The following is a list of upcoming events sponsored by the Hubert H. Humphrey
Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Unless otherwise
noted, all events are free and open to the public. Visit the Humphrey Institute
online at www.hhh.umn.edu.
March 12-16: Spring break at the University of Minnesota is March 12-16.
All University offices will be closed on March 16 for a floating holiday.
Wednesday, March 21, 12:45-2 p.m.: The State
and Local Policy Program (SLPP) continues its brownbag series with a presentation
on state economic development strategies. Humphrey Institute graduate students
Sukanya Kaila and Michelle Harder will join SLPP researcher Burke Murphy to
present the “Pew Center on the States: Ten-State Report on State Investment
in Research and Development” from 12:45 to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 21,
in Room 184 at the Humphrey Center. All are invited to attend.
Wednesday, March 21, 7 p.m.: “The Impact at Home: War and the National
Guard” will look at the impact of long-term deployments on the families,
communities, and businesses members of the National Guard leave behind. Participants
will include former Representative Tim
Penny, Minnesota National Guard Col. Neal Loidolt, and Denny Schulstad,
state chair of the Department of Defense’s Employer
Support of the Guard and Reserve. The program, which is part of the Home
and Away series, begins at 7 p.m. in Cowles Auditorium.
Thursday, March 22, Noon-2 p.m.: The 2006-07 Hill Fellow Laura
Waterman Wittstock will give a preview of her yearlong research project
from noon to 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 22, in Room 186 at the Humphrey Center.
Waterman Wittstock will discuss her research on American Indian philanthropy,
including the historical relationship between the American public and American
Indians. Registration is requested to Keo Vongvanith at vong0019@umn.edu
by March 19.
Wednesday, March 28, Noon: “Support the U Day” will be held
March 28 at the state capitol. Hundreds of University alumni and supporters
will rally at the state capitol rotunda at noon to show their support for the
U of M and meet with legislators. Visit www.supporttheU.umn.edu
to register and for more information.
Monday, April 2: SenatorAmy Klobuchar will give a policy presentation at the Humphrey Institute from
noon to 1:30 p.m. on Monday, April 2. For more information, visit the Center
for the Study of Politics and Governance.
Wednesday, April 4, 5 p.m.: The Women
and Politics Reading Group will discuss Republican Women by Catherine
Rymph at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 4, in Freeman Commons (205 Humphrey Center).
Part of an emerging body of work on women's participation in partisan politics,
Republican Women explores the dilemmas that confronted progressive, conservative,
and moderate Republican women as they sought to achieve a voice within the Grand
Old Party from the initiation of women’s suffrage to Barry Goldwater’s 1964
bid for president. All are welcome. The reading group is sponsored by the Center
on Women and Public Policy.
Thursday, April 5, 7 p.m.: The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have produced
a new category of combat injury: the polytrauma. A dramatic number of returning
soldiers also suffer from traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Join Dr.
Barbara Sigford, national program director for physical
medicine and rehabilitation for the Veterans Administration; Dr.
Irving Gottesman, Bernstein Professor of Adult Psychiatry at the University
of Minnesota Medical School; and Ardis Sandstrom, executive director of the
Brain Injury
Association of Minnesota, as they discuss the rewards and challenges of
caring for the new wounded. “The New Wounded: The Evolution of War-related
Injuries and their Medical, Social, and Economic Impact” will be held from
7 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 5, in Cowles Auditorium. For more information
on this Home and Away program, click
here.
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April 10: “The Long-term Costs of War: Landmine Abatement in Laos”
is another program in the Home and Away series. Congresswoman Betty
McCollum and representatives from the U.S. State Department and HDI
Institute will discuss the “Laos Back to School Project.” The
panel discussion will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, April 10, in
Cowles Auditorium.
April 10: South African political analyst Xolela Mangcu will talk about
the future of South African politics at the end of President Thabo Mbeki’s
term. The lecture, sponsored by the Center
for Democracy and Citizenship, will begin at 8 p.m. on April 10 in Cowles
Auditorium.
April 12: The Public
and Nonprofit Leadership Center will host the inaugural Local Government
Innovation Awards ceremony from 2 to 5 p.m. on April 12. More information will
follow.
April 12: New Congressman Tim Walz
will speak at the Humphrey Institute from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, April
12, in Cowles Auditorium. This event is sponsored by the Center
for the Study of Politics and Governance.
April 16: The Center
for the Study of Politics and Governance will host a panel discussion on
“Welfare to Work: the Inside Story of the 1996 Welfare Reform Law”
from noon to 1:30 p.m. on April 16. This event was rescheduled from March
26.
April 17: The next Freeman Lecture will address “Food vs. Fuel:
The Unintended Consequences of the American Race for Energy” with a keynote
address by Lester
Brown, president and founder of the Earth
Policy Institute. Visit the Freeman Forum online
for more information.
May 16: The Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs will host the 2007
Hubert H. Humphrey Public Leadership Awards on Wednesday, May 16, at the
McNamara Alumni Center. Former U.S. Senator John Danforth will be honored with
the Dean's Award.