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University and the World lectures to begin on Tuesday
By SUE WUETCHER
Reporter Editor
The University and the World Lecture Series, lunchtime presentations designed to showcase the expertise of UB faculty members, will kick off on Tuesday with a lecture on the Andean khipu, a system of colored, knotted strings used by the Incas and other Andean societies to record information.
The lecture, to be held at noon in 120 Clemens Hall, North Campus, will be given by Galen Brokaw, assistant professor in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. Brokaw will explain the features of the khipu and its numeric conventions, and discuss approaches to deciphering the system.
Research by Galen Brokaw on khipu, an elaborate system of colored, knotted strings that the ancient Inca may have used to record information, will be the focus of the first lecture in the University and the World Lecture Series.
The University and the World series is part of "UB This Summer," an initiative of workshops, lectures, summer camps and programs aimed at highlighting UB faculty and facilities to the wider community.
While last year's University and the World lectures focused on faculty members within the College of Arts and Sciences, this year's lectures will be on more diverse topics, featuring faculty members from other units, such as Education, Dental Medicine, Nursing, and Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Faculty members will lecture at noon on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, beginning on Tuesday and running through Aug. 12.
The lectures are priced at $7 each for UB faculty, staff and students, or $50 for 10. The cost for the general public is $10 per lecture, $70 for 10, or $100 for the entire series. These prices include the lecture, lunch and accessible parking.
All lectures will begin at noon in 120 Clemens, with the exception of the Wednesday lectures in July, which will be held at noon in 144 Farber Hall South Campus. Locating some lectures in Farber Hall is an attempt to attract members of the South Campus community, as well as members of the general public who work downtown, "UB This Summer" organizers say.
In addition to Brokaw, lecturing next week will be Claude E. Welch, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Political Science in the College of Arts and Sciences, who will discuss "Africa: Where It Has Been, What Issues It's Confronting and Its Chances for Success" on Wednesday, and Alan Lockwood, professor of neurology and nuclear medicine in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, who will speak on "Environmental Toxicants and Neurological Disease" on June 10.
For the full schedule of University and the World lectures, go to < strong>http://UBThisSummer.buffalo.edu/lecture_series_schedule.html.