Brian O'Connell 4th Annual Lecture

Public Invited

April 11, 2012, 3PM

Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT

Founders Hall, in Davidson Hall

The 4th Brian O'Connell Lecture will be a performance by the Elektra Ensemble.

Elektra Ensemble drives audiences to their feet with exciting and powerful performances. Formed with the desire to champion new works for piano trio, and bring their energetic and unique artistry to the existing repertoire, these talented musicians deliver an unparalleled dedication and passion to the concert stage.

Albanian violin prodigy Brunilda Myftaraj has drawn enthusiastic accolades from audiences as well as critical acclaim for her masterful musicianship in her native Albania, as well as Italy, Greece, France, Marocco, Austria, Switzerland, Poland and in the United States. She has been praised recently by the New London Day critic as an “especially fine and beautiful player”.

Cellist, Melissa M Morgan’s playing has been hailed as “deeply resonant” and “vibrant” by the Hartford Courant. An avid chamber musician, she has performed extensively throughout the United States and Canada.

Hailed by Gramophone as a “star of the future” and acclaimed by Germany’s Piano Magazine for the “elegance and rapturous beauty” of his music-making, pianist Igor Lovchinsky has performed at the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Auditorium, the Bushnell Center, the Eastman Theater and the Ohio Theater.

Directions to campus: http://www.ccsu.edu/page.cfm?p=1378

Brian O'Connell 3rd Annual Lecture Series

Public Invited

Constitution Room - Memorial Hall
Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, Connecticut

3:30 PM, April 7, 2011

"American Nerd", Benjamin Nugent

Benjamin Nugent will speak on the American Nerd, a charming and disarmingly serious study of the history of the nerd in popular culture and throughout modern history. Nerd-dom is carefully observed and analyzed, with an eye for connections that lead to unusual places, plus more obvious nerd subjects like the rise of online gaming and the history of American science-fiction clubs. (modified from Amazon)

Copies of American Nerd will be available after the talk.

Directions to campus: http://www.ccsu.edu/page.cfm?p=1378

I was the Keynote speaker for ISTAS 2001 in Stamford, CT, and Brian was my amiable host. Recently, I was asked to prepare some notes on ethics for my professional society and I remembered most well my time at ISTAS so I started an internet search for its home page. My surprise and shock, as belated as it is, must be no different from that of his friends and colleagues at the time of his death, particularly if they had not known of his illness.

It’s been a while and I was trying to remember what it was that drew us together but drawn we were. A search through my archives indicates that it was slide rules and, perhaps, he introduced me to the Oughtred Society. [...] we sat together over dinner and chatted about my old “slippery stick.”

Lee Saperstein
Nantucket, MA

2010 Brian O'Connell Lecture

The Brian O’Connell Lecture Series is scheduled for April 14th at 3pm in the Constitution Room of the Student Center at Central Connecticut State University.

The speaker is Dr. Joseph R. Herkert on the topic Ethical Challenges of Emerging Technologies.

For directions to campus and a campus map, click here:
http://www.ccsu.edu/page.cfm?p=1378

Courier Article

ISTAS 2009, Phoenix, AZ

Presentation to Sarah Cox at International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS ‘09), Phoenix, AZ, June 19

Presentation to Sarah Cox at International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS ‘09), Phoenix, AZ, June 19 (left to right: Sarah Cox, Janet Rochester, Joe Herkert)

Pictures From Memorial Lecture

Attendees viewing demonstrations after the lecture.