http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/comteam The news and activities of the College of Arts & Sciences at Suffolk University Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:54:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Political economist, Patrick Bond is the director of the Centre for Civil Society, and teaches political economy and eco-social policy at the School of Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, in Durban, South Africa. His research interests include economic justice, energy and water, NGO work in urban communities, and global justice ... http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/comteam/2009/09/26/patick-bond-political-economist-visits-as-a-distinguished-visiting-scholar/ Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 6:30pm C. Walsh Theatre 55 Temple Street, Boston Paul Polak, writer and founder of International Development Enterprises, joins Jasmine Waddell, senior officer for research and learning at Oxfam America, to discuss how entrepreneurial innovations empower those addressing poverty at its roots. Presented by the Distinguished Visiting Scholars series at ... http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/comteam/2009/09/15/out-of-poverty-what-works-when-traditional-approaches-fail/ Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 1:00pm Sawyer 427/429 8 Ashburton Place, Boston The Distinguished Visiting Scholar Series presents the panel discussion, "Serving the Other 90%: Practical Ways to Help the Very Poor."  Featuring Paul Polak, the founder of Colorado-based non-profit International Development Enterprises (IDE) and author of Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional ... http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/comteam/2009/09/14/paul-polak-panel-discussion-serving-the-other-90-practical-ways-to-help-the-very-poor/ "A Progressive Assessment of the Obama Administration’s First 100-Days," a panel discussion featuring Congresswoman Barbara Lee - Congressional Black Caucus; Page Gardner -Women’s Voices, Women’s Vote; and Robert Borosage - Campaign for America’s Future. Sponsored by the Jobin-Leeds Partnership for Democracy and Education; the Department of Government at Suffolk University’s College of Arts ... http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/comteam/2009/05/14/obama-the-first-one-hundred-days/ We’re in the process of adding multimedia video and audio of events that took place over this past semester at the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies.  To access these, you may simply choose the Podcast & Multimedia category on the left and click the event you’re interested in accessing. ... http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/eastasianstudies/2009/05/12/podcasts-and-multimedia-added-to-the-rosenberg-institute-blog/ A lecture by Shang-Jin Wei, of Columbia University Thursday, April 16th, 2009 5:30pm Sargent Hall, room 295 120 Tremont Street Dr. Shang-Jin Wei is Professor of Finance and Economics and N.T. Wang Professor of Chinese Business and Economy at Columbia University, and Director of Working Group on the Chinese Economy and Research Associate at ... http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/eastasianstudies/2009/04/06/global-and-economic-implications-of-chinas-sex-ratio-imbalance/ Wednesday, April 29, 6:00 p.m. Boston Athenæum, 10½ Beacon Street The media these days speak in so many forked and foreign tongues — film, book, video game, broadcast, blog — that without a dictionary or a concordance it’s hard to know who is saying what to whom. Over the last fifty years ... http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/civicdiscourse/2009/04/06/mixed-media-a-lecture-with-lewis-lapham/ After a successful innagural year, the The Communication and Journalism Department is pleased to present the 2008-2009 Rammy Awards.  April 9, 2009 at 5:30pm in the C.Walsh Theatre 55 Temple Street, Boston The Rammy Awards recognize outstanding media projects in ten categories within the communications field.   The winning videos will be screened during ... http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/comteam/2009/04/02/2nd-annual-rammy-awards/ A lecture by Mark Ramseyer, of Harvard Law School Tuesday, April 14, 2009 4:00pm Poetry Center, Mildred F. Sawyer Library (3rd floor) 73 Tremont St   Mark Ramseyer is the Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Legal Studies at Harvard University. Over the past several years, his research has focused on the finance and governance ... http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/eastasianstudies/2009/03/31/japanese-health-insurance-and-the-cosmetic-surgery-room/ March 26, 2009 1:00pm C.Walsh Theatre James Carroll has the distinction of being the first participant in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Distinguished Visiting Scholars program and is now with the College on a permanent basis as a Distinguished Scholar in Residence. Carroll is an award-winning author and a columnist for the Boston ... http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/comteam/2009/03/29/science-vs-religion-can-a-scientist-believe-in-god-can-a-believer-think-critically-james-carroll-presents-his-new-book-practicing-catholic/