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Film Screening INUNDATION DISTRICT with Pulitzer prize-winning director David Abel

Join us for a special screening of INUNDATION DISTRICT in Mosher 1 on 3/25 at 6 pm. Directed by Pulitzer prize-winning director David Abel, this feature-length film explores the implications of one city’s decision to ignore the threats posed by climate change and spend billions of dollars building a new waterfront district — on landfill, at sea level, and in the bullseye of rising seas.

UN Week Keynote: “Queerness” and Other Vexing Issues in the UN: Advancing Human Rights in Times of Crisis

Madrigal-Borloz is the former UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and former member of the UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture and Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Madrigal-Borloz is also a Senior Visiting Researcher at Harvard University and was a former Legal Director of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

A pre-keynote reception will be held in the Johnson Hall Global Forum beginning at 5:15 pm.

Photo by Alexandre Leal de Freitas

2024 Phi Beta Kappa Lecture with Neuroscientist Mary Helen Immordino-Yang

The proclivity to think and feel deeply about complex social issues is a hallmark human achievement—a foundation of global society as well as of personal growth. This achievement rests on capacities for transcendent thinking, that is, on a person’s abilities and dispositions to consider the broader ethical and systems-level implications that transcend situations and pertain to bigger ideas, values and identities. In this talk, Dr.

Natural History Collection Open House

Celebrate Earth Month at Oxy and join the Moore Lab of Zoology and Vantuna Research Group for a natural history collection open house!

Natural history collections offer a wealth of information. They serve as a place to view and discover nature, explore the histories of the specimens or a collection of species, and inspire scientific questions that are significant to conservation.

Take a self-guided, exploratory tour of the world's largest Mexican bird collection and a fish collection that was founded in the 70s. All ages welcome.

 

Possibility and Limits of Language: The Interactions between Mongol Yuan and the World

This presentation challenges the previous understanding of the relationship between the Mongol Yuan dynasty and the Kingdom of Annam (northern Vietnam) in the 13th and 14th centuries. It argues that the perception of continuity in diplomatic relations between the two nations, as portrayed in documents following Chinese literary conventions, overlooks the multilingual nature of the Mongol Empire.

"Saving Ourselves" Book Talk: Earth Month 2024

We are running out of time. 2023 was one of the most volatile climate years in history, and the mealy outcomes of COP28 make it clear that incremental politics aren't going to save us. Is there any hope of achieving the systemic changes we need to address climate change before it's too late? In SAVING OURSELVES: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action, author Dana R. Fisher charts a realistic path forward for climate action--but only by mobilizing people power to push for the necessary changes.