ON CAMPUS: RECYCLED ART, RACE AND JURIES, AND THE TSUNAMI

Recycled Art. The Center for Visual Culture's Spring 2005 colloquium series will begin Wednesday, Feb. 2, with a talk by Professor of History of Art and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dale Kinney. Kinney's lecture, titled "The Story of Spolia," will deal with artifacts that are made for one purpose and later used for a different purpose. The Center for Visual Culture's colloquia take place on Wednesdays from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. in Thomas 224. Light refreshments are served.

Race and the Psychology of Juries. On Thursday, Feb. 3, at 8 p.m. the Center for Ethnicities, Communities and Social Policy will host a lecture titled "Does Race Make a Difference in Jury Decision-Making?" by Phoebe C. Ellsworth, the Frank Murphy Distinguished University Professor of Law and Psychology at the University of Michigan Law School. Ellsworth, a pioneered in the field of psychology and law, has published widely on the subjects of perception and emotion, public opinion and the death penalty, and jury behavior. The talk will take place in Thomas 224.

Ellsworth will also deliver a talk titled "Emotion, Cognition and Culture" at Haverford's Sharpless Auditorium at 4:30 that afternoon.

The Asian Tsunami: Causes, Effects, Actions. On Thursday, Feb. 3, at 5 p.m., members of the Geology Department, the Office of Intercultural Affairs and the Office of Civic Engagement will host a holistic discussion of the recent catastrophic tsunami that has devastated coastal areas of South and Southeast Asia. Geologists will begin the discussion with a brief presentation about the geologic origins of the disaster. The discussion will move on to effective responses to the tsunami, with a focus on how people in the affluent West can respond in ways that are responsible, sensitive and genuinely helpful. Says Intercultural Affairs' Vanessa Christman, "This will be a safe spot to raise any sort of issue or question. We expect to deal with a whole spectrum of people and issues."

The event will take place on Cambrian Row, in Aelwyd 101. Dinner will be served.

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