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Academic Lecture Series - Spring 2008

Academic Lecture Series co-Sponsored by Department of Student Life, Office of the Provost, Discover New York and Core Curriculum, Student Government, Inc. and the President’s Multicultural Advisory Committee. For more information, contact the Department of Student Life at (718) 990-6567, or view the brochure (PDF)

Spring 2008 Calendar

DateTimeTopicSpeakerCampusBioLocation
1/2912:15 p.m.Reporting on the Healthcare Needs of the World's Less FortunateDonald G. McNeil,Jr.QueensAuthorUC Storm Center
1/307 p.m.Give and Grow Rich: Success Strategies for LeadersJoe MartinQueens
Author
Professor
University Center Commons
2/24:30 p.m.Think Pink: 11th Annual Women in Sports DayLisa Leslie-LockwoodQueensAthleteMarillac Terrace
2/11-2/1510 a.m. - 4 p.m.Tolerance and Civility Series: Human Race MachineInteractive dialoguesQueensArtist Nancy BurtonMarillac Terrace
2/134:30 p.m. Reception
7 p.m. Speaker
Bellas Gate Boy: An Autobiographical PlayTrevor RhoneQueensAuthorLittle Theatre
2/1412:15 p.m.The Greatest Gift: The Courageous Life and Martyrdom of Sister Dorothy StangBinka Le BretonStaten IslandAuthorKelleher Center, Lower Level
2/145 p.m.The Greatest Gift: The Courageous Life and Martyrdom of Sister Dorothy StangBinka Le BretonQueensAuthorBent Hall, 277 A/B
2/147 p.m.Get Up Stand Up: Bob Marley's Revolutionary LegacyVivien GoldmanQueensProfessor
Author
University Center Commons
3/1312:15 p.m.Living Like Mama D – Lessons in Community Service and Leadership
Patti RameyQueensEducatorUC Storm Center
3/184:30 p.m.Naming the Violence, Reversing the Shame: Female Activists and Truth Commissions in Latin America and South AfricaDr. Temma KaplanQueensProfessorCouncil Hall
3/2512:15 p.m.Women of New YorkJames Weiss, Ph.D.Staten IslandAuthorKelleher Center
3/2712:15 p.m.For Women OnlyBrett ScarpoQueensDirectorUC Storm Center
4/164:30 p.m.French-American Relations TodayStephane Gerson, Ph.D.
Eric Touya, Ph.D.
QueensProfessorsOld Faculty Club
4/2412:15 p.m.Laptops, Rats and Taxis: Ordinary People and the Politics of Global ChangeDr. Craig WarkentinQueensProfessorUC Storm Center
4/246 p.m.Entrepreneurship, Breaking into the Fashion IndustryMychael KnightQueensDesignerLittle Theatre