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Ongoing–Saturday, February 15

Far From Moab, an art collection by Harrison Clark Nelson ’71, will be on display at Light Fine Arts, 1140 Academy St. A reception will take place in the Light Fine Arts Lobby at 4 p.m. Thursday, February 6.

4:15 p.m., Olmsted Room at Mandelle Hall: From plebeians refusing to join the Roman army to bakers withholding bread, Labor, Unions and Resistance in the Roman Empire will explore how Roman workers used strikes, boycotts, riots and rebellion to get their voices—and their labor—acknowledged. Sarah E. Bond explores Ancient Rome from a new angle to show that the history of labor conflicts and collective action goes back thousands of years, uncovering a world far more similar to our own than we realize. Bond is the Erling B. “Jack” Holtsmark Associate Professor in the Classics at the University of Iowa.
7 p.m., Men’s Basketball vs. Albion

7 p.m., Olmsted Room, Mandelle Hall: Join the Department of English for a poetry reading with John Rybicki. Rybicki will be reading a collection of poems from his work. He is the author of three poetry collections: When All the World Is Old (Lookout Books, 2012), Traveling at High Speeds (New Issues Press, 1996) and We Bed Down into Water (Northwestern, 2008). When All the World Is Old was written in response to the long illness and death of Rybicki’s wife, the poet Julie Moulds. His poems have been published in The Best American Poetry 2008, Alaska Quarterly Review, Field, Paris Review, and Poetry magazine.

4:15 p.m., Olmsted Room. Reimagining Medical Education and Healthcare in Rural Africa: Insights from the University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda. Denis Regnier explores the innovative approaches to medical education and healthcare delivery pioneered by the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) in Rwanda. Focused on transforming health systems in rural Africa, UGHE’s model integrates social medicine, equity, and community engagement to train the next generation of health professionals.

7:30 p.m., Dalton Theatre. K’s Jazz Band will get everyone up and dancing in the aisles as it takes the audience on a tour of jazz stylings with titles such as “Vehicle,” originally performed by The Ides of March; “Take the A Train” with a funky twist; “Sky Dive” for some cooling down; and the second-line groove of Greg Moody’s “Delta Queen.”