The Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University will host its first graduate student stock pitch competition on Thursday, February 26, at 7 p.m. in Lender Auditorium. Organized by the Whitman finance department, the event features three graduate student teams pitching three different stocks.
The Center for Digital Transformation (CDT) at UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business will host its inaugural signature Conference “Road to Reinvention: Leadership in the Digital Age,” on March 19 at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, 100 Academy in Irvine, California.
Clinical and basic science experts from around the world will convene for the 10th Annual Amygdala, Stress and PTSD Conference, sponsored by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, in collaboration with the USU Departments of Psychiatry and Family Medicine, the USU Neuroscience Program, and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Department of Psychiatry, Apr. 21.
Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH) at the George Washington University (GW) will hold a public forum on February 25 that will address the impact of eating disorders. The event, to be held during National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, will feature a keynote talk by best-selling author Brian Cuban.
Litigation and risk is the topic of the Georgia State University College of Law’s Law Review Symposium on “Risky Business: The Art of Reducing Litigation Uncertainty and Settling Cases,” from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 27, at The Carter Center. The symposium features nationally known attorney and alternative dispute resolution expert Kenneth Feinberg, founder and managing partner of Feinberg Rozen LLC.
U.S. ties with Latin America have never been more critical. The U.S. now recognizes the region as one of its fastest-growing trade partners, a key ally in developing alternative fuels, as well as its largest source of immigrants—both documented and undocumented—and illegal drugs. Furthermore, as Latin America’s global impact steadily increases, the United State’s dominant influence in the region is waning. Latin American countries have not only grown more independent but are also forging closer ties with other global powers including China and India. In recognition of this complex and changing landscape, the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah will present the 17th Annual Rocco C. and Marion S. Siciliano Forum, Considerations on the Status of the American Society. This year’s theme is “The Future of U.S.-Latin American Relations.” The 10 day conference, which starts on Feb.23, will consist of 16 events including art exhibits and a documentary screening. The
Meridian CardioVascular Network Celebrates American Heart Month at the Annual Red Dress Event
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center returns March 7 to Sarasota, Fla., for the institution’s annual Making Cancer History® seminar at the Hyatt Regency Sarasota, 1000 Blvd. of the Arts.
Leading authorities and prominent keynote speakers including Norman J. Ornstein, PhD, television commentator and Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, will give inside-the-beltway insights on Health Politics and Policies Under a Republican Congress during the 24th Annual Health Care Forecast Conference. Hosted by The Paul Merage School of Business Center for Health Care Management and Policy, the conference begins Thursday, February 19 and runs through Friday, February 20 at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences & Engineering on the UC Irvine campus.
The Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities (CSMM) at Stony Brook University will host the International Conference on Masculinities: Engaging Men and Boys for Gender Equality, a four-day symposium to encourage men’s activism in support of gender justice and increase cooperation between feminist activists and academic researchers who address these issues.
The goal of the “Art of Systems Biology and Nanoscience” annual event in Santa Fe is to share stunning scientific images of nature with the public.
At places like Walt Disney World and the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, more than four million people have viewed The Kinsey Collection’s artifacts, manuscripts, books and art documenting African American history. Soon, the collection, comprising one of the largest private collections of African American pieces in the world, will make its first visit to the Magnolia State at Mississippi State University. Free, public viewings of The Kinsey Collection’s “African American Treasures” will be open March 21-June 20 in the John Grisham Room at Mitchell Memorial Library.
A global audience is gathering this week, intent on changing the way science is done. Over 600 people from 25 countries will convene February 11 and 12, 2015, at the San Jose Convention Center for “Citizen Science 2015,” the inaugural conference of the Citizen Science Association.
The Midwest Regional Medical Students in Psychiatry Conference will be held Feb. 28 at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.
University of Utah alum David Schwendiman to speak on reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan and his new post as chief prosecutor of the European Union's Special Investigative Task Force on Kosovo.
The annual "Hoops 4 Hope" basketball game pits the New Mexico Senate "Lobos" against the House "Aggies" to raise money for the UNM Cancer Center.
UChicago Prof. Steven Rings will deliver a lecture on his research on Bob Dylan's music in Chicago Feb. 4.
Actress and comedian Maya Rudolph, who rose to fame as a cast member of “Saturday Night Live,” will deliver the keynote address at Tulane University’s 2015 Commencement.
With the opening of the Henry A. Jordan M’62 Medical Education Center, the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has expanded its urban campus with an innovative new facility that’s redefining medical education for 21st century doctors.
The University of Louisville Division of Geriatrics, a part of the Department of Family and Geriatric Medicine, will help host a town hall meeting on long-term care on March 21.
Jerome Cohen, a New York University professor and senior American expert on Chinese and East Asian Law, will be the first speaker for UC Irvine’s 2015 Long Institute Distinguished Lecture Series slated for February 23, 2015 from 2:00 to 4:30 p.m. in the Executive Commons at UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business. Cohen will present, “Xi Jinping’s Rule of Law at Home and In the World,” along with his own thoughts on the development of law in China, discussing both the domestic and international implications.
The UNM Women’s Basketball team will generously pay tribute to the courageous women battling breast cancer in our state as they have year after year.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will speak at the University of Utah Jan. 28. Justice Sotomayor’s visit highlights the MUSE Project’s (My U Student Experience) theme year on justice, for which her recent book ‘My Beloved World’ is the centerpiece text.
Experts from across the country and the globe will gather at Canisius College to discuss "Ecotourism: A Partnership with Nature?"
The Communication Studies Graduate Student Association in the College of Arts and Sciences organized a book drive that helped collect more than 600 books and magazines for a library at Jardin de los Ninos.
Wellesley College welcomes former Secretary of State and Class of 1959 alumna Madeleine Korbel Albright back to campus for the 2015 Albright Institute Wintersession. On January 22, 2015, Secretary Albright joins Elizabeth Cousens, U.S. Representative on the UN Economic and Social Council and Alternate Representative to the UN General Assembly, and Dr. Homi Kharas, a Brookings Institution senior fellow and deputy director for the Global Economy and Development program, for a public dialogue on ending poverty and transforming economies through sustainable development.
The Davis Museum at Wellesley College presents Parviz Tanavoli, the first comprehensive retrospective exhibition of the influential Iranian artist’s work to be mounted by a U.S. museum. On view February 10-June 7, the exhibition will survey the breadth and richness of the artist’s career from the 196os to the present day, marking the 50th Anniversary of Tanavoli’s famed ‘Heech’ project.
Broward College celebrated its 82nd commencement ceremony in style, encouraging students to show off their fanciest footwear at GradSHOEation™ on Thursday, Dec. 18.
Promoting Undergraduate Research with the National Conference on Undergraduate Research University of Central Oklahoma Selected to Host 2018 Conference
Wildlife professor Gary Roemer and guests will hold a workshop Dec. 17-18 at the Pete V. Domenici Hall to address how landscape genetics can be used to understand the genetic structure of golden eagles.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business concluded its fall Leadership Speaker Series last month with a presentation from Dr. Ulrich Bez, Chair and former CEO of Aston Martin.
University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professor Saras Sarasvathy, whose research has inspired a worldwide upsurge in entrepreneurial studies, spoke at an international conference to advance the entrepreneurial method.
Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH) at the George Washington University will hold an event on December 5 to highlight the challenges and opportunities faced by high school students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) as they transition from high school to adulthood. The event will highlight the work of the Autism Transition Project (ATP), a two-year research initiative that aims to better understand from the school and family perspective what these challenges and opportunities are as high school students prepare for the adult world.
Join us for a special three-panel summit bringing together leading international experts from Columbia University who will identify the essential action steps needed to eliminate the Ebola epidemic. The event will also be webcast live.
Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University (Milken Institute SPH) in collaboration with the Jayne Koskinas Ted Giovanis Foundation for Health and Policy today launched a new seminar series on pressing topics in the arena of health policy. The dialogue series will include nationally-recognized speakers along with reaction and commentary by other leaders in the field as well as audience participation.
From 6–7 November, the University of Virginia Darden School of Business Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation sponsored the sixth annual Entrepreneurship Conference — “Partnering for Startup Success.”
Many of the nation’s top liver cancer experts will discuss advances in treatment of liver cancer at the International Liver Cancer Association (ILCA) School of Liver Cancer symposium hosted by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai December 11-12 at The New York Academy of Medicine.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business continued its fall Leadership Speaker Series last week with a presentation from Jane Nielsen, chief financial officer of Coach.
The first major show by an artist of global renown at the UAB College of Arts and Sciences’ Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts since its opening in January 2014, “Warhol: Fabricated” will be a remarkable presentation of private and public Warhol pieces that have never before been exhibited together. This innovative exhibition will combine nine Warhol screen prints and 90 photographic prints owned by UAB with loaned pieces from the Andy Warhol Museum, the Booth Western Art Museum, the Birmingham Museum of Art, beta pictoris gallery and private collectors, and an iconic photo of Warhol from internationally recognized photographer Bob Adelman. In addition, well-known New York-based contemporary artist Charles Lutz will display works from his “Denied Warhol Paintings and Sculpture” series.
Experts in innovation treated investors attending the first day of the seventh annual University of Virginia Investing Conference to some startling ideas on health care, cybersecurity, energy and even exponential technologies.
For 50 years, Wake Forest University has carried forward this rich Moravian service.
The Georgia State University College of Law and the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps will officially open a Law Volunteer Clinic for Veterans that will serve 800 veterans enrolled as students at the university at 4 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 11.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business announced its Institute for Business in Society will host a screening of the documentary Spent: Looking for Change.
The official grand opening of Blackstone LaunchPad at USC marks a new opportunity for students at the University of Southern California to pursue entrepreneurship as a viable career path.
A Malaria in the Americas Forum featuring videos, presentations and discussions on effective efforts to eliminate malaria in the Americas, to mark Malaria Day in the Americas, Nov. 6. Sponsored by The Pan American Health Organization/ World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the PAHO Foundation, Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University, and the Center for Communication Programs at The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
For many aspiring entrepreneurs, transforming an idea into an actual product is a difficult hurdle to surmount. To help area college students move their business ideas from printed page to the global marketplace, the Lally School of Management, the business school at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will host a Startup Business Model Day event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, at the Heffner Alumni House on the Rensselaer campus.
The Rodham Institute, housed within the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, hosted its 2014 Summit to promote health equity. Attendees included leaders from local and national health advocacy organizations, as well as Hillary Rodham Clinton and Clinton Health Matters Initiative Chief Executive Officer Rain Henderson.
A massive collection of a unique genre of folk art called retablos is housed in Las Cruces, NM.
In recognition of National Bladder Health Week, NAFC and Cinebarre Mt. Pleasant have teamed up to present "Lights, Camera, Take Action: A Girls Night Out for Bladder and Pelvic Health - an event designed to encourage women to take charge of their bladder and pelvic health and celebrate the power of female connection.
IU McKinney School of Law, on the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus, will host a public forum on Ebola, law and public health today. The lecture will be available live and archived online.
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