Arts & Culture

Through 21-23
Ballethnic’s “Urban Nutcracker” comes to the Ferst Center for the Arts, giving the audience a trip down Sweet Auburn Avenue in the 1940s. Showtimes vary, and ticket prices range from $52 to $29.

Through November 22
DramaTech Theater presents “Arcadia,” a play that revolves between past and present set in an English manor. Each show begins at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5, $8 and $10. For more information, visit www.dramatech.org.

December 6
New York City’s Dirty Sock Funtime Band performs its children’s music at 11 a.m. in the Ferst Center for the Arts. Tickets range from $12 to $18.

Labeled “the Jimi Hendrix of the violin” by The New York Times, Ireland violinist Eileen Ivers performs “An Nollaig—An Irish Christmas” at 8 p.m. in the Ferst Center for the Arts. Tickets range from $20 to $42.

December 7
Flamenco Vivo/Carlota Santana bring “Navidad Flamenca” to the Ferst Center for the Arts, starting at 5 p.m. Tickets range from $20 to $42.

Conferences & Lectures

November 18
Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering and Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences Professor Niren Murthy presents “New Materials for Treating and Imaging Inflammatory Diseases,” starting at 3 p.m. in room G011 of the Molecular Science and Engineering building. For more information, visit www.chemistry.gatech.edu.

November 19
City and Regional Planning Associate Professor Brian Stone presents “How Large U.S. Cities are Amplifying Global Warming and Adaptive Responses,” from noon to 2 p.m. at the Federal Reserve Building. For more information, visit www.cherry.gatech.edu/Forum/.

November 20
The College of Architecture’s Fall 2008 COA Research Forum closes as Visiting Associate Professor Barbara Deutsch Lynch presents “Planning for Disaster: Peru’s Rio Santa Valley and Accelerating Climate Change,” from 11 a.m. to noon, in the Architecture Library.

November 21
The School of Economics Fall 2008 Seminar Series concludes with Texas A&M Professor Amy Glass presenting “Intellectual Property Policy and International Technology Diffusion,” from 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in room G-17 of Habersham.

December 2
Johns Hopkins University Professor James E. West presents “Noise in Hospitals: Effects and Cures,” starting at 11 a.m. in the Ferst Center for the Arts. The presentation is the annual Harold W. Gegenheimer Lecture Series on Innovation at the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.

Faculty/Staff Development

November 20
Jill Barber, associate director of the Georgia Tech Counseling Center, presents “Keeping Student Stress in Perspective,” from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Wilby Room of the Georgia Tech Library. For more information, visit www.cetl.gatech.edu.

The Office of Organizational Development offers the free Brown Bag seminar “An Introduction to Intercultural Communication,” which covers the basics of communicating with non-native speakers of English and the cultural context of communication, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Office of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) presents a course on safety and precautions regarding blood-borne pathogens, from 3 to 4 p.m. at 490 Tenth Street. For more information, visit www.trainsweb.gatech.edu.

November 24
History, Technology and Science Professor Carole Moore presents the Georgia Tech Code of
Conduct for Students from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the Army Office Building. For more information, visit www.hts.gatech.edu.

December 3
The College of Management, the Alumni Association and the Women’s Alumni Network present “Advancing Your Career: The MBA Advantage,” from 6 to 8 p.m. in auditorium 300
of the College of Management. For more information, visit www.gtalumni.org/mbaadvantage.

December 10
The Georgia Tech Faculty Women’s Club will hold its annual holiday party from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Alumni Faculty House, 190 North Avenue.

Ongoing
Georgia Tech Training Services offers a Web-based tutorial on the basics of using a state purchasing card (p-card).

Georgia Tech Training Services offers the Emergency Preparedness Certificate, which consists of several smaller courses, including "Fire Safety," "Facilities Hazard Training," and "Basic First Aid/Adult CPR/AED".

The "Defining Customer Service" certificate program provides campus groups and employees with the foundation for offering exemplary service, to those both on and off the campus. Four required courses and two electives are offered.

Miscellaneous

December 1–2
GVU and the Digital Media Program present the 4th annual Living Game Worlds symposium, which brings together those from academia and industry to discuss design and theory in the production and critique of video games. Events will be held in the Technology Square Research Building. To register, visit the Web site.

December 3
The Georgia Tech Women’s Forum Silent Auction will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom. For more information, visit www.gtwf.gatech.edu.

Ongoing
Tours are available Tuesdays through Fridays, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., for Tech’s Solar Decathlon House, located on the West Architecture lawn at the College of Architecture. To register, visit www.solar.gatech.edu.

Techmasters—— Tech’s chapter of Toastmasters International—— meets every Thursday at 7:30 a.m. in room 102 of the MRC.

For more information on these and other events, be sure to check the online Georgia Tech Campus Calendar.