February 2010 Archives

On Friday, February 26, from 2 to 3:30 p.m., Tompkins-McCaw Library will host a satellite broadcast of Dr. Robert Fullilove's keynote lecture of the 31st annual Minority Health Conference at North Carolina, Chapel Hill. In a lecture entitled "Community Organizing & Community Building: Public Health Watchwords for the 21st Century," Dr. Fullilove will explore the opportunities available through a return to the roots of old-fashioned community organizing. Through community organizing, we can construct interventions out of those efforts to develop solid, cohesive groups who can work effectively to deal with community issues. Organizing for collective efficacy should be a watchword for our efforts to eliminate health disparities.

The lecture will be shown in room 2-010 of Tompkins-McCaw Library. Find more information and register online.

Due to the inclement weather on February 10, Tompkins-McCaw Library and University Student Commons & Activities have rescheduled the film screening of Hidden Epidemic: Heart Disease in America to Wednesday, February 24 from 12 to 1:30 p.m. in the Hunton Student Center's Learning Center. Find more information and register online.

The VCU Friends of the Library are pleased to sponsor an exhibit showcasing the work of students in the Department of Photography and Film in VCU's School of the Arts. The exhibit was curated by Jacob Dodd, Department of Photography and Film and organized by Sonali Gulati, Department of Photography and Film, Kristina Keogh, Reference Librarian for the Arts, and Yuki Hibben, Collection Librarian for the Arts.

This exhibit is sponsored by the VCU Friends of the Library and is part of an ongoing effort to showcase the talents of VCU's student, faculty, and alumni artists within the VCU Libraries, and to foster partnerships between the VCU Libraries and other VCU departments. For additional information about the VCU Friends of the Library, visit us online.

The exhibit consists of two monitors located on the first floor of James Branch Cabell Library. The first monitor features a photography slideshow with images created by both MFA and BFA photography students. The work displays a wide range of conceptual approaches through various photographic methods that include studio portraits, installation based photography, and digital experimentation.

Works include:

• Aura - Stephanie Benassi, MFA
• Celdas - Alma Leiva, MFA
• Experiences with Sports in College - John Cameron, BFA
• Monuments - Eric Carlson, BFA
• Various Works - Griffin Davis, BFA
• Various Works - William Douglas, BFA
• Various Works - Courtney Mannion, BFA
• Various Works - Harrison Moenich, BFA
• Windows - Patrick Phillips, BFA
• Charleston at Night - Kaitlynn Slaughter, BFA
• Lady Athletes - Drew Smith, BFA
• The Modern Jew - Drew Smith, BFA

The second monitor features short films and videos created by undergraduate BFA Film and Photography students from 2007-2010. The body of work was selected from various courses which include filmmaking I & II, Digital Filmmaking I & II, Documentary, Animation, and Experimental Filmmaking. A number of the shorts do contain a soundtrack, but are exhibited here silent for Cabell Library.

Works include:

• Deus Ex Maria (16mm) - Kaila Bell, BFA
• Vex (DV) - Harrison Moenich, BFA
• Bananananana (Hand-drawn Animation) - Sam Song, BFA
• Wayward (Super 16mm) - William D. Bryant & Dustin T. West, BFA
• Rain Storm (Animation) - Anne Schermerhorn, BFA
• Das Tooth (DV) - Paul Hugins, BFA
• Ocular (Archival DV) - Leo Maco, BFA
• Williamsdale (HD Video) - Ben Rinehardt, BFA
• Blue Coma Infinity (Archival DV) - Doug Lawlor, BFA
• Luray (Super 16mm) - Chris Underwood & Mark Waldhauser, BFA
• AWA's (HD Video) - Abdoulaye Fall, BFA
• Eggy (Animation) - John Sizemore & Mairin Hart, BFA
• Timeless (16mm) - Erin Young, BFA
• If Only Tonight We Could Sleep (DV) - Dena Sussman, BFA
• Untitled (DV) - Mathew Farris, BFA
• Mega Robot vs. Giant Fish (CG Animation) - Chris Underwood, BFA
• Strangers (16mm) - Sam Song, BFA

For more information, please contact Yuki Hibben, Kristina Keogh, or Kimberly Separ.
 

Tompkins-McCaw Library and University Student Commons & Activities are proud to announce their MCVC Spring Documentary Film Series. All films will be shown in Hunton Student Center's Learning Center from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday, February 10
Hidden Epidemic: Heart Disease in America
How can a seemingly healthy 44-year-old suddenly drop dead from a massive heart attack? His case is not unusual, as the 90-minute documentary explains. More than half of all people who die of heart disease succumb suddenly without warning--and the other half have the disease lurking in their bodies for many years before it strikes. There is no cure, but doctors are making remarkable discoveries about the disease: where it starts, how it occurs, and what that means for us. http://bit.ly/hiddenepidemic

Wednesday, March 10
Supersize Me
Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock embarks on a journey to find out if fast food is making Americans fat. For 30 days he can't eat or drink anything that isn't on McDonald's menu; he must eat three square meals a day, he must eat everything on the menu at least once, and supersize his meal if asked. He treks across the country interviewing a host of experts on fast food and a number of regular folk while downing McDonald's to try and find out why 37% of American are now overweight. Spurlock's grueling diet spirals him into a metamorphosis that will make you think twice about picking up another Big Mac. http://bit.ly/supersizme

Wednesday, April 7
Pandemic: Facing AIDS
Narrated by Elton John, Pandemic: Facing AIDS is a documentary series of five half-hour films by Rory Kennedy that takes a unique look at the worldwide AIDS epidemic. The dimensions of the AIDS pandemic are catastrophic. During the last 20 years, HIV/AIDS has spread across social, political and cultural barriers, affecting people in every corner of the globe. Experts predict that in ten years, 112 million people may be HIV-positive, yet it is a disease whose transmission is entirely preventable. http://bit.ly/facingaids

Wednesday, May 5
Struggling in Silence: Physician Depression and Suicide
Struggling in Silence conveys the impact of physician suicide on families, patients and communities through the stories of two physicians lost to suicide. It also shares the accounts of those living with mood disorders: a freshman medical student with depression and anxiety who considered dropping out, a surgeon diagnosed with depression who overcame stigmatizing attitudes and policies within his state and profession, and a prominent neurologist whose bipolar disorder introduced her to new areas of research and patient care. http://bit.ly/silentstruggle

The iPoll Databank provides researchers a wealth of survey data. iPoll contains over a half-million questions from surveys conducted by over 150 academic, commercial, and media organizations such as the Gallup Organization, Pew Research Associates, the Wall Street Journal, AARP, the ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox, and NBC News Organizations, and others. iPoll includes survey data back to 1935 and is updated daily. A sample list of topics covered by the Databank includes:

• Crime
• Drugs and Alcohol
• Family
• Education
• Civil Liberties
• Minorities
• Democracy
• Environment
• Social Capital
• Terrorism
• Energy
• Abortion
• Welfare and Poverty
• Women

Additional information about iPoll is available from The Roper Center. Learn more about data and statistics resources available from the VCU Libraries. For assistance, call the Cabell Library reference desk at 828-1101.

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