Friday, May 24 | 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Memorial Chapel
Mark Phelan, professor of philosophy, will give the Honors Convocation Address, titled “Knowing Others and Ourselves.” Phelan is the recipient of the 2024 Faculty Convocation Award.
Bag lunches for students, faculty, and staff will be available to-go in the Music-Drama Center lobby following Convocation.
See the full program at lawrence.edu.
Thursday, May 23 | 4:30 p.m.
Steitz 202
You don’t need to know anything about music theory to understand the talk, and in spite of the fancy math words in the last paragraph, you only need to know some basic probability to follow everything.
In the early 20th century, a subversive composer and music theorist named Arnold Schoenberg began to compose in a radical new way, completely breaking with the centuries-old tenets of Western harmony. He inspired composers, musicologists, and music critics, and his ideas are taught at music schools around the world. His music practice was, to put it lightly, controversial, and it never caught on in popular music.
In spite of this, Schoenberg’s music and the music of his disciples have inspired a mountain of papers in a new kind of music theory, one that some have derided as too mathematical for musicians and too musical for mathematicians. But there is interesting, surprising math to excavate from this mountain nonetheless, and in this talk, we’ll see how a funny coincidence in the basic tenets of atonal music theory leads us from cyclic groups to surprises with spheres to abstract metric probability spaces and back to finite graphs. And maybe we’ll even listen to some of Schoenberg’s music along the way.
Friday, May 24 | 4:30-6:30 P.M.
Wriston Art Galleries
An exhibition of selected works by Lawrence University’s 2024 senior studio art majors:
Refreshments will be provided!
Wednesday, May 22 | 5-7 p.m.
Warch 225-226 | Esch Hurvis & Mead Witter
This Campus Garage Sale, sponsored by the LU Thrift Store and the LUCC Sustainability Committee, gives students the opportunity to sell their unwanted items at the end of the year!
Come shop for everything from minifridges to futons, rugs, mirrors, clothes, and much more!
Cash, Venmo, Cash App, Zelle, and/or PayPal are all available forms of payment.
Friday, May 17 | 6 p.m.
Wriston Amphitheatre
Rain Site: Memorial Chapel
Conducted by Andrew Mast
Featuring familiar favorites of stage and screen, the final concert of the year for the Lawrence University Wind Ensemble will feature music from Star Wars, Phantom of the Opera, The Avengers, West Side Story, and many others. Professor of Saxophone Joe Connor (‘12) and Professor of Percussion Jean Carlo Ureña González will be featured in Catch Me If You Can, and the concert will close with music from the greatest musical of all time, The Music Man.
We’ll be in the Wriston Amphitheatre, which is right across the street from our usual location of the Memorial Chapel. Sit outside and enjoy great music, have a bite while you listen and enjoy a family-friendly, post-work time.
In the infinitesimally small chance of rain, we’ll be in the Chapel, but still at 6 p.m. But it’s not going to rain!
Support our amazing students and enjoy a beautiful spring evening!
Are you passionate about study abroad? Off-Campus Programs is hiring student workers for the 2024-25 school year!
The Lawrence London Centre Student Assistant position consists of helping the Off-Campus Programs Office with various aspects of promoting the London Centre program. Students average around 5-10 hours per week.
The Outreach Specialist and Special Projects Assistant position consists of helping the Off-Campus Programs Office with various aspects of promoting the study abroad and off-campus programs experience. Students average around 10 hours per week.
Tuesday, May 21 | 5-7 p.m.
Wellness Center Plaza
Join us for an evening of fun, featuring student cultural and musical performances and a variety of free food!
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Thursday, May 16
Friday, May 17
Sunday, May 19
When: Tuesday, May 20 4-5:30 p.m.
Where: Pusey Room, Warch Campus Center
Enjoy tea and conversation with members of the President’s Cabinet; Christyn Abaray, Peter Blitstein, Chris Clarke, Samir Datta, Brian Pertl, Amy Wilson and Kenny E. Yarbrough
Friday, May 17 | 4:30-9 p.m.
Warch 225-226 – Esch Hurvis & Mead Witter Rooms
Lawrentians Enhancing Diversity in the Sciences presents the second annual STEM Gala! A black tie formal event celebrating the graduating seniors from all STEM departments as well as recognizing the staff and students who made this year amazing.
