Spring ULS 2011 and other lectures of interest – www.cmu.edu/uls/
Thursday, January 13
4:30pm – Porter Hall 100 (Gregg Hall)
Nathan Wildfire HNZ’06, East Liberty Development, Inc.
A Sustainable Neighborhood Resurgence
The last five years in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh have seen exciting change as community driven neighborhood development has begun to reverse the negative effects of failed 1960’s Urban Renewal. Guided by the 1999 stakeholder Community Vision, ELDI and community partners, developers, service providers, and faith-based organizations have worked hard to restore East Liberty to a mixed income, stable neighborhood populated by regional retail destinations and small businesses.
Today, the neighborhood is attracting services, amenities, and employers that have ignored East Liberty for over forty years. Residents are returning to the neighborhood, adding their voice to East Liberty’s revitalization. Outside investment is coming in. East Liberty is an exciting place to be.
Thursday, January 13
HEINZ COLLEGE GUEST LECTURE
4:30pm – Hamburg Hall 1000
Sonal Shah, White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation
Ms. Sonal Shah heads the White House Domestic Policy Council’s Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation (SICP). President Obama tasked SICP with engaging individuals, non-profits, the private sector, and government to foster innovation and work together to make greater and more lasting progress on our Nation’s challenges.
Sponsored by the Heinz College
Monday, January 17
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY
5:00pm – University Center
Keynote Speaker: Julianne Malveaux, Bennett College for Women
The Economic Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr. Julianne Malveaux is the president of Bennett College for Women. Recognized for her progressive and insightful observations, she is also an economist, author and commentator.
Thursday, January 20
5:00 pm – Rashid Auditorium
How To Build a Better Brain
The panel discussion will focus on interdisciplinary brain research at CMU and will be moderated by Mark Kamlet, provost and executive voice president of the university. Panel members include Michael J. Tarr, co-director of the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC), Nathan Urban, head of the Department of Biological Sciences, Justine Cassell, director of the Human-Computer Interaction Institute, and Marcel Just, director of the Scientific Imaging & Brain Research Center and D.O. Hebb Professor of Psychology.
Monday, January 24
4:30pm – Porter Hall 100 (Gregg Hall)
Rachel Maines HS’83, Cornell University
Engineering as Law: Injury Epidemiology and Consensus Codes
As the recent experience of the Haiti earthquake has forcefully brought home to us, engineering safety codes and standards play a major role in this vital function of government. From the point of view of keeping citizens alive, the development, incorporation into law, and enforcement of consensus safety codes for the built environment makes safety engineering the instrumental arm of injury epidemiology in industrial democracies. This important concept is not customarily taught as a component of engineering education, nor is it often used as a means of attracting students to the profession of engineering. I intend to discuss the educational advantages of incorporating such material into college curricula across disciplines, and the historical substance and value of the case study material available to educators.
Thursday, January 27
4:30pm – Porter Hall 100 (Gregg Hall)
Michael Sheridan, Filmmaker, Educator, Activist and Director of Community Supported Film
Brewing Tea in a Kettle of War
Two years ago Michael Sheridan began research and fundraising for a film on alternative approaches to peacemaking in Afghanistan. A story idea developed to show Afghan villagers’ perspectives on what it is like to have outsiders coming into their communities to advise and sometimes supervise them. After two visits to Afghanistan, including one challenging pre-production shoot, it became clear that Afghan participation in the filmmaking process was essential if the stories were to be told in all their compelling fullness. A process is emerging that trains local filmmakers to tell and share the stories of their families, villages and country that, in turn, educate the international community. Ultimately, peacemaking becomes reciprocal.
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