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Lecture: Ambassador of Mexico
Sept. 17, 2007
Arturo Sarukhan, Ambassador of Mexico to the United States, presents a talk titled "The Future of Relations Between Mexico and the United States," in a program co-sponsored by the Hispanic Division and the Embassy of Mexico. Registration is required. Contact; 707-2013.
6 p.m., Mumford Room, LM 649, Madison Building.
Lecture: Hispanic Heritage Month Keynote Address
Sept. 18, 2007
Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) gives the keynote address for the Librarys celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month in a program sponsored by the Librarys Office of Workforce Diversity.
1 p.m., Mumford Room, LM 649, Madison Building
Lecture: Brazilian Architecture
Oct. 5, 2007
June D. Komisar, an assistant professor of architecture science at Ryerson University in Canada, discusses "Innovation in Brazilian Architecture: The Churches of Colonial Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais."
Noon, West Dining Room, LM 621, Madison Building
Awards Ceremony: Américas Awards
Oct. 6, 2007
The Hispanic Division and the Center for the Book in cooperation with the Consortium of Latin American Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee present the Américas Awards for Children and Young Adult Literature to Jennifer Riesmeyer Elvgren and Margarita Engle.
10 a.m., Mumford Room, LM 649, Madison Building.
Film Screening: "Walkout"
Oct. 12, 2007
The film "Walkout" is the true story of Chicano students who decide to stage a peaceful walkout against the injustices of the public school system in the East Los Angeles High Schools.
11 a.m., Mary Pickford Theater, LM 301, Madison Building.