October 05, 2006

16th Annual Raoul Wallenberg Lecture - Sister Luise Radlmeier

The University of Michigan will award its sixteenth Wallenberg Medal to Sister Luise Radlmeier on Thursday, October 5, 2006, 7:30 p.m., at Rackham Auditorium. U-M provost Teresa Sullivan will introduce Radlmeier, who will then deliver the Wallenberg Lecture. Micklina Pia Peter, a young woman from Sudan rescued by Radlmeier and now a student at the University of Colorado, will also speak.

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October 04, 2006

Brown Bag Lecture: "'Redskins, Tricksters, and Puppy Stew: Native Humor and its Healing Powers"

Date: 10/10/2006; 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Location: Room 2022, 202 South Thayer Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608
Host Department: Institute for the Humanities

Drew Hayden Taylor, Ojibway Canadian comic playwright
Artists at Work Series

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September 29, 2006

Diversity and Affirmative Action: The effects of California's Prop 209 and Texas' Hopwood case

Time: 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Palmer Commons, Forum Room

Come and hear first hand from faculty and students from California and Texas as they describe the effects of ending affirmative action in their states.

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September 06, 2006

China: A Time of Change - Photo Exhibit

The University of Michigan Center for Chinese Studies (CCS) is offering an exhibit of comtemporary and original photographs of China. The exhibit is being shown from August 21 to September 22, 2006 in the first floor exhibit space of the School of Social Work Building. Photos from the exhibit may also be viewed online at http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/ccs

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