Fall 2009, Week 9 - School of Architecture - Carnegie Mellon University

Friday, October 23, 2009

Fall 2009, Week 9

SoARCH EVENTS

10.26 11:30-12:30pm, MMCH 103 | Sleeping Bag Weekend Architecture Information Session and Tour

10.26  1:30-4:30pm, MMCH 3rd-Floor and CFA 200 | Architecture Open Studios

10.27 12:00 & 12:30pm, CFA 214 | Gindroz Prize Information Session

10.29 6:00pm, Carnegie Museum of Art Theatre | 8th Annual David Lewis Lecture:  Peter Bosselmann

2009 Homecoming Events

  • 10.30 4:00-5:00pm, Hunt Library 4th Floor | Open House/Exhibit: Scale Models of Le Corbusier's Villas Built by SoArch First-Year Students
  • 10.30 5:00-7:00pm, CFA 214 | Faculty/Student/Alumni Dialogue:  Intersection of Art & Technology
  • 10.31 1:00-3:00pm | Open House/Tours of DFab Lab, MMCH C Basement and Solar Decathlon House, Donner Ditch

11.02 4:30pm, Kerr Room | SAC Meeting

11.03/04 Digital Tectonics Robotic Fabrication Mini Symposium

11.06 4:30pm, CFA 214 |  I Scream

11.07 Edge Studio | Gindroz Prize Installation

CMU EVENTS

10.26 5:00-6:00pm, McKenna/Peter, UC |Study Abroad Information Session | A general information session for students interested in study abroad.  Returnees will be on hand to talk about their experiences.

11.01 3:00pm, Alumni Concert Hall, CFA |  Admission is free!  All University Orchestra semester concert entitled "AUOvertures" which includes Brahms's Academic Overture, Bernsteins's Overture to West Side Story, and more!

The All University Orchestra, in its 12th year, is open to all members of the Carnegie Mellon University community.  Currently, AUO is made
up of about 80 members representing all 7 colleges, and 45 majors - all dedicated to making music an important part of their CMU experience.  For the past 8 years, AUO has been under the baton of conductor and music director Maria Sensi Sellner.

11.10 6:00-8:00pm, Rangos 3, 2nd floor, University Center | Register between Oct 13 and Oct 23 | Graduate students and untenured faculty in the arts, humanities, and social sciences often need access to supplemental funding to carry their work to its fullest. But funding is slim in the universities these days. Come learn how faculty in these disciplines have funded their work.  The Graduate Support Programs office invites you to its next Professional Development Seminar Faculty Grant Winners: Arts, Architecture, and Social Sciences

10.29 5:00-6:30pm, Cyert Hall B6-A | Giving Academic Presentations  Have upcoming academic presentations? Would you like advice about how to become a more effective public speaker? Do you want an opportunity to get personalized feedback before your presentation? Attend this SERIES OF TWO (2) workshops and learn how to: * Communicate clearly with academic audiences, Become comfortable with public speaking, Polish your interviewing skills, Assess your own strengths and weaknesses, Receive presentation feedback Register  Or contact Academic Development for more information.

11.05 12:00-1:30pm, Dowd Room, UC | Study Abroad Pre-departure Orientation  MANDATORY FOR ALL STUDENTS STUDYING ABROAD in Spring 2010.  You will NOT receive study abroad credit unless you attend ONE pre-departure session. Please attend - even if you have not yet been accepted or have applied and are still deciding to go abroad.  You must attend the full two hours of the orientation.  This orientation will prepare you for both cultural and practical issues regarding study abroad. You will receive all the paperwork you need to register for study abroad. Please RSVP  for ONE pre-departure orientation- please put the date of attendance in the subject line and your name in the body of the message.  Other Pre-Departure dates for the Fall 2009 semester:  Tuesday, November 10th, 4:30-6pm,McKenna/Peter Room, UC | Monday, November 23rd, 4:30-6pm, McKenna/Peter Room, UC | Thursday, December 3rd, 4:30-6pm, Dowd Room, UC

11.11 12:00-1:30pm, McKenna/Peter/Wright Room, UC | Women Abroad Lunch  Recently returned study abroad students and students considering study abroad are encouraged to attend this interactive lunch designed to address issues specific to women while abroad.   RSVP is required by November 9th. Lunch will be provided.

PITTSBURGH EVENTS

10.27-31 | boundary2 mini-conference will host Professors Tony Bogues and George Lamming. Please see the schedule of events below.

  • 10.27 12:30-2:30pm, Room 512, Cathedral of Learning | Tony Bogues Colloquium  And what about the Human? The Politics and Literatures of Freedom in Radical Anti-Colonial Thought
10.29 2:30-4:30pm, Room 501, Cathedral of Learning | Tony Bogues Lecture Critical Thinking and Ways of Life: A Radical Politics of the Imagination


  • 10.29 4:30-6:30pm, Room 501, Cathedral of Learning | George Lamming Lecture The Politics of Theory: Caribbean Literature and the Search for a New Critical Language


  • 10.30 3:00-4:30pm, Room 512, Cathedral of Learning | George Lamming Colloquium [Title and flyer forthcoming]

  • 10.31 9:30-6:00, Room 501, Cathedral  of Learning | boundary2 Mini-conference

11.06,  The Andy Warhol Museum | 2009 Pioneers Regional Symposium - The Hunter and the Philosopher: John O. Simonds Pioneer Landscape Architect

OPPORTUNITIES

The Carnegie Museum of Art is looking for student volunteers who can dedicate time in 4-hour chunks between Mon. Nov. 2 and Wed. Nov. 11 to help install an installation exhibit by world famous structural engineer, architect, and installation artist Cecil Balmond.  I attach an image from when the exhibit was at the Graham Foundation in Chicago.  It should be a great opportunity. You might get to meet Balmond, as he is coming at least one day. It looks like an interesting piece, as well.
 
Balmond works for the Arup firm in London and has helped shape some of the world's most famous buildings and structures over the past decades, including for Rem Koolhaas, Toyo Ito, Daniel Libeskind, Alvaro Siza, etc.  For an introduction to Balmond's work, click on the "read the story" link at the bottom. Then also click on the "Slide Show of Cecil Balmond's Work" button just to the right of the title for other images.
 
Details: Dates are Mon. Nov. 2 to Wed. Nov. 11, including Sat. Nov. 7. Work hours are daily 9-6. Minimum commitmenet is 4 hours, to get set up, trained, etc.  The museum will coordinate overall schedule of who can work when.  They are looking for “handy” architecture students or recent grads who are self-starters, work well with a small team to install this, etc.  As noted, the CMoA exhibit of this installation in the Forum Gallery opens to the public on Nov. 14. If nothing else, go to see the exhibit after it opens!  ** If you are interested, and can dedicate at least 4 hours, please get back to me AS SOON AS POSSIBLE by email (gutschow@andrew.cmu.edu).

11.13 Call for Presenters  Deadline 29 October | Pecha Kucha Night - Student Edition Friday, November 13 7:00-10:00pm, AVA in East Liberty

FACULTY NEWS

Steve Lee | Was invited to participate on a Merit Review Committee with the National Energy Laboratory in Golden, CO on October 7th-8th.

Don Carter & Kelly Lyons | The UDream program was featured in an online article on the homepage of AIA National.  The article was a direct result of Kelly Lyons submitting for an AIA Diversity Recognition award last month.