| November 23, 2009 |
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- INT 289/0001: A Celebration of Darwin
- Topic: Evolution of Warfare
Faculty: Prof. Jim Roscoe, anthropology
- 130 Little Hall
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- A Two-State Solution: Can Health be a Bridge to Peace in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?
- As part of the SPIA Lecture Series, Ms. Hadas Ziv will give a talk entitled, "A Two-State Solution: Can Health be a Bridge to Peace in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?"
Ms. Ziv is the Visiting Oak Fellow at the Institute for the Study of International Human Rights at Colby College and the Executive Director of Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-Israel).
Born in Israel, the daughter of a Jew and a Christian, Ms. Ziv has worked with PHR-Israel for 14 years. She began work at the organization in 1995 as an intervention coordinator where she received appeals from Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) whose right to health had been violated by Israeli practices. From 1998 to 2004, she served as Director of Projects at PHR-Israel, when the organization led advocacy campaigns for - among others issues - the right to health for residents in unrecognized Bedouin villages\; the prevention of deportation of migrant families of chronically ill children\; the prevention of deportation of refugees, children and other migrants from Tel Aviv\; prevention of torture\; access to health care of Palestinian under Israeli closure system in the OPT\; and the right to health of Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem who were threatened with deportation.
She was promoted to Executive Director of PHR-Israel in 2004. As such, she is responsible for guiding the mission of PHR-Israel and managing a full-time staff of 17 and over 1,500 members. Even as Executive Director, Ms. Ziv continues to be on the front line of human rights work, leading her team in their campaigns including, but not limited to: helping Palestinians under siege in Gaza to gain access to health care\; the promotion of health rights of Palestinian women married to Israelis, but denied civil status\; the promotion of the rights of migrants living with HIV/AIDS in Israel without health insurance\; and perhaps most successful, a campaign to pressure the Israeli Health Ministry to support health care provision for the influx of refugees and migrants from African conflict zones seeking asylum in Israel.
Ms Ziv's presentation will be followed by discussion of her work with PHR and the difficulties in Israel today.
Cost: Free
Contact: Peter Fandel at (207) 735-8878 or peter.fandel@umit.maine.edu
Sponsored By: School of Policy & International Affairs
- Bangor Room, Memorial Union
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| November 30, 2009 |
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- INT 289/0001: A Celebration of Darwin
- Topic: Biocultural Evolution, Group Selection
Faculty: Prof. Constanza Ocampo-Raeder, anthropology
- 130 Little Hall
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| December 1, 2009 |
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- Business planning
- In spite of the perpetuation of the
myth of the heroic entrepreneur, most
new ventures are started by teams of people.
Come learn how to select and create new venture teams as well
as learn the right and wrong ways to increase and decrease your venture team.
FREE pizza will be served!
Cost: FREE
Contact: Jesse Moriarity at 581-1427 or jesse.moriarity@maine.edu
Sponsored By: Foster Student Innovation Center
- Innovation Center
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| December 2, 2009 |
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- Diversity Dialogue: Speaker TBA
- Coe Room, Memorial Union
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- INT 289/0001: A Celebration of Darwin
- Topic: Evolution of Facial Expressions
Faculty: Prof. Peter LaFreniere, psychology
- 130 Little Hall
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- A Rising Tide: Advancing Women in Leadership and Excellence at the University of Maine
- Amy Fried
Susan Gardner
Karen Horton
Jody Jellison
Women in the Curriculum and Women's Studies Program Lunch Series
- Bangor Room, Memorial Union
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- Getting into the Music Biz
- In partnership with the Portland Music Foundation, you’ll learn from a
terrific panel of experts everything you need to know about press
and promotion, recording and booking gigs.
We'll have lots of yummy snacks!
RSVP by calling 581-1454 or by emailing student_innovation_center@umit.maine.edu
Cost: FREE
Contact: Jesse Moriarity at 581-1427 or jesse.moriarity@maine.edu
Sponsored By: Foster Student Innovation Center
- Innovation Center
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| December 4, 2009 |
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- Models of North Atlantic Right Whale Habitat
- Dan Pendleton, Research Assistant, UM/GMRI Cornell
School of Marine Sciences Seminar Series
- 354 Aubert Hall
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| December 7, 2009 |
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- INT 289/0001: A Celebration of Darwin
- Topic: Basic Emotions in Infancy
Faculty: Prof. Peter LaFreniere, psychology
- 130 Little Hall
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| December 9, 2009 |
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- INT 289/0001: A Celebration of Darwin
- Topic: Overview of Darwin's Contributions to the Science of Evolution
Faculty: Prof. Emeritus George Jacobson, biology, ecology, and climate change
- 130 Little Hall
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- The Coat Hanger Project
- Film and discussion
Staff from the Mabel Wadsworth Health Center
Women in the Curriculum and Women's Studies Program Lunch Series
- Bangor Room, Memorial Union
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