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SHARP Insights: How Title IX Changed the Game, Title IX and Public Policy

Nov 10, 2011, 5:00-6:00 pm EST
Lane Hall
Free and open to the public. Andrew Zimbalist is the Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics at Smith College. He is the co-author of the book Equal Play: Title IX and Social Change (with Nancy Hogshead-Makar), published by Temple University Press in October 2007. 'Equal Play is a gem.

TITLE IX: 39 Years of Protecting Gender Equality, A Vivian R. Shaw Lecture

Oct 13, 2011, 5:00-6:30 pm EDT
Free and open to the public. Lecture by Russlyn Ali, US Department of Education Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Russlyn Ali will deliver the Vivian R. Shaw Lecture for the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Women and Gender and Women's Studies Department. Her lecture will reaffirm the priority of ensuring that educational institutions around the country know that Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits all forms of sex discrimination.
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Lecture by Wendy Abrams: Advocating for Environmental Change

Oct 25, 2011, 5:00-6:30 pm EDT
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Free and open to the public. Reception to follow. Wendy Abrams Founder of Cool Globes, Inc.National Council of Environmental Defense Waterkeeper Alliance, TrusteeThe Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Trustee About the lectureIn this talk, Wendy Abrams will share how her concern of climate change affecting her children's future kick-started her journey from career businesswoman to environmental advocate, a journey on which U-M students can model their own paths as they combine their academic knowledge, networking skills, and passion for the environment t
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Reflections on the 'Undermatch' Phenomenon in College Choice: Implications for Students, Schools, and Public Policy

Nov 9, 2011, 4:00-5:30 pm EST
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Betty Ford Classroom
Free and open to the public. Abstract: The term 'undermatch' describes the problem of students failing to apply to the most selective colleges they qualify for. There is evidence that students who undermatch significantly reduce their chances of graduating. Because undermatching is substantially more prevalent among lower-income, minority, and first generation students, it raises immediate questions of fairness as well of resource waste.
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Great Lakes Integrated Sciences & Assessments (GLISA) 2011 Symposium

Nov 3, 2011, 1:00-6:00 pm EDT
The Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments Center is a NOAA-funded collaboration of the University of Michigan and Michigan State University. The symposium will introduce GLISA's work on issues related to climate change and variability, with a keynote address by Kathy Jacobs, Director of the U.S. National Climate Assessment, USGCRP. For more information, visit: http://glisa.umich.edu/about/events/symposium_2011.php
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Why Antarctica - A Continent of Science & Diplomacy

Oct 21-22, 2011, 4:00 pm-1:00 am EDT
Clarence Cook Little Building
Free and open to the public. Reception to follow. This talk will put science done in, from, and about Antarctica over the last century into a global context showing its intrinsic importance to humankind using several key case studies drawn from such diverse fields as geosciences, biological sciences and atmospheric and space sciences.
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