Special Events
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February 27,
2005 |
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February
23, 2005 |
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February 17, 2005 |
EPIIC Film Series presents: Thirst |
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"The Politics of Oil in Nigeria:
Blessing or Curse?"
Professor Darren Kew, Professor in the Graduate Programs
in Dispute Resolution at the University of Massachusetts
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"Should
Climate Change Drive Energy Policy?"
Cabot 206, 6:00 pm
Hear an environmental scientist, Professor Bill Moomaw,
and a former oil executive, Professor Bruce Everett,
share their views on oil, climate change, and the impacts they should
have on business and the modern economy.
Co-sponsored by Fletcher Environment & Sustainability Initiative
and
the Institute for Global Leadership at Tufts
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"GIS
Technical Workshop: Using Spatial Analyst, Model Builder, and
Implementing ArcGIS Data Models"
GIS Center in the Map Room at Tisch Library, 2:00 - 4:00 pm
This hands-on workshop is an introduction to using ESRI's ArcGIS software
for GIS spatial analysis.
**Registration Required - seating limited to first 25**
To register contact denise.castronovo@tufts.edu
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"Problem Solving
using GIS: Applications in Oceanography, Geology, and Multidimensional
Modeling"
Anderson 212, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm This workshop will demonstrate how a GIS can
be used to visualize key oceanographic concepts. Topics covered
will include sea floor spreading, plate tectonics, bathymetry,
and the layers of the Earth. ArcGIS will be used to demonstrate
global ocean phenomenon including, exclusive economic zones,
marine pollution, and oil pollution. There will be a focus on
the hydrological and marine data models and demonstration of
how they are used in GIS problem solving.
Joe Breman, Editor; Marine Geography:
GIS for the Oceans and Seas; Served as Vice-President on the
board of directors of the Society for Conservation GIS; Member
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"Light
on the Hill Award: Nick Birnback"
The Light on the Hill Award has been presented annually since 1995 to
Tufts alumni who are leaders in their fields, who have offered constant
support to Tufts and who are outstanding role models. It is the highest
honor the student body bestows on an alumnus/a.
Cabot Auditorium, 8-10 pm
Nick Birnback received his B.A. in International
Relations from Tufts University and also has a Masters degree in Public
Policy at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
at Princeton University. He was the recipient of the Herbert Scoville
Jr. Peace Fellowship, and he received the Elie Wiesel Foundation for
Humanity 2000 Humanitarian Award as part of his work with UNAMET. Mr.
Birnback also was the recipient of the EPIIC Alumni Recognition Award
in 2003.
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"The
New Geography of Conflict in the Middle East: Using GIS to
Inform Decision-making for Marine, Hydrologic, and Oil Resources"
Barnum 104, 4:00 - 6:30 pm
This workshop will provide an introduction to marine GIS, coastal
resource management, and research challenges for oil and water, including
a demonstration of how a GIS is used for global ocean analysis using
examples from a marine archeology case study in Israel. It will also
be an introduction to new ways that a GIS can be used to inform decisions
on contested resource issues in the Middle East.
Joe Breman, Editor; Marine Geography: GIS for
the Oceans and Seas; Served as Vice-President on the board of
directors of the Society for Conservation GIS; Member of ESRI's professional
services division
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"The
Closing of the American Mind"
EPIIC Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award Presentation
Barnum 008, 8:00 pm
Dr. Allan E. Goodman, President, Institute for International
Education (IIE), the leading not-for-profit organization in the field
of international educational exchange and development training that
administers the Fulbright program; former, Executive Dean of the School
of Foreign Service and Professor at Georgetown University; Former Presidential
Briefing Coordinator for the Director of Central Intelligence
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"Envoys
of War"
EPIIC/EXPOSURE/VII Photo Agency Exhibition, Aidekman Arts Center
20th Anniversary Event
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"Envoys
of War"
Reception and Lecture, 6:00 pm
Remis Sclupture Court
Peter Howe, Photographer, Author, Editor, Agent,
Writer, and Curator
Hurst Hannum, Professor of International Law
at The Fletcher School
20th Anniversary Event
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"Resource Wars"
Lecture and Discussion, 4:00 pm
Barnum 104
Michael Klare, Author, Resource Wars and Blood
and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing
Petroleum Dependency
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"Waging
an Effective Fight Against Terrorism: The Role of Human Rights"
EPIIC Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award Presentation
Braker 001, 8:00 pm
Ken Roth, Executive Director, Human
Rights Watch
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IGL/EPIIC Student Research Abroad Presentations
3:00-6:00 pm, Crane Room, Paige Hall
Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cyprus, France, Iran, Israel, Kenya,
Malaysia, Morocco, Panama, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South
Korea, Uganda, United Arab Emirates
Hosted with Provost Jamshed Bharucha
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"A Critique of US Foreign Policy"
EPIIC Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award Presentation
Barnum 008, 7:00pm
Professor Stanley Hoffmann, Buttenwieser University
Professor at Harvard University;
Author of numerous books on international affairs, he is also an essayist
for The New York Review of Books and the Western Europe review editor
for Foreign Affairs
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"United Nations
Responses to Resource Based Conflicts"
EPIIC Jean Mayer Global Citizenship Award Presentation, 8:00 pm
Braker 001 Julia Taft, Director, Bureau
for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, United Nations Development
Programme; Headed the UNDP Task Force for Afghanistan; Former
Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Population, Refugees and
Migration, United States Department of State; Former President
and Chief Executive Officer, InterAction |
September 30
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October 21, 2004
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Practitioner-in-Residence Peter Droege, Chair, World Council
for Renewable Energy, Asia Pacific; Director, 'Solar City,' International
Energy Agency CERT; Adviser, Beijing Municipal Institute for
City Planning and Design; Leader, Missions in Africa and the
Middle East, United Nations Development Programme; Editor, Intelligent
Environments: IT, Telecommunications and Urban Form |
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"The End of the
Oil Age"
Lecture, 4:00 pm David Goodstein, Vice Provost and Professor of
Physics and Applied Physics at Caltech
Author, Out of Gas
Co-sponsored by the Department
of Physics and Astronomy at Tufts |
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"Unocal
and Afghanistan - A Case Study in Oil and US Foreign Policy"
Lecture and Discussion, 4:00 pm
Barnum 104
Steve Coll, Pulitzer Prize-winning Managing Editor,
Washington Post ; Author, Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the
CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September
10, 2001 and The Taking of Getty Oil: The Full Story of the
Most Spectacular - and Catastrophic - Takeover of All Time
EPIIC 20th Anniversary Event
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"The
Saudi - US Relationship: Oil Politics and the War on Terrorism"
Brown Bag Lecture and Discussion, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Institute for Global Leadership (96 Packard Ave)
Steve Coll, Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist; Managing
Editor and former South Asian (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan) Correspondent,
Washington Post ; Author, Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the
CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September
10, 2001
EPIIC 20th Anniversary Event
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"The
Politics of Terrorism"
Lecture, followed by Reception and Book Signing, 7:30 pm
Cabot Auditorium
Steve Coll, Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist; Managing
Editor and former South Asian (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan) Correspondent, Washington
Post; Author, Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan,
and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
Co-sponsored by the Tufts
Program in International Relations
EPIIC 20th Anniversary Event
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