Co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Kathleen Galvin will present a keynote speech, “Global Environmental Change: Research and Engagement for Resilience.” This talk opens the annual conference of the Society for Economic Anthropology. As a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Galvin’s group shared the Nobel with Al Gore. She is a member of the National Academy of Science/National Research Council’s Research Council’s Human Dimensions of Global Change group.

The UGA Chemistry Department's annual Alumni Lecture will be presented by Prof. Mildred Dresselhaus from MIT on the topic of "Nanoscience in Our Future." Dresselhaus has received many national and international awards.

The fourth annual Barbara Methvin Lecture will be given by Lloyd Pratt, a professor at Oxford University. Pratt's topic is "A Woman Reading Emerson in the American South." Pratt is an expert on Southern and African-American literature and is the author of "The Strangers Book: The Human of African American Literature" and "Archives of American Time: Literature and Modernity in the Nineteenth Century." Dr.

In these dynamic talks, this year's MFA candidates will each have three minutes to give attendees a glimpse into their work. They then take to the galleries to engage directly with visitors. Co-sponsored by the Lamar Dodd School of Art. 

The Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries will host its bi-annual reception celebrating new exhibitions. The event will include live music from local band Hog-Eyed Man; a custom print station operated by Double Dutch Press; light refreshments and gallery tours. RSVP to lnessel@uga.edu or 706-542-3879.

The UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s finest vocal talent brings the rich traditions of African American choral music to life in its final performance of the spring. 

Sponsored by: Hugh Hodgson School of Music

Contact: Clarke Schwabe 706-542-4752

The UGA British Brass Band, under the direction of professor and retired New York Philharmonic principal trumpet Philip Smith, will bring the 2015-16 2nd Thursday Series to  a close. 

$18; $5 with a UGACard

Sponsored by: Hugh Hodgson School of Music

Contact: Clarke Schwabe 706-542-4752

Three horn quartets from the UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music will put the talent of their studio on display.

Contact: Clarke Schwabe 706-542-4752

For more information, visit: music.uga.edu

Jeannine Falino is an independent curator and museum consultant. She has curated exhibitions, lectured, presented workshops and written extensively on American decorative arts from the colonial era to the present. She specializes in metalwork, jewelry, modern decorative arts, craft and design.

Naomi Norman, associate vice president of instruction, will present "It's All About the Journey: From the FYO to Experiential Learning at UGA" as part of the Center for Teaching and Learning's Award Winning Faculty Series.