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LAST UPDATED: May 9, 2008

8/20/08 - 8/22/08: WSEAS CONFERENCES IN RHODES ISLAND, GREECE
WSEAS Website: http://www.wseas.org/
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6/24/08 - 6/26/08: 9TH WSEAS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MATHEMATICS & COMPUTERS IN BUSINESS & ECONOMICS (MCBE '08) - BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
Conference Website: http://www.wseas.org/conferences/2008/romania/mcbe/index.html

5/23/08 - 5/25/08: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING SCIENCES 2008 (ICMMS 2008), ATHENS, GREECE
Website: http://www.icmms.org/

5/15/08: SPRING QUARTER GRADUATE DIVERSITY DINNER
Website: http://ccc.ucsd.edu/

5/11/08: INSIGHT ENGINEERING & SCIENCE COMPREHENSIVE RECRUITMENT SEMINAR APPLICATION DEADLINE
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5/10/08: SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING SCIENCES 2008 (ICMMS 2008), ATHENS, GREECE
Website: http://www.icmms.org/

5/2/08: SCIENCE STUDIES WORKSHOP: "TECHNOLOGY AND FORMATIONS OF POWER"
Website: http://sciencestudies.ucsd.edu/Conference/2008/workspace_agenda_2008.html

4/30/08: SUBMISSION & REGISTRATION DEADLINE 2008 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MANGEMENT AND MARKETING SCIENCES
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4/16/08: QUESTIONING CAREER TRANSITION GROUP FOR PH.D. STUDENTS (WORKSHOP)
Career Services Center, Round Conference Room | 2:30 – 4 pm
UC San Diego’s Career Services Center is proud to announce the reintroduction of this unique, five-session series, which helps doctoral students through the often difficult decision-making process of whether to pursue an academic faculty career or an alternative career.  Each confidential workshop includes a short lecture, small group activities, and assignments to help each student gain insight into their personality preferences, values, transferable skills, and personal goals.
Participants are expected to commit to all five sessions throughout the quarter.
Facilitators:
Christina Lambert, Ph.D., UCSD Psychological & Counseling Services
Joe Cribari, Graduate Student Career Advisor
Space is limited to the first 20 registrants; this workshop will fill-up fast.  To register, please stop by the Career Services Center, email jcribari@ucsd.edu, or call 858.534.3750, prior to the first session on Wednesday, April 16, 2008.

4/7/08: $50K ENREPRENURSHIP COMPEITION - BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION KICKOFF & EXECUTIVE SUMMARY COMPETITION AWARDS CEREMONY
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: UCSD Calit-2 Auditorium
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Martha Dennis, Principal, Gordian Knot
RSVP by Monday, March 31st

4/4/08: EXPRESS TO SUCCESS PROGRAMS REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Do you want to improve your confidence in public speaking and interacting socially with others? Looking for a fun way to connect with other students on campus?
The purpose of the UCSD Express to Success Programs (ETS) is to help undergraduate and graduate students develop their public speaking and interpersonal communication skills.
***Online registration is available for the ETS Interpersonal Communication and ETS Public Speaking Seminars at http://ets.ucsd.edu/registration!

4/3/08: ASSESSING DEVELOPMENTS IN TIBET AND TAIWAN: IMPLICATIONS FOR BEIJING (PUBLIC LECTURE)
Time: 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Location: Robinson Building Complex Auditorium
Guest Speakers:
-Susan Shirk (IR/PS Professor & Ho Miu Lam Endowed Chair in China and Pacific Relations)
-Tai Ming Cheung (Research Fellow at the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation)
-Oliver Petzold (IR/PS Graduate Student)
Topic: Join a panel of UCSD China specialists to examine the recent unrest in Tibet and the outcome of the Presidential election in Taiwan and the implications for the leadership in Beijing.  The speakers will consider the political, geo-strategic, security, socioeconomic and religious dimensions of these two events and whether they represent a major challenge to the authority of the Chinese state.

4/1/08: DIALOGUES IN SEXUALITY
Time: 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Location: LGBT Resource Center
Presentation: Mattheus Stephens, Esp. ("Law and Sex: Strange Bedfellow) and Dr. Steeby ("The Old Ball and Chain: Redefining the Carceral and the Conjugal in Chan Gang Buddy Flics and Southern Prison Presses")
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3/31/08: IMPROVE YOUR GERMAN READING SKILLS (LTGM 60B - GERMAN FOR READING KNOWLEDGE II)
Date/Time: Mondays startijg 3/31/08; 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: Literature Bldg. Rm. 437
Instructor: Edda Hodernett
Additioanl Details: This course, a continuation of German for Reading Knowledge I, is aimed at students who need to read some German in connection with their research. You will learn basic grammar concepts, strategies to decipher sentences, and the tools to untangle those never ending compound nouns. Weekly sessions are devoted to check your translations, read longer passages together, and discuss particularly thorny problems. You are encouraged to bring some of your own texts to be translated to class. No knowledge of German is required.

3/28/08 - 3/29/08: YALE BOUCHET CONFERENCE ON DIVERSITY IN GRADUATE EDUCATION, NEW HAVEN, CT
Website: http://www.yale.edu/graduateschool/diversity/news1.html

3/24/08 - 3/26/08: UPDATE 2ND WSEAS INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
Title: Management, Marketing and Finance
Location: Harvard Graduate School of Education, Gutman Conference Center (6 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA)
* If you're interested in becoming a reviewer, member of the committee or speaker please email wseas.headquarter@gmail.com
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3/17/08-5/3/08: SPRING GRANTSMANSHIP AND FUNDING FEST 2008
This is a three part comprehensive program that includes presentations by various funding agencies to learn about various funding opportunities, how-to grantwriting workshops and an opportunity to submit a grant for review by a practice mock study section.
PART I: Learning about funding opportunities
PART II: Grantwriting
* Grantwriting 101: APRIL 10, 1:30pm
Keck Amphitheater, Beckman Center, TSRI
* Career development grants for sr. postdocs and jr. faculty: MAY 1, 1:30pm and Insights on the NIH Review Process: MAY 1, 3:30pm
PART III: Mock Study Sections
* Mock Study Sections: MAY 3, 9:00am (all day event)
Keck Amphitheater, Beckman Center, TSRI
To register, contact Ryan Wheeler: rwheeler@scripps.edu

2/27/08: $50K ENREPRENURSHIP COMPEITION - HOW TO WRITE AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Time: 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Location: Rady School of Management, Otterson Hall (MPR)
RSVP Required
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2/25/08: "INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION IN HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
Presented By: IICAS, IAG, IR/PS and the United Nations Assocation
Guest Speaker: Gullian Sorensen, United Nations Foundation
Time: 7:00p.m. - 8:30p.m.
Location: The Great Hall (ERC International House), UC San Diego
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2/14/08: WMRS (WHITE MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION) FUNDING APPLICATION DEADLINE
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2/1/08 - 2/8/08: 2ND SAN DIEGO LAB MANAGEMENT COURSE
Hosts: Burnham Institute, Salk Institute, Scripps Research Institute & UC San Diego
Special Guest: Nobel Laureate Dr. Bengt Samuelsson
Registration Required (Deadline: Dec. 31st -200 available seats were sold out quickly last year so early registration is recommended)
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1/30/08: THE GREAT TECH PITCHFEST ($50K ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMPETITION)
Time: 6:00 - 8:00pm
Location: Eucalyptus Point
-This event will feature fast pitches from our conestants and entrepreneurs looking for skilled team members
-If you are interested in pitching at our event please eamil 50k.ucsd@gmail.com, we encourage all teams to pitch
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Please RSVP by emailing 50k.ucsd@gmail.com or online at http://50k.ucsd.edu/contest

1/30/08: "CONFLICT AND HEALTH IN IRAQ: A MAN-MADE DISASTER" PRESENTED BY THE AMERICA AND THE WORLD 2007-08 LECTURE SERIES
Time: 4:00pm
Location: Robinson Building Complex
Guest Speaker: Dr. Wael Al-Delaimy from UC San Deigo, School of Medicine
Additional Information

1/29/08: TUTORING JOB AVAILABLE
Are you looking for a little additional income? Please click here for details & contact information regarding an opportunit to gain experience tutoring & teaching economics.

1/25/07: SUBMISSION DEADLINE - BANK OF ENGLAND 2008 INTERNSHIP APPLICATIONS
Contact: www.bankofenglad.co.uk/jobs
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12/31/07: REGISTRATION DEADLINE FOR THE 2ND SAN DIEGO LAB MANAGEMENT COURSE
Dates: Feb 1-2, 2008
Hosts: Burnham Institute, Salk Institute, Scripps Research Institute & UC San Diego
Special Guest: Nobel Laureate Dr. Bengt Samuelsson
Registration Deadline: Dec. 31st (200 available seats were sold out quickly last year so early registration is recommended)
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12/31/07: REGISTRATION DEADLINE FOR THE WSEAS CONFERENCES IN ACAPULCO, MEXICO
Conference Dates: January 25-27, 2007
Conference Titles:
- "The 2nd WSEAS International Conference on COMPUTER ENGINEERING and APPLICATIONS"
- "The 2nd WSEAS International Conference on CIRCUITS, SYSTEMS, SIGNAL and ELECOMMUNICATIONS (CISST'08)"
- "The 4th WSEAS International Conference on MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY and ECOLOGY (MABE'08)"
- "The 5th WSEAS International Conference on FLUID MECHANICS (FLUIDS'08)"
- "The 5th WSEAS International Conference on HEAT and MASS TRANSFER (HMT'08)"

12/22/07 - MARCH 2008: SUBLET
The room is available from Christmas break 2007 - March 2008. The apartment is furnished and rent is $594/month. There are two cats living in the apartment. No smoking, please.
Location: One Miramar Apt. Complext (UCSD Mesa Residential Area)
Contact / Additional Information

12/21/07: COURSE REGISTRATION DEADLINE
LTFR 60A: FRENCH READING FOR KNOWLEDGE I, Winter Qtr. 2008
Day/Time: Tuesdays, 12:30-1:50pm
Location: Literature Bldg, Rm. 237
Proposed Instructor: Sara Leibovitz-Dambre
Additional Details
*** NO ACTIVE KNOWLEDGE OF FRENCH (ability to speak or write in French) IS REQUIRED.
HITO 266: THE DEATH PENALTY SINCE 1492, Winter Qtr. 2008
Day/Time: Wednesdays, 12:00-2:50p.m.
Location: HSS 3086
Proposed Instructor: Prof. Ev Meade
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COGR 275 A00: TOPICS IN COMMUNICATION - "NEOLIBERALISM"
Day/Time: Thursdays, 1:00 - 3:50p.m.
Proposed Instrctors: Dr. Elana Zilberg (Communications) & Dr. Nancy Postero (Anthropology)
Section ID: 609354
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COGR 275 B00: TOPICS IN COMMUNICATION - "TECHNOLOGY, COMMUNICATION, AND EVERYDAY PRACTICES"
Day/Time: Tuesdays, 3:00 - 5:00p.m.
Proposed Instructor: Dr. Morana Alac
Section ID: 609355
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COGR 275 C00: TOPICS IN COMMUNICATION - "THE CULTURAL STUDY OF MUSIC AND SOUND"
Day/Time: Fridays, 12:00 - 2:50pm
Proposed Instructor: Dr. Michael Hanson
Section ID: 617473
Additional Details

12/17/07: SUBMISSION DEADLINE - GLOBAL JUSTICE RESIDENTIAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP 2008-09
MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, Yale University
Application Information
Program Information
Conctact: Larisa Satara or 203-436-4203
Awards will be announced in January 2008

12/17/07: 2ND SAN DIEGO LAB MANAGEMENT COURSE
Dates: Feb 1-2, 2008
Hosts: Burnham Institute, Salk Institute, Scripps Research Institute & UC San Diego
Special Guest: Nobel Laureate Dr. Bengt Samuelsson
Registration Deadline: Dec. 31st (200 available seats were sold out quickly last year so early registration is recommended)
Additional Details

12/12/08: WHITE MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
Deadline: 2/14/08
Application: http://www.wmrs.edu/
Contact: Barbara Fager
Additional Details

12/11/07: PRESERVING THE PRESENT
Reception: 5:30 p.m.
Lecture: 6:00 p.m.
Guest Speaker: Professor Dr. Dan Janzen, Conservation Biologist
Location: Rady School of Management, Otterson Hall Multi-Purpose Rm, 2nd floor
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12/10/07: PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR THE WSEAS CONFERENCES IN ACAPULCO, MEXICO
Conference Dates: January 25-27, 2007
Conference Titles:
- "The 2nd WSEAS International Conference on COMPUTER ENGINEERING and APPLICATIONS"
- "The 2nd WSEAS International Conference on CIRCUITS, SYSTEMS, SIGNAL and ELECOMMUNICATIONS (CISST'08)"
- "The 4th WSEAS International Conference on MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY and ECOLOGY (MABE'08)"
- "The 5th WSEAS International Conference on FLUID MECHANICS (FLUIDS'08)"
- "The 5th WSEAS International Conference on HEAT and MASS TRANSFER (HMT'08)"

12/6/07: $50K MENTORS-SPONSORS DINNER
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Cafe Bella Italia
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12/5/07: "COOPERATION BY EVOLUTIONARY FEEDBACK SELECTION IN PUBLIC GOOD EXPERIMENTS"
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30p.m.
Location: CSE 1202
Speaker: Dr. Dider Sornette, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles.
Additional Information

12/5/07: INFORMATIVE WSEAS EMAIL
Subjects Covered: Advances in the Journal's indexing, efforts for ISI, increase of impact, message fro mteh WSEAS President, Professor Emeritus Charles Long, keynote lecture from the European Union, new books
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11/30/07: WORLD AIDS DAY - FREE EVENTS ALL DAY
Library Walk events:
- Anonymous rapid HIV testing (look for mobile unit): 9AM-3PM -Explore the "Be the Change" timeline
Price Center Ballroom events
-Candlelight Vigil: 7AM-9PM
-Wall of Remembrance/Photo exhibit
-Visual Arts and multimedia presentations -Interactive Self-learning stations -Living with HIV: panelists from 10-11AM, Mother Child and Adolescent HIV program -Teen-Produced film and panel: 3-4PM "It's Your Life, Live it Safe," a Native American perspective on HIV/AIDS
Cross-Cultural Center: Make your own quilt 10AM-2PM
UCSD Libraries: World AIDS Day displays and bibliography
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11/30/07 @ 5:00PM: $50K ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMPETITION BUSINESS CONCEPT DEADLINE
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11/30/07: RSVP REQUIRED - SOCIAL, BEHAVORIA, AND COMPUTER SCIENCES GRADUATE STUDENT BREAKFAST
Time: 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Location: Social Science Building Rm. 107
Featured Speaker: Prof. Craig R. M. McKenzie, UC San Diego Rady School
RSVP: http://bscs3.calit2.net
Contact: Sarah Prom
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11/29/07: GRADUATE STUDENTS OF COLOR COALITION KICK-OFF CELEBRATION
Date: 11/29/07
Time: dinner begins at 7:00pm
Location: UC San Diego Price Center
Talent: Art, Singing, Dancing & the Spoken Word
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11/29/07: "RETHINKING NUCLEAR TERRORISM" PRESENTED BY THE AMERICA IN THE WORLD 2007-2008 LECTURE SERIES
Time: 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Location: IR/PS Robinson Building Complex (RBC), Rm. 3201
Featured Speaker: Dr. Michael Levi, Fellow for Science and Technology at the Council on Foreign Relations
RSVP REQUIRED
Additional Information

11/29/07: ACCEPTING INTERNSHIP APPLICATIONS FOR 2008 PH.D. INTERNSHIPS AT THE BANK OF ENGLAND
Application Deadline 1/25/08
Contact: www.bankofengland.co.uk/jobs
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11/29/07: GRANT WRITING FOR THE SCIENCES
Time: 4:00 - 5:00
Location: Liebow Auditorium, Basic Science Building, School of Medicine (follow posted signs in the Basic Science Building)
Featured Speaker: Peter Wagner, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Bioengineering
Reservations: ctd@ucsd.edu
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11/29/07: GRADUATE STUDENTS OF COLOR COALITION KICK-OFF CELEBRATION
Time: dinner begins at 7:00pm
Location: UC San Diego Price Center
Talent: Art, Singing, Dancing & the Spoken Word
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11/27/07: "NEUROSCIENCE, LAW, ECONOMICS, AND POLITICS" HOSTED BY THE USC-CALTECH CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LAW AND POLITICS
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 5:20 p.m.
Location: USC Law School Faculty Lounge, Rm. 433
RSVP Required: Gilber Baldoz or 213-821-1239
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11/27/07: "COMPUTERS, WEBSITES, AND LECTURE HALLS" HOSTED BY THE CENTER FOR TEACHING DEVELOPMENT
Time: 1:30pm
Location: 307 - 309 Center Hall
Features Speaker : Dr. David Jordan, Prof. Emeritus in the Dept. of Anthropology formerly provost of Warren College and currently interim provost of Sixth College
Reservations: ctd@ucsd.edu or 858-822-1992
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11/27/07: RSVP DEADLINE FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS OF COLOR COALITION KICK-OFF CELEBRATION
Date: 11/29/07
Time: dinner begins at 7:00pm
Location: UC San Diego Price Center
Talent: Art, Singing, Dancing & the Spoken Word
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11/16/07: HELPING STUDENTS UNDERSTAND INTERNATIONAL CAREERS
Time: 8:30am - 9:30am
Location: Eucalyptus Point
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11/14/07: "INCOROPRATING QUEER MATERIAL INTO YOUR CURRICULUM & ADDRESSING HOMOPHOBIC BEHAVIOR IN THE CLASSROOM"
Time: 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: LGBTRC (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center)
Contact: L. Chase Smith or Long Bui
Additional Information

11/8/07: "THE LONG WAR: LOSS AND NOSTALGIA IN THE MIDDLE EAST"
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Location: IR/PS Robinson Auditorium
Featured Speaker: Mr. Anthony Shadid, Pulitzer Prize winner journalist from the Washington Post
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11/8/07: $50K NETWORKING MIXER ($50k Entrepreneurship Competition)
Time: 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Location: El Torito Restaurant (directly across the street from campus)
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11/8/07: INTERNATIONAL LAW SPEAKER SERIES - "INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW, FOREIGN POLICY, AND THE LIMITATIONS OF POWER"
Time: 4:00-5:30pm
Location: Social Sciences Building (SSB) 104
Featured Speaker: Harvey Rishikof from the National War College
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11/8/07: WORKSHOP - PREPARING TEACHING PORTFOLIOS (Center for Teaching Development)
Time: 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Location: Center Hall, Room 316
Reservations Required
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11/5/07: PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE WSEAS CONFERENCES IN TENERIFE, CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN
Confernce Dates: December 14-16, 2007
Conference Titles:
- "The 5th WSEAS International Conference on ENVIRONMENT, ECOSYSTEMS and DEVELOPMENT (EED'07)"
- "The 3rd WSEAS International Conference on APPLIED and THEORETICAL MECHANICS (MECHANICS'07)"
- "The 6thd WSEAS International Conference on E-ACTIVITIES (E-Learning, E-Communities, E-Commerce, E-Management, E-Marketing, E-Governance, Tele-Working/E-ACTIVITIES'07)"
- "The 6th WSEAS International Conference on INFORMATION SECURITY and PRIVACY (ISP '07)
- "The 6th WSEAS International Conference on COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE, MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS and CYBERNETICS (CIMMACS '07)"
- "The 5th WSEAS International Conference on APPLIED ELECTROMAGNETICS, WIRELESS and OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS (ELECTROSCIENCE '07)"

10/30/07: DIALOGUES IN SEXUALITY STUDIES PRESENTS "THE NEW POLITICS OF GAY CONVERSION THERAPY"
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Location: LGBT Resource Center
Featured Speakers: Eileen Myles (Professor of Literature, UCSD) and Tom Waidzunas (Ph.D. Candidate, UCSD Dept. of Sociology and Science Studies Program)
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10/29/07: INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION IN HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
IICAS & IAG Present:
Gillian Sorensen from the United Nations Foundation
Monday, Oct. 29, 2007
7:00p.m. - 8:00p.m.
The Great Hall (ERC International House)
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10/25/07: DIVERSITY DINNER - "SCHOLARSHIP OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN ACADEMIA AND COMMUNITY BUILDING"
Time: 5:00pm
Location: Cross-Cultural Center (University Center 201)
Featured Speaker: Dr. David Pellow (Director, California Cultures in Comparative Perspecitve; Associate Profess, Ethnic Studies, UCSD)
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10/16/07: SALSA NIGHT
The Latin American Studies program is hosting a Salsa Night on Oct. 16th (Tuesday) from 4:00p.m. - 6:00p.m. at the Institute of the Americas Plaza located just west of Rimac Arena. Click Here for Details.

10/10/07: GET CRAFTY @ THE CROSS!
Want to learn how to make buttons, bags, and crafts for social justice or just for fun? Want to meet new folks and have FREE food too? Then stop by the Cross-Cultural Center on Wednesday, 10/10/07 5:00p.m. - 7:00p.m. Click Here for Details.