OnCampus Events pulls timely information about events at The University of Texas at Austin from the all-new university-wide OnCampus events calendar.

Listings for Tuesday, Nov. 10

Early example of conceptual film by Bill Lundberg featured at Blanton
All day event, Blanton Museum of Art. The Blanton Museum of Art is exhibiting, for the first time since its acquisition, the film installation "Swimmer" by Bill Lundberg, artist and professor at The University of Texas at Austin. The piece was created in 1975 and is one of the earliest examples of conceptual film work. The Blanton Museum's presentation offers viewers a rare opportunity to experience this important work by a forefather of film and video installation. "Swimmer" creates the illusion of a water-based environment within the museum. The sounds of splashing water fill the darkened gallery and the image of a man treading water is cast onto the floor. The horizontal projection brings the illusion of film into the realm of reality.

Briscoe Center presents exhibit of Eddie Adams' photography
All day event, Briscoe Center Reading Room, Sid Richardson Hall 2.101. The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History presents "Eddie Adams: Selections from the Photographic Archive," until Jan. 16, 2010.

Major Blanton exhibit reconstructs long-lost Renaissance masterpiece
All day event, Blanton Museum of Art (BMA). Paolo Veronese: The Petrobelli Altarpiece

Blanton presents Teresita Fernández: "Blind Landscape"
All day event, Blanton Museum of Art (BMA). Teresita Fernández: Blind Landscape

Guest Artist in Printmaking program hosts Tony Fitzpatrick
All day event, Art Building (ART) 2.210. As part of the Guest Artist in Printmaking program, Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick will be in residence Nov. 9 through 13, working in the Intaglio Room (2.210) of the art building. On Wed., Nov. 11, at 5 p.m., he will give a public lecture/performance in the art building auditorium (1.102).

UT Informal Classes Fall 2009 courses open
All day event, Texas Union, Room 4.304. Fall months lend themselves to seeking clarity and purpose. What better way to do so than by taking Informal Classes? Our new fall courses are wide-ranging and fun, focused and fulfilling.

Learn about Intellectual Entrepreneurship pre-grad school internship
All day event, Spring course. The Intellectual Entrepreneurship Pre-Graduate School Internship is an

University Extension registration open for spring 2010 classes
All day event, Austin, Texas. Registration is open for spring 2010 evening courses with University Extension (UEX) at The University of Texas at Austin.

UT Leadership and Ethics Institute announces application deadline
All day event, Student Organization Center, 4th floor of the Student Services Building. LEAP, a component of the University of Texas Leadership and Ethics Institute (LEI) - a leadership initiative of the Office of the Dean of Students- is a leadership development program geared toward first-year students who are looking to grow and develop their leadership skills. Through an eight-week leadership workshop series, offered both in the fall and spring semesters, first-year students will interact with student mentors, create a network with other first-year students and build a solid foundation of ethical leadership principles and practices. Workshops will be held in the Spring semester from Jan. 26 through Mar. 23, 2010, every Tuesday from 3:30 to 5 p.m.

Study in China: Scholarship opportunity announced
All day event, China. The Association of American Universities (AAU) is working with the Chinese Embassy to offer a third year of the AAU/Chinese government scholarship program for students at AAU universities to study at Chinese universities.

Nominate for 2010 Volvo Environment Prize
All day event, Sweden. The Volvo Environmental Prize is awarded for "outstanding innovations or scientific discoveries which in broad terms fall within the environmental field."

Nominate for the 2010 Kavli Prize
All day event, Oslo, Norway. The Kavli Prize is awarded for outstanding achievement in advancing our knowledge and understanding in the fields of astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience. Each Kavli Prize consists of USD 1,000,000, a scroll and a gold medal for each scientific field.

National Security Innovation Competition (NSIC) calls for entries
All day event, Colorado Springs, CO. The fourth annual National Security Innovation Competition (NSIC) for college students will be held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on May 7, 2010. NSIC 2010 is designed to stimulate interest among college students in national security-related innovations and expose novel technologies to a broad audience, including industry, academic and government organizations involved in aerospace, defense, security and first responder activities.

Delta Sigma Pi presents "Alex's Challenge" philanthropy week
All day event, UT Campus. Delta Sigma Pi presents Alex's Challenge, a philanthropy week dedicated to raising awareness for childhood cancer and Candlelighters - Any Baby Can.

Kenneth J. Hale's New Works from Carmel, CA, presented on campus
Midnight, AT&T Executive Education Conference Center Courtyard Gallery…. This exhibition features the work of artist Kenneth Hale. Hale received his MFA from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. His paintings, prints and drawings have been widely exhibited and collected.

Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest announced
8 a.m., WAG 316. Announcing the Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest

IITAP 2010 "intent to enter" deadline for faculty is November 15
8 a.m., GSB 2.130. The Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment invites UT Austin faculty and faculty-student/staff teams to submit entries now for the 2010 Innovative Instructional Technology Awards Program (IITAP) event. The deadline for sending an email indicating your intent to enter is Nov. 15, and the deadline for submitting all materials is Jan. 25, 2010.

Strategic Management Program for Nonprofit Leaders class offered
8 a.m., AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center. Nonprofit organizations benefit from sound strategy and good execution. For leaders in the nonprofit community, the RGK Center offers opportunities to learn from expert faculty and engage in meaningful discussion about critical leadership issues and effective management. Strategic Management Program for Nonprofit Leaders Application deadline: October 15, 2009 Apply online!

Limestone Sculptures on view at Wildflower Center
9 a.m., Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. An elegant exhibit of glass-and-limestone sculptures are being featured in the central gardens of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Damian Priour's largest piece in a collection of four chairs is more than 7-feet-tall. All were created in Priour's local studio, and several include glass inserts that evoke water. The sculptures will be featured in conjunction with a display of Priour's works at Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum.

UT Libraries class covers Advanced EndNote software
10:30 a.m., PCL 1.124. This class covers Advanced EndNote features such as modifying output styles, creating subject bibliographies, using connection files and more. Attendees should have taken "Introduction to EndNote" or be familiar with the basics of EndNote.

Blanton features "Jerry Bywaters: Lonestar Printmaker"
11 a.m., Blanton Museum of Art (BMA). Jerry Bywaters is one of Texas' most loved and celebrated artists. A member of the Dallas Nine, a group of young painters from the 1930s that helped establish a regionalist artistic identity and recognition for Texas art, Bywaters was also a founding member of the printmaker's organization, the Lone Star Printmakers.

Bridging Disciplines Programs host information sessions
11 a.m., FAC 1. The Bridging Disciplines Programs allow you to earn an interdisciplinary certificate in one of 10 different areas:

Work of Kelly Fearing featured in "Selections from a Life in Art"
11 a.m., Bass Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center, 5th floor lobby. Kelly Fearing is a living, national art treasure. An internationally respected artist and art educator, he has conducted the bulk of his career in Austin. A professor emeritus of the University of Texas at Austin's Department of Art and Art History, Fearing co-authored four major textbooks in art education and mentored and inspired hundreds of art teachers during his forty years of teaching at UT.

Ransom Center offers free tours of Poe and astronomy exhibitions
Noon, Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe. The Harry Ransom Center offers free docent-led tours of its current exhibitions, "From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe" and "Other Worlds: Rare Astronomical Works," every Tuesday at noon.

Science undergraduate information sessions offered twice weekly
Noon, WCH 1.110. Sign up to attend a science undergraduate research information session. Sessions occur Tuesdays from noon to 1 p.m. and Wednesdays from 4 to 5 p.m. We'll discuss:

General undergraduate research info sessions offered twice weekly
1 p.m., FAC 22. Sign up and attend an undergraduate research information session. Sessions take place Mondays from 4 to 5 p.m. and Tuesdays from 1 to 2 p.m. We'll discuss the necessary steps to get involved in research, how to contact faculty, the qualities and skills faculty are looking for in undergraduate researchers and course credit for undergraduate research.

Biofuels: Not So Green? Brazil Week talk explores impact, implications
2 p.m., Texas Union, Lone Star Room 3.208. Brazil Week 2009 is here! Biofuels: Not So Green? Two panelists explore the impact and implications of biofuels: * Dr. Carey King, Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy, Jackson School of Geosciences: "Biofuel Production's Impact on Water and Land Use" * Dr. David Spence, McCombs School of Business: "The Politics and Regulation of Renewable Energies" About Brazil Week: From Nov. 9 through 14, discover the opportunities of UT's programs, research, teaching and exchange with Brazil. Offerings include: Mon., Nov. 11, 2-4 p.m.: African Diaspora Studies in Brazil Tues., Nov. 12, 2-4 p.m.: Biofuels: Not So Green? Wed., Nov. 11, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Study Abroad in Brazil, location: BEN 2.104 Wed., Nov. 11, 2-4 p.m. Brasilia 2010 & Favela Studio Thurs., Nov. 12, 10 a.m.-noon: Latin American Visual Arts at UT Fri., Nov. 13, 9 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.: 18th Colloquium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Linguistics Location for all panels (unless otherwise noted) is the Texas Union, University of Texas at Austin. Free and open to the public.

Oral history as journalism is focus of course offered in Spain
3 p.m., CMA 4.128. The Oral History as Journalism- Spain course is offered in conjunction with the UT Spanish Language and Culture Program in Santander, Spain. This program aims to significantly improve your knowledge of the Spanish language, including your ability to speak correctly and effectively outside the classroom and to integrate you as much as possible into the local culture. The priority deadline to apply is Dec. 1. More information here.

"The Big Run-Around": Popularity of Tokyo Marathon explored
3:30 p.m., WCH 4.118. Professor Tom Havens of Northeastern University will explore the reasons behind the boom in distance running that has occured among the general public in Japan since the 1990s.

Healthy approach to romantic relationships is focus of student group
3:30 p.m., SSB 5th Floor. This group for students covers relationship topics such as dating, stages of relationships, communication, dealing with conflict, balancing a relationship with other commitments, healthy boundaries, sex and breaking up.

Visiting artist Shannon Ebner to present lecture
5 p.m., Art Building (ART) 1.102. A light, sharp political humor infuses the photographs of Shannon Ebner, an artist from Los Angeles. Ebner's work centers on a do-it-yourself alphabet of handmade letters and signs temporarily placed - and strategically displaced - in public contexts. The artist sets language in the service of photography, her cryptic messages captured and fixed in black-and-white photographs. Populating actual yet uncertain landscapes or mise-en-scenes including California real estate sites, the La Brea Tar Pits and the Washington Monument, these ephemeral signs spell out such darkly ambiguous phrases as "Landscape Incarceration," ";The Doom" and "The Day-Sob-Dies." Ebner's work has been included in Trace at The Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria, Uncertain States of America at The Serpentine Gallery in London, Learn to Read at the Tate Modern, London, and the 2008 Whitney Biennial.

The taboo topic of social class is focus of DEI roundtable
5 p.m., LBJ ROOM - CMA 5.160. The Diversity Education Institute (DEI) presents its Fall Roundtable Talking About Taboos: Social Class Social class is often considered a "taboo" topic, rarely brought up in conversation. * Discuss how we have learned to be silent about issues of social class * Examine how we avoid noticing poverty in our society * Learn how to begin conversations about these issues Pizza and drinks will be provided at event. For more information, or if you need special assistance or accommodations, please contact Drew Adelman at adelman@mail.utexas.edu.

Info session hosted for summer study abroad in Argentina and Spain
5 p.m., Benedict Hall (Spanish Dept.) Room 1.106.

Carlos Mauricio, torture survivor/activist to speak at OxfamUT meeting
7 p.m., Parlin Room 203. Carlos Mauricio, a survivor of torture and imprisonment in El Salvador, is leading a Journey for Justice across the United States to the School of the Americas to protest the murder of Jesuit priests in El Salvador in 1989, as well as other violence carried out by soldiers trained at the school.

Reading, discussion of "Black Orchids" features author Gillian Slovo
7 p.m., 2501 Whitis Ave., Joynes Reading Room, behind Carothers Residence Hall.

Department of Spanish & Portuguese presents weekly film
7:30 p.m., MEZ B0.306. Ciclo de Drama Social - Historias de Ciudad y Crisis

Beginner tango class offered
7:30 p.m., Showroom of Texas Union. The University Argentine Tango Club is offering a free beginner class series. The three-week series starts Nov. 10 and continues every Tuesday. Stay for our practice afterward from 8:30 until 10 p.m.

Jay-Z comes to Erwin Center with special guests N.E.R.D and J.Cole
8 p.m., Frank Erwin Center. Jay-Z, undeniably one of the most powerful voices in music today, a multiple Grammy Award winner and influencer who has resonated with a generation of music fans, is coming to Austin. With 21 dates confirmed, the tour will make stops at a mix of college campus arenas and traditional venues across the North America. Jay-Z is joined by N.E.R.D, led by the phenomenal hit-makers and producers Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, and J.Cole, whose insightful and meaningful lyrical form brings promise of a new day in hip-hop.