Week of Events
Italian Language Lunch
Italian Language Lunch
Featuring Amy Chambless, Teaching Associate Professor of Italian Interested in polishing or refreshing your foreign language speaking skills in a warm and welcoming environment? Join UNC faculty discussion leaders at Weathervane restaurant in Chapel Hill for a lunch where participants … Read more
How Should We Inhabit the Earth? Reconciling Biodiversity Conservation and Environmental Sustainability
How Should We Inhabit the Earth? Reconciling Biodiversity Conservation and Environmental Sustainability
Peter White, Professor of Biology Biologist E.O. Wilson has suggested that half the earth be set aside for biodiversity to stem the extinction of diverse species, but how can we design such a solution and how can ecological sustainability be … Read more
Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
featuring Gabriel Trop, Associate Professor of German "Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary and subversive thinkers in Western philosophy, and Thus Spoke Zarathustra remains his most famous and influential work. It describes how the ancient Persian prophet Zarathustra descends … Read more
Sweatshops and Robots: Transitions in Global Labor
Sweatshops and Robots: Transitions in Global Labor
In collaboration with the Global Studies Center Technological advancement and globalization are having a critical effect on employment and our global economy. Marshall Brain will discuss the effects of automation and intelligent machines as competitors with humans for employment in … Read more