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The Wealth in Poverty Focus on Africa series presents Ohio University alum Aggrey Otieno on “Towards Improving Maternal and Child Health Care Delivery in Korogocho Slums, Nairobi, Kenya” on Sept 24 from 4:10-5:30 p.m. in Grover W111. Abstract: In Kenya, maternal and child health is a critical health area where close […]

The Wealth & Poverty Focus on Africa series presents Dr. Jeffrey Giesey, Associate Dean of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, on Engineering Projects in Ghana on Sept 24 from noon  to 1 p.m. in Schoonover 450. Watch on A&S TV. Abstract: For more than 10 years, Ohio University’s Russ College […]

The new Transcultural Encounters and Border Crossings Film Series presents Palestinian filmmaker Abu-Assad’s Paradise Now (2005) on Saturday, April 11, at 3 p.m. at the Athena Cinema. Admission is free. Paradise Now follows two Palestinian childhood friends who have been recruited for a strike on Tel Aviv and focuses on their […]

The new Transcultural Encounters and Border Crossings Film Series presents Alex Rivera’s Sleep Dealer (2009) on Saturday, March 21, at 3 p.m. at the Athena Cinema. Admission is free. In Sleep Dealer, when Memo Cruz’s family is victim of a drone attack he finds himself with no option but to head […]

The new Transcultural Encounters and Border Crossings Film Series presents Unveiled (2005) by the German director Angelina Maccarone, an American filmmaker of a Peruvian background, on Saturday, March 14, at 3 p.m. at the Athena Cinema. Admission is free. In Unveiled, Fabria, prosecuted in Iran because of her love affair […]

The new Transcultural Encounters and Border Crossings Film Series presents Children in No Man’s Land (2009), by a Panama-born, U.S.-based documentary filmmaker Anayansi Prado, on Saturday, Feb. 21, at 3 p.m. at the Athena Cinema. Admission is free. Children in No Man’s Land is is a documentary that uncovers the […]

The new Transcultural Encounters and Border Crossings Film Series presents Dirt (2003) by American director Nancy Savoca, of Sicilian and Argentinian background, on Saturday, Feb. 7, at 3 p.m. at the Athena Cinema. Admission is free. Dirt is the story of Dolores Del Rosario, who lives with her husband and […]