| New:
Harris School Web site
We express our deepest gratitude to Mr. Aby Alexander,
President & Chief Technology Officer of eXstream Solutions Inc.
and member of the Dean’s International Council. His exceptional
work in creating the new Harris School website is uniquely attested
by the insightful and bright new look. Take
a look
Presidential Forum on Security,
Democracy, and Trade
On October 29-30, 2007 in San Salvador, El Salvador, FUSDADES
and the Harris School co-hosted a forum for Central American presidents
on issues in security, democracy, and trade. Read the press
release. Read the media
coverage.
Dr. Helen Caldicott on Nuclear
Power and the Environment
On October 10, 2007, Dr.
Helen Caldicott, environment and anti-nuclear advocate and Nobel
Peace Prize nominee, spoke at the Gleacher Center about the danger
of nuclear power and its effects on the environment. Her fascinating
lecture offered valuable insights for this current topic, inviting
the audience to consider further discussion in this direction. Dr.
Caldicott was named one of the most influential women of the 20th
Century by the Smithsonian Institute, has written seven books, and
won an Academy Award for her film, If You Love This Planet.
Dean's
International Council in Moscow
The agenda and pictures
(see login below) are still available online
(login: dic | password: moscow2007)
Save These
Dates!
Additional information and formal invitations
to these events will follow shortly under separate cover.
November 8-9,
2007 - POSTPONED
Women and Democracy in the Greater Middle
East Symposium
May 7-9,
2008
Spring 2008 Dean's International Meeting
The Gleacher Center | University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
October
15-17, 2008
Fall 2008 Dean's International Meeting
New Dehli, India
In the News...
- The Harris School and FUSADES to
Co-Host Central American Presidential Forum
“Universidad
de Chicago pide invertir en prevención crimen,”
El Diario de Hoy, October 29, 2007. (more)
- Harris School Building Receives University
Approval
"Shop
Talk: a Loss and a Gain at Stanford U., and More ,"
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Buildings & Grounds
Blog, October 24, 2007.
- Professor Robert LaLonde
on Wage Insurance
"Helping
Workers Where it Hurts," Washington Post, October
17, 2007.
- Lecturer Paula Worthington on U.S.
Infrastructure
"Aging
Infrastructure," CQ Researcher, September 28,
2007.
- DIC Member E. Packer Wilbur on Iraq
"Strategic
redeployment: The best of a bad set of Iraq options," Connecticut
Post, September 30, 2007.
- Associate Dean for Resource Development
Raja Kamal on Education in the Arab World
"Looking
for an Arab Sputnik," Providence Journal, September
19, 2007. (reprint)
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