Monday, November 26

• 10:00 AM MSE PhD Prospectus Defense of Alket Mertiri
• 12:00 PM ASC Walter Rodney Seminar: “After the Liberation: Algeria 1962-2012: reflections on the experience of independence”
• 12:15 PM East Asian Archaeology Forum (EAAF) Lecture
• 3:00 PM South African Muslims and Democracy: Law, Religion and Identity," - Abdolkader Tayob
• 4:00 PM Chemistry Colloquium: Professor Christine Thomas, Brandeis University
•   Keeping Time with the Cosmos: The Role of Astronomy in 8th Century Maya Society
• 5:00 PM Jack Falla Speaker Series: John Buccigross
• 6:00 PM Bending the Cost Curve? Innovative Models of Healthcare Delivery

Tuesday, November 27

• 7:00 PM A Night With Noah Feldman, Harvard Law Professor and Constitutional Expert
•   No Queer Left Behind: LGBT Students' Education Rights
•   Keeping the Faith Through the Priest Abuse Scandal: A Survivor Tells his Story

Wednesday, November 28

• 12:00 PM SE PhD Prospectus Defense of Alphan Ulusoy
•   Is Lowering Amyloid Beta Peptide the Answer for Treating Alzheimer's? From Basics to Specifics
• 2:00 PM Condensed Matter Theory Seminar
• 5:00 PM Art's Abject Other of the 'New Cool': Rethinking the Art/Craft Dichotomy
•   @SchneiderMike: The Role of Authentic Content in Modern Branding
• 6:30 PM Professor Martin Pearlman: "Performing Handel's Messiah"

Thursday, November 29

• 12:30 PM BUCH Fellows' Seminar: Anna Henchman
• 12:45 PM Systems Biology Seminar
• 2:00 PM Anatomy & Neurobiology Seminar
•   REDCap Users Group
• 4:00 PM CISE Seminar: Clayton Scott, University of Michigan (Cosponsored with the Statistics and Probability Seminar Series)
• 4:30 PM The Plight of Shi'a Religious Schools in Ba'thist Iraq: A Study of the Captured Ba'th Party Archive
• 5:00 PM WORLD AIDS DAY PANEL
• 5:30 PM Object Lessons and American Material Culture - Sarah Carter