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Ilens film: Salaam Bombay!

Presented by: Samira Sheikh, Associate Professor of History, Asian Studies, and Islamic Studies UK, India, France (1988) Dir: Mira Nair. After the boy Krishna is kicked out of his home and abandoned by the circus, he takes a train to Bombay where he joins a community of street kids and gets a job selling tea…

Posted by on October 16, 2014 in Activities Everyone

Ilens film: How to Survive a Plague

Presented by: Gregory Barz, Associate Professor of Musicology (Ethnomusicology), and Faculty Head of North House USA (2012) Dir: David France. The story of two coalitions—ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group)—whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition. Despite having no scientific training, these self-made activists infiltrated the pharmaceutical…

Posted by on October 16, 2014 in Activities Everyone

A Halloween Bash

Halloween Party with trick or treating with Greeks to follow!  Pumpkin painting, bobbing for apples, sweet treats, costumes.  Open to all Vanderbilt students, scholars, and their families.

Posted by on October 3, 2014 in Activities Everyone

Ilens Film: Reshipment

Presented by: William Luis, Professor of Spanish and Director of the Program in Latino and Latina Studies; and Gloria Rolando, Filmmaker Cuba (2014) Dir: Gloria Rolando. A documentary about a little-known chapter in the history of Cuba where Haitians were brought to the country as cheap labor to work in the sugar cane fields and…

Posted by on October 2, 2014 in Activities Everyone

Ilens Film: The Past

Presented by: Esfandiar Zafar, Chief Operating Officer of Information Technology Services France, Italy (2013) Dir: Asghar Farhadi. The director of the acclaimed film A Separation continues his penetrating examination of deteriorating relationships. An Iranian man reunites with his estranged wife in Paris to finalize their divorce, which is soon complicated by a revelation by her…

Posted by on October 2, 2014 in Activities Everyone

Ilens Film: Otelo Burning

Presented by: VU African Student Union South Africa (2011) Dir: Sara Blecher. Set in 1989, three Zulu boys escape their harsh township lives through the joy of surfing. Otelo discovers a natural talent, finding freedom on the waves. But in the turmoil of a country on the cusp of change, he is dragged down into…

Posted by on October 2, 2014 in Activities Everyone

World on Wednesday: Wellness Around the World

Location: Student Life Center Lower Level Meeting Rooms 1 & 2 Learn about the essential elements for living a longer, healthier life.  The topics of nutrition, physical activity, stress reduction, alcohol consumption and sense of community will all be explored from a global perspective.

Posted by on September 25, 2014 in Activities Everyone

World on Wednesday: Helping Girls to Succeed in School in Rural Mauritania

Location: Student Life Center Lower Level Meeting Rooms 1 & 2 Cultural stigmas in Africa assign girls and boys different roles and levels of status in their social environments, which in turn has negative impacts on girls’ opportunities for learning. Parents with limited economic resources choose to invest in education for their sons instead of…

Posted by on September 25, 2014 in Activities Everyone

World on Wednesday: Making a Global Impact through the Vanderbilt Master of Public Health Program

Location: Student Life Center Lower Level Meeting Rooms 1 & 2 The Vanderbilt Master of Public Health Program is a full-time, two-year, CEPH-accredited, interdisciplinary program to train public health scientists and leaders dedicated to improving public health and preventing disease and disability.  We offer three tracks:  Epidemiology, Global Health, and Health Policy.  The Global Health…

Posted by on September 25, 2014 in Activities Everyone

Ilens Film: The Best Things In The World

Presented by: Marcio Bahia, Assistant Professor of Portuguese Brazil (2010) Dir: Lais Bodansky. The coming of age story of one month in the lives of Hermano and Pedro, two brothers who find out their parents are getting a divorce because their father is gay. With all the challenges in the process of becoming an adult,…

Posted by on September 20, 2014 in Activities Everyone

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