Great Decisions 2015 completed its series last evening with a presentation by guest speaker Mary McCormick. With a particular interest in Asian countries and cultures, Mary's 30 years of international legal experience offered unique insight into some of the complexities of what has and does shape this country, today. Thanks to Bud and Carol Hayden for hosting. Great Decisions programming will begin its new 2016 series in January so watch for an email this week from Program Coordinator Betsy Wray for further information.

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Working with materials ranging from asphalt paper, salt and insulation foam to prints, objects, video projections and generative sound structures, a complex network of ideas connecting poetics and politics has been constructed. Three Factory Pieces explores our notion of what it means to work, examining the multiplicity of ways in which we "produce." What is "commodity" and "value"? Exhibit runs through December 20. For more information, click here.

The Westminster Town Hall Forum speaker is Andrew Bacevich, a historian, expert on national security, and former professor of International Relations and History at Boston University. 

The Friends of the University Libraries invite you to an evening with arctic explorer Will Steger, who is best known for having traveled tens of thousands of miles by kayak and dogsled over 50 years. Steger will be joined by Todd Reubold of the Instititute on the Environment for a conversation after his initial presentation. Free and open to the public. Click here to reserve your ticket by November 23.