WGGP
Events 2008-2009
For
further details and a complete listing of events, see Coming
Events
The Spring 2009 Issue of WGGP's Newsletter, Perspectives:
Research Notes and News, is now available.
Sustainable
Biofuels, Gender Equity and Human Security [Details
and Events]
Thursday-Friday, April 16-17, An International Hewlett Conference on Sustainable Biofuels and Human Security: A Comparison of Brazil and Southern Africa, at Levis Faculty Center, Third Floor, (919 W. Illinois, Urbana). Sponsored by WGGP, Center for African Studies, and others. [Speakers and Program Details]
CAS Initiative on Immigration: History and Policy [Details and Events]
Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 4:00 pm, Forum on Immigrants in the Local Community, Moderator: Zsuzsanna Fagyal, French, Illinois, We Wanted Workers, We Got People: Rural Midwest and Corporate Labor Recruitment Among African and Latino Migrants, Faranak Miraftab, Urban and Regional Planning, Illinois
Parenting Among Chinese Immigrants Living in Central Illinois, Angela Wiley, Human and Community Development, Illinois
Music Room, Levis Faculty Center (919 W. Illinois, Urbana). Sponsored by Center for Advanced Study, WGGP, and others. This event is part of the Center for Advanced Study Initiative on Immigration: History and Policy.
Provost's Initiative on Gender Equity: Local and Global
and Gender Equity Council [Details and Events]
Wednesday, April 22, Noon, Provost's Annual Lecture on Gender Equity: Advancing Faculty Diversity in Science and Engineering, Abigail Stewart, Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies, Diector of U-M Advance Program at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan, Law Auditorium (504 E. Pennsylvania Ave., Champaign). Sponsored by the Office of the Provost, Council on Gender Equity, Gender and Women's Studies, WGGP, and others.
Global
Health Policy Activities [Details
and Events]
WGGP IN THE NEWS:
Op-Ed on Food Security and Global Food Crisis
written by Gale Summerfield, WGGP Director [click here to read]
On WILL FOCUS-580: The World Food Crisis, Gale Summerfield, Director, WGGP and Associate Professor, Human and Community Development, and Mary Arends-Kuenning, Associate Professor, Agricultural and Consumer Eonomics, October 3, 2008
