Spring 2009

(January/February/March/April/May)

NOVEMBER

• November 03, Tuesday
• Aging and Gender Politics in India
• 3pm
• 303 International Center
• Speaker: Sarah Lamb, Brandeis University A part of Fall 2009 Colloquium Series: Women and Gender Politics in Asia

• November 06, Friday
• CASID/GenCen Friday Forum: Robert Richardson, Climate Change and the Costs...
• 12pm to 1pm
• 201 International Center
• Robert Richardson, "Climate Change and the Costs of Inaction: Issues for Human Development"
• http://casid.msu.edu/

• November 06, Friday
• International Coffee Hour
• 4pm to 6pm
• Spartan Rooms B and C International Center
• Join us every Friday for Coffee Hour. It's a great place to make friends, be involved and start the weekend...and its free!

• November 14, Saturday
• African Cultural Week: Gala Night
• 5:30pm to 8pm
• MacDonald Middle School
• Gala Night showcases the positive aspects of Africa and its people to both MSU and East Lansing Communities. The theme for the 2009 Culture Week is: From Sunrise to Sunset; The Harvest is Ripe! This theme embraces the idea that African nations were and still are progressing towards greater achievements. The celebration will include presentations of African music, dances, skits, displays of African Artifact, and a student panel discussing contemporary African issues. We also intend on having a keynote speaker from an African nation to speak during the gala, the first day of the Culture week, which includes a dinner consisting of our special African delicacies.
• http://www.msu.edu/~asu/

• November 15, Sunday
• Michigan State University Global Festival
• 12pm to 5pm
• MSU Union
• An afternoon of international involvement, featuring exhibits, performances and demonstrations by MSU nationality clubs; the World Gift Shop;international cuisine; and international games for children.

• November 18, Wednesday
• Going Global Fair
• 11am to 2pm
• International Center Lobby
• MSU student groups engaged in international activities and causes will set up displays explaining their project goals. This is an opportunity for students to promote involvement and fundraise through a penny war contest. The winners of the penny war will receive a Flip video camera to help them document their project and help other students get inspired, get involved and go global.
• http://www.iew.msu.edu

• November 19, Thursday
• World Wise Expo
• 11am to 2pm
• International Center Lobby
• Area studies, thematic centers and American cultural programs will host tables to discuss specializations like the undergraduate specialization in Latin American studies, degree options like the major in international relations and special programs like study abroad that are based on or incorporate international studies, all to help show students how to be world wise.
• http://www.iew.msu.edu

• November 20, Friday
• Colloquia Series: Ellen Velie, "Breast Cancer Incidence Rates..."
• 1:30pm to 3pm
• 302 International Center
• "Breast Cancer Incidence Rates in Young 'Black' and 'White' Women in the US: What Evidence is There for the Genetic Hypothesis?" Overwhelming evidence reveals that race determines changing environmental exposures over generations, which in turn affect individual biology and health. Yet the assumption persists in medical science that race primarily affects health through fixed, inherited genetics. Recent advances in genetic technologies have identified differences in gene prevalences between populations categorized by self-reported race, but these differences have not been found to explain racial differences in rates of common complex diseases. In this presentation, the specific example of racial differences in breast cancer incidence rates in young women will be used to investigate assumptions in the medical literature about inherited genetics and health disparities.
• http://www.gencen.msu.edu