Careers for Change Lecture Series

Careers for Change is a lecture series that brings in activists from varying fields of social justice and human rights work. The lectures are free and open to the public, and we encourage students and community members to attend.

Spring 2008 Lecture Series

Laurie Garrett
Award-winning journalist, Senior Fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations
March 10 - 2:00-3:30 p.m.
Room 1100 University Capitol Centre

Trudy Petersen
Former Acting Archivist of the United States, UI visiting professor
April 8 - 1:30 p.m.
Room 302 Shaeffer Hall

Fall 2007 Lecture Series

Ibrahim Ahmed Elbadawi
Lead Economist, World Bank Development Economic Research Group
September 7 - 12:40-1:20 p.m.
Room 1117 University Capitol Centre

Ann Lion Coleman
U.S. President's Plan for Emergency AIDS Relief
"A Career in Global Health: Highlights and Lowlights"
October 1 - 7 p.m.
Room 1117 University Capitol Centre

Philip Nelson
Food Scientist, 2007 World Food Prize Laureate
October 15 - 7 p.m.
Room 1117 University Capitol Centre