Events for October 25, 2024 - May 10, 2024

Senior Portraits

Whitten UC Lobby by the front desk

This is the FINAL chance for seniors to be featured in the Ibis Yearbook. Appointments can be made via ibisyearbook.com. There is a $25 sitting fee to be paid at the appointment. Please be sure to wear business casual attire.

Ribeiro Innovation Fund Speaker Series: Thomas Tucker, Associate Professor

Wolfson Building, 1021

Thomas Tucker received his BFA from Kansas City Art Institute and his MFA from School of the Art Institute of Chicago where he was a Joan Mitchell MFA grant recipient. He has been evolving complex drawings into animation/kinetic sculptural pieces using 3D software and sound design for over a decade. Prof. Tucker maintains an international profile through his exhibition record and his collaborative research, which often takes him to Japan and the Middle East. Some of these projects include: dealing with body mechanics using motion capture, using technology to create [...]

SoC Research Lecture Series: Dr. Martin Scott, How does media coverage influence humanitarian aid?

Zoom

Does media influence governments’ allocation of humanitarian aid – if so, how? This question has puzzled media and political communication scholars since the 1990s, with grand claims being made for the so-called ‘CNN Effect’, many of which were subsequently discredited. In this research lecture, Dr. Scott revisits these issues using rare in-depth interviews with 30 directors and senior policymakers in 16 of the world’s largest donor countries. Dr. Scott is an Associate Professor in Media and International Development, at the University of East Anglia in the UK. He is currently [...]