Past events
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January 25, 2018
Conversing Music: Rhythmic Coordination in Jazz Improvisation
Nori Jacoby, Presidential Scholar in Society and Neuroscience, Columbia University; with a performance by The Jeff Groh Trio, School of Music, UBC: Jeff Groh, Jacques Forest and Aaron Graham; Jaelem Bhate, Orchestral Conducting, School of Music Piano Lounge, Green College, UBC Thursday,…
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January 23, 2018
Groove on the Brain: The Neuroscience of Rhythm
Peter Vuust, Neuroscience, Aarhus University, and Director of the Center for Music in the Brain, Denmark Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, January 23, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow in the series Transforming Sounds / Altered Selves: How Music Changes in Time, Changes Us,…
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January 22, 2018
Criminals, Degenerates, and Artists: Victorian Science and "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
Shannon Payne, English Literature and Science and Technology Studies Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, January 22, 8-9 pm in the series Green College Resident Member's Series Scientists in the Victorian period were captured by a desire to see evil in the faces…
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January 17, 2018
Participatory Science, Public Discourse, and Hope for Solving Wicked Environmental Problems
Thomas D. Sisk, Landscape Conservation Initiative, Northern Arizona University; Wendy J. Palen, Earth to Ocean Research Group, Simon Fraser University Coach House, Green College, UBC Wednesday, January 17, 5-6:30 pm in the series Hope in the Anthropocene: Sustainability Solutions and…
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January 17, 2018
Cross-border Conservation: Theory, Case Study, and a Role for Science in Policy and Action
Thomas D. Sisk, Landscape Conservation Initiative, Northern Arizona University Coach House, Green College, UBC Wednesday, January 17, 12:30-1:30 pm in the series IRES Faculty Series: Hope in the Anthropocene Borders separate and divide. Territorial and administrative…
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January 16, 2018
Go with the Flow: Virtual Water and Real Estate
Sara Stevens, Architecture and Landscape Architecture; Steven Weijs, Civil Engineering Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, January 16, 5-6:30 pm, reception to follow in the series Green College Leading Scholars: A Study of Movement - In Three Movements Though…
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January 15, 2018
A Story of Resistance: How Bacteria Are Threatening Our Healthcare System
Andrew Alexander, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Coach House, Green College, UBC Monday, January 15, 8-9 pm in the series Green College Resident Member's Series Our ability to successfully treat bacterial infections has been one of the greatest achievements in…
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January 11, 2018
The Diderot String Quartet
The Diderot String Quartet; Adriane Post, violin; Johanna Novom, violin; Kyle Miller, viola; Paul Dwyer, cello Coach House, Green College, UBC Thursday, January 11, 5-6:30 pm in the series Early Music Vancouver at Green College This event is co-sponsored by Early Music…
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January 10, 2018
Walking in Tears: Navigating Christian Wonders in the Late-Medieval World
Robert Rouse, English Coach House, Green College, UBC Wednesday, January 10, 5-6:30 pm in the series Worlds of Wonder: People Making Places Sacred In his description of Egypt, the medieval travel writer Sir John Mandeville pauses to describe how the truth of Christ…
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January 9, 2018
Taking Chances: A Political Scientist at Large inside and outside the University
R. Kenneth Carty, Political Science; Green College Society Member Coach House, Green College, UBC Tuesday, January 9, 5-6:30 pm, reception to follow in the series Senior Scholars' Series: The Passions that Drive Academic Life After starting out in New Brunswick as a…