The Consulting and Entrepreneurship Club is an endeavor "for-th e-students-by-the-students". We encourage you to attend the seminars and in teract with the speakers. They are doing this 'pro-bono' and as the benefic iary of the information they are sharing with us so generously, we should make it a point that they go back with a high opinion of our students/post- docs. We can ensure this by active participation and making the seminars in teractive. The speakers indicate that they are putting the effort so that t hey can tap into the talent pool at the Texas Medical Center. Let us facili tate that by enthusiastically attending the seminars. Title: Scientists as Entrepreneurs: informal discussion, please come prepared with questions as the speaker prefers an interactive session rather than a monologue. Venue: Room 187A Cullen, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, H ouston 77030. Time: 4pm onwards Date: July 24th THURSDAY Speaker: Ri chard M. Scruggs President Salient Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Prin cipal Winston Sage Partners Director Center for New Ventures and Entre preneurship Mays Business School, Texas A&M University Mr. Scruggs' un ique background includes hands-on business, education, technology commerc ialization and economic development experience. His work has included activ ities in industries as diverse as IT, life sciences, professional service s and agriculture. For more, see http://gsa.rice.edu/content/scientists -entrepreneurs-informal-discussion-0

The Rice University Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies invites Rice graduate students and Postdocs to a special lunchtime event: n "An intimate conversation with Alicia Castillo, Ph.D." Friday, July 25 Duncan Hall 1042 12:30 pm A light lunch will be provided to the fi rst 25 to arrive. Dr. Castillo will discuss the findings of her new book , From Brain to Gain, to explore how smart individuals take different pat hways to create knowledge or to create wealth. As a former scientist turned entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Dr. Castillo navigates through the r eflections that guide people to measure success in a way that supports or h alts prosperity. Brainers’ goals are based on creating knowledge and innova tions, Gainers’ goals are based on a triple bottom line: achievement, use and payback. The main distinctions between Gainers and Brainers reside in the questions they ask more than the answers they create regarding three cr itical areas: control, interaction and rewards. For more information about Dr. Castillo, visit her website at: http://www.wealthing.com/

The Loan Closet at the Rice Graduate Apartments is in desperate need of some graduate student help. Students are needed to help organize inventory, direct new students, repair furniture and appliances, and sim ply help the ladies who run the Loan Closet reach high shelves. All you have to do is show up at the Rice Graduate Apartments, 1515 Bissonnett, R oom 149. Contact persons are Mary Lou Margrave 713-667-9887 and Marcy Jo hnson 713-529-2342.

Come celebrate the day the French gloriously surrendered...to t hemselves! Coinciding with National Ice Cream Month as decreed by Ronald Re agan, we will be hosting Rice's first Bastille Day/National Ice Cream Mont h Extravaganza! What: The Three Musketeers (Kiefer Sutherland and Charl ie Sheen) and FREE rum & Coke floats made with Texas' own Blue Bell Ice Cre am French beer in Valhalla following the movie When: Movie starts at 6 :30 Where: Movie - Graduate Student Lounge After-party - Valhalla W hy: Getting fat on ice cream and mocking the French - its simply American!

Title: A Pathway from Ph.D. to Consulting Practice Presenter : Robert N. Cuyler, Ph.D., is the Senior Vice President of Diamond Health care, Inc., and serves as Director of the company's Consulting Practices Group. Diamond Healthcare, with home office in Richmond, Virginia and Wes tern Division in Houston, Texas, provides behavioral health management an d consulting services to more than 80 hospitals nationwide. Dr. Cuyler has successfully established psychiatric telemedicine programs in more than 20 rural hospitals and physician offices over the past 6 years. Dr. Cuyler received his Ph.D. in Psychology from Louisiana State University and Post-D octoral Fellowship from the Menninger Foundation. He served as president of the Association for Ambulatory Behavioral Healthcare and previously was a member of the National Institute of Mental Health's National Mental Health Leadership Council. He has previously served on the Board of the Mental Hea lth Association of Houston and Harris County and is a member of the Rice Un iversity Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship and a judge at the an nual Rice Business Plan Competition. Dr. Cuyler brings 25 years experien ce in Healthcare practice, management, consulting, and entrepreneurship. The Baylor-Rice Consulting and Entrepreneurship Club (http://bcmricecon sulting.rice.edu/) is an endeavor "for-the-students-by-the-students". This week we have two seminars (the 12th and 13th amongst those we have organize d). We encourage you to attend the seminars and interact with the speakers. They are doing this 'pro-bono' and as the beneficiary of the information t hey are sharing with us so generously, we should make it a point that they go back with a high opinion of our students/post-docs. We can ensure this by active participation and making the seminars interactive. The speakers i ndicate that they are putting the effort so that they can tap into the tale nt pool at the Texas Medical Center / Rice University. Let us facilitate th at by enthusiastically attending the seminars.

Title: Forging a commercialization pathway in academia Prese nter: Kyriacos Athanasiou, Ph.D. Dr. Athanasiou is the Karl F. Hasselmann professor of bioengineering and director of the musculoskeletal bioengineer ing laboratory at Rice University. He is a member of the board of directors of the 3,000-member Biomedical Engineering Society and is also a BMES Fel low, a past-president of the society and a former chair of both its financ e and membership committees. Dr. Athanasiou also serves as faculty adviser to Rice's student chapter of BMES and holds 22 patents and has published mo re than 250 scientific papers, book chapters, abstracts and conference pr oceedings. He earned his B.S. from New York Institute of Technology and his M.S., Ph.M. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. The Baylor-Rice Consul ting and Entrepreneurship Club (http://bcmriceconsulting.rice.edu/) is an e ndeavor "for-the-students-by-the-students". This week we have two seminars (the 12th and 13th amongst those we have organized). We encourage you to at tend the seminars and interact with the speakers. They are doing this 'pro- bono' and as the beneficiary of the information they are sharing with us so generously, we should make it a point that they go back with a high opini on of our students/post-docs. We can ensure this by active participation an d making the seminars interactive. The speakers indicate that they are putt ing the effort so that they can tap into the talent pool at the Texas Medic al Center / Rice University. Let us facilitate that by enthusiastically att ending the seminars.

This Sunday the 29th Willy's Pub will be televising the Euro Cu p Championship game--Germany v. Spain. There will be cheap beer, free food , and good times. Doors open at 1.00p and the game starts about 1.45p Hope to see you there.

7th Annual TunaFest: SUS-TUNA-BILITY Friday, June 27, 2008 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM Courtyard - Space Science Building Join the Sma lley Institute at the 7th Annual Tuna Fest: SUS-TUNA-BILITY. As always, we 'll have some tuna caught by the staff members themselves from the Outer Ba nks of North Carolina, as well as hamburgers, veggie burgers, and hot do gs for everyone. So, come out and enjoy good food, live music and great c ompany while learning a little about what the Smalley Institute does.

The Loan Closet at the Rice Graduate Apartments is in desperate need of some graduate student help. Students are needed to help organize inventory, direct new students, repair furniture and appliances, and sim ply help the ladies who run the Loan Closet reach high shelves. All you have to do is show up at the Rice Graduate Apartments, 1515 Bissonnett, R oom 149. Contact persons are Mary Lou Margrave 713-667-9887 and Marcy Jo hnson 713-529-2342.

Watch the Owls play their first game in the College World Serie s

Discussion of GSA events, projects and issues. All grad studen ts are welcome. Free pizza. Tent agenda for Oct meeting: Cain Project Commencement Speaker committee - need one GSA rep Retreat Recap Pavilion Plans (contact BJ Almond) Halloween Party Oct 27th SEEK Enrichment grant request Mini Soccer World Cup grant request GSA Officers at National Grad Student Conf

Join the Wellness Center for a FREE LUNCH and discussion with Lucy McLaughlin of the MD Anderson Public Education Office to hear the lat est information on disease prevention and screening. Discuss the best use o f sunscreens for optimal protection and learn how to detect changes or abno rmalities of the skin. Thursday, May 22nd 12:00 - 1:00 PM Farnsworth P avilion, Ley Student Center Graduate students are encouraged to join us for a FREE lunch and door prizes! Rice faculty and staff are welcome. P lease RSVP to wellness@rice.edu. http://wellness.rice.edu 713-348-5194 n

Class of 2008 Convocation for degree candidates and guests an d The Shepherd School of Music Presidential Concert

We are delighted to announce the 2008 Rice Doctoral Hooding Ceremony. We want to make this is a special ceremony for you to share with your family and friends. During the ceremony, your thesis director will b e announced, and the faculty member of your choice will put your hood in p lace. The ceremony will take place on Friday May 9th from 2:00 P.M.-4:00 P.M. in the Stude Concert Hall at the Shepherd School of Music (Alice Prat t Brown Hall -- see campus map). Doors will open @ 1:15 P.M. and everyone m ust be seated no later than 1:50 P.M. Immediately following the ceremony th ere will be a reception for students, friends and families. President D avid Leebron will be the speaker at the hooding ceremony. A still photograp h of each doctoral graduate will be made by a professional photographer wor king on the platform. Parking will be available in the parking lot adjacent to Alice Pratt Brown Hall (see campus map). Due to limited seating, ea ch student may reserve up to four tickets; this includes children and thos e with special needs. A waiting list will be available for students to requ est additional tickets. Graduate students will be contacted regarding the w ait list process. Guests with special seating needs will be accommodated. D ue to limited space in these sections, only one family member or guest wil l be allowed to join the guest requiring the special seating. For genera l information regarding commencement activities see the University website regarding Commencement 2008. Attention Doctoral Students: In late March you will receive an email with instructions on how to register for this spe cial ceremony, provide thesis information for the program, provide the na me of your thesis director, select your hooding faculty member, request s pecial accommodations, reserve up to 4 tickets to the ceremony, request y our name be placed on a wait list for tickets that may become available pri or to the ceremony. Please keep in mind you are only guaranteed four ticket s. If you are not contacted by April 1, 2008; please email hooding@rice.e du. We are very excited about the 2008 Rice Doctoral Hooding Ceremony a nd look forward to celebrating this honored event with you. Dr. Paula Sa nders Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies http://rgs.rice.edu/G rad/GSA/hooding.cfm

See: http://www.students.rice.edu/students/Commencement.asp

It's here, it's finally here!!! What's better than Christma s, Halloween, New Year's, and the Superbowl all wrapped into one? No Pan ts Day of course!! To participate in no pants day, you simply don't wea r pants. No cheating like putting on shorts, etc, just wake up and get dressed as usual but neglect to put pants on. Come into Valhalla wearing just boxers, briefs, panties or whatnot for $0.50 Shiner whatever all da y long!

Peak Oil - Future Challenges With Panelists: Dr. Nansen G . Saleri CEO and President, Quantum Reservoir Impact Dr.Amy Myers Jaff e Wallace S.Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies Paul S.Wallace Vice Presid ent and ChiefTechnology Officer,Hunton Energy Moderated by: Dr.Steve D anbom Geophysical consultant and adjunct faculty at Rice University Ref reshments will be served. Please RSVP to eak4412@rice.edu For more info rmation please see: http://terra.rice.edu/events/peakoil.html Baker Ins titute for Public Policy,Rice University AAPG & SEG student chapters Ric e University

It is time for Rice Turkish Students Association's annual Turki sh Night. Come and join us this Wednesday April 23 at 6:30pm in RMC Grand nHall. We will serve famous Turkish cuisine starting with tasty appetize rs, continue with varieties of main dishes and at the end well known Tur kish desserts such as baklava with authentic Turkish tea and Turkish coffe e. Next, Turkish folkloric dances will be performed by professional da ncers. In addition to all these activities, posters, banners, brochures introducing Turkey will be distributed and Anatolian artifacts exhibited . Plus, door prizes will be given at the end of our event. Admission f ee is only $2.

The Brochstein Pavilion is finally opening up! Join us Friday , April 25 from 2:00–5:00 p.m. on the west side of Fondren Library for Fre e Coffee and Ice Cream. ---------- About the Pavilion.. The Pavilion is designed to allow natural light to filter down on the plaza area compar able to the way it does through Rice’s numerous oak trees. The structure wi ll incorporate a number of sustainable characteristics, including natural lighting from light scoops and a mechanical system fed from the floor. A co ffee bar will be located in the center of the building. Plasma screens, co uches and chairs will be located in an additional space within the Pavilion . Once construction is complete, an additional 50 trees will be on site. 2 2 live oaks will be planted along the central quad, bordering the pavilion area.

Its fiesta time at Rice University, and the Graduate Student Association invites you to find your inner Mexican on Segundo de Mayo! F or your tasting pleasure, Mexican themed snacks, such as mexican sweet b reads, snow cones, arroz con leche, chips, and salsa will be served. T raditional drinks such as Horchata, Margaritas, and St. Arnold's beer wi ll be served. Activities include blindfolded pinata breaking and a salsa eating competition The Grand Prize: A $25 Taco Cabana gift card Mariac his and traditional Mexican Folk dancers (ballet Folklorico) will perform. n Come join "La Parranda" and you might just learn a little Spanish, Comp rende? Volunteers are desperately needed. For your hard work you will b e given a special wristband that will enable you to skip all lines. If in terested please send an email with "Segundo de Mayo Volunteer" on the subj ect line to Edward Gonzalez at efg@rice.edu. Please indicate if you are a trained alcohol server (TABC or CHOICES)

Congratulations to the 2008 recipients of the GSA Awards: Faculty Teaching/Mentoring Award Dr Janice Hewitt Dr Stephan Link (Chem istry) Faculty/Staff Service Award Carlos Amaro (Bioengineering) M ark Pierce (Bioengineering) Robert Lowry Patten Award Noah Bedard (Bioengineering) Laura Renee Chandler (History) Shuijing Li (Mathematics) Nadhi Thekkek (Bioengineering) GSA Service Award Nikhil Gheewala (Bioengineering) April Smith (Bioengineering) All members of the Ric e community are welcome to attend - Please RSVP by Friday, April 25th to n al@rice.edu if you would like to reserve a lunch.

The GSA Spring picnic is coming up on April 18th, 4pm-8pm, outside Valhalla. We’ll have FREE burgers (including veggie burgers), food from various cultural graduate student organizations on campus, beer, wi ne, soda, and water. Plus a LIVE BAND and other forms of entertainmen t. See you there! How to cut in line: We are looking for voluntee rs to help make the Spring Picnic happen. Volunteers will receive special w ristbands to allow them to cut to the front of any line: food, drinks, ma ybe even the restrooms. Please consider volunteering for the following posi tions: Set-up: 2-4pm Clean-up: 8-8:30pm ID Checker/Wrist Bands (need TABC or Alcohol Server training by Wellness Center) - any hou r from 4-8pm Bartending (need TABC or Alcohol Server training by Wellness Center) - any hour from 4-8pm Security: any hour from 4-8pm Grilling: any hour from 3-8pm On-call Caregivers Please email kristjan@ rice.edu or matson@rice.edu with your NAME and PHONE NUMBER if you would li ke to sign up or have any questions.

This year's event will include a joint Holocaust art exhibi tion by Mr. Avraham Sapir (Israeli Holocaust survivor and artist) and Dr. S aul Balagura (local artist). Following opening remarks by the Consuls Gener al of Germany and Israel, Professor Shlomo Aronson, an expert on the hist ory of the Holocaust, will give a presentation entitled "Hitler, the Alli es, and the Jews." For further information regarding the event, plea se feel free to contact Oded Hod at 832-330-6441 or by email at Oded.Hod@ri ce.edu. • 6:00 PM - Joint Holocaust art exhibition by Mr. Avraham Sapi r (Israeli artist and Holocaust survivor) and Dr. Saúl Balagura (local art ist) • 7:15 PM - Reception and opening remarks by the Consuls General of G ermany and Israel • 7:30 PM - "Hitler, the Allies, and the Jews", lectu re by Prof. Shlomo Aronson, Department of Political Sciences, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Sponsored by: The Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance, The Consulate General of Israel, The James A. Baker III Instit ute for Public Policy, The Israeli House, The Graduate Student Associatio n, the Office of Judicial Affairs, Houston Hillel, and the Holocaust Mus eum of Houston * Please note security advisory, directions, and parkin g instructions at: www.boniukcenter.org

12:00 Rachel Buchman begin set 12:40 Rachel Buchman/David Dove Trio set change, David Dove Trio sound check 1:05 David Dove Trio begin set 1:45 David Dove Trio/ Social Insects set change, Social Insects sound

This workshop is brought to you by a collaboration between CO MSOL and the Rice Photonic Owls (our local SPIE Student Chapter) and is fre e of charge. Introduction to COMSOL (David Kan): 9:25am - 10:25am McMu rtry Auditorium (Duncan 1055) Student Presentations: 10:40am - 12:00pm McMurtry Auditorium (Duncan 1055) RF Module Minicourse (David Kan): 1:0 0pm - 2:45pm Sewell 301 Heat Transfer Minicourse (David Kan): 3:00pm - 4: 45pm Sewell 301 sign up at: http://www.comsol.com/events/rice/3222

EEB GSA & GEOUnion 2nd Annual Crawfish Boil - open to all gra d students When: Friday, April 11th, 4:00 pm until 7:00 pm Who: all R ice Graduate Students. What: Free Crawfish, Veggies, Beverages, and a w hole lot of fun. Where: Courtyard between Anderson Biology Labs and Keith Weiss Geology (Across the street from the RMC).

Imagine top-notch comedy, two seasoned performers with uniqu e 'hooks', and beneath it all, an implicit but not preachy message of he aling and understanding. Who: 1 Muslim (Azhar Usman) + 1 Jew(Bob Alper) What: A night of stand-up comedy Where: Baker College Commons When: Tue sday, April 8th, @ 8:00 PM (but the doors open at 7:45) Tickets: None. J ust bring your Rice ID. Contact: 713-526-4918, www.houstonhillel.org; ms a@rice.edu Sponsored by: Houston Hillel: Fdn for Jewish Campus Life, Ri ce Muslim Students Association, Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance For more, go to http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=9780756623&ref=mf. n

Recently business research firm Basex named information overl oad the "problem of the year" and estimated that it costs $650 billion ann ually. According to a 2005 UK study, information overload can lower IQ by as much as 10 points. Feeling overwhelmed by the deluge of information ? Lisa Spiro, director of the Digital Media Center, will provide practic al tips for dealing with information overload as part of the Teaching with Technology brown bag series, which is sponsored by Fondren Library's Dig ital Media Center and Information Technology's Educational Technologies gr oup. She will discuss methods such as the "Getting Things Done" approach as well as computer-based tools for finding information, managing projec ts and to-do lists, organizing research, and more. Free box lunches w ill be provided to the first 15 people who register online at http://libra ry.rice.edu/news-events-folder/infooverloadbb/view

Dean Paula Sanders is sponsoring a workshop on Wednesday, Apri l 9th at noon in Sewall 307, on the topic of Academic Advising. Academ ic advising is more than just helping students pick courses. Come learn the latest thinking on student advising. Learn the qualities of good advisors and the skills you'll need to become a good advisor. Brian Gibson, PhD Assistant Dean of Undergraduates Director of Academic Advising Whe n? Wednesday, April 9 What time? noon Where? S ewall Hall, Room 307 All graduate students, post-docs, and faculty are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served. Neshia Brown E xecutive Assistant Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Phone: 713-348-4002 Email: nabrown@rice.edu

Over the last few years, there has been extreme demand for the use of Rice ITs two non-glossy plotters during a very short period at the tail end of the spring semester when Architecture students are plotting the ir final projects. Beginning Wednesday, April 9th, and continuing thro ugh Tuesday, April 15th, you can anticipate long queues at the plotters i n the Mudd building. In order to reduce this congestions, and recognizing the low use of the one glossy plotter at this time, the plotter that norma lly is loaded with glossy paper will have regular paper instead. Consequ ently, if you want a glossy plot or don't want to get stuck in a long queu e, do your work quickly before Architecture's "crunch week" begins. If thi s is not possible, please consult IT Help Desk staff for other options, i ncluding the Digital Media Center’s plotter and commercial printing (Kinko' s, A&E Graphics, etc.). The Help Desk can be contacted at helpdesk@rice.e du.

Three Sessions on Clear Writing Style For Graduate and Undergr aduate Students April 14 (M), 15 (T), 16 (W), 4:00 p.m. – Sewall Hal l (SH) 307 These three workshops present techniques for achieving effec tive and elegant communication and becoming better readers of one’s own wo rk. Each module introduces key vocabulary for talking about writing and r eviews fundamental principles for editing for coherence and cohesion. Topi cs progress from sentence-level editing techniques to precise problem sta tements, claims, argument structure, and revising for specific audience s.

Scroll down for the list of workshops Celebrate with us! nThe Cain Project in Engineering and Professional Communication is celebrat ing the conclusion of ten years of operation with a series of workshops and events. Faculty, post-docs, and graduate students are invited to attend workshops about using materials on oral presentations, writing, and visua l design available to all in a new OWL-Space tool, on Connexions, and on a Web site. Free lunches The first fifteen persons to register for an y noon workshop will receive free box lunches from Stone Mill Bakers. Conta ct Julia Amborski at cainproj@rice.edu to register for any workshop and cla im a lunch if the workshop is held at noon. Why integrate communication instruction into your courses? Interactive lectures, short writing assign ments, reports, oral presentations, group projects, and posters can hel p students explore, analyze, and summarize their work. Expect better pape rs and presentations from them, too! New Communication Folder Tool on O WL-Space The Communication Folder taps an archive of materials that will f ill your course communication folder instantly and support student projects . Come learn about using these materials in the short workshops listed in t he table on the next page and in the descriptions that follow. EXTRA! S pecial sessions on writing and editing for post-docs, grad students, and undergrads on April 14-16 from 4 to 5 p.m. Recommend these to your studen ts and advisees. To register for workshops send an email to cainproj@ri ce.edu. Overview of Cain Project Materials in Connexions, OWLSpace, an d the Web March 31 (M), noon, April 1 (T), 12:10 p.m., April 7 (M), noon – Sewall Hall (SH) 303 Integrating Communication Instruction int o Courses: Sample Strategies and Syllabi March 31 (M), noon, April 9 (W ), noon – Sewall Hall (SH) 305 Designing Clear Communication Assignme nts: Samples from Several Courses April 1 (T), 12:10 p.m. – Sewall Hall (SH) 305 Introducing Intercultural and International Communication for Projects Abroad April 2 (W), noon – Sewall Hall (SH) 303 Giving Feed back on Students’ PowerPoints April 2 (W), noon - Sewall Hall (SH) 305 n Giving Feedback on Students’ Posters March 31 (M), 2:00 p.m., April 9 (W), 2:00 p.m. – Sewall Hall (SH) 307 Integrating Discussion Groups into Large Lecture Classes April 2 (W), 2:00 p.m. – Sewall Hall (SH) 3 07 Giving Feedback to Students on Their Oral Presentations March 31 (M) , 3:30 p.m. – Sewall Hall (SH) 307 April 8 (T), 3:30 p.m. - Herring Hall 100 Managing Groups and Teaching Collaborative Writing April 1 (W) , 3:30 p.m. – Herring Hall 100 Instructing about Plagiarism and Parap hrase April 2 (W), 3:30 p.m., April 7 (M), 2:00 p.m. – Sewall Hall ( SH) 307 Coaching Dissertation Students on Thesis Writing April 8 (T), 12:10 p.m. – Sewall Hall (SH) 303 Interactive Lectures and Short Writi ng April 8 (T), 2 p.m. – Herring Hall 100 April 9 (W), noon – Sewal l Hall (SH) 303 Designing Communication Assignments to Facilitate Feedba ck and Professional Assessment April 7 (M), noon – Sewall Hall (SH) 305 Introduction to the Method Behind the Style Modules April 8 (T) 12:10 p.m. – Sewall Hall (SH) 305 Giving Feedback on Written Work April 7 ( M) 3:30 p.m. – Sewall Hall (SH) 307 Improving Students’ Writing with C ain Project Modules on Clear Writing Style April 9 (W), 3:30 p.m. – Sew all Hall (SH) 307 Three Sessions on Clear Writing Style For Graduate and Undergraduate Students April 14 (M), 4:00 p.m., April 15 (T), 4:00 p. m., April 16 (W), 4:00 p.m. – Sewall Hall (SH) 307 To register for workshops send an email to cainproj@rice.edu.

Scroll down for the list of workshops Celebrate with us! nThe Cain Project in Engineering and Professional Communication is celebrat ing the conclusion of ten years of operation with a series of workshops and events. Faculty, post-docs, and graduate students are invited to attend workshops about using materials on oral presentations, writing, and visua l design available to all in a new OWL-Space tool, on Connexions, and on a Web site. Free lunches The first fifteen persons to register for an y noon workshop will receive free box lunches from Stone Mill Bakers. Conta ct Julia Amborski at cainproj@rice.edu to register for any workshop and cla im a lunch if the workshop is held at noon. Why integrate communication instruction into your courses? Interactive lectures, short writing assign ments, reports, oral presentations, group projects, and posters can hel p students explore, analyze, and summarize their work. Expect better pape rs and presentations from them, too! New Communication Folder Tool on O WL-Space The Communication Folder taps an archive of materials that will f ill your course communication folder instantly and support student projects . Come learn about using these materials in the short workshops listed in t he table on the next page and in the descriptions that follow. EXTRA! S pecial sessions on writing and editing for post-docs, grad students, and undergrads on April 14-16 from 4 to 5 p.m. Recommend these to your studen ts and advisees. To register for workshops send an email to cainproj@ri ce.edu. Overview of Cain Project Materials in Connexions, OWLSpace, an d the Web March 31 (M), noon, April 1 (T), 12:10 p.m., April 7 (M), noon – Sewall Hall (SH) 303 Integrating Communication Instruction int o Courses: Sample Strategies and Syllabi March 31 (M), noon, April 9 (W ), noon – Sewall Hall (SH) 305 Designing Clear Communication Assignme nts: Samples from Several Courses April 1 (T), 12:10 p.m. – Sewall Hall (SH) 305 Introducing Intercultural and International Communication for Projects Abroad April 2 (W), noon – Sewall Hall (SH) 303 Giving Feed back on Students’ PowerPoints April 2 (W), noon - Sewall Hall (SH) 305 n Giving Feedback on Students’ Posters March 31 (M), 2:00 p.m., April 9 (W), 2:00 p.m. – Sewall Hall (SH) 307 Integrating Discussion Groups into Large Lecture Classes April 2 (W), 2:00 p.m. – Sewall Hall (SH) 3 07 Giving Feedback to Students on Their Oral Presentations March 31 (M) , 3:30 p.m. – Sewell Hall (SH) 307 April 8 (T), 3:30 p.m. - Herring Hall 100 Managing Groups and Teaching Collaborative Writing April 1 (W) , 3:30 p.m. – Herring Hall 100 Instructing about Plagiarism and Parap hrase April 2 (W), 3:30 p.m., April 7 (M), 2:00 p.m. – Sewall Hall ( SH) 307 Coaching Dissertation Students on Thesis Writing April 8 (T), 12:10 p.m. – Sewall Hall (SH) 303 Interactive Lectures and Short Writi ng April 8 (T), 2 p.m. – Herring Hall 100 April 9 (W), noon – Sewal l Hall (SH) 303 Designing Communication Assignments to Facilitate Feedba ck and Professional Assessment April 7 (M), noon – Sewall Hall (SH) 305 Introduction to the Method Behind the Style Modules April 8 (T) 12:10 p.m. – Sewall Hall (SH) 305 Giving Feedback on Written Work April 7 ( M) 3:30 p.m. – Sewall Hall (SH) 307 Improving Students’ Writing with C ain Project Modules on Clear Writing Style April 9 (W), 3:30 p.m. – Sew all Hall (SH) 307 Three Sessions on Clear Writing Style For Graduate and Undergraduate Students April 14 (M), 4:00 p.m., April 15 (T), 4:00 p. m., April 16 (W), 4:00 p.m. – Sewall Hall (SH) 307 To register for workshops send an email to cainproj@rice.edu.

Meeting may occur Mon or Tues We will be discussing the upco ming events for April, which will include the following: Crawfish Boil S pring Picnic GSA/Jones School Partio event and for the beginning of May, Cinco de Mayo

M. Jonathan Haire, PhD Nuclear Science and Technology Divisio n Oak Ridge National Laboratory All graduate students, post-docs, and faculty are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served.

St. Arnolds’ Tie Dye Night at Valhalla · St. Arnol ds’ brews featured on tap: Elissa IPA (cask), Spring Bock, Amber, Lawnmo wer · Free St. Arnolds Promotional Gear - Part of GSA's Wil ly Week preparations for Beer Bike (March 15th)

Try out for GSA's women's or men's chug teams! No experience ex pected! Or, convince your friends to do it and laugh at their failure! n Chug beer, water, or any other beverage.

Real Ale Night at Valhalla and Mock Beer Bike · Real Ale brews featured on tap: Fireman's #4, Rio Blanco Pale Ale, Brewhouse Brown · Free Real Ale Promotional Gear · Participat e in mock beer bike at the bike track 5 pm - Part of GSA's Willy Week pr eparations for Beer Bike (March 15th)

President’s Lecture Series of Diverse Scholars As journa list Sonia Nazario clung to the top of a freight train dubbed “the train of death” with a young Honduran boy named Enrique, she had little time to co nsider changing the world or winning prizes. Her chronicle of Enrique’s bra ve odyssey to reunite with his mother in the United States, first recounte d in a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper series, later in her book “Enrique ’s Journey” and now in an upcoming movie for HBO, is a gripping personal p erspective on one of today’s most challenging and divisive issues: immigrat ion. In sharing the epic journey that thousands of immigrant children ma ke each year to find their mothers in the United States, Nazario explores the perils modern day immigrants face. With a reporter’s eye on the truth, she humanizes the issue, posing new perspectives that fall on both sides , while offering ways to change the national dialogue on the influx of immi grants and the effects they have on the state of the nation. A projects reporter for The Los Angeles Times, Nazario has spent more than two decade s reporting and writing about social issues and garnering dozens of awards , including the George Polk Award for International Reporting and the Grand Prize of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards. Tackling hot-button issu es such as hunger, drug addiction and immigration, she combines sensitivi ty with a sensible viewpoint on the subject matter.

The biggest event at Rice all spring - Beer Bike - Congre gate at Valhalla in the late morning - At 11am, walk over to the bike track behind Rice Stadium. GSA's cheering area is within the track - you wi ll need a GSA Beer Bike T-shirt to enter and a wristband to drink beer. - Race Start Times: Alumni - 1pm, Women - 2pm, Men - 3pm - After the races, meet again at Valhalla for a GSA victory party - no matter who win s!

GSA is planning events for Mon-Fri before Beer Bike on March 15 th. More details to come. Monday - Small kick-off event @ Valhalla Tues day - GSA Happy Hour @ L'il Woodrows on Morningside Wednesday - Rio Blanco brewery promotions @ Valhalla Thursday - Tie-dyeing and St. Arnold brewer y promotions @ Valhalla Friday - Pre-Beer Bike Bash, Team announcements a nd Pi(e) Day celebrations @ Valhalla Saturday - Beer Bike - Congrega te at Valhalla in the late morning - At 11am, walk over to the bike trac k behind Rice Stadium. GSA's cheering area is within the track - you will n eed a GSA Beer Bike T-shirt to enter and a wristband to drink beer. - Rac e Start Times: Alumni - 1pm, Women - 2pm, Men - 3pm - After the races, meet again at Valhalla for a GSA victory party - no matter who wins!

Little Woodrow’s Drink Special 7:00-10:30pm (Rice Village locat ion only) · $3.25 draft pints (excludes Guinness and Woodchuck) n · $3.00 frozen mimosas · $3.00 house wines (red and white) Bring Rice ID to receive drink special wristbands -Part of GSA 's Willy Week preparations for Beer Bike (March 15th)

Please join the Black Graduate Student Association Wednesday , March 19, 2008 for the 2nd Annual BGSA Spring Lecture Series featuring K athleen Neal Cleaver. The event will be held in Shell Oil Auditorium in the Jones Graduate School of Management and will begin at 6 pm. Kathleen Cleaver is a world-class human rights activist and scholar. In 1967 she be came the first female member of the Black Panther Party’s Central Committee . She traveled across the country serving as the Panther’s Communications S ecretary and spokesperson, eventually organizing the historic “Free Huey” campaign on behalf of Panther’s founder, Huey P. Newton. Cleaver also spen t a large part of the early 1970s in exile with her husband and Black Panth er’s Minister of Information Eldridge Cleaver. In the years after her in volvement with the Panthers, Cleaver has gone on to have a successful care er as a gifted lawyer and educator. She currently holds positions as Senior Lecturer in Emory University’s Law School and Yale University’s African Am erican Studies Department. She has written for a wide variety of scholarly and popular publications, and her most recent work is an edited collection of writings by Eldridge Cleaver entitled Target Zero: A Life of Writing (2 006) Cleaver’s lecture will be followed by a reception and book signing in Farnsworth Pavilion in the Rice Student Center. We hope to see all of you there. This will be a very special event!

The Chug and Bike teams will go through the motions and have their last major preparations before Beer Bike

Minute Maid Park College Classic

Grad Students, This weekend Rice Baseball (rated #4 pre-sea son) will be playing UT at Minutemaid, Saturday at 7:00 PM. Tickets are only $7 (for good seats), and Valhalla will be open from 5 - 7 before the game! There will be free Lonestar and Shiner, then we will all take the light rail downtown to the stadium. See you there! Valhalla/GSA

Thinking about getting more involved in GSA? Come to one of two lunch question and answer sessions at the Cohen house with the current officer’s! No commitment is necessary, this is just an opportunity for yo u to ask some questions to the people who can answer you the best and get a better understanding of what is required of an officer. The dates for t he lunches are as follows: Thursday Feb. 21st, @ 12pm Wednesday Feb. 2 7th, @ 12pm (date may change) Please respond to gsa@rice.edu with what date and, if you know, position you’re interested in. The available officer positions are as follows: President – Oversees the execution of all programs, presides over meetings of the GSA, serves ex officio on all committees & more! External President – Oversees the planning and imple mentation of all council-sponsored programs and social events, shall direc t the association’s congress with Valhalla & more! Internal President – Fosters relations with organizations/offices of the university community, directs efforts of the GSA awards, presides in the absence of the presiden t & more! Secretary – Keep and accurate and current role of council reps , publish complete minutes of all meetings of the officer’s meetings and R eps meetings, deposit records in the archives at the end of the term, and more! Treasurer – Keeps track of all the funds of the GSA, makes a cur rent report of the GSAs funds at each GSA Reps monthly meeting, and more! n Community Outreach Chair – (still waiting approval at Feb. Reps meeting) – will direct community service efforts of the GSA, and more! Historia n – Documents GSA activities throughout the year Grad Lounge Manager – O versees the graduate student lounge activities and committee See h ttp://gsa.rice.edu/documents/Constitution.html for a more detailed explanat ion. Please respond to gsa@rice.edu with what date and, if you know , position you’re interested in.

POSTPONED TO FEB 29 due to wet fields. GSA 1st Annual Beer B all Tournament All graduate students and faculty are invited Fri, Feb. 22 for a game of classic kickball with a twist (beer!). There will be FREE hot dogs, chips, snacks, BEER, water, and soda for all. Also, all p layers will receive a FREE official Beer Ball stein. If you are interested in participating in your department’s team, contact your department’s GSA rep or Mallory (official team organizer) at mallory.d.salter@rice.edu. Date: Friday, Feb. 22 (rain date: Fri, Feb. 29) Time: 4:00 to 7:00 pm P lace: soccer fields 2 & 3 (across from Shepherd Music School) Why: because mixing kickball with beer just sounds like a lot of fun

Office of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies Teaching Workshop for Future and Current Teachers Teachable Moments What do you do when a student makes an offensive comment in class? When students are dis missive of differing points of view? When they offer comments or analyses that are sexist, racist, or homophobic? How can you turn these and other difficult situations into “teachable moments”? by Dr. Jill Carroll nExecutive Director of the Boniuk Center Adjunct Associate Professor, Rel igious Studies When? February 27, 2008 What time? 12:00 -12:55pm Where? Sewall Hall, Room 307 All graduate students, post-docs, and faculty are invited to attend. Refreshment will be served at 11:55 a.m. outside the classroom. TEACHING WORKSHOP CERTIFICATE PRO GRAM Individuals attending the Teaching Workshop series have the opportu nity to receive an official certificate of completion. Just sign in at eac h workshop you attend, and when you have attended eight workshops within a two-year period, you will receive a certificate of completion.

Town Hall Meeting with President David Leebron The Rice co mmunity prides itself on being just that — a community. That means one pers on’s success is everyone’s success, and each person’s input is important. Make your voice heard at the upcoming Town Hall Meetings in February, wher e President David W. Leebron and other top administrators will answer quest ions and discuss the things that matter most to one of Rice’s most importan t community members — you! Share your thoughts, opinions, concerns an d any questions you’d like to see addressed at the meetings — then come joi n the conversation. Town Hall Meetings with President David Leebron T uesday, Feb. 26, 2008 2–3:30 p.m. Doré Commons, Baker Hall Wednesda y, Feb. 27, 2008 9:30–11 a.m. Doré Commons, Baker Hall Each sessio n will feature an informal presentation based on your online input, follow ed by a question-and-answer session. Refreshments will be served 30 minutes prior to each meeting.

Town Hall Meeting with President David Leebron The Rice co mmunity prides itself on being just that — a community. That means one pers on’s success is everyone’s success, and each person’s input is important. Make your voice heard at the upcoming Town Hall Meetings in February, wher e President David W. Leebron and other top administrators will answer quest ions and discuss the things that matter most to one of Rice’s most importan t community members — you! Share your thoughts, opinions, concerns an d any questions you’d like to see addressed at the meetings — then come joi n the conversation. Town Hall Meetings with President David Leebron T uesday, Feb. 26, 2008 2–3:30 p.m. Doré Commons, Baker Hall Wednesda y, Feb. 27, 2008 9:30–11 a.m. Doré Commons, Baker Hall Each sessio n will feature an informal presentation based on your online input, follow ed by a question-and-answer session. Refreshments will be served 30 minutes prior to each meeting.

Stay tuned for instructions on how to reserve 1-2 of GSA's 50 tickets to the Houston Aeros game vs. the Chicago Wolves. Because GSA p urchased 50 tickets for underprivileged youth, we have also received 50 ti ckets! It's a win-win-win deal. Plus, it'll be Beach Ball Night at the Toyota Center!

This month's Teaching with Technology Brown Bag event focuses on Social Software and Education. Educational Technologies and the Digit al Media Center staff will explore how social software such as social net working web sites and collaborative bookmarking tools can enhance research and learning. Wednesday, February 20, 2008 noon until 1:00 p.m. Dig ital Media Ctr., Herring 129 Free box lunches will be provided for the first 15 people who register by emailing lspiro@rice.edu.

This group is open to all graduate students interested in hel ping to coordinate GSA social events. Please RSVP to kristjan@rice.edu at l east a day in advance to ensure you can partake in the FOOD PROVIDED.

Celebrate with students and alums as the GSA announces its 20 08 Beer Bike teams. Food and drinks provided to all. More details to come. n Also, your last chance to make the chug team.

The student and post-doc body of Rice is invited to attend the following seminar, held by the Baylor-Rice Consulting and Entrepreneurshi p Club. Topic: Management Consulting Perspective, Advanced Professional Degree perspective. Where: McMurtry Auditorium Duncan Hall 1055(look u p Duncan Hall in the drop-down menu under "Buildings A to J"; for those o f you who know, its the building that houses departments of Statistics, Applied Mathematics, and Computer Science at Rice.) When: Friday, 02- 08-2008 at 4:00PM. A representative from Mckinsey and Company will come and present a seminar. McKinsey & Company is a global management consultin g firm. We are the trusted advisor to the world's leading businesses, gov ernments, and institutions. The format will be interactive and will in volve questions and answers. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A RECRUITMENT SE MINAR, rather an opportunity to hear from someone with a PhD currently wo rking in a top-tier Management Consulting firm. Bibhash Mukhopadhyay M ichail Stamatakis Jay Raol

Thinking about getting more involved in GSA? Come to one of two lunch question and answer sessions at the Cohen house with the current officer’s! No commitment is necessary, this is just an opportunity for yo u to ask some questions to the people who can answer you the best and get a better understanding of what is required of an officer. The dates for t he lunches are as follows: Thursday Feb. 21st, @ 12pm Wednesday Feb. 2 7th, @ 12pm (date may change) Please respond to gsa@rice.edu with what date and, if you know, position you’re interested in. The available officer positions are as follows: President – Oversees the execution of all programs, presides over meetings of the GSA, serves ex officio on all committees & more! External President – Oversees the planning and imple mentation of all council-sponsored programs and social events, shall direc t the association’s congress with Valhalla & more! Internal President – Fosters relations with organizations/offices of the university community, directs efforts of the GSA awards, presides in the absence of the presiden t & more! Secretary – Keep and accurate and current role of council reps , publish complete minutes of all meetings of the officer’s meetings and R eps meetings, deposit records in the archives at the end of the term, and more! Treasurer – Keeps track of all the funds of the GSA, makes a cur rent report of the GSAs funds at each GSA Reps monthly meeting, and more! n Community Outreach Chair – (still waiting approval at Feb. Reps meeting) – will direct community service efforts of the GSA, and more! Historia n – Documents GSA activities throughout the year Grad Lounge Manager – O versees the graduate student lounge activities and committee See h ttp://gsa.rice.edu/documents/Constitution.html for a more detailed explanat ion. Please respond to gsa@rice.edu with what date and, if you know , position you’re interested in.

The barbers from Times Square Barber Shop (Southwest frwy @ She pherd) will be set up in the RMC Student Center foyer Monday Feb 11th from 10am-4:30pm offering haircuts for just $7!

Try out for GSA's women's or men's chug teams! No experience ex pected! Or, convince your friends to do it and laugh at their failure! n Chug beer, water, or any other beverage.

Rice University Office of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies Teaching Workshop for Future and Current Teachers Teaching with Technol ogy: A Primer Dr. Lisa Spiro Director, Digital Media Center When? February 11, 2008 What time? 12:00-12:55pm Where? Sewall Hall, Room 3 09 All graduate students, post-docs, and faculty are invited to attend. Refreshment will be served at 11:55 a.m. outside the c lassroom. TEACHING WORKSHOP CERTIFICATE PROGRAM Individuals atten ding the Teaching Workshop series have the opportunity to receive an offici al certificate of completion. Just sign in at each workshop you attend, a nd when you have attended eight workshops within a two-year period, you wi ll receive a certificate of completion.

Rice University Graduate Students are cordially invited to a groundbreaking ceremony for The Rice Village Apartments Friday, Februar y 1, 2008 10:20 Shuttle service leaving Greenbriar Lot 10:30 a.m. Ground breaking 10:45 - 11:30 a.m. Reception Please RSVP to provide accurate c ounts for transportation and catering. Access to the groundbreaking ceremo ny will be by Rice shuttle only. Please do not drive to the site and par k on public streets. The groundbreaking ceremony will be held outdoors. Pl ease take appropriate weather-related precautions.

ULTIMATE SUPERBOWL EXPERIENCE!!!! - ACTION ON 5+ tvs IN THE BAR + LOUNGE, INCLUDING THE GSA LOUNGE HD EQUIPPED 62" DLP, WITH AN UPGR ADED SPEAKER SYSTEM FEEL EVERY HIT OF GRIDIRON ACTION! - OPEN BAR (free Shiner and Lonestar) THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE GAME AT WILLY'S - FREE CHIPS,

Final Friday Workshop Series A panel of science and engineer ing consultants will be here to talk about their work, pros and cons of co nsulting, job trends, and how to break into the field. careers.rice.ed u

This group is open to all graduate students interested in hel ping to coordinate GSA social events. Please RSVP to kristjan@rice.edu at l east a day in advance to ensure you can partake in the FOOD PROVIDED.

The Shepherd School of Music and Rice community suffered a trag ic loss last weekend with the death of Emma Lundgren, a first-year graduat e student in violin. Emma was a lovely young woman and gifted musician. W e extend our deepest sympathy to both her family and friends. A memorial service for Emma will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, in Stude Con cert Hall. A reception will follow immediately in the Grand Foyer of Alice Pratt Brown Hall. Robert Yekovich, Dean The Shepherd School of Music

Final Friday Workshop Series A panel of PhDs working in priv ate area high schools will talk about the pros and cons of high school teac hing and administration, job trends, and how to break into the field.

Center for the Study of the Environment and Society presents CO 2 Forum Speakers: President Leebron John Hofmeister (President of Sh ell USA) Dominique Raynaud (French climatologist) Neal Lane (Rice prof an d former scientific advisor to the Clinton administration) Mayor Bill Whit e. Reception will follow

Coffee Study Break in the Lounge…Thursday, 12/13! End of se mester coffee study/grading/research break for all us hard-working graduate students! Come take a break to enjoy hot coffee, iced tea, iced coffe e, donuts, and other snacks in the lounge with your fellow graduate stude nts! When: This Thursday, 12/13, from 3pm to 5pm What: Coffee, sna cks, great company, music, board games, and even some Simpsons/Family g uy! Where: Loki’s Grad Lounge – Magical land of mischief! (*note: not offi cial name, although it still could be…*)

INTERVIEW STRATEGIES FOR THE JOB MARKET Prof. Michael Maas Hi story Department Bring your own lunch Drinks, fruit, and dessert w ill be provided Dean Paula Sanders is sponsoring a workshop for postdoc s and graduate students on Friday, December 14, on the topic of Interview ing Strategies for the Job Market, with a focus on job interviews in the H umanities and the Social Sciences.

Socialize with students from throughout the Texas Medical Cente r (Rice is a member institution) $2 Beers, $4 Wines, Free Snacks T revisio is located on the 6th floor of the John P. McGovern Texas Medical C enter Commons

The President's and Dean (of Undergraduates)'s Study Break Y our favorite part of finals is finally here! Grab the break you really need by dropping by the Student Center on December 9 from 9-11 p.m. Ray Co urtyard * Walk the Plank! Slack lining Chapel * Fre e 10-minute massages Please sign up in the Grand Hall Lobby Grand Hall Lobby * Campanile Distribution * Massage Check-in * RSVP Table * Senior Gift Committee The Talent Show and "Top Cocktai l" Broadcast Grand Hall * Door prizes * Performers as well a s RTV5's broadcast of the live-action "Top Cocktail" television show Sam my's Galley Sammy's Cafe * Bottled Water, Coke, Sprite, Diet C oke * Bagels and cream cheese * Clam Chowder and crackers * Seashell Pasta * Captain Crunch * Blue Jello * Goldfish * Cookies Willy's Pub Willy's Pub * Spontaneous Combustion/Ph ilharmonics * "Shiver Me Timbers": Make your own ice cream sundae! Wharf Giveaway University Bookstore * Sign up in a prize drawing to win free textbooks for a year! Coffeehouse * Free high-octane coffee to keep you up while you burn the midnight oil! Kelley's Crow's N est Kelley Lounge * Get a pirate tattoo * Design your own Jo lly Roger! The Dean of Undergraduates will pick his favorite two flags and the winners will receive the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy on DVD * Grab some free tea and fruit! Swashbuckling Farnsworth Pavilion * "Sword" fight your friends on the blow-up joust!

What: GREAT FOOD When: 4:30 – 6:30pm, Thursday 12/6 Who: Grad Students and Families Where: Sammy’s and Sammy’s Dining Lobby Cost: ONLY $4 per person Every year the GSA sponsors a Thanksgiving/Holiday meal just in time to relax and eat some delectable food with your fellow gr aduate students. This year’s meal will be located and catered by Sammy’s f or an early evening (4:30 – 6:30pm) dinner on Thursday, 12/6. This deli cious meal valued at $10 will be subsidized by the GSA to cost ONLY $4, wi ll all proceeds going to a Houston based charity, Forge For Families (www. forgeforfamilies.org). Just to get your mouth watering, the menu is – Dinner: Roasted Turkey w/ Cranberry Sauce Honey Ham w/ Pineaplle Glaze Tried Togu w/ Sau teed Veggies Cornbread Dressing Candied Yams w/ Marshmellows Mash Potatoes w/ Gravy Buttered Corn Honey W heat Roll Dessert: Pumpkin Pie Apple P ie Beverage: Unlimited Fountain Soda and Iced tea Hot Chocolate

How to Treat Global Fever: An Intelligence Test for Our Times A theoretical neurobiologist and affiliate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle, William H. Calvin studies ape-to-human evolution, climate change and civilization’s vulnerabilities to abrupt shocks. His research interests include the homini d brain’s four-fold enlargement during the Ice Ages and the brain’s cogniti ve reorganization during the mind’s “Big Bang,” which occurred about 50,0 00 years ago. How to Treat Global FeverDuring his talk, Calvin will exa mine the causes of excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and appraise the conventional methods humans are considering to help reverse the trend, su ch as conservation, reduced emissions and clean energy sources. He then wi ll examine alternate means he believes are necessary to restore the balance between carbon emissions and consumption, including the development of wa ter-based carbon “sinks” to replace lost carbon-consuming forests. Calvi n is the author of a dozen books, most for general readers, about brains and evolution, including “A Brief History of the Mind: From Apes to Intell ect and Beyond” and “A Brain for All Seasons: Human Evolution and Abrupt Cl imate Change,” which won the 2002 Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science. His boo k with Derek Bickerton, “Lingua ex Machina: Reconciling Darwin and Chomsky with the Human Brain,” traces the evolution of structured language. His n ext book, “Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change,” will be out this c oming February.

Get into the spirit to root for the owls against University of Tulsa and sellout coach Graham (who deserted Rice earlier this year) Foo d and beer provided

GSA and GAC are providing food, beer and fun for all grad stud ents and grad alumni. Find us at the GSA tent (the rounded one with a GS A flag out front)

Times approximate Inspired by the Chinese Nov. 11 (11/11) ce lebration. Open to all grad students. Stay for live music, 'The Jonx' and 'Studemont Project', provided by KTRU (6-9pm)

Join all Rice Students to celebrate Homecoming and get into the spirit for the Football game vs. UTEP.

You must register by Mon, Oct 29th to participate. See detai ls at: http://web.mac.com/stantastic268/iWeb/STANTASTIC/Welcome.html

RSVP on RICElink through the Career Services website, http://c areers.rice.edu This month's Career Workshop is on interviewing outside academia. We will cover the primary methods typically used by a range of o rganizations recruiting Ph.D.'s. Interested? Here are the specifics: nLocation: O'Connor House 107 Date: Friday 10/26 Time: 4 - 5 pm Perk: re freshments

The Jonx (www.myspace.com/thejonx) Studemont Project (www.my space.com/studemontproject) Food and beer available through GSA 'Sausage -fest' event

The Free Radicals (www.myspace.com/freerads) The Television Skies (www.myspace.com/thetelevisionskies)

GSA-sponsored Tailgate featuring beer and hot dogs (we'll try t o provide enough of a veggie option, too)

Prizes for the top costumes and snacks and drinks, including b eer, for all!!

Chat and eat with Dr. Paula Sanders, Dean of Graduate and Post doctoral Studies

Discounted drinks for new and returning grad students! At Bria n O'Neill's on Morningside Dr. in Rice Village.

STAYING SANE IN GRADUATE SCHOOL: 101 An open discussion of pea rls and pitfalls by two who have been there and survived! PRESENTED B

GSA's big social event of the fall

Grad Student Orientation for all new non-MBA students