Neuroscience lecture to look at food motivation

University of Wisconsin neuroscientist Ann Kelley, an internationally known expert on brain and behavior function, will give the annual J. P. Scott Lecture at BGSU next Monday. She will speak on "Neural Circuitry and Motivation for Food: Integration of Cognition, Reward and Energy."

The lecture will begin at 4 p.m. Dec. 8 in the Bowen-Thompson Student Union Theater (Room 206).

Kelley’s main areas of research include analysis of the neural basis of feeding and other ingestive behaviors, circuitry-involved instrumental learning, and analysis of the behavioral and neurochemical effects of addictive drugs, such as opiates, nicotine, cocaine and amphetamine. The brain system most studied in her laboratory is the nucleus accumbens, a ventral part of the basal ganglia, as well as its important input and output structures such as prefrontal cortex, amygdala, hippocampus, hypothalamus, and ventral tegmental area.

The lecture is sponsored by The J. P. Scott Center for Neuroscience, Mind and Behavior, the Department of Psychology and the Department of Biological Sciences.

Founded in 1999, the J. P. Scott Center for Neuroscience, Mind and Behavior is a group of faculty, post-doctoral associates, graduate, and undergraduate students actively studying the dynamic relationships between the nervous system and behavior, with an explicit focus on integrating behavioral research with other sub-disciplines of the neurosciences.

For more information, contact: Howard Cromwell at hcc@bgnet.bgsu.edu.

Music of Rachmaninoff, talents of Russian pianist showcased
Dec. 6

The Bowling Green Philharmonia, under the direction of Emily Freeman Brown, will present "The Music of Sergei Rachmaninoff" at 8 p.m. Saturday (Dec. 6) in Kobacker Hall of the Moore Musical Arts Center.
Pianist Maxim Mogilevsky, music performance studies, will be the featured soloist in the "Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30."

Written in 1909, the "Rach Three" was premiered by the New York Symphony, under Walter Damrosch, with the composer at the piano. The work is one of the most famous and difficult of all piano concerti. Requiring great virtuosity from the pianist, the last movement is considered to be one of the most dazzling in all piano literature.

Mogilevsky made his debut at the age of 13 with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra under Dmitry Kitaenko. He studied at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, where he was awarded the 1990 Tchaikovsky Scholarship for studies at Julliard with Bella Davidovich. Two years later, he received the top prize and "Best Performance of Contemporary Work" at a contest in Pretoria, South Africa.
A member of Bowling Green's faculty since 2002, he has performed as a soloist and with orchestras and chamber groups worldwide and has been heard on television and radio in Israel, Europe, Japan, South Korea and Australia. In the United States, he is often heard on National Public Radio's "Performance Today."

Saturday evening's all-Rachmaninoff program will also include "Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14," and "Symphonic Dances, Op. 45."

Tickets, $8 for adults and $5 for students and seniors, are on sale now at the center box office. For ticket reservations, call 2-8171.

Visiting artist to speak on his work in ‘sculptural sound’

Visiting artist Johnny Coleman will give a lecture at 6 p.m. Friday (Dec. 5), in room 204, School of Art.

Coleman's sculptural sound installations engage memory and an evolving sense of place. Through combining specific materials such as wood, straw, and found objects, he evokes landscape and one’s relation to it. Coleman investigates the form of the row house, his ancestral home, as a container of history. He is a storyteller working with physical space and remembrance.

Recipient of the 2003 Cleveland Arts Prize in the Visual Arts, Coleman is an associate professor of art in sculpture/interdisciplinary media and African-American Studies at Oberlin College. He holds an MFA from the University of California at San Diego and a BFA from Otis Art Institute of the Parson's School of Design in Los Angeles.

This event is sponsored by the Medici Circle of the School of Art and the Ethnic Cultural Arts Program.
For additional information, contact Jennifer Bennett at 2-0135.

Planetarium presents a show for Christmas

The BGSU Planetarium will present “Secret of the Star: A Show for Christmas” from Friday (Dec. 5) to Dec. 21.

“Secret of the Star” is an original BGSU Planetarium production based on the star of Bethlehem and other traditions of the season. Showings are at 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays, 7:30 p.m. Sundays and 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20. A $1 donation is suggested.