Thursday, October 14, 2021
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
COVID Q&A with Dr. Sanhita Gupta (Virtual Event)
Join Kent State Geauga and Twinsburg Academic Center for a conversation about COVID-19 with Dr. Sanhita Gupta, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Kent State Geauga and the Twinsburg Academic Center. Previous to working at Kent State Geauga, she earned her Ph.D. in Molecular Virology from Case Western Reserve University. Additionally, Dr. Gupta was employed as a research scientist at the State of Louisiana Public Health Lab. Dr. Gupta is the campus’s resident virologist who aims to educate our community about the COVID-19 virus and its variants, how to stay safe, and how vaccines work. Attendees are welcome to ask questions and learn more about the scientific perspectives regarding COVID and its impact on their lives.
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/covid-qa-with-dr-sanhita-gupta-tickets-180239901397
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Noon – 1:15 p.m.
Afro-Germans in the Weimar Republic (Virtual Event)
This presentation will focus on the experiences of the different groups of people of African descent – African, Afro-Germans, Afro-Europeans, and African Americans – who lived in Germany under Nazism.
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/afro-germans-in-the-weimar-republic-under-nazism-tickets-178159167867
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Memorias de Nuestra Tierra: A Retrospective (Virtual Event)
Baca is a painter and muralist, community arts pioneer, and scholarly-educator who has been teaching in the UC system for more than 30 years. As founder of the first City of Los Angeles Mural Program in 1974 – which evolved into the non-profit Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC). Baca has been engaged in the creation of sites of public memory within historically disenfranchised communities since 1976.
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/memorias-de-nuestra-tierra-a-retrospective-tickets-178186890787