GLOBAL BRANDEIS
COVERING THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 5 - 11, 2009
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EVENTS
Campus Events
2009 Jane's Travel Grant Presentation: Stories of Violence and Waterfalls
10/7 | 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Brown 224

Anthropology graduate student Ieva Jusionyte spent her summer researching journalists working on the border of Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil.

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Obama's Mideast Policy: Reflections on the Basis of the Recently Published "Myths, Illusions, and Peace" by Dennis Ross and David Makovsky
10/8 | 12:15 - 1:45 p.m.
Heller 163

The Crown Center presents David Makovsky with The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

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The Race Beat - Then and Now
10/8 | 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Pollack

The Journalism Program presents Hank Klibanoff, former managing editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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Fall 2008 Brandeis-South Asia Reception
10/8 | 5:00 p.m.
Heller School, Zinner Forum

Learn about new Brandeis initiatives with South Asia. Food from Little India will be provided. RSVP to oga@brandeis.edu by October 6.

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October 2009 Events

Lectures & Panels by Region/Department
Greek Studies in the Schools Fall Event and Reception
10/5 | 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Napoli Trophy Room, Gosman

Reception and Curriculum Presentations by Class of 2009 Greek Studies Fellows.

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Martin Weiner Lecture Series: Quatum Information Science, from New Age to cutting edge
10/6 | 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Abelson-Bass-Yalem (Science Center), 131

David Kaiser (MIT) discusses the journey of the field of quatum information science.

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Economics Department Brown Bag Lunch Series: Can Erbil, Economics:
10/7 | 12:00 - 1 p.m.
Alumni Common Room

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Kraft-Hiatt Lecture:
Life-after-Death, Resurrection and the World to Come in Early Rabbinic Thought
10/7 | 3:40 - 5:00 p.m.
Lown 302

The Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies presents Alan Avery-Peck.

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Intercultural/Pluralism
Nuyorican Poet Cafe
10/7 | 9:30 - 11:00 p.m.
The Stein

Rody Rosaly reads from "Ol' Soul"

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Ahora's Hispanic Heritage Month 2009: Closing Ceremonies
10/10 | 8:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Schwarz

A night of performances.

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Boston Area Events
Saving the World's Women
10/5 | 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Harvard, Kresge Bldg.
Rm. G-1

The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors discuss Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, which documents how empowering women and girls will combat the world's problems.

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Freidman Seminar Series: Climate change: Can we respond fast enough, and, if so, how?
10/7 | 12:00 - 1:00pm
Tufts University
Jaharis Building
Behrakis Auditorium

A talk by Armond Cohen, Executive Director, Clean Air Task Force, Boston.

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NEWS
IBS Hosts China's Vice Minister of Commerce
The Honorable Fu Ziying, Vice Minister of Commerce for China and the most senior Chinese official to ever visit Brandeis, addressed the International Business School one day prior to the start of G-20 meetings in Pittsburgh.

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Brandeis in the world:
Greening China
Tessa Venell '08's film The Green Reason documents how the 2008 Summer Olympics encouraged environmentalism in China.

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Brandeis Environmental Crisis Website Launched.
MusicUnitesUS to welcome Obbini Tumbao

MusicUnitesUS welcomes Afro-Cuban ensemble Obbini Tumbao to campus October 22-24 for workshops, open classes, and outreach programs. The residency concludes in a final concert on Saturday, October 24. Read More.
Madly Busy Adjustments
Suchitra Deshpande '11 adjusts to life as a MBA student.

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News recaps
Blog
Madly Busy Adjustments: Settling in to the MBA LIfe

A Minority in My Own Country?: An American at IBS
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Hiatt Career Center - International
Experiential Learning
OPPORTUNITIES
Info Sessions & Fairs
Undergraduate Research Program Info Session
10/7 | 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Usdan 116

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Carnegie Endowment for Peace Junior Fellows Program
10/8 | 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Usdan 122

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Study Abroad Information Session
10/8 | 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Usdan 122

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Workshops
Unpacking our Bags: How to Share Stories of Trauma and Shame
10/11 | 1 p.m.
Abraham Shapiro Academic Complex Atrium

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Deadlines
Bridging Scholarship for Study in Japan - Spring 2010 Deadline
10/6

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Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship - Spring 2010 Deadline
10/6

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Sorenson Fellowship Preliminary Project Proposal Deadline
10/7 by midnight

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Jane's Travel Grant for winter and spring research in Latin American studies
11/2 by 9 a.m.

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Sorenson Application Due
11/2 by 5 p.m.

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Study Abroad Notification Deadline
11/6 by noon

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NSEP Boren Undergraduate Scholarship - Internal Campus Deadline
12/11

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External Funding
Clinton Global Initiative University Early Decision Deadline
11/20

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