Weekly Bulletin

Mednicoff to speak on 'Law and the Arab Uprisings of 2012'

David Mednicoff of the Center for Public Policy and Administration will speak on "Law and the Arab Uprisings of 2011: Theorizing legal issues and political change in non-Western contexts" on Thursday, Dec. 6 from noon to 1 p.m. in 521B Tobin Hall.

The talk is part of the Interdisciplinary Seminar on Conflict and Violence, which promotes interdisciplinary exchanges among faculty and graduate students interested in the topics of conflict, violence, and peace, from a wide range of departments across campus.

Mednicoff directs the master's in Public Policy and Middle Eastern Studies programs.

New learning management system for CPE

Continuing & Professional Education (CPE) will be moving its online courses to the new Black Board Learn (Bb Learn) learning management system (LMS) for the spring 2013 term, according to executive director Bill McClure, who says, "Bb Learn marks a significant improvement as a contemporary online teaching platform with a wide variety of cutting-edge tools and capabilities for instructors, like mobile capability."

CPE is beginning to provide training for those who are either experienced online instructors or just starting.

Dress for Success Clothing Drive

The Center for Women & Community, formerly known as the Everywoman’s Center, is hosting a Dress for Success Clothing Drive as one of the events of its 40th anniversary celebration. The clothing drive, scheduled for Nov. 19-30 is co-sponsored by Sigma Psi Zeta sorority.
 
Dress for Success provides free professional attire to women returning to, or entering the work force. This is an international not-for-profit organization offering services designed to help clients find jobs and remain employed.

Doctoral oral exams for Nov. 26-30

The graduate dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:

Jean Blaise, Ed.D., Education. Monday, Nov. 26, noon, 163 Hills South. Dissertation: “The Politics of Educational Inequity toward Students with Limited English Proficiency in the Age of High Stakes Testing Accountability: A Phenomenological Study of Haitian Youth in Boston Public Schools.” Joseph Berger, chr.

Sunil Tewari, Ph.D., Entomology. Tuesday, Nov. 27, 9 a.m., 145 Integrated Sciences Building.

Rockefeller University researcher to present Sinauer Lecture Nov. 28

Cori Bargmann, the Torsten N. Wiesel Professor at Rockefeller University, will speak on "Using fixed circuits to build flexible behaviors" on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 4 p.m. in the Engineering Lab 2 auditorium.
 
Her talk is the annual Sinauer Lecture in the Biology Department in coordination with the Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Program and the Neuroscience and Behavioral Program.
 
Light refreshments will follow the talk.
 
 

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