March 22

What: Bonnie Bourg Lecture Series

Where: Peltier Auditorium

When: 10:30 a.m.

Keynote speaker Alecia Long, associate professor of history at Louisiana State University, is known for her research on Louisiana, New Orleans and the intertwined histories of gender, race and sexuality in the United States.

She is the author of “The Great Southern Babylon: Sex, Race and Respectability in New Orleans: 1865-1920” and winner of the 2005 Julia Cherry Spruill Publication Prize for best book published on Sothern women’s history.

March 23

What: Ceramics Pottery and Sculpture Lectures and Demonstrations

Where: 108 Talbot

When: 8:35 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Lectures and demonstrations by guest artists John Oles and Ken Baskins.

What: International Film Club Showing of The Fighter

Where: LeBijou Theater

When: 6:30 p.m.

March 24

What: Ronnie Kole Performance

Where: Talbot Theater

When: 7:30 p.m.

Jazz pianist, singer and entertainer Ronnie Kole, who first gained national exposure after several guest appearances on The Johnny Carson Show, will perform.

March 26-30

What: Research Week

Where: Student Union

When: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Events will highlight research done at the University through the Brown Bag Faculty Speaker Series. A student poster competition will also be held.

What: College of Arts and Sciences Speaker Series:

Where: Le Bijou Theater

When: “Chromosome Numbers: A Natural History” by John Doucet from 10:45 a.m. to 11 a.m.

“Bayou Lafourche: Human Source Tracking” by Marilyn Kilgen from 11:05 a.m. to 11:20 a.m.

“Drag Reduction Using Super-hydrophobic Surfaces” by Henry Foust from 11:25 a.m. to 11:40 a.m.

“Engaging Students Through Service Learning” by James Bader Jr. and Tina Granger from 11:55 a.m. to 12:10 p.m.

“Nineteenth-Century World’s Fairs” by Rachel Stephens from 12:15 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.

“Essential Services: Rebuilding of Iraq” by Stephen Michot from 12:35 p.m. to 12:50 p.m.

“D-Spaces and Trees” by Heather Gamel from 12:55 p.m. to 1:10 p.m.

“Inner Functions on the Ball” by Matthew Gamel from 1:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

March 26

What: Crescent City Brass Band

Workshop: 215 Talbot at 4 p.m.

Performance: Peltier Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.

The newly formed classic brass band from New Orleans features Matthew Ernst and Doug Reneau on trumpet, Mollie Pate on horn, Matt Wright on trombone and Robert Nunez on tuba.

March 27

What: Research Week Poster Competition and Judging

Where: Cotillion Ballroom

When: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Judging: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

What: Research Week Lectures

Where: Ellender Memorial Library, Multipurpose Room 322

When: “The Student Engagement Center” by Lori Richard from 11:30 a.m. to 11:50 a.m.

“LC, a Better Research Tool” by Sherrill Faucheaux from 11:50 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

“Interview as a Research Tool” by Neil Guibeau from 12:10 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.

“Culinary Sustainability Practices” by Chef Monica Larousse from 12:30 p.m. to 12:50 p.m.

“Chefs Move to Schools” by Chef Amelie Benoit from 12:50 p.m. to 1:10 p.m.

What: Classical Acoustic Guitar Concert

Where: Duhe Building, Room 158, 235 Civic Center Blvd, Houma

When: 6 p.m.

Jeff George, professor of guitar studies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, will perform an acoustic concert. Coordinated by Bonnie Le, Fletcher Technical Community College music instructor.

March 28

What: John Folse Culinary Institute Cooking Demonstrations

Where: Carmel Inn, 400 E. First St., Thibodaux

When: “Baking and Pastry” by Chef John Kozar from 9 a.m. to10 a.m.

“Product Development” by Chef Monica Larousse from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

“A La Carte” by Chef Amelie Benoit from 11 a.m. to noon

Seating is limited. Call (985) 449-7114 for reservations.

What: College of Business Administration Lectures

Where: 209 Powell

When: “College of Business Computer Literacy” by Betty Kleen, Ronnie Fanguy and Sherry Rodrigue from 11:30 a.m. to 11:50 a.m.

“Scanning Statistics” by Randy Rykar from 11:50 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

“Consumer Pollution Concern” by William Reese from 12:20 p.m. to 12:40 p.m.

“Use of Social Media” by Marilyn-Mack-Frey, En Mao and Laura Valenti from 12:45 p.m. to 1:05 p.m.

“Research on Banks” by Norbert Michel, John Lejaunie and Shari Lawrence from 1:10 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

What: Research Week Student Reception

Where: Bowie Room

When: 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

March 29

What: College of Nursing and Allied Health Poster Presentations

Where: 152 Betsy Cheramie Ayo Auditorium

When: “Simulation Teaching Innovation on Rapid Response” by Bridget Guidry, Amanda Eymard and Jeanne Hamner from 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.

“Multidisciplinary Treatment for Brain Injury” by Donna Fitzgerald-DeJean and Scott Rubin from 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.

“Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening” by Todd Keller from 9 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.

“Premortem Surge Delphi Findings” by Tanya Schreiber from 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

“Institutionalized Elderly: Anorexia of Aging” by Bobby Nijjar from 9:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.

“Into the Neighborhood” by Pamela Breaux, Kimberly Dozar and Amanda Eymard from 9:45 a.m. to 10 a.m.

What: College of Education Lecutres

Where: 125 Polk

When: “Technology Support for Social Shape Up” by Carmen Broussard, Lynn Singletary, Jeremy Babb and Kristen Guilfou from noon to 12:15 p.m.

“Digital DIBELS Delivery” by Samantha Fusilier and J. Steven Walsh from 12:15 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.

“Emergence of Untaught Responses in Geometry” by Grant Gautreaux from 12:30 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.

“Play Deprivation in Work Settings” by Lisa Lauer from 12:45 p.m. to 1 p.m.

“Edith Stein: Curriculum as Autobiography” by Stephen Triche from 1 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.

“Colonel Chat” by Cynthia Vavasseur and Toby Naquin from 1:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.