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 Wednesday, Nov. 25

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

"No Lone Zone": CRL exhibition features past and present art students
All day event, Creative Research Lab (CRL 0). "No Lone Zone" is a performance exhibition series featuring past and present students from the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin.

Campus Environmental Center announces opening for new positions
All day event, Student Organization Center. The Campus Environmental Center, an agency of Student Government, is looking for two events co-chairs to help plan and coordinate the center's remaining events, including Earth Week, for the spring semester. We encourage anyone interested to apply but prefer applicants with previous experience in event planning or logistical planning.

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.

Islamic Dialogue group starts online Q&A service
All day event, On the Web at http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/idsa/forms/questionanswer.html. The Islamic Dialogue Student Association (IDSA) is launching a new project which seeks to inform UT community about Islam, its bases, contemporary issues and the vitality of interfaith dialogue in Islam. You can ask any and all questions you might have about Islam in an anonymous manner and we'll answer within a week and post it online (or send it in private if you so desire). Just follow the links to our Web site and ask away!

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 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.

Nominations requested for UT Co-op Research Excellence Award
All day event, MAI 302. The vice president for research is soliciting nominations for the University Co-operative Society Research Excellence Awards from the dean of each college, from the provost and from each vice president to whom an organized research unit (ORU) reports. Each dean or vice president may submit one nominee for each of the two categories of Research Excellence Awards.

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

Orange Santa accepts donations during annual toy drive
8 a.m., Campus-wide. Orange Santa began in 1994 as a program designed to foster a more caring campus environment by providing help for members of the university community who have special needs during the holiday season. In December 2008, Orange Santa served almost 500 families, including 1,831 children. All donated toys or gifts should be new, unwrapped and in the original packing. Wrapping paper, gift bags, ribbons and gift cards are needed to wrap and label gifts once shoppers have made their selections. Although grocery store gift certificates are welcome, we ask that no food items be contributed. Donations will be collected at UT guard stations on the main campus and at the Pickle Research Campus. In addition, there are numerous locations where gift items will be collected. Please check the Orange Santa Web site for a listing of Campus Collection Stations for the site nearest you. Applications for those wishing to receive assistance through the program can be downloaded or filled out on the Orange Santa Web site.

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.

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.

Pablo Vargas Lugo's "Eclipses for Austin" explores collective ritual
11 a.m., Blanton Museum of Art (BMA). Pablo Vargas Lugo's WorkSpace project, "Eclipses for Austin," explores solar eclipses as important collective rituals. Total eclipses of the sun provoke astonishment, anxiety, hope, joy and fear, and compel those who witness them to question their place in the world.

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:

Bach Cantata Project performs at Blanton
Noon, Blanton Museum of Art (BMA). A collaboration with the Butler School of Music, this popular series begins its fourth season at the Blanton. Enjoy the timeless beauty of baroque music played in the museum's soaring atrium by this beloved group of university musicians. This month: BWV 36: "Schwingt freudich euch empor" (Soar in your joy).

Russian social policy and family violence is lecture topic
Noon, Texas Union, Sinclair Suite.. Dr. Nikolai Shchitov and Dr. Alexandra Lysova will expand on their discussion of psychological, sexual and physical violence against women, men elders and children and address the current trends in Russian social policy toward family violence.

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.

Lecture series in chemical engineering presents award-winning scholar
2 p.m., CPE 2.220. Dr. Stanley Sandler of the University of Delaware is the featured speaker for the Texas Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series in Chemical Engineering. He will present the talk "The Use of Computational Quantum Mechanics for Predictions for Thermodynamics, Environmental Engineering, Reaction Kinetics, and the Pharmaceutical Industry." Dr. Sandler holds the H.B. DuPont chair of chemical engineering and is the director of the Center for Molecular and Engineering Thermodynamics. He received the Founders Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Chemical Engineering from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Planetary Organization for Space Science & Exploration holds meeting
5:30 p.m., JGB 3.222. UT's Planetary Organization for Space Science and Exploration (POSSE) is a student-run organization that plans to bring external and internal space science researchers to the forefront of our UT community by allowing them an outlet for their research in the form of lectures. We also plan on being a nexus for information regarding research and educational opportunities for students, and to help further space science research at the University of Texas. We are open to any UT affiliated individual/student with and interest in research in the space sciences. POSSE will also plan fun social events such as joining in on star parties and facilitating field trips to the McDonald Observatory, NASA facilities and other locales. We're proud to announce the first official meeting (informal) of UT Planetary Organization for Space Sciences and Exploration (UT POSSE), featuring a short talk by Dr. Mark Helper on planetary/lunar science. The meeting is informal and open to undergraduates/graduates/UT researchers. The talk will be followed by a meet and greet. For more information, email utposse@gmail.com or visit http://utplanetaryscience.blogspot.com.

The Films of Kenneth Anger, Vol. 1, to be screened
7 p.m., Creative Research Lab (CRL 0). As part of the No Lone Zone exhibition at the Creative Research Lab, there will be a screening of The Films of Kenneth Anger, Vol. 1 (2006). Short works from the first half of avant-garde filmmaker Kenneth Anger's career make up this remarkable collection. An influence on everyone from Andy Warhol to Martin Scorsese, Anger blends striking imagery and universal symbols to create innovative experimental pieces. Included are "Fireworks" (1947), "Puce Moment" (1949), the 16-minute version of "Rabbit's Moon" (1950), 'Eaux d'Artifice" (1953) and "Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome" (1954).

UT University Orchestra to perform
7:30 p.m., Bates Recital Hall.

Lecture on Abu Muslim presented by Iranians for Peace and Justice
7:30 p.m., Waggener 101. A lecture about the life and legacy of the revolutionary Abu Muslim. For more information check the link out below Abu Muslim Lecture

Political situation in Iran is topic of talk by Prof. Snehal Shingavi
7:30 p.m., Waggener 101. Iranian society is experiencing its greatest upheaval since the 1979 revolution. What began as anger over election fraud exploded into protests of millions of people in the streets of Iran's cities, animated by social and economic grievances and raising the possibility of revolutionary change. Professor Snehal Shingavi will give a talk with focus on the dynamics of the struggle in Iran against Ahmadinejad, and the labor movement since the 1979 revolution.

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.