Monday, December 8, 2014

Networking Breakfast

When: Friday, December 12, 9:00-11:30am
Where: Marie Mount 2407
Description: Please join us in the Federal and Global Semester office for an end of the semester networking breakfast. Come interact with your fellow students and utilize office staff to answer any last minute internship search inquiries or other questions. 

AASD Research Presentation: Subsidized Housing and the Transition to Adulthood

When:  Wednesday, December 10, 2:30pm to 3:45pm
Where: 1126 Taliaferro Hall
Linkhttp://www.bsos.umd.edu/event/aasd-research-presentation-1
Description: Yana Kucheva is a postdoctoral scholar at the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality. Her research focuses on the relationships between social policy, racial stratification, neighborhood inequality, and the wellbeing of families and children. 

AASD Research Presentation: Crime, Violence, and the Politics of Protection in Black Women's History

When:  Monday, December 8, 2:30pm to 3:45pm
Where: 1101 Morrill Hall
Linkhttp://www.bsos.umd.edu/event/aasd-research-presentation-0
Description: Kali Nicole Gross is associate professor and associate chair of the African and African Diaspora Studies Department at the University of Texas at Austin where she is also core faculty in Women's & Gender Studies. 

Making the Transition from School to Work & from Student to Professional

When: Tuesday, December 9, 2:00 p.m.
Where: 1131B Martin Hall
Link: http://www.eng.umd.edu/html/events/index.php?mode=4&id=6573

iPac/iSchool Presentation: Youth Learning in a Digital Context

When: Tuesday, December 9, 4:30-5:30pm
Where: Margaret Brent Room in the Stamp Student Union (Room 2112) or online at http://umdischool.adobeconnect.com/eisenberg/
Link: http://mls.umd.edu/2014/11/re-envisioning-mls-youth-learning-digital-context-implications-library-information-education-professionals/
Description: Dr. Mike Eisenberg discusses how digital technologies are reshaping learning, services, and programs — and the significance of librarians, archivists, curators, educators, and information professionals as critical contributors to learning and human flourishing. Dr. Eisenberg is the founding dean of the University of Washington's iSchool and co-creator of the Big Six approach to information problem-solving. His work focuses on information & technology literacy, virtual worlds, and library information and technology programs, K-20

CISSM Forum--National Security Threat vs. National Security Challenge: A Comparison of Chinese and American Security Philosophies

WhenThursday, December 11, 12:00-1:15 p.m
Where: 1203 Van Munching Hall
Link: http://publicpolicy.umd.edu/events/cissm-forum-national-security-threat-vs-national-security-challenge-comparison-chinese-and
DescriptionPresented by Li Bin, Senior Associate working jointly in the Nuclear Policy Program and the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace