In addition to featuring hailed authors and editors, Amherst College LitFest 2016 will celebrate the National Book Award on Campus program—a partnership between the National Book Foundation, Amherst and The Common literary magazine—and a new collaboration between the College and MacDowell Colony.
Many core political issues facing health and healthcare in the United States are being shaped and played out in the U.S. South, from resistance to the Affordable Care Act and gun control to the struggle for health justice for lower income and minority populations.
Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH) at the George Washington University (GW) will hold a public forum on February 25 to address the public health problem of eating disorders. The event, to be held during National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, will feature a keynote talk by Neesha Arter, the author of the memoir, Controlled: The Worst Night of my Life and Its Aftermath. Arter will discuss her battle with anorexia, an eating disorder that developed after she was sexually assaulted at the age of 14.
FAU advanced nursing students and professors will set up clinics and will team up with local health care workers and interpreters in Guatemala. By the time they arrive there, they expect to have in excess of 400 patients lined up each day eagerly waiting to see the “Americans.”
The Center for Digital Transformation (CDT) at the UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business will hold its signature conference, “Road to Reinvention: Leadership in the Digital Age,” on Thursday, March 24. With an agenda designed for senior executives and board members, the conference will take place at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, 100 Academy in Irvine, California.
Wellesley College is taking a creative approach to celebrating the 200th anniversary Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein' by screening films uniquely inspired by Shelley and her work.
Today’s students will be the world’s leaders in 2050, when the population is expected to reach 9 billion people; they will face issues like overcrowding, food security, energy and water management, and climate change. UF's ONE WORLD summit addresses these issues by bringing together a diverse group of educators and students, Extension professionals, community development personnel, corporate partners and policy makers.
Year after year, breast cancer affects New Mexico’s women. And year after year, the University of New Mexico Lobos support those women and raise awareness of breast cancer by playing a game in their honor. This year, the game in their honor will be played on February 20, 2016 against the Air Force Falcons.
Playing off the emotions of music, scientists will help deepen understanding about climate change at Northwestern University. The program features a group of musician-scientists who will perform in a string quartet followed by a panel discussion on how music can help explain climate change.
UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business alumna and retired PIMCO executive Kristen S. Monson will serve as the 2016 Distinguished Executive Commencement Speaker for the business school graduation ceremony to be held Monday, June 13, in the Bren Events Center on the UC Irvine campus.
At a glance around Room 3027 in the Harper Center on Thursday morning, Yovani Llamas counted 14 people in attendance for Creighton University’s inaugural 3 Minute Thesis competition.
Graduates of the business school at Rensselaer, the Lally School of Management, are in strong demand.
United not Divided: Economic Inequality and Opportunity Gap” is a two-day public forum where scholars, community leaders, policy makers, students and the general public will discuss issues of economic inequality and the opportunity gap with the goal of exploring ways to mitigate their negative impacts on the social, cultural and political fabric of the nation. The second day is devoted to discussions on Baltimore and its efforts to transform low-opportunity neighborhoods.The forum will take place at the Marriot Inner Harbor at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Md., on March 30-31. The
DaVinci knew it. Michaelangelo knew it. And the artists and scientists featured in the annual Art of Systems Biology and Nanoscience show know it, too: art and science are closely related. This year’s show, ‘Spectrum,’ will feature stunning artwork by artists inspired by nature and dazzling images by scientists studying nature at the smallest scales.
The 25th Annual Health Care Forecast Conference titled, “Health Politics and Policies in a Presidential Election Year,” will take place February 18-19 at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences & Engineering at 100 Academy Drive, Irvine, CA 92617. The conference is hosted by the Center for Health Care Management and Policy (CHCMP) at the UCI Paul Merage School of Business. Tickets are $795.00 per person. Registration details and a full agenda can be found at merage.uci.edu/go/hcc.
Amid concerns about student access to affordable and healthy food, activists from several University of California campuses are sponsoring the second annual California Higher Education Food Summit. The three-day conference will feature workshops and speakers addressing food justice on California college and university campuses. The food justice movement aims to ensure equal access to nutritious, locally sourced food and living wages for all food system workers.
State legislators aren’t known for their prowess on the basketball court, but that hasn’t stopped them from playing seriously in the annual “Hoops 4 Hope” game. Legislators of all skill levels play in the hotly-contested game, their constituents enjoy the show, and the annual game raises money for the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Members of the eating disorder community—including affected individuals and their families, professionals, researchers and policy makers—have united to increase access to accurate information, eradicate myths and collectively advocate for resources and policy change.
On January 22, the Council on Undergraduate Research will be celebrating the achievements in undergraduate research at Allegheny College, George Mason University, and The College of New Jersey, at the American Association of Colleges and Universities annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
Several of the world’s most influential leaders in global economic policy will take part in a public dialogue, entitled “Addressing Global Inequality,” on January 31, 2016, at Wellesley College’s Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs. The event will feature Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund; Sri Mulyani Indrawati, managing director and chief operating officer of the World Bank; and Mark Malloch-Brown, former deputy secretary general and chief of staff for the United Nations. Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright ’59, a Wellesley alumna who founded the Institute, will also take part in the public dialogue. This year’s Institute addresses the complicated issues related to global inequality.
Among the goals of the Florida Bull Test are to provide the commercial cow/calf producer a source of bulls that have been tested, and to promote awareness and understanding of the latest animal breeding concepts and tools while showcasing superior beef cattle genetics in Florida.
The UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business inaugural economic forecast conference titled, “Unraveling the Mysteries of the Global Economy and Financial Markets,” is scheduled to be held Tuesday, January 12, 2016, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the Dean’s Leadership Auditorium at the Merage School.
David M. Rubenstein, the co-founder and co-chief executive officer of the Carlyle Group, will deliver the graduation address at the commencement ceremony of the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School on Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore.
Dr. Janet L. Kavandi, deputy director at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Glenn Research Center and a Missouri University of Science and Technology graduate, will speak at two graduation ceremonies at Missouri S&T this month.
60 years after graduating from the University of Chicago, celebrated composer Philip Glass will return to campus as a UChicago Presidential Arts Fellow Feb. 17-19, 2016 for a three-day residency featuring a film screening, public conversation, and a sold-out concert at Mandel Hall.
The University of California, Irvine’s anteater mascot, voted Mashable’s 2015 Mascot Madness champion, will host an entry in the 107th Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade and will be represented on the Irvine Chamber of Commerce/Destination Irvine’s boat. Peter’s appearances are part of UCI’s 50th anniversary celebration and help illustrate the spirit of innovation shared by the campus and larger community.
In May, the Wichita State University community said goodbye to 22-year-old electrical engineering student Abduljaleel "Jaleel" Alarbash, who was killed trying to stop a suicide bomber from entering a mosque in Saudi Arabia. This week the man hailed as a hero will be remembered with an honorary degree and have a room in Jabara Hall named in his memory.
New York University will host “Can Neuroscience Help Us Understand Art?”—a debate featuring NYU English Professor Gabrielle Starr and Alva Noe, a professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley—on Thurs., Dec. 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Rensselaer names the winners in the fall 2015 Change the World Challenge Student Innovation Competition.
Matthew Aalsma of Indiana University will discuss why juvenile justice reform efforts that decrease the reliance on incarceration and improve behavioral health and medical services are important public health initiatives.
The Sumner M. Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness at Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University will hold a special pre-screening of the PBS documentary In Defense of Food, a new film that explores the science behind the 2008 book of the same name by journalist Michael Pollan.
David Grusky, professor of sociology at Stanford University, will speak at Cornell College at 3 p.m. on Dec. 7 in Hedges Conference Room in the Thomas Commons. He will describe his research on the sociology of class and gender inequality in what he calls today’s New Gilded Age.
Dozens of experts on the issue of opioid drug abuse and overdose will gather at the University of Michigan on Dec. 1, to share the latest information and research.
Former U.S. senator Bill Bradley and former U.S. ambassador to Russia Jack Matlock, Jr. will be among the panelists for “U.S.-Russian Conflict From Ukraine to Syria: Did U.S. Policy Contribute to It?”—a discussion at NYU’s School of Law on Mon., Nov. 23, 6-8 p.m.
Smithsonian Secretary David Skorton will deliver the keynote address at American University's first-ever fall commencement ceremony.
Fisher Center Chair Kenneth Rosen will deliver his annual real estate and economic forecast at UC Berkeley's 38th Annual Real Estate & Economics Symposium
Wake Forest University is among a group of two dozen colleges, universities and public interest organizations that today collectively announced $18 million in commitments to support and improve academic research about women and girls of color.
Craig Boundy, CEO for Experian North America is the featured speaker for the November 18 Distinguished Speaker Series event hosted by the UCI Paul Merage School of Business. Boundy will share his insight on the important role big data plays in today’s economy and how data is being used as a force for good for consumers, businesses, government and society. The event will be held in the Merage School Auditorium from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m., followed by a complimentary reception.
YouTube sensation CassetteBoy are to join a delegation of academics and experts to talk about the implications of copyright reform, one year on from a change in the law in October 2014.
The 2015 stem cell symposium, “The Challenge of Informed Consent in Times of Controversy,” will take place from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, at University of California, Irvine. The symposium will be livestreamed, and a video recording will be available on www.law.uci.edu following the event. The symposium will explore whether the Food and Drug Administration and other government agencies should intensify the regulation of human subject research and establish enforcement standards.
Annual IT event brings together higher education and the technology world for a host of activities and interaction.
Community-based organization that provides peer health education on AIDS, diabetes, asthma and chronic disease prevention and self-care, as well as mentoring for high-risk youth is celebrating 25 years in the South Bronx. The festivities take place Friday, November 20 at the Old Bronx Borough Courthouse.
Peter Navarro, professor of economics and public policy at the University of California, Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business, will launch his new book, Crouching Tiger: What China’s Militarism Means for the World (Prometheus Books, 2015), and a companion documentary Thursday, Nov. 12. The 6 p.m. public meeting in the Merage School auditorium is being held in collaboration with the Orange County chapter of the World Affairs Council and the UCI Chancellor’s Club.
Saint Joseph’s University’s Academy of Food Marketing will host Chef Robert Irvine, star of Restaurant:Impossible, at an event to benefit the Food Marketing Educational Foundation and the Office of Veterans Services. Held on Tuesday, November 17 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Fretz Kitchen Showroom located in the Philadelphia Navy Yard, the cost is $125 per person, and $75 for veterans.
Researchers, physicians and patients will participate in a two-day conference highlighting the latest information on diagnosis, treatment and living with this disease highlighted by neuroendocine tumors that can lead to heart disease, seizures and stroke.
Iconic French filmmaker Agnes Varda reflected on her career during a week in residence at UChicago, where she delivered lectures and participated in public conversations about her films.
“Climate Change Policy and Public Health,” the sixth and final Massive Open Online Course offered by the University of Wisconsin-Madison this year, launches Nov. 9. The course will be taught by Jonathan Patz, a professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.
Former U.S. senator Bill Bradley and former U.S. ambassador to Russia Jack Matlock, Jr. will be among the panelists for “U.S.-Russian Conflict From Ukraine to Syria: Did U.S. Policy Contribute to It?”—a discussion at NYU’s School of Law on Mon., Nov. 23, 6-8 p.m.
U.S. Treasurer Rosie Rios, the driving force behind plans to put a woman on the new $10 bill, will talk about currency redesign and answer questions in an appearance at UCI.
Clay Marsh, M.D., of West Virginia University will discuss ways to improve individual health and health systems at the 20th Annual Research!Louisville conference, Oct. 27-30 in Louisville, Ky.
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