This Week at Baylor: March 31-April 6, 2019

March 29, 2019

Aviation 2019 — Baylor Aviation Sciences will host a meet and greet with Captain Andrew 'Dojo'?' Olson, USAF F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team Commander and Pilot, 56th Fighter Wing.

Peter Sarnak, Ph.D., Eugene Higgins professor of mathematics at Princeton University and member of the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton, will speak at the 12th annual Baylor lecture series in mathematics.

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

WACO, Texas (March 29, 2019) – This week, Baylor University will host a variety of events such as the Beall Poetry Festival, the Northcutt Lecture, a meet-and-greet in the department of aviation sciences and the Baylor Theatre production of the play Mnemonic.

SUNDAY, March 31

Chamber Singers - Baylor University’s Chamber Singers will present its spring concert, “Liederabend,” at 3 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.

MONDAY, April 1

Chapel Highlights - Jennie Allen, founder of IF: Gathering, 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.
Movie Mondays - Movie Mondays will host a screening of “Modern Day Miracles,” a documentary about doctors, nurses, custodial staff and spiritual staff restoring broken bodies. The screening will be at 7 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.

TUESDAY, April 2

World Cinema Series - The department of modern languages and cultures will continue its World Cinema Series with “Les intouchables (The Intouchables).” The film is in French 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.
Northcutt Lecture - Rev. Constance Cherry, D.Min., professor of Christian worship and pastoral ministry at Indiana Wesleyan University, will present “Vetting a Canon of Congregational Song: Keeping It Honest, Making it Whole” at the 33rd annual Northcutt Lecture at 4 p.m. in the McLean Foyer of Meditation of Armstrong Browning Library, 710 Speight Ave. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the Center for Christian Music Studies website.
Mnemonic - Baylor Theatre will present Mnemonic, a play that presents images of memory, identity, humanity and history as characters try to understand who they are, where they came from and how they are interconnected. The play will be shown at 7:30 p.m. April 2-7, with special matinee performances at 2 p.m. on April 6-7 in the Mabee Theatre in the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center, 60 Baylor Avenue. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit the department of theatre arts website.
Concert Choir and Campus Orchestra - The Baylor Concert Choir and Campus Orchestra will present a joint program 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 3

Chapel Highlights - Baylor Men’s Choir 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.
Beall Poetry Festival - The Beall Poetry Festival will begin with a student literary contest at 3:30 p.m. in room 101 of Carroll Science Hall and continue with a poetry reading by Mary Szybist, a poet and winner of the National Book Award for Poetry, at 7 p.m. in Kayser Auditorium in the Hankamer Academic Center, 401 Speight Ave. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the Beall website.

THURSDAY, April 4

Science Thursdays - Sara Dolan, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology and neuroscience and graduate program director of the doctoral program in clinical psychology (Psy.D.) program, will present “Do I Really Need Another Drink?” at 7 p.m. at the Mayborn Museum Complex, 1300 S. University Parks Drive. For more information, visit Mayborn Museum website.
Beall Poetry Festival - The Beall Poetry Festival will continue with the Virginia Beall Ball Lecture in Contemporary Poetry by Meg Tyler, poet and author, at 3:30 p.m. in room 101 of Carroll Science Building and a poetry reading by Donald Revell, American poet, essayist, translator and professor, at 7 p.m. in Kayser Auditorium in the Hankamer Academic Center, 401 Speight Ave. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the Beall website.
Jazz Ensemble - The Concert Jazz Ensemble will perform from 7:30 to 8:30 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.
Lecture Series in Mathematics - Peter Sarnak, Ph.D., Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University and member of the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton, will speak at the 12th annual Baylor Lecture Series in Mathematics. Sarnak will present “Integral Quadratic Forms and Applications” at 4 p.m. in room 101 in Marrs McLean Science Building. For more information, visit the department of mathematics website.
Aviation Science Meet-and-Greet - Baylor Aviation Sciences will host a meet-and-greet with Capt. Andrew “Dojo” Olson, USAF F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team Commander and Pilot, 56th Fighter Wing, at 6 p.m. in room 152 of Draper Academic Building, 1400 S. Seventh St. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the Institute for Air Science website.
Free Enterprise Forum - David Audretsch, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor in the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, Bloomington, will present “Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth” at 4 p.m. in room 240 of the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation, 1621 S. Third St. For more information, visit the Baylor School of Business website.

FRIDAY, April 5

Lecture Series in Mathematics - Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University and member of the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton, will continue the 12th annual Baylor Lecture Series in Mathematics. Sarnak will present “Integer Points on Affine Cubic Surfaces” at 4 p.m. in room 301 in Marrs McLean Science Building. For more information, visit the department of mathematics website.
Chemistry and Biochemistry Colloquium - Asier Uniciti-Broceta, Ph.D., Personal Chair of Medicinal Chemistry - Innovative Therapeutics at the University of Edinburgh, will present “Biorthogonal Catalysis: Overview, Applications and State-of-the-Art” 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.
Beall Poetry Festival - The Beall Poetry Festival will host its last day with a panel discussion at 3 p.m. in room 101 of Carroll Science Building and a poetry reading by Juan Felipe Herrera, poet, performer, writer, cartoonist, teacher and activist, at 7 p.m. in Kayser Auditorium in the Hankamer Academic Center, 401 Speight Ave. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the Beall website.
Statistical Science Colloquium - Sarah Charlton, Ph.D., applied research mathematician at the National Security Agency, will present “Distributed Multi-Armed Bandits with Cost Constraints.” The lecture will be at noon in room 301 of Marrs McLean Science Building, 1214 S. Fourth St. For more information, visit the department of statistical science website.
Opera Scenes - The Baylor Opera Theater will perform “Mostly Mozart: Operatic Hors D’Oeuvres,” at 7:30 p.m. in Roxy Grove Hall in Waco Hall, 624 Speight Ave. The concert will present excerpts from nine operas and one musical. For more information, visit the School of Music website.

SATURDAY, April 6
Opera Scenes - The Baylor Opera Theater will perform “Mostly Mozart: Operatic Hors D’Oeuvres,” at 7:30 p.m. in Roxy Grove Hall in Waco Hall, 624 Speight Ave. The concert will present excerpts from nine operas and one musical. For more information, visit the School of Music website.

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