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Contemporary Middle Eastern CinemaFri, Mar 04, 2011
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
Reservations required. Check the event page http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873369 for festival schedule and reservation information.
This three-day film festival will present and explore a panorama of emerging and established cinemas from the Middle East, from the nascent film industries of the Arabian Peninsula to the historically rich film cultures of Egypt and Iran. The festival will highlight unifying themes in Middle Eastern cinemas, as well as discuss the idiosyncratic identities and complex construction and definition of national cinemas in countries that are abounding with cultural diversity.
Organized by the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Eileen L. Norris Cinema Theatre (NCT) -
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium;Engineering Deepwater Drilling and Production: Rage Over the Macondo Well
Fri, Mar 04, 2011 @ 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering Student Affairs
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Iraj Ershaghi, Omar B. Milligan Professor and Director, Petroleum Engineering Program, Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering
Talk Title: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium;Engineering Deepwater Drilling and Production: Rage Over the Macondo Well
Abstract: Prof. Iraj Ershaghi will present "Engineering Deepwater Drilling and Production: Rage Over the Macondo Well" as part of the W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Program.
Host: W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honors Colloquium
More Info: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/honors/schedules/Location: Seeley G. Mudd Building (SGM) - 101
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Amanda Atkinson
Event Link: http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/honors/schedules/
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
Betrayal of Trust: Critical Issues in Global Healthcare A Lecture by Laurie Garrett
Fri, Mar 04, 2011 @ 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
Admission is free.
Reception to follow in Hoyt Gallery.
Laurie Garrett is one of Americaâs most eloquent and forceful speakers on global healthcare, infectious disease and disease prevention. She will deliver a multimedia talk that uncovers the reality of healthcare in the United States, Europe, Russia and Africa, providing a new understanding of both the challenges and the opportunities of delivering quality healthcare globally.
The only person to win the three âPâs of journalismâthe Pulitzer, the Polk and the PeabodyâGarrett makes plain the science behind the new threats to public health, both natural and manmade. She is particularly adept at navigating the politics that help and hinder how we prepare, treat and respond to these threats. A senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations, Garrett is the best-selling author of The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance and Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health. She has written for Foreign Affairs, Esquire and the Washington Post and appears frequently on television shows such as Nightline, Charlie Rose and Oprah. Garrett is former president and now a member of the National Association of Science Writers and has been awarded three honorary PhDs, the latest from Georgetown University.
Organized by Pamela Schaff (Pediatrics and Keck Educational Affairs), Erin Quinn (Family Medicine and Keck Admissions) and Lyn M. Boyd-Judson (Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics). Co-sponsored by the Keck School of Medicineâs Program in Medical Humanities, Arts and Ethics; the USC Pacific Center for Health Policy and Ethics; and the Levan Institute for Humanities and Ethics.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.eduLocation: Health Sciences Campus, Mayer Auditorium
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor.
