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Brian Els

Pre-Show Panel, Reception for “Full Circle,” Feb. 27

February 23, 2015

eiflerPrior to the Friday, February 27 performance of Full Circle, all ticket holders are invited to enjoy complimentary wine and cheese while listening to a panel of campus experts, including Mead Hunter, performing and fine arts; Brian Els, history; and Rev. Charlie Gordon, C.S.C., theology, as they highlight production details and illuminate important themes in the play. The panel and reception begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Mago Hunt Center lobby.

Questions may be directed to Garaventa Center co-director Karen Eifler at eifler@up.edu or 8014.

Filed Under: 02-23-2015, Events, Garaventa Center Tagged With: Brian Els, Fr. Charlie Gordon C.S.C., Garaventa Center, Karen Eifler, Mead Hunter, Performing & Fine Arts

Humor As A Weapon Against Fascism, Oct. 22

October 20, 2014

U of PThe Garaventa Center welcomes UP history professor Brian Els as he focuses on humor as a response to Nazi oppression on Wednesday, October 22, at 7:30 p.m., in Mago Hunt Center recital hall. Nicole Hanig, performing and fine arts, and Gregory Pulver’s Musical Theater & Opera Workshop Ensemble will provide live renditions of music heard in 1930s Germany, including the singing sensation known as the Comedian Harmonists. The lecture is part of the Beckman Humor Project.

For more information contact the Garaventa Center at 7702 or powell@up.edu.

Filed Under: 10-13-2014, 10-20-2014, Academics, Garaventa Center, History Tagged With: Brian Els, Garaventa Center, Gregory Pulver, Nicole Hanig

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Martin Cenek, Shiley School of Engineering, had his paper, “Semantic Network Analysis Pipeline: Interactive Text Mining Framework for Exploration of Semantic Flows in Large Corpus of Text,” (with student coauthors Rowan Bulkow, Levi Oyster, Boyd Ching, and Ashika Mulagada) published in MDPI Applied Science. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/app9245302.

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