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Huddle with the Faculty: Gameday Seminars combine the gridiron with the classroom.

New Gameday Seminars are a series of lively, one-hour sessions with leading Rutgers scholars on such timely topics as the 2008 presidential race, advances in our everyday painkillers, and athletic arenas from Roman times to today. Each 30- to 40-minute lecture will be followed by a question-and-answer period, leaving plenty of time for tailgating before the game. The seminars take place at the Busch Campus Center “Lecture Zone.”

Rutgers v. Maryland, September 29 – Seminar starts at 12:30 p.m.

• Popular – and Racist? The Verdict on Uncle Tom’s Cabin
  Barry V. Qualls, Professor, English, and Interim Vice President for Undergraduate Education
  
• Style vs. Substance: Recognizing the Styles of America’s Historic Houses
  Carla Yanni, Associate Professor, Art History, and Assistant Vice President for Undergraduate Academic Affairs
  
• Not “If,” but “When”: Closing In on a Cure for Spinal Cord Injuries
  Wise Young, Richard H. Shindell Chair in Neuroscience, and Founding Director, W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience

• Gambling – As American as Apple Pie
  Ann V. Fabian, Professor, American Studies and History, and Area Dean of Humanities
  
• Is Plastic the Solution to Your Aches?
  Kathryn E. Uhrich, Professor, Chemistry
  
• The Politics of Pain Relief, from Oxycontin to Kevorkian
  Keith A. Wailoo, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor, History and the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research; and Director, Center for Race and Ethnicity

For a full list of seminars, visit gamedayseminars.rutgers.edu.

Reckless – an edgy version of Alice in Wonderland

The dark comedy Reckless opens on Christmas Eve, when Rachel learns that her husband has put out a contract on her life; she flees through the bedroom window just as the hit man is entering the house. From there, she is propelled through a manic journey across the country – sometimes fantastic, sometimes nightmarish – in which she finds “home” with a series of unlikely companions who are also trying to escape their pasts.

“Reckless” runs Friday, September 28 through Saturday, October 6 at Philip J. Levin Theater. Performances are September 28 and 29 and October 3, 4, 5 and 6 at 8 p.m. and September 30 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $25 for the general public, $20 for Rutgers alumni and employees and seniors, and only $15 for students with valid ID.

Philip J. Levin Theater is in the Mason Gross Performing Arts Center, 85 George Street (between Route 18 and Ryders Lane), on the Douglass Campus of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

RU Healthy Fair 2007: Reach for Good Health

October 8
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Free food, giveaways, and fun activities like dance lessons and educational exhibits will help attendees make healthy lifestyle choices.

Norman Samuels Plaza
Behind the Paul Robeson Campus Center, 350 Martin Luther King Blvd.
Rain Location: Golden Dome Athletic Center

Admission is free. For more information, contact Evelyn Ambrose at eambrose@andromeda.rutgers.edu or 973-353-5231

Famed classical duo concert to highlight South American music at Zimmerli

As a tribute to Hispanic Heritage Month, the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum will present Alturas Duo on Sunday, October 7 at 3 p.m. The program is cosponsored by the Center for Latino Arts and Culture and is free and open to the public.

Hailed as one of the most entertaining ensembles performing in the chamber music world today, Alturas Duo features Carlos Boltes on viola and charango (a South American string instrument played with quick and complex strumming patterns and single melodic lines) and Scott Hill on guitar.

The ensemble moves with ease between European baroque music, South American folk tunes and rhythms, and new music commissioned for the duo.

25th anniversary event for Rutgers’ communication and library studies school

The School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies at Rutgers will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a full day symposium on Saturday, October 13, featuring programs on headline-grabbing public concerns and notable speakers appearing throughout the day.

Speakers include news professionals from the Wall Street Journal Online, CNBC, and the Home News Tribune.

Other programs in the symposium will look at journalism and society in a time of change, graphic novels and manga, and communication as a discipline. The New Jersey Commissioner of Education, Lucille E. Davy, will participate in a presentation held by the Center for International Scholarship in School Librarianship at 2:30 p.m.

All programs will be held in the Rutgers Student Center, located on College Avenue in New Brunswick. For more information, visit the SCILS at 25 website.