Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Making Book: Mike and Beth Norman


This event is sponsored by the Journalism Department at NYU and is located on the 7th floor of 20 Cooper Square (the Journalism building!)

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Free Smoothies @ HPO's First Drink Friday!


Friday 11/13:
It's First Drink Friday at HPO in the House! Partying can be costly, and in more ways than just one. Stop by the Student Health Center's Health Promotion Office (HPO) for a free smoothie...and learn how to party smart! Free for NYU Students.

Don't Forget! The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment: A Tragedy of Race and Medicine

New York University’s College of Arts and Science will host a public lecture, “The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment: A Tragedy of Race and Medicine,” by author James H. Jones, on:
Thursday, November 12
4 p.m.
at NYU’s Hemmerdinger Hall, Silver Center for Arts and Science, Room 102

100 Washington Square East (at Washington Place).

Enter at 32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair accessible). Subway Lines: 6 (Astor Place); A, B, C, D, E, F, V (West 4th Street); R, W (8th Street).

Jones is the author of Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, America and Its People and Alfred C. Kinsey: A Public/Private Life. He will be introduced by Dr. Rueben Warren, director of Tuskegee University’s National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care and former director of Infrastructure Development for the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities at the National Institutes of Health.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact the College Dean’s Office at 212.998.8100 or email ken.kidd@nyu.edu.

NYU Presents “Poe and Beethoven” a Gothic Music Performance by Outis


New York University’s Poe Room and Office of Government and Community Affairs presents a magical and creative evening of Edgar A. Poe’s poetry combined with Ludwig van Beethoven’s music. Don’t miss this opportunity to see three members of Outis, Jered Gallagher, Michael Miduski, and Joe Stark perform live.

* WHAT: The musical group Outis performing gothic music by Edgar A. Poe & Beethoven
* WHEN: Thursday, November 12, 2009, 6:00 PM-7:00 PM
* WHERE: NYU School of Law, 245 Sullivan Street, Furman Hall, Room 216

A reception will immediately follow the performance until 8:00 PM in the Poe Room at the Law School.

This event is free and open to the public with photo ID. To RSVP, please call 212.998.6943 or email community.affairs@nyu.edu.

FREE HIV TESTING AT PALLADIUM

Location:Palladium, 140 E 14th St, 3rd Floor Multipurpose Room

Date:

Wednesday, November 11, 2009


Time: 4 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.


Do you know yours? Free HIV testing for students (oral test – no needles). Take this opportunity to be aware of your HIV status and take charge of your well-being. The process is easy and confidential.

Brought to you by the NYU HIV Testing Initiative and the Student Health Center.

INVISIBLE: From Darkness to Light




Invisible Children has been granted an incredible opportunity to create a display in the Big Apple, generating an experiential walk through the life of a child soldier.

29 Bleecker Street
New York, NY

Exhibition preview: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 from 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. On view through Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Gallery hours Tuesday to Saturday, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

For more information visit www.InvisibleChildren.com and www.parcfoundation.org.

Maximizing Your Job Search


Date: Thursday, November 12
Time: 3:30 - 4:30 pm
Location: Wasserman Presentation Room B, 133 E 13th St. 2nd Floor

An effective job or internship search requires a multi-layered approach. Discover traditional and unique ways to identify job opportunities. Hear more about how and when to begin applying for positions. Learn how to network effectively, make key industry contacts, and utilize those contacts to uncover the "hidden job market".

'Journey’ - A Unique & Provocative Inter-Active Installation into the World of Human Trafficking


When: Running all day from Nov 10th - Nov 15th
Where: Right off of Washington Square in front of Silver

Located off Washington Square Park, Exhibit Runs from November 10th to 15th; the installation will be hosted by Emma Thompson and supporters

Journey is an installation that illustrates seven stages of a woman who was trafficked into sexual slavery through exhibits created inside seven shipping containers. Each container tells the powerful and personal story and of the brutal reality experienced by such women. The seven stages are Hope, Journey, Uniform, Bedroom, Customer, Stigma and Resurrection.