Join us for a free one-day workshop for educators at the Japanese American National Museum, hosted by the USC U.S.-China Institute and the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia. This workshop will include a guided tour of the beloved exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community, slated to close permanently in January 2025. Following the tour, learn strategies for engaging students in the primary source artifacts, images, and documents found in JANM’s vast collection and discover classroom-ready resources to support teaching and learning about the Japanese American experience.
Combustion Particles and Global Health: Cooking, Smoking and Climate
Lectures by Kirk Smith, professor of Global Environmental Health and chair of the Graduate Group in Environmental Health Sciences at UC Berkeley.
When:
February 8, 2011 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Where
Smith is founder and coordinator of the campus-wide Masters Program in Global Health and Environment and associate director for International Programs of the Center for Occupational and Environmental Health. Previously, he was founder and head of the Energy Program of the East-West Center in Honolulu, where he still holds appointment as senior fellow in Environment and Health.
Smith’s research work focuses on environmental and health issues in developing countries, particularly those related to health-damaging and climate-changing air pollution, and includes ongoing field projects in India, China, Nepal and Guatemala. He serves on a number of national and international scientific advisory and editorial boards, including the Executive Committees for the Global Energy Assessment and the Global Air Quality Guidelines, and has published more than 250 scientific articles and seven books. He holds bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees from UC Berkeley and in 1997 was elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors awarded to U.S. scientists by their peers.
February 8, 5-6:30 p.m.
Health Sciences Campus, Harlyne Norris Research Tower, Aresty Conference Center
February 9, 5-6:30 p.m.
University Park Campus, Davidson Conference Center, Vineyard Room
Lectures co-hosted by the USC Energy Institute and the Wrigley Environmental Institute.
Cost:
Free
Event Website URL:
Phone Number:
(323) 865-0419
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Please join us for the Grad Mixer! Hosted by USC Annenberg Office of International Affairs, Enjoy food, drink and conversation with fellow students across USC Annenberg. Graduate students from any field are welcome to join, so it is a great opportunity to meet fellow students with IR/foreign policy-related research topics and interests.
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Join us for an in-person conversation on Thursday, November 7th at 4pm with author David M. Lampton as he discusses his new book, Living U.S.-China Relations: From Cold War to Cold War. The book examines the history of U.S.-China relations across eight U.S. presidential administrations.