ULS

Thursday, February 16, 2012

4:30 pm, Rangos Ballroom #3, University Center

Black HistoryMonth Featured Speaker
More than Slave Food: The African Roots of American Foodways

Michael W. Twitty is a writer,culinary historian, and historical interpreter personally charged withpreparing, preserving and promoting African foodways, their diffusion duringthe Diaspora and their legacies in the food culture of the American South.

This presentation will highlight and address food's critical role in thedevelopment and definition of African American civilization and the politics ofconsumption and cultural ownership, as well as preparing some of the foods ofthis unique tradition.

This lecture is sponsored by the ULS, the Division of Student Affairs, theHumanities Scholars Program and the Department of History's "African andAfrican-American Studies Minor" at Carnegie Mellon. http://www.cmu.edu/uls/february/twitty.html

Wednesday, February 15, 2012
12:15 pm, Hamburg Hall 1000
Heinz ConvocationLecture:

Lego World: Putting the Pieces Back Together When Everything IsFalling Apart

Anne-MarieSlaughter, former Director of Policy Planningfor the United States Department of State

The ease of direct connection throughcommunication and transportation in the Internet Age means that governments,industries, professions, non-profit organizations, and social activism arebreaking apart into many smaller pieces that now have the ability to actindependently and to create new activities, opportunities, and problem-solvingcoalitions. The results are transforming our world, from political movements inthe Middle East to the restructuring of the global economy to the ability todesign your own profession. The United States is uniquely positioned in thisnew world, but must change the way it leads and how it approaches many globalproblems.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

7 pm, Power Center, DuquesneUniversity

Dignity andDisgrace, the Human Rights Film Series sponsored by the Department of ModernLanguages and Literatures

Memory, last film of the2012 series

Thursday, February 23, 2012

12 noon, University ofPittsburghSchool of Medicine, Scaife Hall, Auditorium 6

Remedy and Reaction: The Peculiar American Struggle Over Health CareReform

Paul Starr, PhD, 1984 Pulitzer Prize winner for a landmarktreatise on the U.S. health care system, The Social Transformation of AmericanMedicine

Remedyand Reaction presents the history of how and why the United States became sostubbornly different from other nations with respect to health care. Tracinghealth care reform from its beginnings to its current uncertain prospects,Starr arguesthat the United States ensnared itself through policies thatplacated enough of the public, enriched the health care industry, and obscuredso much of the true cost of care as to make the system difficult to change. Hereveals the inside story of the rise and fall of the Clinton health plan in theearly 1990s and of the counterrevolution, led by then-House Speaker NewtGingrich, that followed. He also explains the curious tale of how former Gov.Mitt Romney’s reforms in Massachusetts became a model for Democrats and followsthe passage of thosereforms under Obama.

Drawingupon his extensive background, Starr will offer a unique viewpoint on thehistory of the issues surrounding health care reform. For the second half ofthe session, audience members will have the opportunity to engage Starrdirectly and askquestions. All are welcome and encouraged to participate.

Friday, February 24, 2012

6:30 pm • Rangos Ballroom, University Center

Gospel Concert

Hosted byImpact Movement

Friday, February 24, 2012

7:30 pm • August Wilson Center

Pittsburgh Cultural ExplorationEvent:  “Between a Ballad and a Blues”

Between aBallad and a Blues by playwright Linda Parris-Bailey explores the life ofAfrican American string-band and country blues musician Howard “Louis Bluie”Armstrong and his experiences during the segregation era.  Joinother Pittsburgh area college students for a reception immediately followingthe show sponsored by the August Wilson Center College Collaborative.

Limitednumber of tickets available for $5, please contact M. Shernell Smith for moreinformation by emailing mssmith@andrew.cmu.eduor calling 412.268.2075.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

12 noon • University Center,Wright Room

 “One Book, One Campus”

Discussion of Malcolm X:  A Life ofReinvention by Manning Marable