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WHUR-FM
96.3 will hold its 33rd annual Food2Feed
drive on Nov. 17, from 6 a.m.- 6 p.m. The
food drive that has fed needy families during
the holidays in the Washington, D.C. area for
more than 30 years will be held at the Old Post
Office Pavilion at 12th and Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW. All non-perishable food items and monetary
donations will be given to the Capitol Area Food
Bank to distribute to families. Volunteers are
needed; contact Renee Nash at 202-806-3623. |
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“Art
of Africa: Objects from the Collection of
Warren Robbins” is on display at the
University’s Gallery of Art,
through Nov. 28. The exhibition highlights
the private collection of Robbins, the founder
and former director of the Smithsonian Institution’s
National Museum of African Art. |
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Howard
is hosting the IBM-sponsored “Battle of the
Brains” this Saturday, Nov 5. The 36th annual
Association for Computing Machinery International
Collegiate Programming Contest will bring the smartest
IT talent from the region to the campus to compete
for a spot as one of the 100 teams to attend the
World Finals in Warsaw, Poland, May 14-18, 2012.
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Frederick
D. Harper, Ph.D., professor of
Counseling, School of Education,
published The Durabone Prophecies,
a romance-mystery novel. |
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John
Young, professor, Department of
Anatomy, College of Medicine, published
Introduction to Cell Biology. The
textbook is intended to introduce students
to the cell biology of mammalian cells and
enable them to acquire a better understanding
of current issues in this field. |
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Krista
Johnson, Ph.D.,
assistant professor, Department of African
Studies and 2011-2012 Fulbright recipient,
co-edited the Encyclopedia of South
Africa. The 400-page book is a comprehensive
reference work that covers South Africa’s
history, government, law, politics, society,
culture, economy, infrastructure and environment.
(Justin D. Knight) |
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More
than 200 students, faculty and staff assembled
in the School of Business
auditorium last month to hear Indra K. Nooyi,
PepsiCo chair and CEO, discuss leadership
issues and topics ranging from life lessons
to work ethic. Following the session, a
smaller group of honors, international and
graduate students were treated to an intimate
roundtable with the top exec about careers
and her sources of inspiration. (Justin
D. Knight) |
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| The staff of the Howard University Child Development Center (HUCDC) works daily to enrich the lives of students ranging from 6 months to 5 years old. Under the direction of Connie Daniel Siler, the HUCDC’s mission is “to provide a quality early learning and development program to the children of University and Hospital staff, graduate students and the LeDroit Park community.” Accredited by the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs, the HUCDC is open from 7 a.m. - 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. The center is currently accepting applications. For more information about the center, or to request an application, please contact Connie Daniel-Siler, either by phone at 202-797-8135, or by e-mail at cdaniel-siler@huhosp.org. |
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| The 41st Annual Charles Thompson Lecture-Colloquium will be held Nov. 9 at 5 p.m., in the Blackburn
Center ballroom. The lecture-colloquium is co-sponsored
by the School of Education and The Journal of
Negro Education, the school’s research
quarterly journal. M. Christopher Brown II, Ph.D.,
will deliver this year’s lecture. |
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The Division of the Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences is hosting
the third in a series of roundtable discussions built around the theme, "Moral Traditions and Moral Revolution," on Nov. 9, from 1-5 p.m. in the Blackburn Center Gallery Lounge. For more information, contact Sandra Shannon, Ph.D., chair of the Division of the Humanities, at sshannon@howard.edu or 202-806-5443. |
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The Department of Theatre Arts’ production of Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf will run through Nov. 12 in the Environmental Theatre Space in the Fine Arts Building. |
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| Howard
University, along with the U.S. Department
of Energy and the Electricity Commission of Nigeria,
held a discussion Oct. 19, on renewable energy resources.
The event was held at the Ralph J. Bunche International
Affairs Center and was hosted by the Office of the
Provost, the Center for Energy Systems and Control
and the College of Engineering, Architecture and
Computer Sciences. |
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