ULS

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

5:00 pm • Miller Gallery, 2^nd Floor

From Waste to Reuse: Dialogue + Brick Cleaning Workshop with Transformazium

For more information, visit http://millergallery.cfa.cmu.edu/exhibitions/pittsburghbiennial2011/

Monday, November 28, 2011

4:30 pm • Porter Hall 100 (Gregg Hall)

Stones for Ihula: Rural Health-Care Provision in Conflict-Affected Eastern Congo

Mr. Paul Brockmann has worked since 2005 with international humanitarian medical organization Médecins sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), most recently managing one of the largest medical interventions in North Kivu, DemocraticRepublic of Congo. Other assignments included a short emergency response to the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake in China, and longer appointments in Sri Lanka, India, Nigeria and China. Paul joined MSF as a non-medical administrator after a 19-year career in magazine publishing in the US. In this interactive presentation and Q&A, he will talk about the day-to-day realities and challenges of providing reliable, quality health care for vulnerable populations in Eastern Congo. He also hopes to challenge listeners' perceptions and assumptions in a number of ways, and have a good discussion with participants after his short talk.

Sponsored by the Modern Languages Department, the Center for International Relations and Politics, and the Office of the Vice Provost for Education
http://www.cmu.edu/uls/november/brockmann.html

Monday, November 28, 2011

6:00 pm • Rangos 1, University Center

CENTER FOR THE ARTS IN SOCIETY
Maya Apocalypse: 1562 or 2012?

"The debate over the Maya doomsday prediction has become an international industry. But was there really an ancient Maya prophecy that the world would end in 2012? If not, how did 2012ology come about? The authors of *2012 and the End of the World: The Western Roots of the Maya Apocalypse* offer answers to these questions, emphasizing the surprising role played by sixteenth-century Spaniards."

Amara Solari is an Assistant Professor of Art History and Anthropology at Penn State University.

Matthew Restall is the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Colonial Latin American History, Anthropology and Women's Studies at Penn State University.
http://www.cmu.edu/uls/november/restall.html

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

4:00 pm • University of Pittsburgh O'Hara Student Center (4024 O'Hara Street)

This Time Really Will Be Different: Adapting to Fiscal Reality

A LECTURE BY Dr. Robert D. Reischauer, Economist and President of the Urban Institute

AUDIENCE DISCUSSION MODERATED BY Governor Dick Thornburgh, Former Attorney General of the United States And U.N. Undersecretary General

Please visit our web site to reserve your spot: AE.HONORSCOLLEGE.PITT.EDU

THIS LECTURE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE DICK THORNBURGH FORUM FOR LAW & PUBLIC POLICY AND THE UNIVERSITY HONORS COLLEGE AS PART OF THE AMERICAN EXPERENCE DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES.