Stress management
The Stress and Anxiety Management Workshop will be held tomorrow at 12 p.m. in room 125 of the Sturm College of Law.
Speakers will discuss strategies to cope with stress and anxiety in college.
This workshop will be presented by the DU Health and Counseling Center. RSVP to Casey Wolfington at casey.wolfington@hcc.du.edu.
Sport and race
The lecture, “Sport as a Bridge Across America’s Racial Divide” will be presented on Thursday from 12 – 1:30 p.m. at the Graduate School for International Studies, room 301.
The guest speaker will be Richard Lapchick. Lapchick is a human rights activist and a pioneer of racial equality. He is also an internationally recognized expert on sports issues.
Pizza and drinks will be provided. Contact Alicia Kirkeby at akirkeby@du.edu.
Prospects for Africa
A lecture titled, “Prospects for U.S. Capital Flows to Africa: Moving from Aid to Investment” will be held on Thursday from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at the Graduate School of International Studies.
The lecture will be presented by the Council on International Finance, Trade and Economics (CIFTE) and will feature keynote speaker Robert Fogler. Fogler is the managing director and co-founder of Thousand Hills Venture Fund.
He is also a frequent speaker at various conferences and seminars across the world on investment in Africa.
Fogler’s expertise in global financial markets and economies, and his experience in establishing the only for-profit venture capital fund in Rwanda has led him to develop relationships with the central figures in Rwanda’s business community. Contact Grant Mooney at jmooney3@du.edu for more information.
A Middle East lecture
The lecture titled, “From Tel Aviv to Rammalah: A Beatbox Journey” will be presented on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Gates Hall. This lecture is sponsored by the Center for Judaic Studies. Tickets are regularly $12 but are free for DU ID holders. Students can visit http://www.du.edu/gsis/isime/events.html for more information.
Future of Europe
A conference titled, “The Future of Europe” will be held on Friday from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. in the Renaissance South Room of the Mary Reed Building.
This will be the launch conference for the new Center for the Study of Europe and the World. Several speakers will be present, including DU professors Lisa Conant, Rachel Epstein and Martin Rhodes.
Topics of discussion will include European defense policy, European neighborhood policy, European identity, European human rights and the European economy and employment. RSVP to Raslan Ibrahim at ribrahim@du.edu.
Science discussion
Dr. Paul Doherty will speak on Friday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in Olin Hall, room 105, on the subject of “Second Life” and what it can do for education.
Second life is a three-dimensional interactive computer-based system utilizing computer games and virtual reality.
Dr. Doherty, a senior staff scientist at San Francisco’s Exploratorium Museum, has created a “virtual” museum in “Second Life” that makes it possible to do hands on science demonstrations, no matter where on Earth you happen to be.
The concept is now being employed at DU. One can, for example, visit the virtual Meyer-Womble Observatory on Mt. Evans and examine Hubble astronomical images through the telescope on your own computer.
Foreign film
The Graduate School of International Studies is hosting a film and culture series. The film is titled “Cinema Paradiso” and will be held on Friday at 6 p.m. at the International House.
The film won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for best foreign language film. Admission is free and pizza will be provided. For questions contact isss@du.edu.
