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GIS Day 2013

November 13, 2013, 2:18 pm
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Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2013. 11:00 AM.
Location: Hartley Conference Center, Mitchell Earth Sciences Building (397 Panama Mall, Stanford, CA 94305)

Please join us in our annual celebration of GIS Day at Stanford University, for an interactive showcase of cutting-edge research using Geographic Information Systems and geospatial technologies. The event will include a Map Gallery featuring some of the best work by students across many disciplines, a “Where in the World” contest with prizes and a geocache challenge, and a series of lightning talks by key Stanford professors and GIS professionals across the Silicon Valley, featuring keynote speaker Kimberly Roberson on "GIS in humanitarian response: challenges of analysis and representation". Roberson has more than 15 years working with UNHCR in the management of information to provide timely and efficient assistance to populations of concern within the organization. She has an advanced degree from Clark University in International Development and Geographic Information Systems. She has applied this knowledge in a variety of refugee, humanitarian and development situations with extensive work around the globe.  Schedule: 11am-12pm: Lightning Talks - Student Session 1pm-5pm: Map Gallery 1pm-4:30pm: Lightning Talks - Main Session with Keynote Speaker Kimberly Roberson (1:00-1:25pm) 4:30pm-5pm: Awards & Reception
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Movie Screening - Camera As Witness Program, School of Education, and the Mechanical Engineering Design Group present FIXED: The Science / Fiction of Human Enhancement

November 12, 2013, 4:04 pm
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Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2013. 7:30 PM.
Location: Peterson Building Atrium

What does "disabled" mean when a man with no legs can run faster than most people in the world? What does "normal" mean when cosmetic surgery procedures have risen over 450% percent in the last fifteen years and increasing numbers of people turn to "smart drugs" every day to get ahead at school or work? With prenatal screening able to predict hundreds of probable conditions, who should determine what kind of people get to be born? If you could augment your body's abilities in any way imaginable, would you? From bionic limbs and neural implants to prenatal screening, researchers from around the world are hard at work developing a myriad of technologies to fix or enhance the human body. FIXED: The Science / Fiction of Human Enhancement takes a close look at the drive to be “better than human” and the radical technological innovations that may take us there. Through a dynamic mix of verité, dance, archival, and interview footage, FIXED challenges notions of normal, the body, and what it means fundamentally to be human in the 21st century. Following the screening there will be a discussion with Regan Brashear, the filmmaker; David L. Jaffe, Lecturer in Stanford's Mechanical Engineering Design Group; Fernanda Castelo, exoskeleton test pilot and a subject of the film; and Jasmina Bojic, Camera As Witness Program Director and Founder of the international documentary film festival UNAFF.
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Reading & Discussion with Author Gideon Lewis-Kraus

November 7, 2013, 3:01 pm
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Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2013. 6:00 PM.
Location: Building 420, Room 041

The Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, the Department of Comparative Literature, and the Taube Center for Jewish Studies present: Author Gideon Lewis-Kraus reading and discussing his travel memoir, A Sense of Direction: Pilgrimage for the Restless and the Hopeful (2012, Riverhead) In medieval times, a pilgrimage gave the average Joe his only break from the daily grind. For Gideon Lewis-Kraus, it promises a different kind of escape. Determined to avoid the kind of constraint that kept his father, a gay rabbi, closeted until midlife, he has moved to anything-goes Berlin. But the surfeit of freedom there has begun to paralyze him, and when a friend extends a drunken invitation to join him on an ancient pilgrimage route across Spain, he grabs his sneakers, glad of the chance to be committed to something and someone.        Irreverent, moving, hilarious, and thought-provoking, A Sense of Direction is Lewis-Kraus's dazzling riff on the perpetual war between discipline and desire, and its attendant casualties. Across three pilgrimages and many hundreds of miles - the thousand-year-old Camino de Santiago, a solo circuit of eighty-eight Buddhist temples on the Japanese island of Shikoku, and, together with his father and brother, an annual mass migration to the tomb of a famous Hasidic mystic in the Ukraine - he completes an idiosyncratic odyssey to the heart of a family mystery and a human dilemma: How do we come to terms with what has been and what is - and find a way forward, with purpose? 
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Estonian Cultural Evening at Stanford University

November 11, 2013, 12:24 pm
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Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2013. 6:00 PM.
Location: Cubberley Auditorium and Green Library.

Although a small country, Estonia has rich culture and history, both of which will be celebrated through film at Stanford on Nov. 19. This free event aims to bring together Stanford faculty, staff, and students, local Estonians as well as other people interested in Estonian heritage.EVENT SCHEDULE:----  6:00 to 7:00 pm:  Screening of "The Woman Who Gave Estonia a Gift of a Museum: Olga Kistler-Ritso," followed by Q&A.  Venue: Cubberley Auditorium, Graduate School of Education (485 Lasuen Mall, Stanford)----  7:00 to 7:30 pm:  Tour of Green Library and its Estonian collection.  Venue: Green Library (meet in the Graduate School of Education lobby)----  7:30 to 8:00 pm:  Snack/coffee break.  Venue: Graduate School of Education lobby----  8:00 to 9:30 pm:  Screening of "To Breathe as One," followed by Q&A.  Trailer: http://tobreatheasone.com/trailer.  Venue: Cubberley Auditorium, Graduate School of Education
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Rivals for Life Blood Drive

November 12, 2013, 4:04 pm
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Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2013. 11:00 AM.
Location: Arrillaga Center for Sports and Recreation (ACSR), 341 Galvez

Each fall as Stanford and Cal battle it out on the football field, their respective blood banks have a competition of their own. Show your support for the Cardinal by donating at the “Rivals For Life” blood drive. This year's battle for blood takes place on Tuesday, November 19. Our part of the competition is hosted by BeWell and Stanford Blood Center, while Cal’s part of the competition is hosted by Red Cross and the UCSF blood bank. Once both drives are complete, we’ll compare notes and a winner will be declared! Either way, patients in the hospitals are the real winners. Each donor will receive an exclusive "Rivals for Life" T-shirt featuring the graphic above. Donors will also be entered into a prize drawing for a $50 gift certificate, courtesy of our friends at Sports Basement.
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Medicine, Magic and Meaning

November 11, 2013, 9:36 am
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Date: Monday, November 18, 2013. 5:30 PM.
Location: LKSC 102

Magic provides a brilliant metaphor for the physician-patient relationship as the medical arts are imbued with similar architectures of esthetics, belief and cognition. At the basic level, Medicine is a performance art, and thus it is the obligation of our profession to learn best practices used by successful performers. On a deeper layer, Magic and Medicine share DNA: a common origin stemming from the need to create appropriate vehicles for advancement and survival. Presented by Dr. Ricardo Rosenkranz, an Assistant Professor in Clinical Pediatrics at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Ricardo holds Bachelor and Master of Science Degrees from Stanford University. He obtained his Medical Degree from Cornell University Medical School in 1990, completed a Pediatric Residency and a Fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Northwestern University becoming an Attending Physician at Children's Memorial and Prentice Women's Hospital in 1996. In 1998 Dr. Rosenkranz Co-Founded and became the CEO of Inovamed, S.A. de CV, a provider for health care services in Mexico. Inovamed is credited with the successful financial and quality-driven turnaround of one of Mexico City's oldest private hospitals, and the construction and operation of one of the first hospitals in Mexico to achieve FDA clinical trial accreditation and Joint Commission International certification. An avid magician, he teaches a seminar on Medicine and Magic at the Feinberg School of Medicine, and has twice received teaching awards at the medical school. Illustration by Stephanie Dalton Cowan
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The Politics of Recycling War Photography into Art

November 7, 2013, 3:01 pm
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Date: Monday, November 18, 2013. 5:15 PM.
Location: Bldg. 260 Room 252

Photographs of war and of the disasters that come with or after war (refugees, famine, war crimes, genocides, ruins, etc) are among the most circulated in the international media and constitute one of the most reused archives, mainly because some of those images become the primary iconographic representation that identifies a specific historical event. There are multiple modes of circulation, but this lecture will focus exclusively on the transposition of war photography into art and the ethical, ideological, critical or propagandistic objectives that motivate it, as well as the effects generated by this displacement. --- Dr. Antonio Monegal is professor of literary theory and comparative literature at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona since 1994. He received his PhD from Harvard University in 1989, taught at Cornell University until his return to Spain, and has been a visiting professor at Harvard, Princeton and the University of Chicago. Among other publications, he is the author of Luis Buñuel de la literatura al cine(Anthropos, 1993) and En los límites de la diferencia: Poesía e imagen en las vanguardias hispánicas(Tecnos, 1998). He has edited  Literatura y pintura (Arco Libros, 2000), En Guerra (CCCB, 2004), Política y (po)ética de las imágenes de guerra (Paidós, 2007), García Lorca’s Viaje a la luna (Pre-Textos, 1994) and El público y El sueño de la vida (Alianza, 2000). His current research focuses on the politics of culture and on the representation of wars in literature and the visual arts. In 2004 he co-curated with Francesc Torres and José María Ridao an exhibition entitled “At War” at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona. Between 2009 and 2013, he was the vicepresident of the Arts Council of Barcelona and presided over its Executive Committee.
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Panel on Immigration and Education: The Workshop on Poverty, Inequality, and Education

November 12, 2013, 4:04 pm
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Date: Monday, November 18, 2013. 05:00 PM.
Location: CERAS Learning Hall

Patricia Gándara, UCLA Professor and co-director of “The Civil Rights Project," studies educational equity and access for low income and ethnic minority students, language policy, and the education of Mexican origin youth. Amado Padilla, Stanford Professor, studies students who achieve academically despite coming from challenging home and community backgrounds, and second language learning and teaching. Guadalupe Valdés, Stanford Professor and founding partner of “Understanding Language,” which is an initiative that focuses attention on the role of language in subject-area learning. Her research explores bilingualism relevant to teachers in training. Moderated by Kenji Hakuta, Stanford Professor and co-chair of “Understanding Language” (above). His research addresses bilingualism and the acquisition of English in immigrant students.
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Who Cares? Caring for the Poor in India, China, and Europe

November 6, 2013, 11:22 am
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Date: Monday, November 18, 2013. 5:00 PM.
Location: Wallenberg Hall 450 Serra Mall

Peter van der Veer Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity Distinguished University Professor at Utrecht University This lecture discusses why Indian middle classes seem to have no compelling interest in improving sanitation for the poor despite the fact that their own health is affected due to the close proximity of the poor. It examines some cultural theories of attitudes towards ‘the dirty outside world’ and argues that these theories ignore the importance of caste and especially untouchability. It further argues that one cannot expect the poor themselves to improve their condition through participatory development considering their internal fragmentation and the conditions of slavery under which many of them live.
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Energy Seminar: Powering the Future

November 12, 2013, 4:03 pm
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Date: Monday, November 18, 2013. 4:15 PM.
Location: NVIDIA Auditorium, Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center

This talk will follow the rough outline of Robert's recent book, Powering the Future: How We Will (Eventually) Solve the Energy Crisis and Fuel the Civilization of Tomorrow. Robert will take the audience past contemporary politics through a mental journey to a time, several centuries from now, when nobody uses carbon-based fuel out of the ground anymore, either because they have banned the practice or it is gone. The world will be warmer then, although exactly how much warmer depends on events to come. What is this time like? How do the people make their living? What do they learn in school about us? While scientific discoveries of the future are difficult to predict, some of the future is very predictable by virtue of the immutability of physical law and human nature. People wishing to live well will still need energy. The energy in question will still be conserved. It will still have to be procured from somewhere in prodigious amounts and discarded into space after use. Chemical bonds will be the same as they are now. So will gravity. The constraints on energy storage will be the same. Nuclear waste will still be dangerous. Thinking through the energy and climate problem backward in this way is easy to do, and it clarifies the present-day situation immensely.
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Into the Musical Woods: Songs from Musical Theater

November 12, 2013, 4:23 pm
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Date: Sunday, November 17, 2013. 7:00 PM.
Location: Campbell Recital Hall

Students of Wendy Hillhouse's vocal studio present songs by Adam Guettel, Elton John, Jule Styne, Richard Rodgers, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Flaherty, Marvin Hamlisch, Jerry Bock, Frederick Loewe, Jerome Kern, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Stephen Sondheim. | Note: This event has been rescheduled for 7:00 p.m. instead of 7:30 p.m., as was previously announced.
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Junie Geurim Kim, violin; Stephanie Tsai, cello; and Nathan Cheung, piano: Senior Recital

November 13, 2013, 7:48 am
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Date: Sunday, November 17, 2013. 2:30 PM.
Location: Campbell Recital Hall

Junie Geurim Kim, violin; Stephanie Tsai, cello; and Nathan Cheung, piano, present some of the most dramatic works of classical repertoire! Selections include the Arensky Piano Trio, as well as movements from the Franck Violin Sonata, Chopin Cello Sonata, and Bach Well-Tempered Clavier.
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Stanford Symphony Orchestra: Masterworks Series

November 6, 2013, 7:35 am
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Date: Sunday, November 17, 2013. 2:30 PM.
Location: Bing Concert Hall

The Stanford Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Jindong Cai, performs Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection,” one of the most profoundly emotional and powerful works in the orchestral repertoire. The Stanford Symphony Orchestra will take the audience on an electrifying journey in Mahler’s world with this grand masterpiece, featuring soloists Malin Fritz Walrod, contralto, and Chinese soprano Ying Huang. The 200-voice chorus, comprised of the Symphony Silicon Valley Chorale and Berkeley Community Chorus, will augment the ensemble for the epic finale.
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Silents in the Roaring Twenties: "Flesh and Metal" on Film

November 4, 2013, 11:44 am
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Date: Ongoing every day from November 13, 2013 through March 16, 2014. 11:00 AM.
Location: Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive

A variety of films by or about artists featured in Flesh and Metal: Body and Machine in Early 20th-Century Art. The films run continuously concurrent with the exhibition; total screening time is 80 minutes.
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Flesh and Metal: Body and Machine in Early 20th-Century Art

November 4, 2013, 11:43 am
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Date: Ongoing every day from November 13, 2013 through March 16, 2014. 11:00 AM.
Location: Cantor Arts Center, just off Palm Drive, at Museum Way and Lomita Drive

Artists in the first half of the 20th century involved in movements such as Constructivism, Purism, and Precisionism found beauty in the machine aesthetic, while proponents of Dada and Surrealism embraced chance, accident, and the unconscious as new paths to creativity. This exhibition features 74 works by major American and European artists who reconciled these camps: Margaret Bourke-White, Constantin Brancusi, Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Fernand Léger, Piet Mondrian, Alexander Rodchenko, Charles Sheeler, and others. The works—paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs, and illustrated books—are drawn from the collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
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School of Medicine Fall Art Exhibit at LKSC

October 30, 2013, 10:27 am
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Date: Ongoing every day from November 6, 2013 through June 26, 2014.
Location: Li Ka Shing Center 291 Campus Drive Stanford, CA 94305

Photography exhibition featuring works by Matthew P. Scott, Ph.D. Lubert Stryer, M.D. Iris F. Litt, M.D. Dale C. Garell, M.D. Ira D. Glick, MD 
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PRODUCTION: "Attempts on Her Life" by Martin Crimp

November 14, 2013, 1:51 pm
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Date: Ongoing from November 8, 2013 through November 16, 2013. See details for exact dates and times.
Location: Pigott Theater

Martin Crimp's 17 scenarios for the theatre, shocking and hilarious by turn, are a rollercoaster of late 20th-century obsessions. From pornography and ethnic violence, to terrorism and unprotected sex, its strange array of nameless characters attempt to invent the perfect story to encapsulate our time. Since its premiere at the Royal Court Theatre in March 1997, Attempts on Her Life has been translated into more than 20 languages. The National Theatre presented its first major UK revival in March, 2007.
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Stanford Chamber Chorale: Motets of the Millenium

October 16, 2013, 11:27 am
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Date: Saturday, November 16, 2013. 7:30 PM.
Location: Memorial Church

The Stanford Chamber Chorale, with guest conductor Jameson Marvin, performs a program of selections from Josquin Des Prez, Johannes Brahms, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Johannes Ockeghem, Frank Martin, Jameson Marvin, and Anton Bruckner.
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Meet the MAKERS!

November 19, 2013, 11:36 am
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Date: Friday, December 13, 2013. 1:30 PM.
Location: The Atrium, Peterson Building 550, 416 Escondido Mall, Stanford University

Product Realization Lab students present their AMAZING fall quarter projects! Meet the STUDENT MAKERS who have created innovations in sports equipment, consumer goods, education and health devices, agricultural tools, and MORE!
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A Festival of Lessons and Carols

November 19, 2013, 11:53 am
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Date: Friday, December 6, 2013. 7:30 PM.
Location: Memorial Church

The Memorial Church Choir, directed by Dr. Robert Huw Morgan, presents its annual seasonal program, based on the service at King’s College, Cambridge.
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