The 16 studio art majors from the Carleton Class of 2008 will present a display of their work in an upcoming campus-wide gallery exhibition entitled “Strata Incognita.” The show opens with a pair of receptions on Friday, May 16, beginning at 7 p.m. in Boliou Hall. The reception will then move to the Art Gallery at 7:30 p.m. The works will be on display in both locations through June 13. The opening reception and ongoing exhibition are free and open to the public.

Carleton students Melissa Mayer ’09 (Marietta, Ga.) and Emily Litwin ’09 (South Orange, N.J.) have received a “Projects for Peace” $10,000 grant from the Davis United World College (UWC) Scholar Program. Mayer and Litwin will use their award to conduct a three-week puppetry arts workshop in the Fountain Estate, an impoverished neighborhood of Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The program will engage at-risk youth in a creative, educational, and secular curriculum geared to enhance positive and peaceful social interaction. The program will take place during the summer break, a time when little organized activity exists for Fountain Estate youth.

Longtime Carleton College trustee, John Larson ’60 P’92 ‘93, died on Friday morning, May 2, 2008, after a two-year struggle with cancer. Larson actively served on the Carleton Board for 23 years, participating on nearly every Board committee, including the Executive Committee. A government major who graduated with honors and earned his MBA from Columbia University with honors, Larson established with his brothers The Larson International Fellowship, in memory of their parents, Frances W. and Eugene Larson, in 1986. Larson’s family includes many Carleton alumni, including his wife, Linda ’62, daughter Suki ’93 and son Rod ’92, as well as brothers Bob ’56, David ’63, sister-in-law Emily ’65, nephew Chris ’89 and niece Amy ’93.

Veteran investigative journalist and Headley Distinguished Visitor-in-Residence in American Studies Willy Stern will deliver a talk entitled "Boots-on-the-ground: A war correspondent shares nitty-gritty impressions of Iraq as the soldiers themselves see the conflict” on Tuesday, May 13 at 7 p.m. in Leighton Hall, room 402. Stern’s presentation is free and open to the general public

As part of Carleton’s ongoing Mid-East Connections speaker series, associate professor of religion Shahzad Bashir will present a lecture entitled “Between God’s Image and Satan’s Workshop: The Human Body in Islamic Thought and Practice” on Monday, May 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Gould Library Athenaeum. The event is free and the public is invited to attend.

Alan Rubenstein, a senior research consultant to the President's Council on Bioethics will give a lecture entitled “Human Dignity and Bioethics in Three Keys” on Wednesday, May 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Gould Library Athenaeum. This event is free and open to the public

The Experimental Theater Board (ETB), the student-run theater group at Carleton, will present “10-Speed Revolution” on May 15, 16 and 17. Written by Minneapolis playwright John Heimbuch, the play will be presented each evening at 8 p.m. in the Little Nourse Theater. The performances are free and open to the public and reservations are suggested.

Music professors Martha Jamsa (flute) and Gwen Anderson (horn) will perform along with guest pianist Kerri LeJeune in a recital entitled “Wit and Wistfulness: 20th-Century Flute Music.” The concert, which takes place in the Concert Hall on Sunday, May 11 at 3 p.m., is free and open to the public.

Carleton will host a panel discussion entitled “Ethics of the Global Food Crisis” on Wednesday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Olin Hall, room 141. Panelists will include professors Dale Jamieson, Philip Camill, and Tun Myint. The event is free and open to the public.

A group of students who have recently traveled to Egypt, Turkey, and Morocco as part of Carleton’s “Middle East Mosaics” program will perform an original work entitled “The VaGender Monologues: Student Perspectives on Gender in the Middle East” on Thursday, May 8 at noon in the Gould Library Athenaeum. The event is free and open to the public.