7:30 p.m.
University Theatre presents: The Moors by Jen Silverman Two sisters and a dog live out their lives on the bleak English moors, dreaming of love and power. The arrival of a hapless governess and a moor-hen set all three on a strange and dangerous path. The Moors is a dark comedy about love, desperation, and visibility.
The Moors is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
2:00 p.m.
University Theatre presents: The Moors by Jen Silverman Two sisters and a dog live out their lives on the bleak English moors, dreaming of love and power. The arrival of a hapless governess and a moor-hen set all three on a strange and dangerous path. The Moors is a dark comedy about love, desperation, and visibility.
The Moors is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
noon
Join the Composition Program Writing Lab and UO Libraries for help on any project for WR 121z, 122z, or 123! We will have snacks and writing support available so you're on track to finish your WR course strong.
Students with more intensive questions may also make tutoring appointments with the Writing Lab for any day through the beginning of finals week: https://tinyurl.com/CTWbooking
2:00 p.m.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Physical Chemistry Seminar Series
Professor Nicholas Borotto, University of Nevada, Reno
Hosted by: Jim Prell
“Trapped Ion Mobility-Assisted Sequencing and Analysis of Protein Ions”
The sequencing of intact proteins within a mass spectrometer enables the profiling of post-translational modification (PTM) crosstalk but is frequently hindered by convoluted spectra and the fact that tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) techniques often generate poor sequence coverages when applied to protein ions. Ion mobility spectrometry is a promising tool to overcome the complexity of these spectra by separating ions by their mass- and size-to-charge ratios. Here, we discuss the development of an activation method that when paired with trapped ion mobility spectrometry deconvolutes MS/MS spectra and improves the sequence information provided by intact protein focused workflows. Furthermore, we demonstrate the isolation and fragmentation of mobility separated product ions with the downstream quadrupole and collisional cell. This second activation step improves sequence coverage because many of the labile bonds have been depleted during the first dissociation and subsequent dissociation events are more evenly distributed throughout the product ion backbone. When these two activation steps are combined this technique generates 92% of the sequence coverage of the most effective MS/MS technique, but it accomplishes this feat in a fifth of the time and can be facilely integrated with liquid chromatographic separations. Lastly, we demonstrate that this activation technique can be utilized to elucidate the conformation of protein ions.
10:00–11:00 a.m.
Please join us Tuesday mornings for a free cup of coffee, pastries, and conversation with your history department community! We’re excited to continue this tradition for our history undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff. We hope to see you there!
noon
Join Global Education Oregon to learn more about Environmental Justice and Indigeneity in Sāmoa, a program that explores the impacts of shifting environments and climate change on the people, environment, and culture of Sāmoa and other Pacific nations.
This event is part of International Education Month. Learn more about International Education Month here: https://international.uoregon.edu/IEM
noon
In this talk, Professor X'unei Lance Twitchell (University of Alaska Southeast) shares his experiences as a language speaker, teacher, and activist.
X̱ʼunei Lance Twitchell (Lingít, Haida, Yupʼik, Sami) is a Professor of Alaska Native Languages at the University of Alaska Southeast, and lives in Juneau with his wife and bilingual children. He speaks and studies the Lingít language, and advocates for Indigenous language reclamation through teaching, program development, legislative changes, and healing. Twitchell is an author of poems, stories, and screenplays, and is a filmmaker, musician, and Northwest Coast Artist. Twitchell is an Emmy Award-winning screenwriter who wrote on the PBS show Molly of Denali. His first book of poetry, G̱agaan X̱ʼusyee / Below the Foot of the Sun, is available from the University of Alaska Press and the University Press of Colorado.
2:00–3:30 p.m.
In partnership with GETSEA – the Consortium of Centers for Southeast Asian Studies, the UO US-Vietnam Research Center and the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies will co-host a screening of the documentary film Vietnamerica.
Following the wars in Vietnam, over two million people fled to country with the collapse of the Republic of Vietnam. That exodus, referred to by many as “the boat people” resulted in nearly half dying while in flight, battling the elements, starvation, and pirates.
Vietnamerica follows Master Nguyen Hoa as he returns to former refugee camps in Southeast Asia after three decades abroad to search for the graves of his wife and two children. Having fled Vietnam in 1981 on a boat with his family and friends, Hoa was the only survivor.
Executive Producer Nancy Bui of the Vietnamese Heritage Foundation joins GETSEA and over 20 universities across North America to watch Vietnamerica together simultaneously and connect via Zoom for a discussion with the filmmaker about the Vietnamese diaspora, their struggle, and how Master Hoa’s story is a prism to see the larger group.
For more information on the film, visit http://vietnamericamovie.org. If you are interested in holding a screening on your campus, contact GETSEA Director of Communications, Chris Hulshof, at chulshof@wisc.edu.
4:30 p.m.
Threats to freedom of speech are all around us, often changing as new threats arise and others diminish. Former director of the American Civil Liberties Union and Professor Emeritus of Law at New York University Nadine Strossen will discuss current free speech controversies, where they fit within broader patterns of law and politics, and how we can best respond to them both within the university and more broadly. Strossen is also a Senior Fellow with FIRE (the Foundation for Individual Rights and Education) and a leading expert and frequent speaker/media commentator on constitutional law and civil liberties, who has testified before Congress on multiple occasions.
She is the author of HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship (2018) and Free Speech: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2023). She is also the host and project consultant for Free To Speak, a 3-hour documentary film series on free speech that was released on public television in 2023 (and is also available on YouTube).
The event is sponsored by the UO Heterodox Academy community, the Wayne Morse Center on Law and Politics, the Oregon Humanities Center, the Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages, and the Department of Political Science.
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
GIS Day is celebrated across the world to facilitate learning about geography and the real-world applications of geographic information systems that are making a difference in society. • See where GIS is used in research and our community • Explore aerial photography and remote sensing equipment • Map arts (and crafts) - Fold your own paper globe - Decorate a square for the UO Map Quilt - Make map-themed bookmarks and pins • Lightning talks • Snacks