October 20, 2005

Upcoming events

Oct. 25-26 conference honors pioneer in aircraft safety

In honor of Jan D. Achenbach receiving the National Medal of Technology this year, Northwestern will host a two-day conference, “The Quest for New Aerostructural Materials and Designs,” Oct. 25 and 26.

President Bush presented Achenbach, Walter P. Murphy Professor and Distinguished McCormick School Professor of the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering, with the nation’s highest honor for technological innovation March 14 in a White House ceremony.

Leaders from industry, academia and government will discuss the promise of next-generation materials for commercial and military aircraft as well as what new alloys or other materials are being considered for engine components, landing gear and other structural components. The conference will be held at the James L. Allen Center, and will run from noon to 10 p.m. Oct. 25 and from 8:15 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Oct. 26.

R. John Hansman, professor of aeronautics and astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will deliver the keynote address, “Air Transportation and Technological Change,” at 8:15 p.m. Oct. 25 in the Allen Center’s Tribune Auditorium.

For more information, call (847) 491-8670 or go to www.quest.mccormick.northwestern.edu/.

Göteborg Brass Band performs Oct. 27 at Pick-Staiger

The Göteborg Brass Band of Sweden will perform works by Dvorák, Verdi and Saint-Saëns as well as familiar marches, popular favorites and a tribute to Louis Armstrong, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall.

Comprised of Göteborg University’s finest music students and other top musicians, the Göteborg Brass Band has achieved international recognition and has won numerous awards. The ensemble was established in 1982 by conductor Bengt Eklund to expand and challenge the traditional boundaries of the brass band.

The brass band quickly gained an international reputation by participating in orchestral festivals and contests, which paved the way for concert tours that have encompassed four continents. Efforts to spread brass band music have resulted in five tours to France made from 1993 to 2002, three tours to Russia since 1991, and a recent tour to Australia and New Zealand. The current tour brings the Göteborg Brass Band to the United States for the third time.

The Göteborg Brass Band has held the position of Swedish Champions for many years and has served as a trendsetter and an inspiration to others. Through consistent and tenacious work it has created a new model for the brass band as an ensemble within the tradition-bound world of classical and orchestral music.

Tickets for the Oct. 27 concert are $10 for the general public; $8 for senior citizens and Northwestern faculty and staff; and $5 for students with valid student IDs.

To purchase tickets, call the Pick-Staiger Ticket Office at (847) 467-4000. For more information, call (847) 491-5441.

Former Democratic leader Daschle to deliver Leopold Lecture Nov. 2

Tom Daschle — former majority and minority leader of the U.S. Senate — will deliver the 16th annual Richard W. Leopold Lecture, Wednesday, Nov. 2.

The longtime Democratic Party leader will discuss “The American Journey: New Paths and Opportuni-ties in a Changing World” at 7:30 p.m. in Room 107 of Harris Hall, 1881 Sheridan Road on the Evanston campus.

His lecture is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.

In 1978, Dashle was elected to represent South Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving four terms there and quickly becoming a part of the Democratic leadership. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1985 and, in an unusual honor for a freshman senator, appointed to the powerful Senate Finance Committee.

Daschle became the first South Dakotan in history to hold a party leadership post when he was named co-chair in 1988 of the Democratic Policy Committee. In 1994, he became the second youngest person in history to lead his party in the Senate.

Daschle also served as a member of Senate committees on Agriculture, Veterans, Indian Affairs and Ethics. Defeated in a tightly contested and bitter race for the Senate in 2004, he now is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, a nonpartisan research and educational institute.

The Leopold Lecture honors Richard W. Leopold who for more than 40 years, most of them at Northwestern, distinguished himself as a professor of history.

For further information, e-mail staciak@northwestern.edu or call (847) 467-3005.

Journalist to talk about reporting and the imagination Nov. 2

William Jeanes, longtime contributor to Sports Illustrated and American Heritage magazines, will deliver a lecture on journalism and the imagination Wednesday, Nov. 2.

A prolific writer who has published more than 250 articles, Jeanes is writer-in-residence this fall at Northwestern’s Center for the Writing Arts. His presentation on “The Reportorial Imagination” will take place at 4 p.m. in 201 University Hall. It is free and open to the public. A question-and-answer session will follow.

Former magazine editor-in-chief and publisher of Car and Driver, Jeanes is a contributing editor at AutoWeek, a columnist for African Americans on Wheels and a regular contributor to Automotive News. He is former editor-in-chief of Classic Automobile Register and Auto World Weekly.

After living and reporting across the United States and around the world, Jeanes returned five years ago to his home state of Mississippi. He has written articles for The New York Times, Playboy, Parade, Playbill, AARP The Magazine, Smithsonian Air & Space and other publications.

For further information, e-mail words@northwestern.edu or call (847) 491-4099.