World-renowned sitar virtuoso Kartik Seshadri will meet with students and perform for the public Oct. 18. Seshadri heads one of the largest programs of Indian classical music at the University of California, San Diego. On Oct. 18, he will demonstrate his instrument and playing style to students and members of the public at 2 p.m. in the Pape Reception Hall of the University of Oregon Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.

Dave Frohnmayer, University of Oregon president emeritus and law professor, has been named to the board of directors for the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Frohnmayer joins one of the nation's oldest learned societies and independent policy research centers, focused on contributing to academy publications and studies of science and technology policy, education, energy and global security, social policy and American institutions and the humanities.

The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon presents “Ave Maria: Marian Devotional Works from Eastern and Western Christendom” in the McKenzie Gallery. This exhibition, on view through July 20, 2014, explores a variety of representations of Mary and iconic scenes from her life through narrative and symbolic works in the JSMA’s collection.

At the meeting, approximately 125 attendees were introduced to the current OA Council members and heard from Jamie Moffitt and Margie Paris

The University of Oregon's Office of Sustainability and Department of Human Resources will host a pair of informational sessions on Wednesday, Oct. 16, about usage-based car insurance – in which insurance bills are based on mileage driven rather than perceived risk. The Usage Based Car Insurance Vendor Resource Fair will feature two 50-minute meetings – at noon and 1 p.m. – that are open to all members of the campus community. Representatives from at least five insurance companies will be present at the two sessions, which will be held in the EMU Walnut Room.