Things to Do, March 29-April 5

Events this week include BOOM, showcasing student tech research; a lecture on C.S. Lewis, a debate on fracking, an electronic music symposium, statistician Nate Silver and Anonymous 4 in Sage Chapel.

Conference to honor Robert L. Harris Jr. April 5-6

Retiring Africana professor Robert L. Harris Jr. will be honored at a conference to be held at the Africana Studies and Research Center April 5-6.

Lecturers to discuss drawings at Johnson Museum

Experts from the Morgan Library and Museum will give lectures in conjunction with an exhibition of master drawings at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.

Alumni donate books chronicling the black experience

More than 200 books published by the Negro Universities Press, reprinting rare historical materials on the black experience, have been donated to the John Henrik Clarke Africana Library.

Photography changed stories of Weimar Germany, professor says

Photographic images, with their immediacy and ability to convey highly complex narratives, had a powerful impact on storytelling in Weimar Germany, said Patrizia McBride, at a colloquium March 5.

Exhibition marks Human Sexuality Collection's 25th anniversary

The 'Hooray for Gay: Pre-Stonewall Images from the Collection of Harry Weintraub' exhibition in New York city marks the 25th anniversary of the library's Human Sexuality Collection.

Postdoc examines peace in historical thought

Murad Idris, a postdoctoral associate in the government department and a Mellon Postdoctoral Diversity Fellow, discussed peace across the history of political thought on campus March 8.

New initiatives in 2013-14 Schwartz Center season

The Department of Performing and Media Arts is launching new initiatives, experiments in collaboration and fresh opportunities for students in the 2013-14 Schwartz Center season.

Graduate student, alumnus win music awards

First-year DMA graduate student composer Tonia Ko is one of 16 recipients of this year's American Academy of Arts and Letters awards in music, along with Steve Burke, DMA '01.