Film series: The UND Department of Anthropology's Global Visions Film Series will show "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Memorial Union Lecture Bowl. Attendance is free, but a small donation of $1 is requested.
"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" follows a budding friendship between two young boys.
One is the son of a high-ranking Nazi officer, and the other is a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp. As their friendship builds, both boys find themselves in a tragic situation that separates them in the end.
Upcoming films include "Sangre De Mi Sangre" on Nov. 17 and "Days of Glory" on Dec. 1.
Chemical engineering: UND officials said a new doctoral degree in chemical engineering, a first for the state's only chemical engineering program, was launched this week.
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Chemical engineering, part of the UND School of Engineering and Mines, has been steadily building a strong research program to support its strength in teaching.
The new program will provide students with an advanced understanding of fundamental chemical engineering subjects including thermodynamics, reaction kinetics and transport phenomena applied to research such as bio-based materials and sustainable energy.
UND recently established the country's first master's degree program in sustainable energy engineering.
The chemical engineering doctoral degree is designed to be more research-intensive with greater depth in chemical engineering fundamentals than the existing SEM interdisciplinary engineering doctoral program.
For more information, visit www.und.edu/dept/sem/che/che_grad.html#chephdprog .
Witch expert: What's the difference between a witch and a cranky old woman?
The answer to that question has landed UND faculty member Hans Broedel an appearance as a witch-hunting expert on a National Geographic Channel television program called "The Witch Hunter's Bible." He will be in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 16-18 for filming at the Library of Congress.
"The show is about "Malleus Maleficarum" -- Latin for "the hammer of witches" -- an extremely influential handbook written in 1487 that helped people recognize witches and told them what to do if they spotted one," said Broedel, assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of History.
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Broedel's book, "'Malleus Maleficarum' and the Construction of Witchcraft: Theology and Popular Belief," brought him to the attention of Hoff Productions and the National Geographic Channel.
The book is based on his doctoral dissertation at the University of Washington.
Broedel, a Seattle native in his fourth year of teaching early modern history at UND, said in medieval times the question of the day was determining whether someone suspected of being a witch should be put to death.
"Malleus Maleficarum" was written as a handy guide for separating problem-causing witches from the rest of the population.
Madrigal dinner: UND's 31st annual Madrigal Dinner is set for 7 p.m. Dec. 4-5 in the Memorial Union Ballroom.
Tickets are on sale at the Chester Fritz Auditorium box office, (701) 777-4090. General seating is $40 per person; a limited number of front-row seats are available for $45 each. Groups of 10 will receive a discount of $5 per ticket.
Parking on the street around the union is free, although spaces are limited. For a fee, parking is also available in the UND Parking Garage.
For information, call (701) 777-2646.
