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From Trinity to Hartford to the World: Building an Urban Bridge
Friday, October 19, 2007
1:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Washington Room, Mather Hall |
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Celebration and Opening of the Center for Urban and Global Studies |
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James F. Jones, Jr., President and Trinity College Professor in the Humanities; Eddie A. Perez ’96, Mayor of the City of Hartford; and Xiangming Chen, Dean and Director of the Center for Urban and Global Studies before the ceremonies for the Celebration and Opening of the Center for Urban and Global Studies.
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Xiangming Chen, Dean and Director of the Center for Urban and Global Studies and James F. Jones, Jr., President and Trinity College Professor in the Humanities listen to Mayor Perez' welcoming remarks. |
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Panelists (from left to right) Clare M. Rossini, Visiting Assistant Professor of English, Director of the InterArts Program, and Acting Director of the Creative Writing Program; Sheila M. Fisher, Associate Professor of English; Devlin A. Hughes ’09; Elly Jacobson, Associate Director, Urban Academic Engagements; and Dan E. Lloyd, Brownell Professor of Philosophy and Neuroscience during the presentation "Community Learning Initiative: Extending the Boundaries of the Classroom".
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Presenters (left to right) Christina A. Ramsay ’09; Jack A. Dougherty, Associate Professor of Educational Studies and Director of Educational Studies Program; and Jesse F. Wanzer ’08 during their presentation "The Cities, Suburbs, and Schools Project: Researching Education and Housing".
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Trinity students enjoying the presentations..
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Presenters (left to right) Kathy B. Gersten, Visiting Lecturer in Theater and Dance; Clare M. Rossini, Visiting Assistant Professor of English, Director of the InterArts Program, and Acting Director of the Creative Writing Program; and Sheila M. Fisher, Associate Professor of English during their presentation “Dance, Image, Word: Arts and Humanities Projects in the Hartford Schools”.
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Presenters (left to right) Dean Xiangming Chen and Lisa Sapolis, Acting Director of International Programs during their presentation "From Hartford to the Global Program Cities and Back: Building an Urban Bridge".
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Michael E. Lestz ’68, Associate Professor of History and Director of the O’Neill Asia Cum Laude Endowment; Arn Chorn-Pond, founder of the organization Cambodian Living Arts, international peace activist and human rights spokesman; Charley Todd, co-president of Cambodian Living Arts and Trinity alumnus, class of 1964; Pablo Delano, Associate Professor of Fine Arts; and Dean Xiangming Chen.
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Presenter Heidi J.C. Ellis, Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science during the presentation "Building Software to Serve Humanity".
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Panelists (left to right) Heidi J.C. Ellis, Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science; Giovanni Capalbo ’08; and Trishan R. de Lanerolle ’04, Director of CPATH Project during their presentation "Building Software to Serve Humanity".
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Presenter David J. Ahlgren ’64, Karl W. Hallden Professor of Engineering, during his presentation "Trinity Fire-Fighting Robot Contest: Urban and Global Connections".
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Students enjoying the presentations.
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Bob Painter, City of Hartford Councilman, posing a question during the
question and answer session for the presentations.
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Mary Pelletier, Program Director for the Park River Watershed Revitalization Initiative posing a question during the question and answer session for the presentations.
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Panelist Michael E. Lestz ’68, Associate Professor of History and Director of the O’Neill Asia Cum Laude Endowment during the presentation "Cambodian Cityscapes: Phnom Penh Reborn, the Legacy of Angkor, and the Emergent Boom Town of Siem Reap".
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Rena Fraden, Dean of Faculty, Vice President for Academic Affairs, and the Keith G. Funston Professor of English and American Studies at Trinity College, introduces keynote speaker Saskia Sassen to the audience.
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Trustees amongst the audience during Saskia Sassen's presentation.
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Keynote speaker Saskia Sassen, Helen and Robert Lynd Professor of Sociology and Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, addressing the audience during her lecture "Why Does the Urban Thrive with the Global?"
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Full house during Saskia Sassen's lecture!
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Members of the audience enjoying Sassen's lecture.
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Response to Sassen's lecture by Vijay Prashad, George and Martha Kellner Chair in South Asian History and Professor of International Studies and Director of the International Studies Program
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Trinity College Trusteee, Rod Day, posing a question to Sassen during the question and answer session for the keynote lecture.
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Gitte Schulz, Associate Professor of Political Science, posing a question to Sassen during the question and answer session for the keynote lecture.
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Vijay Prashad, Saskia Sassen and Dean Xiangming Chen.
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