Well, I’m trying to think of something of interest that might be going on at KU this week, but I’m coming up empty. Hmmmm.

Oh, right. There is a visit by the president of the United States, possibly the first stop at KU by a sitting president since Rutherford B. Hayes in 1879 (more on that later today, hopefully, on the blog). But, for the moment, we don’t know much about that except that it will happen Friday.

And in the meantime, other things are still happening around KU — a lot of things this week, actually. Here’s your weekly events roundup:

• KU geography professor Jerry Dobson will be at the Dole Institute of Politics at 3 p.m. today to talk about and sign copies of “The Waters of Chaos,” a novel he wrote with his brother that puts forth an alternative theory for the history of human civilization.

• Also today is an event celebrating the work of Ronald Johnson, a poet born in Ashland in 1935. That begins at 5:30 p.m. today in the Kenneth Spencer Research Library. It’s sponsored by the KU Libraries system, which requests that you RSVP if you want to attend. More info on that is here.

• Later today, at 7 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium at the Kansas Union, is a screening of the documentary “Corporate.FM,” featuring a talk with its director, KU alumnus Kevin McKinney, afterward. This is sponsored by the Student Union Activities group and student radio station KJHK, which along with Lawrence’s KLZR is actually featured in the movie. The screening is free.

• Speaking of documentaries: from Wednesday through Saturday, the Africa World Documentary Film Festival will be going on at Wescoe Hall. It features 16 different documentaries about the lives of people in Africa, and you can read more about it here.

• The annual Reasonfest event from KU’s Society of Open-Minded Atheists and Agnostics is set for Saturday and Sunday at the Kansas Union. More on that here.

• Also on the weekend: the KU Global Scholars Symposium, where 12 undergraduates selected as Global Scholars by KU will present research they’ve been working on. It’s 8:30 am to 5 p.m. in Alderson Auditorium at the Union, and it’s open to the public. This is the first group of students selected to be Global Scholars, back in 2010 when they were sophomores, and now they’re seniors about to graduate. You can take a look at their research topics here — they range from “Herbal Remedies in 20th Century Slavic Folklore” to “Developmental Disabilities in Kansas and Peru.”

Phew. If I missed anything, as usual, feel free to add in some more in the comments below. And get those KU news tips to merickson@ljworld.com.