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The Office of Public Affairs

Thursday, Jan 25, 2007

N-256, 2006-07

New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study will host “Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?”-a series of Black History Month events focusing on the history of New Orleans as well as Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, Feb. 2-24, at various venues on the NYU campus. For a complete schedule of events, which are free and open to the public (ID required for entry), go to http://www.nyu.edu/gallatin/bhm/. For more information, call 212.998.9163. Subway lines: A, B, C, D, E, F, V (West 4th Street); R, W (8th Street); 6 (Astor Place).

“Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?” includes a screening of Spike Lee’s documentary, “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts”: Acts I & II, Fri., Feb. 2, 7-9 p.m.; Acts III & IV, Fri., Feb. 9, 7-9 p.m., 715 Broadway, Room 519 (betw. Waverly and Washington Place). Act V (not previously broadcast) will be shown Fri., Feb. 16, 6:30 p.m. (Cantor Film Center, Theater 102, 36 East 8th St.), followed by a discussion with Sam Pollard, the documentary’s producer and supervising editor.

The series of events will also include several panel discussions, including the following: “Stranded by Katrina: Race, Class and Vulnerability” (Mon., Feb. 5, 6-8 p.m., NYU’s Kimmel Center for University Life, Room 914, 60 Washington Square South [at LaGuardia Place]); “Cuisine and Conversation” (Thurs., Feb. 8, Kimball Hall Lounge, 246 Greene Street, First Floor, 6-8 p.m.); “Is it Nature or Politics? Race, Class, and the Remaking of Urban America” (Tues., Feb. 13, 12:30-2 p.m., 715 Broadway, Room 519).

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Editor’s Note:
The Gallatin School of Individualized Study is a small innovative college within New York University. Gallatin gives students the opportunity to design a program of study tailored to their own needs and interests. The key to Gallatin’s educational approach is its close supervision of the student’s course of study by its faculty advisers. Students pursue individual interests by taking courses in the various schools of NYU, engaging in self-directed education through independent studies and participating in experiential learning through internships at New York City’s countless institutions, businesses, and arts organizations. Undergraduates experience a thorough grounding in the history of ideas and great books, and graduate students pursue advanced study in interdisciplinary modes of thought.