Response page: Events listings

Ribbons distributed
Sept. 4-10: students at the Morgridge Center (1st floor, Red Gym) will distribute ribbons symbolizing peace and hope.

Art on 9/11
The state exhibit of the Wisconsin Regional Art Program has several artworks reflecting on 9/11, Pyle Center (702 Langdon St.) main hallway through Saturday. Sept 28.

International Perspectives
Tuesday, Sept. 10, noon-1:30 p.m., panel chaired by Michael Barnett, international studies and political science, with faculty members David Leheny, political science; David Morgan, history; Gay Seidman, sociology; and Jeremi Suri, history. Memorial Union.

Legal Issues and Public Policy
Tuesday, Sept. 10, 4-6 p.m., panel chaired by Bernard R. Trujillo, Law School; with Michael A. Olivas, University of Houston; and Paul Peercy, dean, College of Engineering. Memorial Union.

Post-Sept. 11: The Emergence of a Global Criminal Justice System
Tuesday, Sept. 10, 7:30-9:30 p.m, lecture, Anne-Marie Slaughter, dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Introduced by Barnett. Memorial Union.

Humanities forums address evil and ethics
Tuesday, Sept. 10, 7 p.m, “Evil in the 21st Century: September 11 and Beyond” is the topic of a free public talk by Claudia Card, professor of philosophy at Marshall Community Library, 605 Waterloo Road, Marshall.

Program of Remembrance and Reflection
Wednesday, Sept. 11, 8:45-9:30 a.m., Chancellor John Wiley and student government chair Bryan Gadow will speak briefly, and campus musicians will perform, Library Mall.

As part of the day’s commemoration, the Music Hall bell will toll periodically between 7:45 a.m. and 9:10 a.m. to mark the times of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and the crash of Flight 93 in Pennsylvania. A reading of victims’ names, coordinated by Hillel, will begin at 10 a.m., Library Mall.

Blood drive
Wednesday, Sept. 11, sponsored by the Red Cross, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Red Gym.

Commemorative concert
Wednesday, Sept. 11: Lyle Anderson, university carillonneur, will perform a commemorative concert, 10:45-11:15 a.m., Carillon.

Religion and Violence
Wednesday, Sept. 11, noon-1:30 p.m., chaired by Charles Cohen, history and religious studies, with faculty members Jan Miernowski, French and Italian; Jonathan Schofer, Hebrew and Semitic studies; and John Dunne, languages and cultures of Asia. Memorial Union.

International Students and Sept. 11
Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2-3:30 p.m., chaired by Sheila Spear, International Student Services, with students Ahmad El-Guindy, Jacob Eapen, Carolina Milesi, Christopher Phillips and Manail Anis. Memorial Union.

Teaching Academy discussion
Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Patricia Devine of the Psychology Department will lead a discussion, “Contemporary Psychological Perspectives on Prejudice.” Following , a student panel, Neema Avashia, Joel Bennett, Carole Chabries, Andrew Courter, and Shahin Khalili and others, will look back on how or if the events of Sept. 11 changed their educational perspectives, the campus climate, and faculty/staff roles. 260 Bascom.

Information in Post-9/11 America
Wednesday, Sept. 11, 3:30-5 p.m., panel discussion by faculty associates of the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Communications and Technology (Anuj Desai, Greg Downey, Kristin Eschenfelder, Rob Howard) on the changing access, use and safety of information in the wake of Sept. 11, 2001. School of Library and Information Studies commons, 4th floor, Helen C. White Hall. Information: 263-2105, kreschen@slis.wisc.edu.

Healing and Forgiveness
Wednesday, Sept. 11, 4:30-6 p.m., presentation by JoAnna North, peace activist, Northern Ireland. Introduced by Robert Enright, educational psychology. Memorial Union.

Video lecture
Wednesday, Sept. 11, 5 p.m., “Islam, World Peace and September 11th,” a video lecture featuring Jamal Badawi, professor, Saint Mary’s University, Halfiax, Canada. 2650 Humanities.

Student-sponsored vigil
Wednesday, Sept. 11: A candlelight vigil and procession to the state Capitol, coordinated by the Associated Students of Madison, will begin at Library Mall, 7:15 p.m.

Grace
Wednesday, Sept. 11: Campus artists plan “Grace,” a program of responses, at 7:30 p.m., Wisconsin Union Theater. The Pro Arte String Quartet and Li Chiao-Ping Dance will perform. Free tickets will be available at the Union Theater Box Office; those with UW ID or Union membership can pick up two tickets per person beginning at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5, and Friday, Sept. 6. Remaining tickets will be distributed two per person to the general public on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 7.

Theater performance
University Theatre performs “The Indian Wants the Bronx” in Vilas Hall. Wednesday, Sept. 11, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $5.