Locations across the Chicago campus. http://fota.uchicago.edu. Free.

10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; noon-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday.

The Renaissance Society, room 418, Cobb Hall, 5811 S. Ellis Ave. 702-8670. Free.

This exhibition showcases the work of the Brussels-based artist Joëlle Tuerlinckx, which incorporates video and assemblages of odd local materials, conjuring for viewers the moment of discovery the artist encountered when viewing the gallery she was to fill. Tuerlinckx’s videos and slide projections, which will be viewed on screens that shift position as the day progresses, follow the trail of her gaze, and her collages mark her witty mind and wry sense of humor. There will be an opening reception at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 4, and the artist will talk from 5 to 6 p.m.

Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave. 702-8068. $30 general, $10 students.

The internationally renowned Tallis Scholars will close the Howard Mayer Brown International Early Music Series with an all-English program marking the 400th anniversary of the death of Queen Elizabeth I. The program, with pieces written for the Queen’s Chapel Royal, features the work of Robert Parsons, William Byrd, Robert White and Thomas Tallis.

Gleacher Center, 450 N. Cityfront Plaza Dr. 702-6033. Free, but registration is required.

The chief academic officers of three research universities will convene to discuss academic freedom, affirmative action, diversity and the changing public role of the university from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 9, at the Gleacher Center, 450 N. Cityfront Place Dr. in Chicago. The event, titled "The Futures of Higher Education," is free and open to the public, but reservations are required.

The Graham School of General Studies is sponsoring the event to inaugurate a series of seminars and colloquia on major issues facing higher education while drawing upon the experience and insights of university provosts and chancellors.

The issues addressed will range from the controversial, such as the recent debate over admission policies at the University of Michigan Law School, to the obscure, like quarrels over intellectual property in information technology and other rapidly changing areas that likely will have a deep impact on institutions of higher education.

The May 9 event's speakers and topics are as follows:

• Geoffrey Stone, the Harry Kalven Jr. Distinguished Service Professor in the Law School and former Provost at the University of Chicago, "Diversity, Affirmative Action and the Supreme Court."
• Jonathan Cole, provost and dean of faculties and the John Mitchell Mason professor at Columbia University, "Defending the Idea of the University in Troubled Times."
• Nancy Cantor, chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "The University as a Public Good."

To make reservations for the May 9 event, call Val Huston at (773) 702-6033, or e-mail vhuston@uchicago.edu.