Brain Time
10 a.m Friday
Homecoming Lecture
John B. Boles '65, William P. Hobby Professor; Journal of Southern History, editor
"Thomas Jefferson in France"
Kelly International Conference Facility, James A. Baker III Hall
11:30 a.m. Friday
Rice Gallery Talk
Anna Z. Foret, outreach coordinator, Rice Gallery
Rice Gallery, Sewall Hall
www.ricegallery.org
1:15 p.m. Friday
Centennial Campaign Lecture Series
Featuring faculty members honored with the 2011
George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching
William Parsons, associate professor of religious studies
"Mysticism, Modern Spirituality and Depth-Psychology: Affinities and Differences"
Kelly International Conference Facility, James A. Baker III Hall
1:15 p.m. Friday
Centennial Campaign Lecture Series
Featuring faculty members honored with the 2011
George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching
Walter Chapman, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering
"Energy, Burning Snowballs and Dancing Molecules – Research and Education in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering"
McMurtry Auditorium, Anne and Charles Duncan Hall
2:45 p.m. Friday
Centennial Campaign Lecture Series
Featuring faculty members honored with the 2011
George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching
John Zammito, professor of history
"Reconstructing the Emergence of Biology as a Special Science in Germany in the 18th Century"
Kelly International Conference Facility, James A. Baker III Hall
2:45 p.m. Friday
Centennial Campaign Lecture Series
Featuring faculty members honored with the 2011
George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching
Kenneth R. Cox, professor in the practice of chemical and
biomolecular engineering
"Chemical Engineering as an Eggs-Act Science"
McMurtry Auditorium, Anne and Charles Duncan Hall
4 p.m. Friday
Centennial Campaign Lecture Series
Featuring faculty members honored with the 2011
George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching
Deborah Harter, associate professor of French studies
"The Truth About Fiction"
Kelly International Conference Facility, James A. Baker III Hall
4 p.m. Friday
Centennial Campaign Lecture Series
Featuring faculty members honored with the 2011
George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching
Yousif Shamoo, associate professor of biochemistry and cell biology
"The Rise of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria: How can we
get ahead of them?"
Room 100, Herring Hall
4 p.m. Friday
Centennial Campaign Lecture Series
Featuring faculty members honored with the 2011
George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching
Brent C. Houchens, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and materials science; DREAM, director
"DREAM–Achievement Through Mentorship: Building Leaders Among Rice Students Through Service to Underrepresented K-12 Mentees"
Room 100, Keck Hall
http://dream.rice.edu
4 p.m. Friday
Rice Engineering Alumni Reunion
Lecture and Reception
Outstanding Engineering Alumnus
R. Norris Keeler '51
Outstanding Young Engineering Alumnus
Aaron Hertzman '96
McMurtry Auditorium and Martel Hall, Anne and Charles Duncan Hall
http://alumni.rice.edu/rea
6:30–9 p.m. Friday
Social Sciences Research Institute
Religion and Public Life Program Panel and Reception
"Religion in Higher Education"
Elaine Howard Ecklund, associate professor of sociology;
Religion and Public Life Program, director
Room 301 and Rice Gallery foyer, Sewall Hall
http://rplp.rice.edu
Complete Schedule
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