This Week at Baylor: April 14-20, 2019

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by Gabrielle White, student newswriter, Baylor University Media and Public Relations

WACO, Texas (April 11, 2019) – This week, Baylor University will host concerts by the A Cappella Choir, the Jazz Ensemble, Heavenly Voices Gospel Choir and the Baylor Chamber Singers, along with lectures by the chemistry and biochemistry and physics departments.

MONDAY, April 15

Chapel Highlights - Baylor Chamber singers will perform during Chapel at 9:05, 10:10 and 11:15 a.m. in Waco Hall, 624 Speight Ave. For more information, visit the Spiritual Life website.
Movie Mondays - Movie Mondays will host a screening of “Andrei Rublev,” a documentary tracing the life of a renowned icon painter through the world of medieval Russia. The screening will be at 6 p.m. at the Waco Hippodrome, 724 Austin Ave. Free tickets can be picked up at the Bill Daniel Student Center ticket office or online.
Voices & Vinyl Concert - The Baylor Libraries’ Black Gospel Music Restoration Project will present Voices & Vinyl 2019, a concert featuring Baylor’s Heavenly Voices Gospel Choir. The concert will be from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Second and Clay, the former St. James Methodist Church, 600 S. Second St. The event is free and open to the public.
A Cappella Choir Concert - Baylor University’s 40-voice A Cappella Choir will perform at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Concert Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building, 101 Baylor Ave. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the School of Music website.

TUESDAY, April 16

World Cinema Series - The department of modern languages and cultures will continue its World Cinema Series with “'?个'?'不'?''' (Not One Less).” The film is in Chinese and shown with English subtitles. The screening will be held at 6 p.m. at Bennett Auditorium in the Draper Academic Building. For more information, visit the Center for Global Engagement website.
Jazz Ensemble - The Concert Jazz Ensemble will perform its final program of the school year at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Concert Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building, 101 Baylor Ave. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the School of Music website.

WEDNESDAY, April 17

Chapel Highlights - The Holy Week Service will be presented during Chapel at 9:05, 10:10 and 11:15 a.m. in Waco Hall, 624 Speight Ave. For more information, visit the Spiritual Life website.
Chemistry and Biochemistry Colloquium - Brian Stoltz, Ph.D., professor of chemistry at California Institute of Technology, will present “Complex Natural Products as a Driving Force to Discovery in Organic Chemistry” from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in room C.105 in the Baylor Sciences Building, 101 Bagby Ave. For more information, visit the department of chemistry and biochemistry website.
Spring Physics Colloquium - Orlando Auciello, Ph.D., Endowed Chair of Engineering and engineering professor at University of Texas-Dallas, will present “Science and Technology of Multifunctional/Biocompatible Ultrananocrystalline Diamond (UNCDTM) to Microcrystalline Diamond (MCD) Coatings and Applications to a New Generation of High-Tech Electronics and Implantable Medical Devices” from 4 to 5 p.m. in room E. 125 of the Baylor Sciences Building. For more information, visit the physics department website.
Entrepreneurship Research Seminar - The Entrepreneurship Research Seminar will be presented by David M. Townsend, Ph.D., assistant professor in management at Virginia Tech University. The event is sponsored by the department of economics in the Hankamer School of Business and is open to the public. For more information, visit the Baylor School of Business website.

FRIDAY, April 19

Easter Holidays - Classes will not be held and administrative offices will be closed in observance of Good Friday and Easter on Friday, April 19 and Monday, April 22. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, April 23.

ABOUT BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
Baylor University is a private Christian University and a nationally ranked research institution. The University provides a vibrant campus community for more than 17,000 students by blending interdisciplinary research with an international reputation for educational excellence and a faculty commitment to teaching and scholarship. Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas through the efforts of Baptist pioneers, Baylor is the oldest continually operating University in Texas. Located in Waco, Baylor welcomes students from all 50 states and more than 80 countries to study a broad range of degrees among its 12 nationally recognized academic divisions.