture begins at 4 p.m. in the Knight Auditorium at the Spurlock Museum.
• Sept. 9, “Kinsey and the Future of Female Sexuality,” by Elizabeth Grosz, a professor of women’s and gender studies at Rutgers University. Her talk begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Knight Auditorium at the Spurlock Museum.

For additional information, go to www.cas.uiuc.edu/casmillercomm.html.

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