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March 2021

What the Pandemic Has Taught Us About Our New Public Sphere
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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Zeynep Tufekci, a sociologist at UNC and one of the nation's most influential public commentators on the COVID-19 crisis, will explore some key lessons of the pandemic.
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Forum on the Status of Women in Politics
7:30 pm - 8:45 pm
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In honor of Women's History Month, the Lecture Committee presents a Forum on the Status of Women in Politics with Maggie Haberman and Yamiche Alcindor. Moderated by Michel Martin. Free and open to the public. All are welcome.
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Answer Music: Observation and Abstraction of the Living World
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm
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Mike Glier, Alexander Falck Class of 1899 Professor of Art, will present the second of six talks in the 2021 Faculty Lecture Series. Open to the public. All are welcome!
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Haiti, Beauty, and Justice in 2021: A Conversation with Edwidge Danticat and Évelyne Trouillot
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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In a recent essay, the award-winning Haitian author Évelyne Trouillot writes, "...my writings, stemming from my lived experience and my aesthetic and social vision for a more beautiful and just world, are presented to readers who are not always acquainted with my reality..." The same can be said of the internationally acclaimed author Edwidge Danticat whose writing set in Haiti and…
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The Faraway Brought Close: Poetry and the Work of Feeling
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm
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Jessica Fisher, Associate Professor of English, will present the third in a series of six talks in the Faculty Lecture Series this spring. Open to the public. All are welcome!
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On ‘Caste’: A Virtual Conversation with Isabel Wilkerson
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Isabel Wilkerson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Humanities Medal, will participate in a virtual conversation with Hari Ramesh '11, followed by a moderated audience Q&A.
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Understanding the Interplay of Stress, Relationships, and Biology: Implications for the Development of Depression and Anxiety
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm
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Kate Stroud, Associate Professor of Psychology, will present the fourth in a series of six talks in the Faculty Lecture Series this spring. Open to the public. All are welcome!
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Smart Home Devices: Why They Don’t Always Work Correctly
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm
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Kelly Shaw, Associate Professor of Computer Science, will present the final talk in the 2021 Faculty Lecture Series. Open to the public. All are welcome!
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Under the Skin: Racism as a Public Health Threat
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
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Linda Villarosa is a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine, covering race and public health and a former executive editor at Essence Magazine. In 2017, her cover story "America's Hidden HIV Epidemic" was honored with an Excellence in Journalism Award by the NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists; that organization inducted her into its Hall of Fame in…
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