Fall 2003 SSF Events

October 9, 2003
Ann Swanson
Executive Director, Chesapeake Bay Commission 

Co-sponsored by the Public Affairs Scholars Program

What Will it Take to Improve the Chesapeake?


October 15, 2003

Hugh Graham Lecture 

Ka-che Yip, Department of History, UMBC

From Malaria to SARS: Disease, Society and the State in the People’s Republic of China


October 21, 2003

Clifford Johnson

Director, Institute for Youth, Education, and Families, National League of Cities

Child and Family Policy: Roles for Mayors and Other Municipal Leaders


October 29, 2003
Robert Boruch
Trustee Professor of Education and Statistics, University of Pennsylvania 

The Role of the Campbell Collaboration in Improving the Link Between Research and Policy


November 5, 2003

Interdisciplinary Studies Mosaic Roundtable, featuring four UMBC faculty

Sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Studies Program

Immigration and America’s Future


November 10, 2003

Eighth Annual Jack Mullen Lecture organized by the Department of Economics

Daniel Hamermesh, Centennial Professor of Economics, University of Texas at Austin 

Time Use, Time Crunch and Work Time in America


November 12, 2003

The W.E.B. DuBois Lecture 

Beverly Daniel Tatum, President of Spelman College

Talking About Race, Learning About Racism: A Conversation for the 21st Century


December 1, 2003

Peter Beilenson, Commissioner of Health, Baltimore City Health Department

Substance Abuse Treatment and Policy: Contributions of Research