Gari Melchers Home and Studio at Belmont will host a free educational seminar on Lyme Disease in Virginia on Thursday, Feb. 28. The seminar, held from 6 to 7 p.m., will feature Dr. Jose Muñoz from the Division of Infectious Diseases. This seminar is presented by the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Yuan-Jen Chiang, professor of mathematics, coauthored a research article “Transversally f-harmonic and Transversally f-biharmonic Maps between Foliated Manifolds” published in the JP Journal of Geometry and Topology. It generalizes their previous joint publication concerning the 4th order elliptic systems of partial differential equations of foliated Riemannian manifolds.
Associate Professor of History and American Studies Steven Harris’ book “Communism on Tomorrow Street” is now available through The Johns Hopkins University Press.
The book explores the role of mass housing and urban planning in the post-Stalin Soviet Union and argues for a new understanding of the Khruschchev-era apartments known as khrushchevka.
CVS is now accepting EagleOne!
Your EagleOne ID card is already setup with a debit account so you can add funds at any time. Better yet, sign-up for payroll deduction and as an added bonus you will receive a punch card redeemable for one free meal per month at Seacobeck Dining Hall (that’s equivalent to $60 a year).
To sign up, print and complete the FORM and send it to Payroll, 4th Floor, Eagle Landing. The minimum is only $10 per pay period and you may withdraw from the plan at any time.
See link for a complete list of EagleOne Off Campus Merchant Partners
Dr. Gene Allen Smith, professor of history and director of the Center for Texas Studies at Texas Christian University, will present a lecture “The Slaves’ Gamble: Choosing Sides in the War of 1812” on Thursday, Feb. 21. The lecture will begin at 7 p.m. in Lee Hall, room 411, and is free and open to the public.
Smith is the author of “The Slaves’ Gamble: Choosing Sides in the War of 1812.” The book explores the history-changing decisions made by the African-American combatants of the crucial conflict, and how the opportunity to fight changed the course of slavery in America. The lecture, in honor of Black History Month, is co-sponsored by the Papers of James Monroe, the James Monroe Museum and the UMW Department of History and American Studies.
