| Sept. 17 - 18 | Mini Symposium on Infectious Diseases
Accelerating Access to New Vaccines for the World's Poorest Countrires
NIAID: Responding to Infectious Diseases through Research
Scholar's Convocation Keeping Up with the Bugs: How Vaccines Fit Into the World of New Microbial Threats |
Dr. Orin Levine (Exec. Dir., GAVI's Pneumonoccal ADIP, Johns Hopkins Univ.; Assoc. Prof. of International Health
Dr. Carole A. Heilman (Dir., Div. of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (DMID), Nat'l Inst. of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, Nat'l Institutes of Health
Dr. Patricia Quinlisk (Medical Dir./State Epidemiologist, Iowa Dept. of Public Health) |
| Sept. 25 | Working to Improve Living Conditions of Orphaned Children in Lijang, China | J. Scott Raecker '84 (2004 Joseph F. Wall Service Award Winner) |
| Oct. 8 - 11 | Symposium: Diversity, Democracy, DuBois | |
| Oct. 13 | Challenges of Feeding the World in the 21st Century | Robert D. Havener (former Dir. General, International Maize & Wheat Improvement Center, Mexico |
| Oct. 15 | Advocating for Peace & Social Justice: Issues & Challenges Facing Psychologists & Mental Health Professionals | Tod Sloan (Co-Coordinator, Psychologists for Social Responsibility) |
| Nov. 4 - 6 | Symposium: Coastal Waters & the Environment (co-sponsored by the Henry R. Luce Program in Nations and the Global Environment)
Manmade Coastal Erosion in the Bahamas, with Special Referance to the Cycle of Casuarina-Induced Beach Erosion
Coastal Ecology of the Bahamas: Balancing Environment & Economy
The Demise of Caribbean Coral Reefs: Teasing Out Local, Regional & Global Impacts
Biology & Conversation of Sea Turtles: Struggling for Survival in a Human-Denominated World
Scholar's Convocation: Social & Ecological Issues of Shrimp Farming in Latin America
Marine Ecosystem-based Management: The Roles of No-take Reserves & Conservation Ethics |
Niel Sealey (Bahamian Geographer; Partner/Director of Publishing & Distribution, Media Enterprises Ltd.)
Kathleen M. Sullivan Sealey (Assoc. Prof. of Biology, Univ. of Miami, Coral Gables)
William F. Precht (Ecological Sciences Prog. Manager/Proj. Speci |
alist, PBS&J)
Jef |
frey A. Seminoff (Marine Turtle Research Prog., Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Nat'l Marine Fisheries Service)
Billie R. DeWalt (Dir., Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburg)
James A. Bohnsack (Research Fishery Biologist, Southeast Fisheries Center, Nat'l Marine Fisheries Service) |
| Nov. 12 | Law or Empire: The US and the UN after Iraq | Craig Murphy '74 (M. Margaret Ball Prof. of International Relations, Wellesley College) |
| Nov. 17 | Exporting Problems or Developing Solutions -- Can We Protect the Environment in the Age of Globalization? | Amy Fraenkel '85 (Democratic Counsel, Senate Comm. on Commerce, Science & Transportation, Sub-comm. on Oceans, Fisheries & Coast Guard) & Marc Gottschalk '84 (Partner, Environmental Law Firm of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, CA) |
| Dec. 2 | Unending Conflict in the Caucasus: Chechnya, Russia & the War on Terror (co-sponsored by the Center for International Studies) | Thomas Goltz (Author & Videographer) |
| Jan 18 - 22 | A Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Civil Rights & Voting Rights
Candlelight March
Commemorative Service: "A Revolutionary Love"
"Marching to Pretoria: Martin Luther King, Jr. & the Struggle for Freedom"
Community Meal
Opening Reception -- "John Wilson: A Retrospective" (Faulconer Gallery)
Scholar's Convocation -- "Voting with Martin Luther King"
The Martin Luther King Prints
Grinnell College Alumi Panel Discussion on Civil Rights Issues in the 1960s and in 2004 |
Rev. Leslie C. Taylor '81 (Trinity United Church of Christ, Thornville, OH)
Ambassador George Moose '66 (former Asst. Secretary of State for African Aff.)
Ralph Luker (former Assoc. Editor, The Martin Luther King Papers; Adjunct Prof., Emory Univ.)
John Wilson & James Stroud
Dr. Randall Morgan '65, Bruce Palmer '64, Marilyn Gray Sheperd '68, Judge Henry Wingate '69) |
| Feb. 9 | "India & the World at the Beginning of the 21st Century"(An Informal Discussion) | Ambassador to India (1989-92); Asst. Secretary of State for East Asian & Pacific Aff. (1992-93)) |
| Feb. 6 - 15 | Symposium: Japan's Changing Face: The Heisei Era (1980-Present) (co-sponsored through a grant from the Freeman Foundation Undergraduate Asian Studies Intiative)
Cultural Film: Shall We Dance (1977) (Japan)
"Changing the Face of the Empire: From Showa to Heisei"
"Japan's Security Policy: A New Frontier?"
"The Ambivalence of Modernization: Early Modern to Postmodern in Japan"
Layered Legacies: Imprints of War, Occupation & Recovery on Present Day Japan"
Scholar's Convocation: What's So Great About Realism? Two Cheers for the Realistic No-War Clause & Other Citizen Causes"
"From Tribunal to Women's Museum -- Women Put Emperor on Trial"
"The Amazing Breakdown & Tortured Tranformation of the Vaunted Japanese Economic System" |
Ambassador William Clark (US Career Ambassador)
Richard Samuels (Ford International Prof. of Poli. Sci.: Dir., Center for International Studies, MIT)
J. Victor Koschmann (Prof. |
of History, Inst. of Japanese Studies, Dept. of East Asian Languages & Civilizations, Univ. of Chicago)
Michiko Nakahara (Prof. of Asian History, Center for Internat'l Education, Waseda Univ.)
Edward J. Lincoln (Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations) |
