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Who Owns Your Work: an Intellectual Property Rights Primer

John O'Bryant Center 116 (1st Floor)

Here's your chance to learn not only the basics of copyright but how to spot new clauses that are popping up in contracts that can diminish your control of the use of your writing and other creative works.

About the presenter: Barbara Mende is affiliated with the NWU Grievance and Contract Division.

Is There a Future for Journalism as a Career?

John O'Bryant Center 118 (1st Floor)

Experienced journalists and those just entering the field - or considering going to school to learn to do so, see layoffs and newspaper/magazine closings and ask: are paid journalists opportunities out there, or should they switch to a field where there are jobs?

Introduction to Virtual Worlds

Egan 440 (4th Floor)

You've probably heard about virtual worlds like Second Life - online systems which allow millions of people to create online versions of themselves (called "avatars") and pursue all kinds of creative and mundane activities in a completely human-created environment with global reach.