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Nuclear War Can't Be 'Regional'
Any nuclear conflict would devastate cities and threaten global population through climate change, researchers say.
Posted: 12/11/2006
Unknown Voices from Argentina
Photographer Patrick Liotta and Mapuche Indian performer Beatriz Pichi Malen tell of the Mapuche people's bravery and determination in confronting wars, poverty, and domination by various groups.
Posted: 11/17/2006
Hope for the World's Dwindling Supply of Drinking Water
The new reverse osmosis (RO) membranes offer a huge improvement over current ones, which clog easily when bacteria and other particles build up on the surface.
Posted: 11/8/2006
Ngugi wa Thiong'o Shares His Art
On a book tour for his English translation of 'Wizard of the Crow,' the Kenyan novelist and playwright teaches a UCLA audience about dictators, globalization, and 'the unity behind creation.'
Posted: 11/6/2006
Bright Lights, Hard Lives
The people of Nigeria's southern delta region benefit little from oil wealth. UCLA panel discussions focus on the causes of their distress.
Posted: 10/11/2006
African Stories in Online Curriculum Give Meaning to 'Globalization'
16 short tales, and warring commentaries on them, form the core of GlobaLink-Africa, a free, year-long, multimedia curriculum designed for grades 9-12. The polished, feature-rich web site is not only for high schoolers. Others can raid it for music, country data, or a crash course on Africa and the contemporary world.
Posted: 8/14/2006
Politicians Form Alliance to Reduce Urban Pollution
Though speakers at the meeting said they believe greenhouse gas emissions are contributing to a dangerous warming of the global environment, they were also optimistic about their ability to solve the problem.
Posted: 8/2/2006
Center Focusing on Africa, Globalization Launches Multimedia High School Curriculum
GlobaLink-Africa, a free resource for students and teachers, was four years in the making. GRCA celebrated its launch with African and Afro-Brazilian musical and dance performances.
Posted: 5/25/2006
Joschka Fischer Argues Global Powers 'Condemned to Cooperation'
In talk at UCLA, former German foreign minister sees no future for 'balance-of-powers' geopolitics, defends European expansion within bounds, urges US not to give up on 'the West.' Fischer calls Iranian nuclear program biggest threat in troubled Middle East.
Posted: 5/2/2006
Brazilian Ambassador Denies U.S.-Latin Divide
On Southern Californian trip, Ambassador Roberto Abdenur discusses trade, left-leaning Latin American governments, Brazil's Bolivian investment.
Posted: 3/9/2006
On the Edge of Vietnam's Forests
Cari Coe's research inhabits the space where protected forests, politics, and poverty meet.
Posted: 11/4/2005
The Ambassador's Role
The U.S. ambassador to Benin discusses the U.S. agenda, the Beninese ethos, and the trials of his vocation.
Posted: 9/12/2005
Global Entertainment and Popular Culture
Special Guest Lecture by Gareth Chang, with Professor Toby Miller, UC Riverside
Posted: 5/17/2005
Greece: Lessons of Her Performance in the European Union
Professor Stergios Babanassis, from the Univesity of Aegean, discusses comparative studies of countries, Europe, Economic integration, International linkages to development, Role of the International organization, long term indicators.
Posted: 5/16/2005
Refugee Babies: The Lasting Effects of Tsunami Aid in Sri Lanka
UCLA graduate student Nimmi Gowrinathan, just back from serving in the relief effort in Sri Lanka, writes of how political and economic problems there will affect children for years to come.
Posted: 3/3/2005
"I Was One of the Lucky Ones. I Lost Nothing."
UCLA senior Audrey Desiderato survived the December 26 tsunami while scuba-diving off a Thai island. Here she reflects on the experience and on the immense losses suffered by others.
Posted: 2/12/2005
Tsunami -- Understanding and Helping
Web resources to aid in understanding the recent tragedy.
Posted: 1/2/2005
2004 California NCTA Study Tour of China
Nineteen California teachers spend three weeks exploring China's rich cultural legacy and its complicated present.
Posted: 9/1/2004
Transition to Crisis in the Indonesian Countryside
Anna L. Tsing (Anthropology, UC Santa Cruz) discusses connections between globalism, rural chaos, and environmental destruction.
Posted: 1/23/2004
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