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Renowned Violinist To Present Concert At UM
Robert McDuffie, internationally renowned violinist and Distinguished University Professor of Music at Mercer University in Macon, Ga., will give the next installment of the President's Lecture Series at UM.
McDuffie, who has appeared as a soloist with most of the world's major orchestras, is celebrated for his promotion and accomplished performances of contemporary American music. He will present a lecture and concert titled "The Seasons Project: The Overlapping Agendas of Antonio Vivaldi and Philip Glass" at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, in the University Theatre.
Earlier that day from 3:10 to 4:30 p.m., he will give a master class in the Music Recital Hall. Both events are free and open to the public and presented in collaboration with the Missoula Symphony Association.
McDuffie plays a 1735 Guarneri del Gesù violin known as the Ladenburg. It required a consortium of 16 investors to provide the funding for the legendary instrument.
"Area concertgoers will have the opportunity to hear what $3.4 million, in the hands of a true master, sounds like," said UM Professor Richard Drake, who organizes the lecture series.
President's Lecture Series
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Health Care Expert To Present Lectures
National Public Radio correspondent and author T.R. Reid will present "The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper and Fairer Health Care" on Monday, March 1, at UM. The presentation will be held from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the University Theatre and is free and open to the public.
Reid also will present "Health Care Reform: Now What?" from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 2, at St. Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences Center. The event will be held in the Broadway Building Conference Center, located at 500 W. Broadway in Missoula. This presentation will be tailored to a medical audience, but the public is welcome to attend.
Reid has become one of the nation's best-known correspondents through his coverage of global affairs for The Washington Post, his books and documentary films, and his light-hearted commentaries on NPR. He is a regular commentator on NPR's "Morning Edition." His latest book, "The Healing of America," was published last year. PBS Frontline produced two documentary films, "A Second Opinion" and "Sick Around the World," following Reid as he reported the book.
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Researchers Examine Geoengineering Ethics
A team of UM researchers has been awarded a two-year, $382,000 National Science Foundation grant to study the ethics of geoengineering, the intentional engineering of the Earth's climate to offset climate change.
The project -- "The Ethics of Geoengineering: Investigating the Moral Challenges of Solar Radiation Management" -- was one of only 18 proposals out of 128 ranked as high priority for funding. It brings social science research together with ethical analysis to examine the views of stakeholders from politically powerful and marginalized populations on the moral challenges associated with deliberately engineering the climate.
Philosophers Dane Scott, an associate professor in the UM Department of Society and Conservation and director of the University's Center for Ethics, and Christopher Preston, an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy and Fellow at the Center for Ethics, will work with social scientist Laurie Yung, director of UM's Wilderness Institute and an assistant professor in the Department of Society and Conservation, on the interdisciplinary research project.
As part of their work, the team and the Center for Ethics will host a three-day workshop this fall at UM and produce a Web resource on ethics and geoengineering. They also will write a book addressing the moral challenges of solar radiation management. Leading climate scientists, philosophers and policy experts from several North American universities and institutes will present at the workshop and assist the UM team in shaping the book and the resource center.
UM Center for Ethics
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Artists Present Panel Discussion
Artists Dana Boussard, Steve Glueckert and Lisa Jarrett will talk about transforming white supremacist texts into works of art during a panel discussion Thursday, Feb. 25, at UM. The event, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 7 p.m. in the Montana Theatre, located in UM's Performing Arts and Radio/Television Center.
Ken Toole, former director of the Montana Human Rights Network, will moderate the panel discussion, which is held in conjunction with the traveling exhibition "Speaking Volumes: Transforming Hate," currently at the Montana Museum of Art & Culture. The exhibition, which will be at MMAC through March 6, features artists from across the United States who used white supremacist propaganda to create thought-provoking works of art.
The panel discussion will center on how prejudice and hate inform class issues, as well as how each artist worked creatively to reconfigure white supremacist materials.
Montana Museum of Art & Culture
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UC Gallery Exhibit Opens Today
The University Center Art Gallery will display the photographs of Hamilton native Evan Caughey from Monday, Feb. 22, through Friday, March 26, in an exhibition titled "Dreamers and Dust."
An opening reception and artist talk will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, at the gallery, which is located in UC Room 227. The event is free and open to the public.
"Dreamers and Dust" documents Caughey's intense fascination with the everyday lives of people he observed while traveling in India. His photographs capture hope and despair, youth and old age, success and failure, and the need for -- or repulsion from -- living a life that fits within the constraints of society.
Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, call gallery Director Samantha Guenthner at 243-4991 or e-mail ucartgallery@mso.umt.edu.
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Dancers Take Montana Theatre Stage
UM's School of Theatre & Dance will present "Dance in Concert" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, March 3-6, at the Montana Theatre in the Performing Arts and Radio/Television Center.
The Montana Theatre stage will come alive with an evening of nine new works by UM faculty, students and world-renowned guest artist Bebe Miller. Tickets cost $18 for the public, $14 for students and seniors, and $8 for children 12 and under.
Concert performances include "Prey," choreographed by Miller, which speaks to the universality experienced through the struggles and beauties of everyday life. Themes of predator and prey are woven through the non-narrative world, where the signature dancing is rich, vigorous, vulnerable, imagistic and human.
Other performances are "Should You Do That in a Tutu?" developed by UM Associate Professor Michele Antonioli, "In Fifths" created by UM Assistant Professor Heidi Jones Eggert, and performances by students Faith Morrison and Kelly Koltiska.
Tickets and more information are available at the Theatre & Dance Box Office in the PAR/TV Center or by calling 243-4581.
School of Theatre & Dance
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UM Allies Program Announces Training
The UM Allies Program will host faculty and staff training sessions from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Thursday, March 18, and Tuesday, April 6, in the University Center. Interested participants only need to attend one session.
UM Allies is an interdepartmental program for faculty and staff who want to promote a campus environment that is inclusive and supportive of everyone's sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. Since its start in spring 2009, UM Allies has trained more than 100 employees and resident assistants. The organization hopes to increase campus participation.
Space is limited, so reserve a spot at least one week before the training date by e-mailing Katie Frutiger, UM Allies student intern, at katie.frutiger@umontana.edu or by calling Josh Peters-McBride, Diversity Program adviser, at 243-5776.
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MTPR Pledge Week Under Way
Montana Public Radio's annual fundraising event, Pledge Week, runs through Sunday, Feb. 28. The station's annual budget is $1.5 million, and the goal for this year's Pledge Week is to raise $475,000.
The program lineup for Pledge Week includes a comedy special Thursday, Feb. 25; a National Folk Festival highlights show Friday, Feb. 26; and live jazz with Eden Atwood and David Morgenroth in the studio Sunday, Feb. 28. "Pet Wars," the station's signature finale, will start at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 28.
Pledge Week donations also can be made on the MTPR Web site. For more information, call Linda Talbott at 243-4931.
Montana Public Radio
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News About U
 College of Technology Associate Professor Bob Shook recently received the Dalton E. Memorial Section Certified Welding Inspector of the Year Award from the American Welding Society. Shook directs COT's Welding Technology program. The award recognizes Shook's work with COT students and his efforts to develop a welding curriculum that incorporates welding inspection processes, as well as his active involvement with Montana businesses to ensure use of correct welding procedures and weld inspection services. It also honors his decades-long involvement as an AWS member, welding instructor and certified welding inspector.
UM President George M. Dennison served as special editor for the January 2010 issue of the journal Innovative Higher Education, published by Springer Netherlands. The issue, which focuses on presidential perspectives, includes Dennison's article "Reform and Re-invention in Public Higher Education." In the article, Dennison invited four university leaders -- President Steven Sample, University of Southern California; President Graham Spanier, Pennsylvania State University; Chancellor William E. "Britt" Kirwan, University System of Maryland; and President Robert Bruininks, University of Minnesota -- to explore and suggest changes needed in higher education, specifically the American research university.
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