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Neilly Series, 2004-2005
September 23 - David Owen
David Owen, author of Copies in Seconds: How a Lone Inventor and an Unknown Company
Created the Biggest Communication Breakthrough Since Gutenberg-Chester Carlson and the
Birth of the Xerox Machine. Listen to the spellbinding story of Carlson's determination in
producing the "the most successful commercial product in history." Owen is a staff writer for
The New Yorker and contributing editor of Golf Digest. He is the author of several books,
among them The Man Who Invented Saturday Morning and The Making of the Masters.
Introduction by Catherine Carlson. Hoyt Auditorium, 5 p.m.
October 8 - Edward P. Jones
Edward P. Jones' recently published novel The Known World won a National Book Critics Circle
Award and a Pulitzer Prize. His short stories have appeared in Essence, The Paris Review,
Ploughshares, and Callaloo. Jones taught creative writing at the University of Virginia, George
Mason University, the University of Maryland, and Princeton University. His first collection of
short stories, Lost in the City (1992) won the PEN/Hemingway Award. Introduction by Wade
Norwood. Hubbell Auditorium, 5 p.m.
November 11 - Roy Blount Jr.
Roy Blount Jr., prides himself on the fact that he has done more things, for money, than any
other humorist, novelist, journalist, dramatist, lyricist, lecturer, reviewer, performer, versifier,
cruciverbalist, sportswriter, screenwriter, anthologist, columnist, philologist of sorts that he can
think of offhand. He is a regular panelist on NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me. His essays, articles,
stories, verses and drawings have appeared in 160 different periodicals including The New
Yorker and in 160 books, including The Best of Modern Humor and The Norton Book of Light
Verse. He is a former staff writer and editor at Sports Illustrated. Blount covered the l992
Democratic and Republican conventions and Presidential election night by commenting live
from a Barcalounger on Comedy Central. Introduction by Myra Gelband. Hoyt Auditorium, 5
p.m.
January 27 - Stuart Weaver
Stuart Weaver, Professor of British History at the University of Rochester, will present
"Because It Was There: Mallory, Everest, And The 1920s." Weaver, who has a book
forthcoming on the history of Himalayan exploration and mountaineering, will focus on the
enduringly fascinating and complex figure of George Leigh Mallory. He will describe the place of
the Himalaya in the British imagination and feature photographs and illustrations from the
1920s and his own recent travels in India and Nepal. Introduction by Ernestine McHugh.
Welles-Brown Room, 5 p.m.
February 24 - Katherine Ashenburg
Katherine Ashenburg is the author of The Mourner's Dance: What We Do When People Die. Dr.
Ashenburg taught at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, and at Katholieke
Universiteit in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. She was a producer for CBC Radio and worked as
�the Arts and Books Editor for The Globe and Mail. She is often published in the Sunday travel
section of The New York Times and writes a column for Toronto Life Magazine. Dr. Ashenburg
will explore the ceremonies of modern mourning that, in North America, favors mourning that
is private and almost invisible. She will discuss how grieving customs are integrated into daily
life and the value of ritual in restoring selves and communities struck by loss. Introduction by
Bonnie Rubenstein. Welles- Brown Room, 5 p.m.
March 15 - Kim J. Vicente
Kim J. Vicente, author of The Human Factor: Revolutionizing the Way People Live with
Technology, will discuss how we can bridge the widening gap between people and technology.
Currently, Vicente is Professor of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Biomaterials &
Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, and Electrical & Computer Engineering at the
University of Toronto, and founding director of the Cognitive Engineering Laboratory. He was
on the Committee for Human Factors of the U. S. National Research Council/National Academy
of Sciences. In 1999, he was chosen by TIME as one of 25 Canadians under the age of 40 who
is a "Leader for the 21st Century who will shape Canada's future." Introduction by Renato
Perucchio. Welles-Brown Room, 5 p.m.
March 31 - Paula Treichler
Paula Treichler, Professor in the College of Medicine, the Gender & Women's Studies Program,
and the Institute for Communications Research at the University of Illinois- Champaign will
present "Medicine, Culture and Narrative Power: AIDS on General Hospital." Treichler will
explore the community and cultural responses to AIDS. She will also address AIDS in Africa.
Treichler is the Director of the Institute for Communications Research and is associated with
the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory. Her research includes AIDS; feminist theory and
pedagogy; language and gender; language and medical discourse; medicine, the media, and
communication; medical education; women in medicine; and women's health. Introduction by
Nancy Chin. Welles-Brown Room, 5 p.m.
April 21 - Charles "Chip" Groat
Charles "Chip" Groat, Director of the US Geological Service, will discuss "US Geological Survey:
125 Years of Science for America." He will talk about how the USGS began as surveys of the
West in the 1870s and has evolved into a natural science agency that is involved in many more
societally relevant matters than most of the general public realizes. These include natural
hazards, water resources, energy resource assessments, biological systems studies, and
serving as the nation's civilian mapping agency. For example, the USGS maintains national and
global seismic networks that monitor earthquake activity and works with a variety of agencies
on earthquake preparedness. Introduction by John Tardano. Welles-Brown Room, 5 p.m.
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<span>Roy Blount Jr., prides himself on the fact that he has done more things, for money, than any other humorist, novelist, journalist, dramatist, lyricist, lecturer, reviewer, performer, versifier, cruciverbalist, sportswriter, screenwriter, anthologist, columnist, philologist of sorts that he can think of offhand. He is a regular panelist on NPR's </span><em>Wait Wait Don't Tell Me.</em><span> His essays, articles, stories, verses and drawings have appeared in 160 different periodicals including </span><em>The New Yorker</em><span> and in 160 books, including </span><em>The Best of Modern Humor</em><span> and </span><em>The Norton Book of Light Verse.</em><span> He is a former staff writer and editor at </span><em>Sports Illustrated. </em><span>Blount covered the l992 Democratic and Republican conventions and Presidential election night by commenting live from a Barcalounger on Comedy Central. <br /><br />Introduction by Myra Gelband.</span><span><br /></span>
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