“Additional classes to be offered in cultural studies (The Wooster Voice)” plus 3 more |
- Additional classes to be offered in cultural studies (The Wooster Voice)
- Iium Professor Appoints The 5th Holder Of Chair Of Malay Studies (Bernama)
- 2010 BIO International Convention to Feature Full Lineup of International Programming (BIO)
- MSU Muslim Studies Program hosts lecture about Iran (The State News)
| Additional classes to be offered in cultural studies (The Wooster Voice) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 11:24 PM PDT Last year, faculty from the International Relations Department and the Cultural Area Studies Program researched methods of global and international education at other colleges and universities across the country with the goal of discovering ways to transform Wooster's curriculum. This school year, the Global and International Education Working Group, comprised of 25 faculty members from numerous disciplines, further discussed the way the curriculum could be developed to more aptly reflect current changes in the world and academic disciplines. "The faculty at the College have had a long-standing commitment to global and international education. The increasing pace of globalization in all aspects of our political, economic, environmental and social lives within the last decade has further stimulated interest in global and international education. Moreover, the changing nature of disciplines and the emergence of new interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary fields have impacted our students, faculty and curriculum," said Henry Kreuzman, Dean for Curriculum and Academic Engagement. As a result of these discussions and the need for the curriculum to reflect our changing world, new areas of study were added to the Wooster curriculum. On Monday March 1, the faculty voted to approve changes to the Classical Studies Program and Russian Studies Program and to add new programs in East Asian Studies, Latin American Studies and South Asian Studies to the curriculum. After the endorsement of these new programs, the faculty voted to remove the Cultural Area Studies Program from the curriculum. Current and recently declared Cultural Area Studies majors will be able to complete their major or switch to one of the new majors; incoming students will be able to choose one of the new programs. Previously, the Classical Studies Program had concentrations in Classical Languages and Classical Civilizations, focusing on Roman and Greek culture. The Classical Civilizations concentration has been changed to Ancient Mediterranean Studies in order to expand the scope of the concentration and give students a broader area of study. The new concentration will now give students the ability to take classes focusing on Southern Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East. This new concentration is also unique to schools within the Great Lakes Colleges Association (GLCA). The East Asian Studies program will include majors and minors in both Chinese Studies and East Asian Studies. This program has been created to fulfill the growing student demand for courses in this area and to supplement the already existing Chinese minor. Students in these programs will take a combination of history and language courses, and all students majoring in one of these programs will be required to study abroad for at least one semester in China or Japan. The new Latin American Studies Program creates a minor in this area of study. The minor is a combination of courses in Latin American and Hispanic Caribbean history, Spanish language and off-campus study. The classes are concentrated on the geographic area of Latin America itself as well as diasporic Latin American communities. Study abroad in Latin America is also required. The South Asian Studies Program is also a new minor added to the curriculum. With the addition of this new minor, Wooster is currently the only GLCA college to have any curricular focus on South Asia. This program builds on the College's long-standing connections with South Asia. Students completing this minor will take courses in two or more disciplinary areas, with current course offerings available in Philosophy, Religious Studies and Theatre and Dance. There is no language requirement for this minor, but there is an off-campus study requirement. As new courses develop in South Asian Studies, these will be part of the course offerings applicable to the minor as well. The faculty believe that the new and revised programs are better suited to meet the needs of Wooster students and fulfill the College's mission to become more globally engaged. As President Grant Cornwell said, "The Cultural Area Studies program served generations of Wooster students very well, but scholarship has gone through several transitions and paradigms shifts since CAS was formed and in some sense the program had become dated theoretically. The new academic programs now established by the faculty will provide an array of outstanding curricular opportunities for students to be academically engaged with global issues. I see the new area studies programs as further steps along the path to making sure Wooster is unsurpassed as a college where students graduate as responsible and knowledgeable global citizens." Related posts: Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. | |
| Iium Professor Appoints The 5th Holder Of Chair Of Malay Studies (Bernama) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 03:45 AM PDT Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. | |
| 2010 BIO International Convention to Feature Full Lineup of International Programming (BIO) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 09:28 AM PDT WASHINGTON, D.C. (Thursday, March 25, 2010) -The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today announces that Wednesday, May 5th has been named International Day, and will include a special programming track on Global Biotechnology Issues. International Case Studies will be presented throughout the week on topics such as breakthroughs in molecular diagnostics, biomarkers, dementia and Alzheimers, and translational R&D. We are pleased to provide a full day of programming dedicated to our international attendees and the life sciences innovations we see happening around the world, said Robbi Lycett, vice president of Conventions and Conferences at BIO. Our International Case Studies track will feature experts from 15 countries who will share their insights and answer questions about country specific issues. Presentations and breakout sessions at the 2010 BIO International Convention will focus on research and development, partnership opportunities, and new business models required to meet global health challenges. Also on Wednesday, editorial staff from Scientific American, along with other industry leaders, will present Worldview 2010 and discuss the state of biotech hubs and innovation around the globe and present results of the study highlighting key international developments. The session will be moderated by Fareed Zakaria, author, journalist and host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS. Scientific American's annual global biotech edition, Worldview 2010,enumerates the factors promoting and impeding biotech innovation on a country by country basis. An International Reception will follow. Countries selected to present International Case Studies include: Brazil: BR BIOTEC BRASIL: A Brazilian Biotech Overview France: Therapeutic Proteins, including Monoclonal Antibodies: New Challenges Germany: Beyond Classical Diagnostics: Breakthroughs in Molecular Diagnostics and Biomarkers from Germany India: Role of Indian Biotech Industry in Promoting Global health Israel: Innovative Structures Promoting Commercialization of Israeli Life Sciences Japan: From Regional to GlobalOpen Innovation Giving Boost to Japanese Bio SMEs Mexico: Emerging Trends and Issues for Commercial Biotechnology Expansion in Mexico Netherlands: Competitive Cooperation: How Partnerships Drive Life Sciences in The Netherlands Poland: The Global Innovation Network Russia: From Bioeducation to Bionanotechnology Spain: Plaques, Tangles and Beyond: Therapeutic and Diagnostics Avenues for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Spain Switzerland: Innovative Platforms for Binding Protein Therapeutics Taiwan: Mega Fund for Taiwans Biotech Development Thailand: A Thai-U.S. Joint Venture: Antibody ArrayThe Future Screening Method for Food Safety United Kingdom: Lost in Translation: Translational R&D as the Road Map to Market The BIO Exhibition will feature countries from across the globe. Currently, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom round out the top ten countries in terms of expected attendance for 2010. Public officials from more than 16 countries are expected to attend. There will be 36 official delegations in attendance to promote the benefits of establishing operations within their countries. China, for example, plans a major presence at the Convention each year. China has an emerging bio-med and drug market, a strong policy environment, investment support for innovation by our government, and huge developmental potential due to comparative advantages in cost and efficiency, stated a representative from the China Pavilion. We will use our time at the 2010 BIO International Convention to meet with potential partners and hopefully bring new business back to China. The 2010 BIO International Convention is expected to draw between 15,000 and 17,000 industry leaders from 48 states and 60 countries. This year, the Convention program will feature more than 125 sessions in 17 tracks. New tracks for 2010 include Delivery and Manufacturing of Biologics & Drugs, Global Drug Development and Marketing, Innovations in Vaccines, and Marketplace Watch. In addition, this years BIO Exhibition will cover an estimated 200,000 net sq. ft. and host more than 1,800 exhibitors. Product Focus Zones within the BIO Exhibition will include BioProcess, Business Services, Clinical Trials, Contracts, Discovery and the BioPark. Advance media registration for the 2010 BIO International Convention is now open and will be available online through April 23, 2010. To register in advance, please visit https://www.compusystems.com/servlet/ar?evt_uid=181&site=PRESS . The BIO International Convention helps to support BIO programs and initiatives. BIO works throughout the year to create a policy environment that enables the industry to continue to fulfill its vision of bettering the world through biotechnology innovation. For more information on the global event for biotechnology, including program and housing information, please visit http://convention.bio.org/.
Upcoming BIO Events BIO Intellectual Property Counsels Spring Conference and Committee Meeting
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BIOs Livestock Biotechnology Summit About BIO BIO represents more than 1,200 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across the United States and in more than 30 other nations. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology products. BIO also produces the BIO International Convention, the worlds largest gathering of the biotechnology industry, along with industry-leading investor and partnering meetings held around the world. ###
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| MSU Muslim Studies Program hosts lecture about Iran (The State News) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 05:54 PM PDT By Emily Wilkins (Last updated: 9 hours ago) The conflict in the Middle East might be old news, but to the crowd of about 50 people who attended a lecture about Iran and the politics surrounding it, the topic still felt relevant. The MSU Muslim Studies Program hosted the lecture, titled Iran at the Crossroads, on Thursday. The event examined Iran's domestic and international situation today, focusing on its relationship with the U.S. "The main reason for organizing this is that Iran has been in the news in the past few years both because of the political tensions within the country and disagreements with the United States, especially regarding Iran's controversial nuclear program," said Mohammed Ayoob, a political science professor and coordinator of the MSU Muslim Studies Program who organized the event. "Iran is seen as a laboratory domestically for the development of democratic politics in a system that is largely Islamic." The event's two presenters offered their views on several major issues surrounding Iran, such as nuclear weapon development and how President Barack Obama's administration is handling the situation in Iran. "I think Americans are generally very ignorant about contemporary Iranian politics," said Nader Hashemi, an assistant professor of Middle East and Islamic politics at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. "United States foreign policy both in the past and present has undermined the struggle for democracy in Iran." Hashemi and Mehran Kamrava, director of the Center for International and Regional Studies and interim dean for the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University's campus in Doha, Qatar, both discussed how Iran faces multiple decisions at this point in its history. Although conflict is not new to the Middle East, Kamrava said the current situation is significant because of the Iranian people's post-election response. "The level, the depth and breath of political turmoil following the election surprised not just people in positions of power, but the mass at-large," Kamrava said. "It was called in the Amnesty International report the 'Worst human rights crack down in the last 20 years,'" Hashemi said. "Hopefully they can be … more informed about the topic and be able to participate in a public debate about this country and do so with better knowledge and a better sense of what challenges and obstacles are," Hashemi said. Ayoob said the disputed presidential election in Iran last June and suspicions in the West regarding Iran's nuclear program "make it an important subject from the perspective of an American audience." International relations and psychology junior Courtney Swisher said she has a specialization in Muslim Studies and decided to attend the event because it sounded interesting. "I think it's a part of the world that's really misunderstood by American culture," Swisher said. "I didn't learn anything about the subject of Islam until I got to college in my junior year and I feel that's really pathetic." Originally Published: 9 hours agoFive Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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