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The School of Music will present associate professor and composer Neil Thornock in a concert Friday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall. The concert is free.

Elder Walter F. Gonzalez, a member of the Presidency of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will speak at a Brigham Young University campus devotional Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.

The devotional will be broadcast live on the BYU Broadcasting channels. Visit byub.org/devotionals or speeches.byu.edu for rebroadcast and archive information.

Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Elder Gonzalez is presiding over Church affairs in the Southern States. He was sustained a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of the Church on March 2001. He had previously served in the Fourth Quorum of the Seventy and as an Area Authority in the South America North Area.

Prior to these positions, Elder Gonzalez was the director of the Church Education System for the South America North Area.

Elder Gonzalez earned a law degree at Universidad de la República in Uruguay and studied economics at Universidad de la Fraternidad in Argentina. He also earned a technician’s degree in business administration at Instituto CEMLAD in Ecuador and later, he received a bachelor of general studies degree from Indiana University.

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will speak at a Church Educational System Fireside Sunday, Nov. 1, at 6 p.m. in the Marriott Center.

BYU’s Cougar Marching Band will perform in a concert Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.

After careful review, the President's Council has approved a change for Fall Semester 2009 in the withdrawal deadlines in order to provide students and faculty with greater flexibility and more options.

C. Randall Paul, founder and president of the Foundation for Interreligious Diplomacy, will speak at a David M. Kennedy Center lecture Wednesday, Nov. 4, at noon in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.

BYU Visual arts professor Ryan Woodward helps start the wild rumpus as a storyboard artist for the film adaptation of Maurice Sendeks' popular book, Where The Wild Things Are.

The BYU Office of Research and Creative Activities reminds students that ORCA grant applications are due Friday, Oct. 30, before midnight.

Brigham Young University’s Men’s and Women’s Choruses will be performing Tuesday, Nov. 3, in the de Jong Concert Hall at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m.

Pinchas Zukerman and the Utah Symphony will be visiting Brigham Young University for an all Brahms concert Thursday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.

BYU’s Department of Dance will present the dancEnsemble’s fall concert, “Lifelines,” Friday and Saturday, Nov. 6-7, in the Dance Studio Theatre, 166 Richards Building.

The BYU Center for Economic Self-Reliance will be hosting the 12th Annual Economic Self-Reliance Conference, “Social Entrepreneurship and Self-Reliance,” Thursday and Friday, Nov. 5-6, in the BYU Conference Center.

Canadian author and critic Tim Wynne-Jones will be presenting “Between Belonging and Otherness: The Book as Passport” at the Annual Nan Osmond Grass Lecture sponsored by the English Department Thursday, Nov. 5, at 11 a.m. in B-192 Joseph F. Smith Building.

BYU’s Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band will join forces for a concert Friday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.

Mona Hamdy, executive director of the Mosaic Foundation, will present “Arab Women: Perception and Reality” at a David M. Kennedy Center lecture Friday, Oct. 23, at 10 a.m. in 238 Herald R. Clark Building.

The BYU Bookstore is hosting a Grand Opening Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 21-22, for its print-on-demand Express Book Machine by On Demand Books. The campus community is invited to attend the Grand Opening from 2 to 6 p.m. both days for ongoing demonstrations and refreshments.

The first machine available in Utah and only the 8th in the U.S., EBM can produce a soft-cover book from start to finish in about 3 to 5 minutes. The BYU Bookstore is the first college bookstore in the United States to offer instant print-on-demand book services.

EBM has access to millions of public domain books, out-of-stock books and a growing database of current publisher catalogs. The EBM’s software system, ExpressNet, keeps track of any copyright royalties due for remittance to publishers.

EBM’s immediate printing capability effectively creates a “vending machine” for books. It is ideal for self-published books and family histories. The BYU Bookstore also aims to assist local authors by offering publishing services through the new Y Mountain Press service.

Andy Gibbons, BYU professor of instructional psychology and technology, is excited about the possibilities EBM opens up. “Individual faculty members can now publish professional-looking versions of their own work on a small scale for close colleagues. Family memory albums, memorial books, family histories and personal note archives can be produced in a form recipients will value and want to keep, and in a form that will have a long shelf life,” Gibbons said.

In addition to learning about the machine at the Grand Opening, information on EBM and publishing services offered through Y Mountain Press are available online at ymountainpress.com.

Greg Mortenson, co-founder of the Central Asia Institute and founder of Pennies for Peace, will give a forum address titled, “Fighting for Peace through Education,” Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center. Mortenson will speak about his work described in his book, “Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace…One School at a Time,” which spent 120 weeks on The New York Times best-seller list.

“Mirror, Mirror: Contemporary Portraits and the Fugitive Self,” a new exhibition at the Museum of Art, features 56 works of art by 32 local and international artists who trace the influences of rituals, facades, social media and the family on the formation of individual identity. This exhibition will be on view in the Conway A. Ashton & Carl E. Jackman Gallery on the museum’s lower level from Friday, Oct. 23, through Saturday, May 8. Admission is free.

Richard Hess, a professor of Old Testament and Semitic language at Denver Seminary, will present two lectures during a visit to BYU Oct. 27-28.

His Excellency Jorge Dezcallar de Mazarredo, Spanish ambassador to the United States, will address “Spain-U.S. Relations” at a David M. Kennedy Center lecture Thursday, Oct. 29, at 11 a.m. in B92 Joseph F. Smith Building.

Jessica Kaiser, chief osteologist at Ancient Egypt Research Associates at the University of California, Berkeley, will present “Graves of the Paupers? The Late Period Cemetery at Giza” during a David M. Kennedy Center lecture Thursday, Oct. 22, at 11 a.m. in 2113 JKB.

People are unconsciously fairer and more generous when they are in clean-smelling environments, according to a soon-to-be published study led by a Brigham Young University professor.

The BYU Copyright Licensing Office will host several activities to increase the campus community’s understanding of copyright issues.

The College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and the Department of Geological Sciences have announced the grand opening of the newly named Museum of Paleontology Oct. 24.

After years of planning, building and testing, BYU is launching its AIM-based internship tracking system. The Internship Registration and Management System — or IRAMS — registers students for internships and captures critical contact information so that BYU students anywhere in the world can be immediately contacted in case of emergency or natural disaster.

The Marriott School of Management was ranked the most family friendly business school in the United States, according to The Princeton Review’s “The Best 301 Business Schools,” which hit the shelves last week.

The Brigham Young University School of Music will host a Halloween screening of the silent movie “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” Saturday, Oct. 31, in the de Jong Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m.

The 1923 classic starring Lon Chaney will be accompanied on the organ by Mike Ohman, theater organist and assistant director of the BYU School of Music.

Tickets cost between $8 and $11 and can be purchased in person at the Harris Fine Arts Ticket Office or online at byuarts.com.

People are encouraged to wear costumes to the screening, but organizers ask that no masks be worn.

For more information, contact Ken Crossley at (801) 422-9248.

The BYU Homecoming Opening Ceremonies will introduce the theme for Homecoming 2009, “Reach for the Summit,” Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.

Imagine the gruesome sound of bones snapping as a thirsty, 30-ton dinosaur tramples a heap of fresh carcasses on his way to a rapidly shrinking lake.

BYU students are out to prove there’s no need to wait until after graduation to get a big idea off the ground. Many of them had a chance to demonstrate how they’re turning ideas into reality at the 2009 Student Entrepreneur of the Year Competition.