UNCG faculty and staff regularly put their talent and expertise on display for all students and colleagues. These are some of the presentations featuring employees on the UNCG campus during the month of October:
Dr. Omar Ali and Dr. Nodia Mena
Tambacum: Afro-Colombia Music Workshop and Performance
October 10, 5 – 8 p.m.
Coleman, Room 201
The Afro-Colombia musical group will be introduced by Drs. Omar Ali, historian of the global African Diaspora and Dean of Lloyd International Honors College, and Nodia Mena, Honors faculty member, dancer, and cultural ambassador of the Garifuna—the African and Indian descended peoples of the Caribbean and Central America.
Mathematics & Statistics 2024 AISC Conference
October 11-13, 7:30 a.m. – 8 p.m.
EUC
Drs. Sat Gupta, Demba Fofana, Kushani de Silva, David Bickel, Michael Hull, Haimeng Zhang, Thomas Weighill, Jianping Sun are among those presenting their research at the International Conference on Advances in Interdisciplinary Statistics and Combinatorics.
6th Annual Reading of Plato’s Republic
October 18, 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Minerva Statue
Dr. Adam Rosenberg is organizing this public reading of all ten books of Plato’s Republic.
Classics Day
October 19, 10 a.m. – Noon
Stone Lawn
Department of Mediterranean Studies and Archaeology’s faculty, staff, and students host their annual celebration of the ancient Mediterranean world. They invite the public to explore the world of the Greeks and Romans through booths on ancient games, learning the Greek alphabet, and competing at ancient trivia. Archaeology Day will be held at the Greensboro History Museum after Classics Day.
“Krzysztof Wodiczko: The Art of Un-War” Film Screening
October 28, 7 p.m.
Online
This event is co-sponsored by the Peace and Conflict Studies program and will feature a discussion featuring Professor Emeritus Douglas P. Fry. With filmmaker Maria Nero and renowned artist Krzysztof Wodiczko, they will explore how art and anthropology intersect in addressing human conflict.
AADS: Understanding Race: Documenting the Black Community I: Black Filmmakers and Photographers at Work
Tuesday October 29, 6 – 9 p.m.
EUC Auditorium
Paula Damasceno and Hassan Pitts are among those who will engage in a discussion and viewing of Black filmmaking, photography, and documentary work of local artists.