Renowned Antigua-born author Jamaica Kincaid will receive the St. Louis Literary Award at the Sheldon Concert Hall at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 25. A craft talk will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 26, on Saint Louis University’s campus.
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5 Tips to Prevent the Most Common Pickleball Injuries
You can learn more about sports medicine and the Chicago pro pickleball team at the Chicago Sports Summit, hosted by Midwest Orthopaedics at RUSH. It will be held at the Hyatt Regency Chicago on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and is open to the public. Get your tickets to attend and support orthopedic research at RUSH.
Thailand Hub of Talent for Cancer Immunotherapy International Conference
The Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, cordially invites all to attend the “Thailand Hub of Talent for Cancer Immunotherapy International Conference: Portal to Global Collaboration for Next Generation Cell and Gene Therapy Development” on November 16-17, 2023 at Bhumisiri Mangklanusorn Building, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Wolters Kluwer showcases commitment to nurse excellence at 2023 National ANCC Magnet/ Pathway Conference
Wolters Kluwer Health will be joining nursing professionals at the upcoming ANCC Magnet/ Pathway Conference, taking place October 12-14, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois.
Empowering Families in Philadelphia: LaundryCares Foundation Hosts Free Laundry and Literacy Day at Two Local Laundromats
The LaundryCares Foundation in partnership with Too Small To
Fail, is excited to announce a collaborative initiative with local laundromats, Big G Laundromat and Laundry Café Parkwest, to benefit families in Philadelphia.
MSU drives future of mobility today at Detroit Auto Show
Michigan State University displayed some of its latest innovative research and introduced attendees to the mobility experts of tomorrow at the 2023 North American International Detroit Auto Show.
UMD’s Justice for Fraud Victims to Host Business Fraud Prevention Seminar
Speakers representing federal and local law enforcement will discuss the latest financial fraud tactics against businesses, and practical counter methods, in a free event in College Park, Md., Nov. 3, 2023
Sasin Open House for 2024 Entry
The Sasin School of Management, Chulalongkorn University cordially invites all interested in joining the upcoming Sasin Open House for 2024 entry on Saturday, September 23, 2023, from 10:00 – 12:00 hrs. at Sasin School of Management.
Medical students battle for culinary accolades in first Taste the World Tourney
PCOM South Georgia students used their cooking skills to share about their culture and win prizes.
“Nurturing Emotional Intelligence with the Humanities” Seminar
The Faculty of Arts, in collaboration with Chulalongkorn University’s Office of International Affairs and Global Network, and UNESCO, will co-host a seminar on “Nurturing Emotional Intelligence with the Humanities” on September 7, 2023, from 9:00-12:00 hrs.
Call for Papers and Participation: CULI International Conference 2023
Chulalongkorn University Language Institute (CULI) is delighted to invite all to join the international conference “ELT in the New Era: From Basic to Higher Education”, and log in for online post-conference workshops via Zoom from November 23-25, 2023, at Thailand’s time zone (GMT+7).
Immersive experiences with Wits NeuRL
The Wits Neuroscience Research Lab (NeuRL) is working with an interdisciplinary team of researchers to build an immersive virtual reality laboratory. The team recently welcomed close collaborator Dr Harry Farmer, aSenior Lecturer in Psychology from the University of Greenwich, who delivered a hybrid seminar on how embodiment using virtual reality technologies can change previously held attitudes and beliefs.
Chula College of Population Studies Co-hosts a Workshop on Strengthening Older Persons’ Labor Force Participation and Improving Thai Elderly Skills
The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific – ESCAP and the College of Population Studies, through the Collaborating Center for Labor Research at Chulalongkorn University, together with government agencies, civil society and the private sector co-organized a workshop on “Strengthening older persons’ labor force participation and benefitting from the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Asia and the Pacific” on 10 – 11 May 2023 at the Mandarin Conference Room C, Mandarin Hotel.
Chulalongkorn’s Communication Arts and Thai Media Fund Organize Creative Luk Thung: Thai Soft Power Going Global
Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Communication Arts, in collaboration with Thai Media Fund, is organizing the Creative Luk Thung: Thai Soft Power Going Global project to promote the arts of Thai Luk thung music or Folk Song on the occasion of the 84th anniversary of the emergence of luk thung music in Thailand.
Call for Papers and Participants: The 16th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Science 2023 (EuAsC2S–16) – Frontiers in Chemical Sciences for Sustainability
The Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, together with the Chemical Society of Thailand will co-organize “the 16th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Science 2023 (EuAsC2S–16)” under the theme “Frontiers in Chemical Sciences for Sustainability”, from December 13-15, 2023 at the Berkeley Hotel Pratunam, Bangkok.
Chula President Shared “Sustainovation”, the University’s Commitment to Sustainability, at APRU 27th Annual Presidents’ Meeting
Professor Dr. Bundhit Eua-arporn, President of Chulalongkorn University, attended The 27th Annual Presidents’ Meeting of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) with the theme “From Invention to Implementation – Solutions for a Sustainable Future” in Hong Kong from June 25 to 27, 2023.
Knowledge powerhouses urged to join pioneering Africa-led mission to level up global research and restore Africa’s rightful place
Global institutions are today being called on to back a bold, transformative plan for Africa to take its rightful role in research alliances, driving forward social justice, advancing science, and supercharging global scholarship.
Aboriginal narratives must be retained to capture crucial histories and identities
Maintaining traditional Aboriginal storytelling is critically important in recognising First Peoples’ histories, experiences and identities, says University of South Australia Visiting Research Fellow Dr Debra Dank.
46 percent of UC Irvine graduates receiving bachelor’s degrees are first-generation students
More than 8,200 students and their families will attend University of California, Irvine commencement ceremonies between Friday, June 16, and Tuesday, June 20, in the campus’s Bren Events Center. Overall, UCI will grant 8,966 degrees to 8,507 undergraduates this academic year. Additionally, 1,815 master’s degrees and 393 doctoral degrees will be awarded.
Close to 300 Healthcare Providers Graduated from PCOM Georgia
PCOM Georgia held its annual commencement ceremony on May 23, this year gradating 283 physicians, pharmacists, physical therapists, physician assistants, biomedical scientists and medical laboratory scientists.
PCOM South Georgia students awarded for academic, civic excellence
PCOM South Georgia honored members of its first graduating class of doctors for outstanding achievement in the classroom and in the community with student awards on May 24.
PCOM South Georgia students honor donors with memorial service
PCOM South Georgia students in the doctor of osteopathic medicine program and the master of biomedical sciences program held a memorial service to recognize the selfless contributions made by those who donated their bodies to science.
First class of doctors to graduate from PCOM South Georgia on May 25
Fifty-three students will make history May 25 when they become the first doctors of osteopathic medicine to graduate from PCOM South Georgia. Another seven students will be the second class to graduate with the MS in biomedical sciences from the campus.
Cal State Fullerton President, Fram Virjee, to Keynote Fullerton Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast
Members of the Fullerton and surrounding communities will gather on the morning of May 5, for the 38th annual Fullerton Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast. Fram Virjee, president of Cal State Fullerton, will serve as the keynote speaker.
Hibbing to retire after prolific 40-year career
John Hibbing has long been a venerable voice in the world of politics, often fielding interviews for local and national media, parsing the data and making sense of things where it seems there’s little.
UCI Libraries to host reception launching ‘400 Years of Shakespeare’s First Folio’ exhibit
UCI Libraries is hosting a reception to celebrate the opening of its newest exhibit, “400 Years of Shakespeare’s First Folio.” The event begins at the Irvine Barclay Theatre with a discussion between Derek Quezada, exhibit curator and rare-books librarian at the University of Southern California, and Eric Rasmussen, Regents Teaching Professor and Foundation Professor of English at the University of Nevada, Reno.
NASA Media Call on Upcoming Air Quality Satellite Launch
Media are invited to participate in a teleconference discussing the upcoming launch of TEMPO on Tuesday, April 5. TEMPO will soon provide the first-ever hourly scans of air pollution over greater North America.
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed to Deliver Commencement Address to the Class of 2023
Amina J. Mohammed, deputy secretary-general of the United Nations and chair of the UN Sustainable Development Group, will deliver the commencement address to the Tufts University Class of 2023 on Sunday, May 21.
USC Center on Public Diplomacy Holds Summit on City Diplomacy
The USC Center for Public Diplomacy Summit on City Diplomacy will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on March 30 and can also be attended online.
Chulalongkorn University Holds the “Chula Health Care Body & Mind” Fest
The Center for Safety, Health and Environment of Chulalongkorn University (SHECU), Chulalongkorn University Health Service Center, the Physical Resources Management, the Department of Physical Therapy at the Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, the Department of Industrial Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, the Center for Psychological Wellness at the Faculty of Psychology, and Chula Student Wellness have organized the “Chula Health Care Body & Mind” event under the CU Sustainable Well-Being project.
OLLI at UCI celebrates 25 years of delivering excellence in lifelong learning
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at University of California, Irvine (OLLI at UCI) is celebrating its 25th anniversary of providing world-class education and social opportunities for mature adults throughout Orange County.
Utah’s graphics pioneers
Ed Catmull. John Warnock. Jim Clark. Alan Kay. Ivan Sutherland. Martin Newell. They are just a handful of the luminaries in the late 1960s and 1970s who revolutionized computer graphics by inventing technologies that have aided and shaped countless industries today. For the first time ever, these and other legends of that time will be reuniting on the U campus Thursday, March 23, and Friday March 24, to commemorate their roles as 3D-graphics pioneers and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the U’s Kahlert School of Computing.
SLU to Host Washington Post Opinions Columnist, Race Card Project Founder Michele Norris on April 4
Renowned journalist and opinion columnist Michele Norris will bring her Race Card Project to Saint Louis University this spring and speak to the SLU community about race in America. The project asks participants to talk about identity in six words.
Call for Papers: The 2nd International Conference on Educational System Management Leadership 2023 (ICESML2023)
The Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University; Teachers College, Columbia University; Association of Professional Development of Educational Administration (APDEA); and the Research Unit on Transforming Education System for Creating Innovators and Entrepreneurs (TESCIE) are hosting an academic virtual conference entitled “The 2nd International Conference on Educational System Management Leadership 2023 (ICESML2023): Educational Management Design for Global Transformation” on April 28, 2023 from 10.00 A.M.- 4.30 P.M. Bangkok Time (GMT+7).
SHRO’s Giordano to Speak at Virtual Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Artificial Intelligence and NGS Integrated into the Next Generation Tissue Microarrays (TMA) Workshop
Women & Innovation: Celebrating International Women’s Day 2023
Chulalongkorn School of Integrated Innovations (ScII), in collaboration with the Embassy of Israel in Thailand, invites all to join the special event “Women & Innovation: Celebrating International Women’s Day 2023” on March 8, 2023, from 9:00 – 11:40 am at Toemsakdi Krishnamra Hall, Sasin School of Management, Chulalongkorn University.
Workplace Negotiation Workshop March 9-10 in Washington, D.C.
UMD Smith faculty experts Vijaya Venkataramani and Rellie Derfler-Rozin will lead participants through experiential exercises and real-life simulations covering a broad spectrum of workplace negotiation situations in a workshop-based professional certificate course.
Chula Virtual Open House for 2023 International Graduate Programs
Join us at our Virtual Open House 2023 to learn more about our international graduate programs (Master’s and Doctoral Programs), the admissions process, and the benefits of studying at Chula.
National Primate Research Center of Thailand Chulalongkorn University Symposium 2023
As its 11th-anniversary approaches, the National Primate Research Center of Thailand Chulalongkorn University (NPRCT-CU) and the Primates Enterprise Co., Ltd. are pleased to announce two events in February 2023:
70 Doctors-in-Training at The University of Queensland Ochsner Clinical School Receive White Coats
n Saturday, January 7, 2023, The University of Queensland Ochsner Clinical School held its 13th annual White Coat Ceremony, a rite of passage for medical students held to emphasize the importance of compassionate patient care from the start of medical training. During the event, 70 physicians-in-training received their white coats and were honored with Humanism in Medicine pins – a visual symbol displayed on the lapel of each white coat to remind students to keep empathy at the center of clinical practice.
Ring in the New Year with Changemaker Week
From volunteering in a beach cleanup to learning new ways to promote equity, the start of a new year is the perfect time to take steps to help spark positive change. During UC San Diego’s Changemaker Kickoff Week, campus community members can jump into opportunities to continue building the knowledge and skills needed to make the world a better place for all.
Participate in Virtual Discussions on Select Works by Neil Gaiman
As part of the St. Louis Literary Award series of programs honoring 2023 award recipient Neil Gaiman, the Saint Louis University Campus Read Book Talk Series offers opportunities to explore the themes of Gaiman’s work.
CFES Global Conference Produces Innovative Ways to Succeed in Education and Workforce in Post Pandemic World
The enormous challenges facing K-12 and higher education and a turbulent job market were met with innovative ideas and new methods for success by leaders in both sectors at the CFES “New Beginnings” Global Conference on Nov. 7-8 at the Sagamore Resort.
Cancer survivors, supporters rally for in-person return of MD Anderson’s Boot Walk to End Cancer®
Thousands are expected at MD Anderson’s Boot Walk to End Cancer® on Saturday, Nov. 5, as The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center prepares for the in-person return of the seventh annual event in the Texas Medical Center.
APRU APEC University Leaders’ Forum 2022
The APRU (the Association of Pacific Rim Universities) and Chulalongkorn University cordially invite all interested persons to attend the APRU APEC University Leaders’ Forum 2022 on 16 November 2022 from 9.00 a.m. – 5.30 p.m. (GMT+7), either in person or online.
UCI School of Social Ecology welcomes Andrew Yang for “Leading the Change Distinguished Speaker Series”
EVENT: The School of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine, welcomes Andrew Yang for its “Leading the Change Distinguished Speaker Series.” The businessman, attorney, lobbyist, political candidate and co-founder of the Forward Party will speak on “Technology, Democracy and the Future.” Event is free and open to the public, but registration is required here: https://socialecology.
SMFA Art Sale Is Back In-Person This Fall
After two years as a virtual event, the art sale returns to an in-person experience this year, with the sale days set for Friday, November 4, through Sunday, November 6, at SMFA at Tufts in Boston. More than 1,000 works created by some 250 alumni, students, faculty, and friends of the school will be on display and up for grabs.
Online Taiwan Lectures on Chinese Studies “China-US Geopolitics in the 21st Century”
Chulalongkorn University invites all to attend the online Taiwan Lectures on Chinese Studies, “China-US Geopolitics in the 21st Century”, on Thursday, October 27th, 2022, from 14:00-16:00 Thailand time (ICT) via Zoom.
Stony Brook School University School of Nursing
Join the School of Nursing at Stony Brook University on November 1, 2022 from 12 – 1pm, for an event titled, Babesiosis: Diagnosis and Management.
Electrical Engineer and First Mexican-Born Woman to Travel in Space Featured Speaker at CFES Global Conference
Katya Echazarreta, a 27-year-old electrical engineer who became the first Mexican-born woman to travel to space, will serve as keynote speaker at the 31st annual CFES Brilliant Pathways Global Conference on Nov. 7-8 at the Sagamore Resort in Lake George, NY.