Humphrey Institute News on-the-go

The Humphrey Institute’s Global Policy area will host a brownbag lunch from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Monday, November 9 in Freeman Commons at the Humphrey Institute. The talk will feature Dr. Samuel Myers, analyzing the income inequity and disability in China. There are wide differences in per capita household income between Han (majority group members) and ethnic minority group members in China. Conventional wisdom suggests that much if not all of the disparity can be explained by rural versus urban residence. More info…

The Freeman Center for International Economic Policy will host a discussion called “Paternalism: A Reconsideration” with Professor Michael Barnett at 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday, November 10 in the Stassen Room (Room 170 at the Humphrey Center. More info…

The Center for Science, Technology, and Public Policy will co-sponsor an interdisciplinary panel to challenge the prevailing assumptions about the role of science in society and higher education. The discussion will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m. More info…

The Regional Planning and Policy Discussion Series will continue with a brownbag discussion featuring Thomas Smith to talk about “Safety and Signing of Pedestrian Sidewalks” from 12:45 to 2 p.m. on Thursday, November 12 in the Wilkins Room (Room 215) at the Humphrey Center. More info…

The Humphrey Institute’s Center for Science, Technology, and Public Policy and the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment will host Lester Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institute, to pose the question of whether or not climate change will cause the collapse of the world food supply at 9:30 a.m. More info…

In Which the Ladies of Washington Help Build a City and a Government by Catherine Allgor Discussants: Lisa Norling Associate Professor of History, University of Minnesota Professor Norling teaches a course on women in colonial America and specializes in gender and class in early America. Description: In this scholarly yet animated and thought-provoking, analysis, Allgor presents her groundbreaking research on the critical role that women played in the early days of Washington politics. More info…