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Dozens of musicians and panelists have withdrawn from the South by Southwest Conference and Festivals in Austin, Texas, to protest sponsorship by the U.S. Army and defense companies as pressure grows against the U.S. military’s support of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. More than 80 artists and panelists at SXSW had joined the boycott […]
INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkiye — In response to the earthquakes that struck southern Türkiye in February 2023, an international panel of academic experts conducted an “Emerging and Disruptive Technologies to Enhance Disaster Resilience” advanced research workshop, featuring keynote speakers from the U.S. Air Force and U.S. State Department at Çukurova University, Adana, […]
To commemorate October 22 as ‘Black Day’, the South Asia Center for Peace and Peoples Empowerment (SACPPE) organised a one-day event ‘Tribal Invasion: A Black Day in J-K’s History’ at Baramulla Dak Bungalow on Sunday. The program was organised on the anniversary of the Pakistani Tribal invasion of Jammu-Kashmir that happened on October 22, 1947. […]
Twenty years into her journey as a Catholic, in 2020, Marcia Lane-McGee found out that her baptism might be invalid. An adult convert to Catholicism who was confirmed after she completed an RCIA program after being raised in the Pentecostal faith, Lane-McGee found out her earlier baptism might not suffice, since it did not use […]
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From business success to civil rights, from fine art to visionary mathematics, the honored guests of UConn’s commencement ceremonies bring a wealth of experience, insight, and wisdom to share with this year’s graduates. Speakers at the ceremonies, which begin on May 6, include: Joshua D. Angrist, Ph.D. (Doctor of Science, Graduate School – Masters Ceremony […]
Jacqueline Novogratz A leader in the social impact space and a champion for moral leadership, Jacqueline Novogratz is the founder and CEO of Acumen, a global community that fights poverty and builds dignity by investing in companies and change-makers using both philanthropy-backed pioneer investing and for-profit impact funds. Novogratz’s two decades of work with Acumen […]
The Business of Fashion is pleased to announce the early speaker lineup for The Business of Beauty Global Forum, our inaugural annual gathering for entrepreneurs, innovators, big thinkers and trailblazers in beauty. From May 30 to June 1 at Stanly Ranch in Napa Valley, California we will unlock the necessary essential learnings and collaboration to […]
Grinnell College has been featuring events centering the international and domestic effects of climate change. On March 2, the Pakistani Student Organization (PSO) and the Rosenfield Program worked together to produce an informational event called Flooding in the Global South. The featured speakers included Shuchi Kapila, professor of English, Timothy Dobe, professor of religious studies, […]
International Women’s Day in Wolverhampton is set to be marked by a series of talks given by inspirational speakers from some of the city’s most notable organisations. The event, held in the mayor’s parlour at the Civic Centre tomorrow (Wednesday) from 12 noon to 2.45pm, will feature presentations by inspiring women from a number of […]