This Week at Baylor: April 21-27, 2019

April 18, 2019

Jane Damron, Ph.D., senior lecturer in communication and recipient of the Collins Outstanding Professor Award given by this year's senior class, will present the 2019 Collins Award Lecture.

The Campus Orchestra concert will be led by Michael Alexander, D.M.A., associate professor of string music education in the Baylor School of Music.

Howard Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics in Baylor's College of Arts & Sciences, will present 'Let There Be Light ' At Nanoscale!'?' for Science Thursdays.

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by Jessie Jilovec, student newswriter, Baylor University Media and Public Relations

WACO, Texas (April 18, 2019) – This week, Baylor University will host a movie screening, several concerts and lectures in a variety of academic disciplines. Classes will not be held Monday, April 22, in observance of Easter.

TUESDAY, April 23

Cherry Award Lecture – Patrick G. Harran, Ph.D., professor and Cram Chair in Organic Chemistry at the University of California at Los Angeles, will speak at the inaugural Robert Foster Cherry Lecture at 3:30 p.m. in Room B.110 of the Baylor Sciences Building, 101 Bagby Ave. A reception will precede the lecture on the E Wing second floor landing of the BSB. For more information, click the here.

World Cinema Series – Baylor’s department of modern languages and cultures will screen the Japanese film “Tokyo Story” for this week’s World Cinema Series at 6 p.m. in Bennett Auditorium in the Draper Academic Building, 1420 S. Seventh St. For more information, visit the modern languages and cultures website.

WEDNESDAY, April 24

Chapel – Baylor freshman class officers will speak 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 Colloquium – Ryan Rafferty, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry at Kansas State University, will present “The Never-Ending Story in Total Synthesis: Bioactive Agent Discovery to Unlocking Complex Biological Barrier Transport” at 3:30 p.m. in Room C.105 of the Baylor Sciences Building, 101 Bagby Ave. For more information, visit the chemistry website.

Physics Spring Colloquium Series – Anzhong Wang, Ph.D., professor of physics in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences, will speak at a physics colloquium at 4 p.m. in Room E.125 of the Baylor Sciences Building, 101 Bagby Ave. For more information, click the here.

THURSDAY, April 25

BFA Exhibition – From Thursday, April 25, to Wednesday, May 1, the BFA Student Art Exhibition will run in the Martin Museum of Art in Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center, 60 Baylor Ave. For more information, visit the Martin Museum of Art website.

Guest Artist Visit – Humberto Saenz, assistant professor of art printmaking at University of Texas at San Antonio and Baylor alumnus, will present a lecture and a printmaking demonstration from 8 to 10:45 a.m. in Rooms 158 and 169 in the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center, 60 Baylor Ave. For more information, click the here.

Collins Award Lecture – Jane Damron, Ph.D., senior lecturer in communication and recipient of the Collins Outstanding Professor Award given by this year’s senior class, will present “The Power of Intentional Communication In and Out of the Classroom” for the 2019 Collins Award Lecture at 3:30 p.m. in Room 101 of Marrs McLean Science Building, 1214 S. Fourth St. A reception will follow. For more information, visit the communication website.

Sociology Lecture – Arthur Sakamoto, Ph.D., Cornerstone Faculty Fellow Professor of Sociology at Texas A&M University, will present “Crazy Rich Asian Americans?” at 3:30 p.m. in Room 152 of Draper Academic Building, 1420 S. Seventh St. For more information, visit the sociology website.

Science Thursdays Physics Lecture – Howard Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences, will present “Let There Be Light – At Nanoscale!” for Science Thursdays at 7 p.m. at the Mayborn Museum Complex, 1300 S. University Parks Drive. The lecture is free and open to the public, but admission into the museum is not included. For more information, visit the physics website.

Campus Orchestra – The Baylor Campus Orchestra will present its final concert of the academic year at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Concert Hall in Glennis McCrary Music Building, 110 Baylor Ave. The concert will be led by Michael Alexander, D.M.A., associate professor of string music education in the Baylor School of Music. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the School of Music website.

FRIDAY, April 26

CASPER Seminar – Ed Thomas, Ph.D., Charles W. Barkley Endowed Professor of Physics and associate dean for research and graduate studies at Auburn University, will speak at the CASPER Seminar at 2:30 p.m. in Room D.109 of the Baylor Sciences Building, 101 Bagby Ave. For more information, visit the CASPER website.

Political Science Lecture – Devin Stauffer, Ph.D., associate professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin, will present “Hobbes’s Confrontation with Religion” at 3 p.m. in the Treasure Room of Armstrong Browning Library, 710 Speight Ave. For more information, visit the political science website.

Chemistry Colloquium – Richard Caprioli, Ph.D., Stanford Moore Chair in Biochemistry and director of the Mass Spectrometry Research Center at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, will present “Advances in MALDI Imaging Mass Spectrometry: Molecular Microscopy in the New Age of Biology and Medicine” at 3:30 p.m. in Room C.105 of the Baylor Sciences Building, 101 Bagby Ave. For more information, visit the chemistry website.

Symphonic Band Concert – Baylor’s Symphonic Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Concert Hall in Glennis McCrary Music Building, 110 Baylor Ave. The concert will be conducted by Isaiah Odajima, D.M.A., associate director of bands and associate professor of ensembles in the Baylor School of Music, and guest conductor Richard Floyd. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the School of Music website.

SATURDAY, April 27

Black Glasses Film Festival – The 20th annual Black Glasses Film Festival will be held at the Waco Hippodrome in downtown Waco. The event – started by students in 1999 and sponsored by the department of film and digital media – is dedicated to exhibiting the best student work in filmmaking and screenwriting. For more information, visit the film and digital media website.

Wind Ensemble – The Baylor Wind Ensemble will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Concert Hall in Glennis McCrary Music Building, 110 Baylor Ave. The concert will be conducted by J. Eric Wilson, D.M.A., director of bands and professor of ensembles and conducting in the Baylor School of Music, and guest conductor Richard Floyd. For more information, visit the School of Music website.

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