Film: Sick Around the World
Tuesday, February 9 at 12:30pm, Katy Campus Cyber Lounge
■ Do other capitalist countries see universal
health care as socialist?
■ How satisfied are their people with health
care?
■ Does anyone in these countries go bankrupt
paying for health care?
Sick Around the World examines five capitalist economies
with health systems that deliver health care for
everyone but with remarkable differences. Can America
learn from others?
History Professor Kent McGaughy will introduce the film and lead the discussion.
Registration for this free continuing education class is available right before the class starts at 12:30 p.m. in the Katy Cyber Lounge at 1550 Foxlake Drive, 77084. For more information please call 713-718-5750, contact michael.ronan@hccs.edu
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Performer: Baba Brinkman, rap artist
The Rap Guide to Evolution
Can rap music and science meet? Breed something new? Evolve into a tool for learning?
On Wednesday, February 3, come to the opening of this spring’s Pandora’s Box Film and Speaker Series to experience a new species of education. Canadian actor and rap artist Baba Brinkman will perform The Rap Guide to Evolution, a combination of remixes of popular rap songs with lyrical storytelling that covers natural selection, sexual selection, evolutionary psychology, and (of course) much, much more. Written by Baba Brinkman and peer-reviewed for scientific accuracy, the “Rap Guide” was developed with the support of the British Council and featured at the Cambridge Darwin Festival and Edinburgh Fringe in 2009, winning the Scotsman Fringe First Award for Best New Theatre Writing. English Professor Michael Ronan will introduce the speaker.
HCC students, faculty, staff, and the public are invited. The event begins at 12:30 p.m. in the Katy Cyber Lounge at 1550 Foxlake Drive, 77084. For more information on the event, please call 713-718-5750, contact michael.ronan@hccs.edu
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Film: Taking Root
Taking Root Prescribed at Pandora’s Box
Can one person make a difference? One woman? On Wednesday, November 18, Pandora’s Box will close its fall series with, Taking Root, the inspiring story of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai. Her simple act of planting trees grew into a nationwide movement to protect the environment, human rights, and Kenyan democracy. Math professor Kimber Gross will introduce the film and lead discussions along with Steve Rota, Sr. H/S Technician, and Jordan Carswell, Instructional Technology.
Registration for this free continuing education class is available right before the class starts at 12:30 p.m. in the Katy Cyber Lounge at 1550 Foxlake Drive, 77084. For more information please call 713-718-5750, contact michael.ronan@hccs.edu
Speaker: Marcela Gaviria
Frontline Producer at Pandora’s Box
Tuesday November 17th at 12:30pm Katy CyberLounge
Podcast:
Award winning filmmaker, Marcela Gaviria has produced 15 documentaries for PBS Frontline, including five films on post war Iraq and two on the current war in Afghanistan. The latest, Obama’s War, aired October 13. On Tuesday, November 17, she will speak at Pandora’s Box and discuss and show segments of her films.
A native of Colombia, she graduated from Brown University and field-produced documentaries from Latin America for PBS and the BBC before joining RAINmedia in New York. Other films in clude The Madoff Affiar, Medicating Kids, The Storm (About Katrina and New Orleans for which she won an Emmy in 2005), and the four-hour series Drug Wars. Librarian Cindy Belmar will introduce the speaker.
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Registration for this free continuing education class is available right before the class starts at 12:30 p.m. in the Katy Cyber Lounge at 1550 Foxlake Drive, 77084. For more information please call 713-718-5750, contact michael.ronan@hccs.edu