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Thursday, October 1, 2009. Information session, Vira Heinz Scholarship Program for Women in Global Leadership: Thursday, October 1, 2009: 4:30-5:30pm Carnegie Conference Room East, first floor, Warner Hall. View the Study Abroad Scholarships page for more information.

Thursday, October 1, 2009. Deadline to submit applications for Washington Semester program.

All majors can apply! Come live, work, and study for a semester in Washington, D.C., and participate in policy events and forums organized specifically for Carnegie Mellon students. Students may also apply for a $3,000 Friedman Fellowship to help cover the costs of living in Washington. View the Washington Semester program website, or the program flyer, for more information

Monday, October 5, 2009, 4:30. The Humanities Center Lectures. Declarations of Dependence: Labor, Personhood, and Welfare in South Africa and Beyond James Ferguson, Stanford University.
Porter Hall 100, Carnegie Mellon main Oakland campus.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 4:30 pm. Atomic Food: Mediating Food Irradiation in Cold War Europe. Dr. Karin Zachmann, Technical University of Munich.
Adamson Wing, Baker Hall 136A, Carnegie Mellon main Oakland campus. Click image on right to see event poster.

Promoting peace. Preserving perishables. Producing profits? In the twentieth century, food retailers became key actors in the transformation of food chains into large technical systems. Their key role rested on retailers’ position as mediators between producers and consumers that became more and more important for managing the increasing distance between the field and the fork. Extending their field of action into the realm of production was one strategy that retailers used to cope with the challenge of an increasingly globalized food chain. Developing a keen interest in innovations for food preservation technologies was another strategy of food retailers. This paper explores how retailers got involved into the development of food irradiation.

Monday, October 19, 2009, 7:00 pm. American Politics: A View From Home and Abroad. Andrew Sullivan.
Rashid Auditorium in the Gates Center for Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon main Oakland campus. Click image on right to see event poster.

View a slideshow of images from Sullivan’s talk.

Andrew Sullivan, a conservative author and political commentator, will speak at Carnegie Mellon University on “American Politics: A View from Home and Abroad.” British-born, Sullivan is well known for his provocative political and social views and his commentary on American political life. He is a senior editor and blogger at “The Atlantic” and a columnist for London’s “Sunday Times.” For more information: Read the related Carnegie Mellon media advisory.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 4:30 pm. Understanding Europe and the EU: Basics, Essentials, Trends. Eva Maria Höller-Cladders.
Breed Hall (Margaret Morrison 103), Carnegie Mellon main Oakland campus.

The European Union is a powerful and unique achievement of political and human reconciliation, economic growth and social progress in countries which fought each other in several wars during the 20th century; but, it is a bureaucratic, diffuse, and slow apparatus of seemingly undemocratic checks and balances. Dr. Höller-Cladders´ talk seeks to elucidate a field of frequently obscured judgments by going back to basic assumptions and facts. For more information:

• Read the lecture description, part of the University Lecture Series.
• View the event poster.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 12:00. America's Global Navy: In the Middle East and Beyond. Admiral Gary Roughead
Hamburg Hall 1000, Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon main Oakland campus.

"We have to be driving toward a Navy that reflects the face of the nation, a Navy that when the American people and when the American leaders look at it, they see themselves reflected back. And we have to start now."

Chief of U.S. Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead, the principal naval advisor to President Barack Obama, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, spoke at Carnegie Mellon University about “America’s Global Navy: In the Middle East and Beyond.” Admiral Roughead is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and leads the U.S. Navy’s more than 600,000 globally deployed sailors and civilians. Admiral Roughead is the highest ranking officer in the U.S. Navy, and one of only two admirals to have commanded both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets. He also serves as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. For more information:

• Read the related news story.
• View the Chief of Naval Operations website.