January 2008

• Faculty Meeting: noon to 1:30 pm, Mon, January 7 (SE I, Rm 306)

• U214 Test Out Exam: 10:30 am to noon, Mon, January 7 (SE I, Rm 225)


• Chancellor's Distinguished Fellow Series Presents:
  

"The Climate Challenge: Answers from Technology, Business and Society"

Ernst von Weizsäcker, Professor and Dean of the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at UCSB

7:30 pm, Tues, January 15 (Student Center, Crystal Cove Auditorium).Sponsored by PPD and the School of Social Ecology. Free and Open to the Public. Visit the Chancellor's Distinguished Fellows Series website for more information - http://www.chancellor.uci.edu/cdfs.shtml

• PP&D Seminar Series: 12:30 pm to 1:45 pm, Thurs, January 17 (SE I, Rm 112)

"Water Resource Management, Property Rights, and Collective Action in South Asia"

Dr. Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute. Sponsored by PP&D, CUSA and UWRC.

• PP&D Seminar Series: 5:30pm reception, 6:30 pm talk, Thurs, January 24 (University Club Dining Room)

"The Urban Form of the Information Age" with Professor Manuel Castells, Dept of Sociology, USC. Sponsored by PP&D, COPC, CTI, and CSI.

• PP&D Advisory Board Meeting: 5:30 pm, Wednesday, January 30 (Location TBD)

• PP&D Seminar Series: 12:30 pm to 1:45 pm, Thurs, January 31 (SE I, Room 112)

"Muslims and Local Governance in London" with Professor Susan E. Clarke, Dept of Political Science, University of Colorado at Boulder. Sponsored by PP&D, DPS, and CUSA.

February 2008

• Faculty Meeting: noon to 1:30 pm, Mon, February 4 (SE I, Rm 306)

• PP&D Seminar Series: 12:30 pm to 1:45 pm, Thurs, February 14 (SE I, Rm 112)

"Public-Private-NGO Partnerships in Water and Sanitation Service Delivery in India " with Professor Bipasha Baruah, Department of Geography, Cal State Long Beach. Sponsored by PP&D and UWRC.

• COPC Seminar Series: 6:00pm-7:00pm reception, 7:00-8:30pm talk. University Club. 801 East Peltason.

"Transnational Bioregionalism: Implications for Water Policy on the Borderlands" with Professor Perlita DiCochea, Santa Clara University. Sponsored by COPC, PP&D, CISJ, Dept of Chicano/Latino Studies, Center for the Study of Latinos in a Global Society, Program in Public Health, and the UWRC. RSVP to rsvpcopc@uci.edu or call (949)824-9337 for more information.

• PP&D Seminar Series: 12:30 pm to 1:45 pm, Thurs, February 28 (SE I, Room 112)

"Homelessness in Four Global Cities: Los Angeles, Paris, Sao Paolo and Tokyo" with Professor David Snow, Dept of Sociology, UC Irvine.

March 2008

• Faculty Meeting: noon to 1:30 pm, Mon, March 3 (SE I, Rm 306)
  

• PP&D Spring Open House: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, Mon, March 10 (Alumni House)

• Finals Week: Mon, March 17 through Friday, March 21

• Spring Break: Mon, March 24 through Friday, March 28

• Spring Quarter Begins March 31

April 2008

 

• Faculty Meeting: 12:00-1:30pm, Mon. April 3 (SE 1, Rm 306)

• SYMPOSIUM: Friday, April 4, 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm, (Social Ecology 1, Room 112

  • Crime Prevention and Safety through Environmental Design

• Refreshments provided. Faculty, Staff and Students welcome.

• Sponsored by the UCI Design Alliance, PP&D and the City of Irvine.

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• PP&D Seminar: 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Tuesday, April 8 (Social Ecology I, Rm 112), Janet Rosenbaum, PhD. Are Virginity Pledgers less sexually active than similar non-pledgers. Co-sponsored by PH. Lunch will be provided.

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• PP&D Seminar: 12:30 to 1:30 pm, Thurs, April 10 (SE I, Rm 112) "Organizing Itinerant Workers: Worker Centers and the Day Labor Movement" with Professor Abel Valenzuela, Dept of Urban Planning, UCLA. Sponsored by PP&D, COPC and DCLS. Lunch will be provided.

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• PP&D Seminar : 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Monday, April 14 (Social Ecology I, Rm 306), Margaret Schneider, PhD UCIrvine - Planning, Policy & Design. Adolescent physical activity promotion; a multidisciplinary approach Co-sponsored by PH. Lunch will be provided.

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• PP&D Seminar: 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Tuesday, April 15, (Social Ecology 1, Rm 112). The Influence of WIC on Infant Feeding Practices Kathleen Ziol-Guest, PhD, Harvard University. Co-sponsored by PP. Lunch will be provided.

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• PP&D Seminar: 4:00 - 5:00 pm, Thursday, April 17, (Social Ecology 1, Rm 112) More Competitors and Less Competition: Implications for policy and organizational design. Stephen Garcia, PhD, University of Michigan. Co-sponsored by PP. Refreshments will be provided.

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UCI Design Alliance

Presents a Lecture-Presentation

Culture, Spirituality and Innovative Design and Planning: Auroville, India

featuring Lalit Kishor Bhati

Architect, urban & regional planner, Auroville

Monday, April 21, 2008
2:00 - 3:30 pm
Humanities Instructional Building, Room 135

The event is free and open to the public.

For further information, visit
http://designalliance.uci.edu/
http://www.auroville.org/

or contact
Sanjoy Mazumdar <mazumdar@uci.edu >
or Julia Lupton <jrlupton@uci.edu>

 

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• PP&D Seminar: 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Tuesday, April 22 (Social Ecology 1,Rm 112), Building Bridges with Health Impact Assessment (HIA): From Research to Policy and Between Sectors Brian Cole, Dr P.H., UCLA School of Public Health. Co-Sponsored by PH. Lunch will be provided.

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• PP&D Seminar: 12:30 to 1:30 pm, Thurs, April 24 (SE I, Rm 112) " Property, Resources, and the Globalization of Legal Systems" with Professor Nancy Peluso, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, UC Berkeley. Sponsored by PP&D, CAS, and DS. Lunch will be provided.

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• PP&D Seminar: 4:00 - 5:00 pm, Thursday, April 24 (Social Ecology 1, Rm 112) Economic Downturns and Infant Mortality in California: A Test of Parental Distraction Tim-Allen Bruckner, PhD, UC Berkeley. Co-sponsored by PH. Refreshments will be provided.

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• PP&D Seminar: 2:00 - 3:00 pm, Monday, April 28 (Social Ecology 1, Rm 112) Integrating performance information systems into the design of inter-organizational emergency medical services: A multi-case study approach Ben Schooley, PhD, Claremont Graduate University. Co-Sponsored by PH.

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The 17th Annual Margolis Lecture

The New Food Wars: Globalization, GMOs, and Biofuels

Dr. Vandana Shiva

Founding Director, Research Foundations for Science, Technology and Natural Resource Policy, New Delhi

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

7:00-8:00pm

Social Science Lecture Hall, Rm 100

For more details contact:

Cindy Ordonez, cindy@uci.edu (949) 824-6410

Sandy Cushman, scushman@uci.edu (949) 824-3344

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May 2008

 

• Faculty Meeting: 12:00-1:30pm, Mon. May 5 (SE 1, Rm 306)

• Burma's Saffron Revolution: an evening of remembrance and recommitment

with

Pyi, Burmese activist and political refugee

Tuesday, May 6th

7:00 - 8:30 pm

Student Center, Emerald Bay Room B

Free Burmese dinner and dance documentary presentations.

In September of 2007, Burmese demonstrators, led by

hundreds of monks, walked through the streets of

Rangoon, protesting rising prices and loss of basic

freedoms. The junta-led Burmese government responded

violently. Exact figures are unknown, but it is

thought that more than a hundred monks and civilians

were killed during the crackdown. During this

evening, we remember their sacrifice and recommit

ourselves to vigilance against oppression. We also

link movements, from Burma to Tibet to UCI, and share

hopes for peace and justice. The evening will feature

three short videos on Burma and the Saffron

Revolution, talks by Pyi, a Burmese activist and

political refugee, discussions, and dinner featuring

traditional Burmese cuisine. We will also have, as a

special guest, Ms. Lay Naing Ei, who will perform

traditional Burmese dance.

Contact: Prof. Raul Lejano (lejano@uci.edu).

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• PPD Seminar: 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Thursday, May 8 (Social Ecology 1, Room 112) Creating a 21st Century Urban Park with Mia Lehrer, Mia Lehrer and Associates Landscape Architects. Lunch will be provided.

• Community Outreach Partnership Center- The Changing Face of Orange County Lecture Series:
  
  • Reception 6:00-7:00 pm, Lecture: 7:00 - 8:30 pm
  • UCI Student Center - Pacific Ballroom
    
  • The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America
  • with Kathryn S. Newman, Professor, Princeton University
  • Co-sponsored by PP&D and CISJ

• The Newkirk Center:
  • May 9, day-long conference, (Beckman Center for the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering)
  • Global Change and the Oceans.
    
  • Please RSVP to the Newkirk Center at <newkirk@uci.edu> or call (949) 824-9336. See www.newkirkcenter.uci.edu for more info.
    

• COPC MURP Professional Report Presentations
  • 11:00 - 1:30 pm, Tuesday, May 13 ( University Club )

• MURP Job Fair
  • 11:30 - 1:30 pm, Thursday, May 15 ( Alumni House)
  • Lunch provided.
    

• Center for Organizational Research Seminar:
  
  • 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Thursday, May 15 ( Social Science Plaza A, Room 2112)
  • Theorizing: Interpretive Work in Qualitative Analysis
  • with Dr. Diane Vaughan, School of International and Public Affairs, Dept of Sociology, Columbia University

• Planning Student Organization (PSO):
  • 2:00 - 3:00 pm, Thursday, May 15 (Social Ecology 1, Rm 306)
  • Politics and Planning
  • with Christopher Carillo, field representative in the Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties for U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein
  • Refreshments will be served.
  • Contact Josh Carillo at carrillj@uci.edu for more information.

• MURP Professional Report Presentations
  • 8:00 - 5:00 pm, Social Ecology 1, Rooms 112 and 306

• PPD Seminar: 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Thursday, May 22 (Social Ecology 1, Room 112) Povertscapes: Truth and Capital in the New Global Order of Development with Ananya Roy, UC Berkeley, Dept of Urban Planning. Lunch will be provided.

 

June 2008

• Faculty Meeting: 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Monday, June 2 (SE 1, Rm 306)

• UCI Graduate Commencement ceremony (includes all Social Ecology graduate degree recipients except for those receiving MURP degrees: 4:00 pm, Saturday, June 7 (Bren Events Center)
  

• PP&D End of Year Awards Reception: 4:00- 5:30 pm, Thursday, June 12 (Lower Social Science Plaza by fountain).  All PP&D students and faculty welcome.

• UCI School of Social Ecology Commencement (includes MURP degree and undergraduates): 
  • Friday, June 13, (Bren Events Center)
  • 1:00 pm - Undergraduates
  • 5:00 om - MURPS and Undergraduates

• Visions of Social Ecology Symposium:
  
  • 8:30 - 1:00 pm with continental breakfast (Social Ecology 1, Rm 112)
    
  • The Promise and Pitfalls of Ecological Perspectives -  Ray Catalano, Public Health, UC Berkeley
  • The Primary Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes: The Case for a Social Ecological Approace to Research - David Marrero, Medicine, Indiana University