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Happy New Year! We again have a great set of lectures....

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Tuesday, January 22^nd

7:30 pm - Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Avenue

(PLEASE NOTE TIME AND LOCATION!)

TOWN MEETING ON U.S. FOREIGN POLICY: WHAT MAINSTREAM MEDIA DON’T TELL US ABOUT IRAN/IRAQ

SCOTT RITTER was one of UNSCOM's most senior weapons inspectors in Iraq between 1991 and 1998, after having served for eight years as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. As a Marine, he conducted arms inspections in the former Soviet Union, and provided analysis of Iraq's missile capacity to General Schwarzkopf in the 1991 Gulf War. "The important thing to know about Scott Ritter is that he was right." - Seymour Hersh

AMBASSADOR EDWARD PECK served as Chief of Mission in Iraq and Mauritania, Embassy officer in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt; Deputy Director of the Cabinet Task Force on Terrorism at the Reagan White House; Deputy Coordinator of Covert Intelligence Programs at the State Department; and Liaison Officer to the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon. With two tours of active duty as a paratrooper, he served from Private to 1st Lieutenant.

Moderated by Retired U.S. Ambassador and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associate Editor, Dan Simpson

Q&A and book signing by Mr. Ritter will immediately follow.

Copies of Target Iran and Waging Peace will be available for sale.

Co-sponsored by Carnegie Mellon University, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Consortium of Educational Resources on Islamic Studies, Thomas Merton Center, U.S. Tour of Duty, American Friends Service Committee, Pittsburgh Persian Gulf Initiative, Pittsburgh Network of Spiritual Progressives, University of Pittsburgh’s Ridgway Center for International Security Studies, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, Center for International Legal Education, and the Global Studies Program at the University Center for International Studies.

Thursday, January 24^th

4:30-6 pm - Kresge Theater, CFA

Risë Wilson, Founder, The Laundromat Project

INNOVATIONS IN FUNDING AND ACCESS TO THE ARTS

Sponsored by the Heinz School's Institute for Social Innovation

Risë Wilson, the winner of a prestigious Echoing Green fellowship, is the founder of The Laundromat Project (TLP), an innovative nonprofit venture consisting of self-service laundries that double as community arts centers in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Harlem. TLP engages people that may not actively seek out an arts experience and/or may not be involved in social change initiatives. Through programs and workshops that focus on visual literacy as well as art making and exhibition, TLP raises awareness around issues affecting its community and creates opportunities for social critiques that lead to action. As a social enterprise, TLP employs an innovative funding model, whereby income from laundromats provides a source of sustained revenue for the arts organization. This lecture is part of the University Lecture Series and.

Monday, January 28^th

4:30pm – Adamson Wing, 136A Baker Hall

Deirdre Clemente, Former Fashion Editor and PhD Candidate, History, Carnegie Mellon

YOU LOOK TERRIBLE: HOW NOT TO DRESS FOR A JOB INTERVIEW

Your mom no longer picks out your clothes or makes sure they are ironed, but from the looks of many CMU students, those days are gone too soon. Flip flops and stained sweatpants are now worn in the dorm or on a date but, when it comes to an interview, dressing like a slob can cost you a job. Please join former fashion editor and Ph.D. candidate in the History Department, Deirdre Clemente, as she lectures on the seven deadly sins of dressing for a job interview. Common miscalculations include seasonally inappropriate attire, ill-fitting clothing, and forgotten grooming. So, leave your tank tops, dirty backpacks, and Simpsons’ ties at home and join us for a seminar on how to step up your style.

Thursday, January 31^st

4:30pm – Adamson Wing, 136A Baker Hall

M.L. (Missy) Cummings, Assistant Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT

THE SOCIAL AND ETHICAL IMPACT OF AUTOMATED DECISION SUPPORT DESIGNS

Sponsored by the Humanities Scholars Program and the International Relations Program/H&SS

Because of the inherent complexity of socio-technical systems, automated decision support systems, often seen as legitimate authorities, are particularly vulnerable to potential ethical pitfalls that include diminishing moral agency and responsibility, as well as an erosion of accountability. This talk will focus on the development of human computer interfaces for decision support systems, which can introduce a moral buffer, a form of psychological distancing, that allows people to ethically distance themselves from their actions.

A naval officer and military pilot from 1988-1999, Cummings was one of the Navy's first female fighter pilots. She is currently Assistant Professor in the Aeronautics & Astronautics Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The University Lecture Series is a partnership between the Office of the Vice Provost for Education and the Division of Student Affairs. All lectures are FREE and open to the public. For additional information, please call 412-268-8677 or send email inquiries to cr2@andrew.cmu.edu. All lectures are on Carnegie Mellon’s Oakland campus, unless otherwise noted.

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