Hunger Alliance Roundtable Dinner and Discussion
Thursday, 4/23, 5:30-7pm
Newcomb Gallery
Join FeelGood, Green Grounds, Project Peanut Butter, faculty, and fellow students for a free dinner and stimulating conversation about the complexities of global hunger. We will explore the link between hunger, gender inequality, public health, and sustainability to discuss what global hunger really is, and the role you can play. Space is limited, so visit the Facebook Event to sign up for a spot.
Let's Have Dinner and Talk About Death: Bioethics Take on Mortality, Death, Loss, and Grief
Thursday, 4/23, 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Newcomb 389
This
free catered discussion, featuring Professor Childress, will be
interactive and approach death from a bio-ethical stand-point looking at
the use of visual art—painting and photography—and poetry as a means to
explore mortality, death, loss, and grief. RSVP. Facebook.
“That Dread Disease”: A Poster Exhibit by Virginia Tech Student Researchers on Tuberculosis in Virginia
Friday, 4/24, 4:00 p.m.
Claude Moore Health Sciences Library Lobby
A project team of Virginia Tech undergraduates have been working on a history of tuberculosis in Virginia using original source materials. This research will be featured in a poster exhibit scheduled for display at the Science Museum of Western Virginia in Roanoke, the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library at the University of Virginia, the Staunton Public Library, and Newman Library at Virginia Tech. The posters researched and designed by the project team relate the history of tuberculosis, the single greatest cause of death in America, from the 1870s through the 1910s. Posters explore medical research on the disease, data about victims, public health measures, recommended cures, and the significance of race. Website.
Health UnBound's Biomedical Design Exposition
Friday, 4/24, 5:30-8pm
Claude Moore Learning Studio
Come out to see some of the coolest biomedical projects on Grounds, featuring mroe than 20 projects with everything from using music to cure Alzheimer's to a humanoid health care robot. Come network with professions and enjoy food and music at this year's exposition. More information here.
