May 19, 2:00, Ritchie Coliseum Sociology Commencement. There is a reception and light brunch honoring the graduates, from 11:30-1:00pm in the 3rd Floor Atrium of the Art/Sociology Building. The larger University Commencement is at the Comcast Center at 10:00am.

May 13, 4:00, (rescheduled) Room 2309 Art/Sociology, (a Maryland alumni meet & greet will be held at 3pm prior to the talk in Rm 2115) Liana Sayer, Ohio State University. The Second Annual William Form Alumni Lecture: "Gender Equality and Time Together for Partnered British, French, Dutch and American Parents"

May 12-18, Exams.

May 9, 4:00, Chaney Library, Riggs Alumni Center: Retirement celebration for Joe Lengermann.

May 5, 4:30, Grand Ballroom, Stamp Union: Annual BSOS Awards Ceremony , Awards to Mini Rajan, Chris Andrews, Paul Dean, and Gheda Temsah. The Dean's Medal is awarded to Joe Lengermann for 40 years of service to the College and Department.

May 5, 12:15, Room 1101 Art/Sociology: Chris Knoester, Ohio State University.

May 3, 4:15, Ina and Jack Kay Theater, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, "Times of Revolution: Egypt Then and Now" a special Sadat Forum with Ms. Barbara Walters, ABC News correspondent and creator of The View and Dr. Jehan Sadat, former first lady of Egypt; moderated by Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development.

April 28, 12:00, 1101 Art/ Sociology, Graduate Program brownbag: Stanley Presser on survey research: "Interpreting Data: The Devil is in the Details"

April 27, 12:00, 1101 Art/Sociology AKD Initiation.

April 25, 12:00, MPRC, 0124B Cole: Terry Thornberry, University of Maryland. "Behavioral Similarities between Parents and Children""

April 12, 12:15, Room 1101 Art/Sociology: Rashawn Ray, University of Maryland. "Is it Really One Middle Class? The Effect of Race on Social Class Identification"

April 9, Art/Sociology, University of Maryland. Theorizing the Web conference. The conference seeks to expand the range and depth of theory on how the Internet, digitality, and technology have changed the ways humans live.

April 7, 12:00, MPRC, 0124B Cole: Philip Kasinitz, CUNY, "Beyond the Model Minority: Explaining Second Generation Chinese American Success"

April 6-9, Jacksonville, FL Southern Sociological Society annual meeting: Power Revisited.

April 4, 12:00, MPRC, 0124B Cole: Melissa Kearney, Maryland, "Early Non-marital Childbearing and the Culture of Despair"

March 31-April 2, Marriott Wardman, Washington DC, Population Association of America annual meeting.

March 31, 12:00, 1101 Art/ Sociology, Graduate Program brownbag: Francis Duvinage, Director, National Scholarships Office, UMd; Pat White, Sociology Program Officer, National Science Foundation; Jeff Lucas, UMd & NSF panelist: "Fellowship and Dissertation Support"

March 14, 4:00, Room 2460 A.V.Williams V.S.Subrahmanian, University of Maryland, (and others) "Social Network Optimization Problems" Part of the Technology-Mediated Social Participation lecture series.

March 7, 4:00, Room 2119 Hornbake Jennifer Preece, University of Maryland "Encyclopedia of Life: Motivating Public Enthusiasts and Expert Scientists to Document the World’s Species" jointly with David Jacobs (CS & UMIACS), Cynthia Parr, Jen Hammock (Smithsonian) Dana Rotman, Darcy Lewis, Anne Bowser, Erin Stewart (iSchool grad students), Arijit Biswas (CS grad student), Eric Stevens (CS undergrad) Jae-wook Ahn (CS, HCIL), PJ Rey (SOCY grad student), and Nick Violi (CS grad student). Part of the Technology-Mediated Social Participation lecture series.

February 28, 12:00, 1101 Art/ Sociology, Graduate Program brownbag: Brad Booth, Senior Sociologist, Caliber and Associates; Melissa Scopolliti, Chief, Net International Migration Branch Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau; Brian Ward, Health Statistician, Center for Disease Control; "Non-Academic Opportunities: Internships, Summer Jobs, Real Careers"

February 28, 12:00, MPRC, 0124B Cole: Enrico Marcelli, San Diego State University. "TBA"

February 24-27, Sheraton Society Hill, Philadelphia, Eastern Sociological Society annual meeting: Intersectionalities and Complex Inequalities .

February 22, 12:00, 1102 Francis Scott Key, Elizabeth Bernstein, Barnard College and Columbia University "Sex, trafficking, and the politics of freedom"

February 21, 4:00, Room 2011 Art/Sociology George Ritzer, University of Maryland "The Role of Prosumers" jointly with PJ Rey, Nathan Jurgenson (SOCY grad students), Zeynep Tufekci (UMBC, SOCY) and the Prosumer Studies Working Group: http://www.bsos.umd.edu/socy/prosumer Part of the Technology-Mediated Social Participation lecture series.

February 16, 12:00, Room 1101 Art/Sociology: Nikki Jones, University of California, Santa Barbara. "The Camera rolls: Using Third-Party Video to Study Routine Encounters Between Young Black Men and the Police"

February 14, 4:00, Room 2460 A.V.Williams Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland "Nation of Neighbors: Design and Network Evolution for Internet Community Safety Systems" jointly with Alan Neustadtl (SOCY), Catherine Plaisant (UMIACS, HCIL), Jae-wook Ahn (CS, HCIL), PJ Rey (SOCY grad student), and Nick Violi (CS grad student). Part of the Technology-Mediated Social Participation lecture series.

February 9, 12-2, CRGE, 0124B Cole: Kris Marsh, Maryland. "I Ain't No Nerd: Comparing Racial Identity between High Achieveing Young Black Women and Men" part of a Qualitative Research Interest Group panel on "Qualitative Research across the Disciplines"

February 3, 12:00, MPRC, 0124B Cole: David Haines, George Mason University. "Safe Haven: Rethinking Refugees and America"

January 24: Start of Spring Semester