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Common Read: Peres and Perez: Exploring the Trauma and Recovery of Ben and Rosie
Dr. Cary Lane, Assistant Professor of English and Curator-in-Residence at the KHC, will analyze and compare Ben Peres's and Rosie Perez's ability to persevere. This interactive event will compare elements from the book, Handb...
Dr. Cary Lane, Assistant Professor of English and Curator-in-Residence at the KHC, will analyze and compare Ben Peres's and Rosie Perez's ability to persevere. This interactive event will compare elements from the book, Handb...
Common Read: Pureto Rico's Cultural Highlights and their Enrichment of U.S. Culture
A brief cultural introduction to Puerto Rico, with highlights of the work and influence of famous Puerto Ricans, as well as Rosie Perez's connection and perspective of her Latino identity. Presented by: Dr. Lorena Ellis...
A brief cultural introduction to Puerto Rico, with highlights of the work and influence of famous Puerto Ricans, as well as Rosie Perez's connection and perspective of her Latino identity. Presented by: Dr. Lorena Ellis...
Common Read: "The Rosie Perez Experience: The Ethical Role of Government and Private Organizations in Supporting Underprivileged Individuals"
This lecture will focus on the complex ethical responsibilities raised in responding to the needs of those within our society who lack the ability to fully provide basic needs for either themselves or their families. The issu...
This lecture will focus on the complex ethical responsibilities raised in responding to the needs of those within our society who lack the ability to fully provide basic needs for either themselves or their families. The issu...
Common Read: "Multiple Legacies: Julia de Burgos and Puerto Rican Writers and Artists in New York"
Julia de Burgos has evoked feelings of bonding and identification in Puerto Ricans and Latinos in the United States for over half a century. In the first book-length study written in English, Vanessa Perez-Rosario examines po...
Julia de Burgos has evoked feelings of bonding and identification in Puerto Ricans and Latinos in the United States for over half a century. In the first book-length study written in English, Vanessa Perez-Rosario examines po...
Common Read: Forming and Retrieving Memories
In the book, “Picking Cotton”, a person is convicted of a crime he never committed. At the time of trial, the victim is certain of the defendant’s guilt and makes an eyewitness identification. Years later, DNA evidence exon...
In the book, “Picking Cotton”, a person is convicted of a crime he never committed. At the time of trial, the victim is certain of the defendant’s guilt and makes an eyewitness identification. Years later, DNA evidence exon...
Fernando Bermudez and Faulty Eyewitness Identification: An 18-Year Miscarriage of Justice
August, 1991: Raymond Blount, a teenager, is shot and killed outside a nightclub in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. In 1992, Fernando Bermudez was wrongfully convicted of the crime. Mr. Bermudez was falsely identified by eyewi...
August, 1991: Raymond Blount, a teenager, is shot and killed outside a nightclub in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. In 1992, Fernando Bermudez was wrongfully convicted of the crime. Mr. Bermudez was falsely identified by eyewi...
Forensic Drawing and the Common Read: An Exploration of the Process and the Ronald Cotton Case
This event will examine the intricate process of forensic drawing (often termed "police sketches"¯ or "mug sketches" to better understand its improper use in the Ronald Cotton case. The audience will interactively learn about...
This event will examine the intricate process of forensic drawing (often termed "police sketches"¯ or "mug sketches" to better understand its improper use in the Ronald Cotton case. The audience will interactively learn about...
Stolen Years: Stories of the Wrongfully Imprisoned
Join us as author, and New York Post reporter, Reuven Fenton speaks about his recent release, Stolen Years: Stories of the Wrongfully Imprisoned.
In this book he profiles ten men and women, telling their harrowing ...
Join us as author, and New York Post reporter, Reuven Fenton speaks about his recent release, Stolen Years: Stories of the Wrongfully Imprisoned.
In this book he profiles ten men and women, telling their harrowing ...
Common Read: The Innocence Project
The Innocence Project's groundbreaking use of DNA technology to free innocent people has provided unquestionable proof that wrongful convictions are not isolated events. They, instead, arise from imperfections in our criminal...
The Innocence Project's groundbreaking use of DNA technology to free innocent people has provided unquestionable proof that wrongful convictions are not isolated events. They, instead, arise from imperfections in our criminal...
Young People With Disabilities
This is the fourth event in a DPDF-sponsored series on community-college students with disabilities. This Campus-wide lecture on young Americans with disabilities features Dr. Carrie Shandra of Stony Brook University. It is o...
This is the fourth event in a DPDF-sponsored series on community-college students with disabilities. This Campus-wide lecture on young Americans with disabilities features Dr. Carrie Shandra of Stony Brook University. It is o...
Human Guinea Pigs: Involuntary Medical Experimentation - A Global Perspective
This program will examine involuntary experiments upon human beings in the United States, Europe, Central America and Aftica. We will discuss the ethical implications of forced procedures conducted by medical institutions, go...
This program will examine involuntary experiments upon human beings in the United States, Europe, Central America and Aftica. We will discuss the ethical implications of forced procedures conducted by medical institutions, go...
Henrietta Lacks and the Meaning of Death
In the course taught by Professor Pecorino on Death and Dying, Henrietta Lacks made a contribution. In exploring the many different meanings of human death the use made of the cancer cells from Henrietta Lacks illustrated the...
In the course taught by Professor Pecorino on Death and Dying, Henrietta Lacks made a contribution. In exploring the many different meanings of human death the use made of the cancer cells from Henrietta Lacks illustrated the...
