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Steven Vogel, the Brickman - Shannon Professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy at Denison University, will present “Thinking Like a Mall” on Thursday, Nov. 20, at 4:30 p.m. in Clark Hall, Room 206. The talk will cover the critical evolution of Aldo Leopold's land ethic, which encourages…

The campus community is invited to attend a free screening of award-winning documentary Inside Buffalo on Thursday, Nov. 20, at 7 p.m. at Strosacker Auditorium. The film tells the history of World War II's 92nd Buffalo Division, the first African-American combat unit—a segregated unit that fought…

Film director Olayinka Hassan will present her 11-minute short film, The Antidote of Life, on Friday, Nov. 21, at 12:30 p.m. in Clark Hall, Room 309. Originally a chemist, Hassan decided to return to school to pursue her graduate studies in directing. Hassan’s film combines her two passions,…

The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures will present a videoconference discussion with Werewere Liking, acclaimed novelist and playwright and founder of the Pan-African Center for the Arts in Abidjan, Cote-d'Ivoire. The discussion will be in French and will be held Tuesday, Nov. 18,…

Delta Gamma, Phi Gamma Delta and Phi Delta Epsilon will sponsor American Red Cross blood drives Wednesday, Nov. 19, and Thursday, Nov. 20, in the Thwing Center ballroom from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Approximately 900 pints of blood are needed daily to meet the need of Northeast Ohio hospitals…

The next meeting of the Ethics Table group will be on Wednesday, Nov. 19, and will continue with the discussion on ethical decision-making, on the topic, “Can the university promote ethical decision-making?” The discussion will focus on a piece by John Frye, a former Ethics Table Fellow (2013-14),…

Suzanne Rivera The history of human subjects research protocols goes back at least to 1900, when Walter Reed had volunteers sign permission forms for his yellow fever research in Cuba. A series of studies that became public in the 1960s led to new Public Health Service informed-consent procedures.…

The campus community is invited to attend the 2014 Richard N. Campen Lecture in Architecture and Sculpture on Thursday, Nov. 13, at 6 p.m. in Ford Auditorium. Using examples from her own creative practice, Monica Ponce de Leon, the Dean and Eliel Saarinen Collegiate Professor of Architecture and…

MaDaCol (Mather Dance Collective) will present a fall concert of dance works Nov. 20 and 21 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 22 at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. at the Mather Dance Center. MaDaCol, one of the university’s oldest undergraduate student organizations, offers an important creative outlet for students…

The Institute for the Science of Origins, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) and the Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will present a symposium titled “Food: Origins, Innovation, Imagination” Monday, Nov. 17, from 9 to 11 a.m. The symposium will be followed by a book signing and…