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DAVINCI   INSTITUTE

Is pleased to present guest lecturer

Elizabeth Catlos
 


Associate Professor at Boone Pickens School of Geology
Oklahoma State University

WE CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO JOIN US FOR THE FOLLOWING EVENT:

An evening of dinner and conversation
with
Elizabeth Catlos
and
Introduction of 2008 DaVinci Fellows
and Martin-DaVinci Scholars

OKLAHOMA HISTORY CENTER
2401 North Laird Avenue
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Friday, March 28, 2008
6:30 – 9:30 P.M.

Tables for eight and individual tickets are available for purchase.
For more information, please call Diane Carroll at 405-574-1221
or e-mail: dcarroll@usao.edu


Read the invitation letter from Sanders Huguenin.



DAVINCI INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES 2007 DAVINCI FELLOWS AWARD

The DaVinci Institute Board of Directors is calling for nominations for the DaVinci Fellow Award.  This award is designed to recognize creativity among Oklahoma’s higher education faculty.

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Past News

On Tuesday, May 23, 2006, DaVinci Institute presented Guest Lecturer

Dr. Kenneth J. Klabunde

University Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Kansas State University

In
a seminar ,
“Nanotechnology: A New Science; A New Business; A New Environmental Concern”

For
more information , call 405.225.9134, or e-mail davinci@osrhe.edu .


The Art of Nelson Shanks:  Intersection of History & Personality

On Tuesday, January 31, 2006, DaVinci Institute and the Greater Oklahoma City Downtown College Consortium hosted a Public Lecture featuring Nelson Shanks , one of the world's preeminent portraitists. Described by the National Gallery of Art Chief of Exhibits as "the most talented contemporary traditional portraitist," Mr. Shanks has been commissioned to paint portraits of some of the world’s most famous and powerful individuals of recent years including Pope John Paul II, Diana, Princess of Wales, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Luciano Pavarotti, and numerous others.

For more information about Nelson Shanks and his art, please go to www.nelsonshanks.com


On Tuesday, October 11, 2005, the DaVinci Institute hosted a successful Master Class and Public Lecture by David Kennard at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art Noble Theater.

Mr. Kennard is an award-winning documentarian, whose work includes Cosmos with Carl Sagan, We the People with Peter Jennings, The Hero's Journey with Joseph Campbell, and The Promise of Play with Jane Goodall.

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For additional information, contact

Dr. Sanders Huguenin
President, DaVinci Institute
University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma
huguenin@usao.edu
405-224-3140

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