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THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED: Frank Mugisha, executive director of Sexual Minorities Uganda presents the 2015 Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture on  the struggles of sexual minorities in the dangerousy hostile climate of East Africa. Mugisha, one of the few openly gay activists in Uganda, began advocating for LGBTI rights and HIV/AIDS awareness…

Dr. Seth M. Holmes, a cultural and medical anthropologist and physician at the University of California, Berkeley. His work focuses broadly on social hierarchies and health inequalities. His recent book, Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies,” is an ethnographic witness to the everyday lives and suffering of Mexican migrants in the United States. Holmes is the Martin Sisters…

Mam-Yassin Sarr founded Starfish International with the goal of providing education for Gambian girls from pre-school through graduate school. She will present: “Negotiating Female Reproductive Health as an Adolescent Girl in The Gambia, West Africa: The unique health and social issues involved” during a Global Health Nursing Seminar. Sarr also presents Education, Ebola and Empowering…

The world is facing significant problems that must be solved to secure a sustainable future, and many of those challenges are, in essence, chemical, says Leiv K. Sydnes, professor of organic chemistry at the University of Bergen (Norway). He will discuss the chemical community’s responsibility to act on behalf of society and the earth. The…

Tribal nations are using research and data to advance tribal sovereignty, and Jacqueline Pata, executive director of the National Congress of American Indians, argues that when tribes are in the driver’s seat stewarding research partnerships, the outcomes are more robust and meaningful. She will discuss NCAI’s efforts to build tribal research capacity and foster tribal-university…