Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Organizational Learning

Course details and registration are available on the Organizational Learning website.

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 12:00pm
Location: 1330 Mason Hall
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Join ONSF for our semester kick-off sessions! Come learn about the Truman Scholarship, STEM award opportunities, and more!

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center (SAPAC)

We are excited to share that SAPAC will be hosting an additional Wellness Wednesday space! Many in our community have expressed a desire and need for more community connection and space to focus on wellness, so we are adding a session to our usual Wellness Wednesday schedule! 

Wellness Wednesdays is an informal drop-in series for self-care practices including coloring, journaling, crafting, reading, gentle music and socializing. This is also a great way to study in a supportive space. Snacks, hot cocoa, and tea provided!

SAPAC team members will be present. This is not a support group or a clinical group setting, but we are here to hold space, and provide connections to supportive resources if you have questions!

If you can't make it tomorrow, we encourage you to join us for the next scheduled session on November 20th! 

Location: SAPAC Shared Space - Rm 4100 (4th Floor Michigan Union)
When: Wednesday November 13th. 12-2pm

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: University Career Center

Are you interested in a paid internship in a congressional or executive branch office during the summer of 2025? Register for the Harold W. Rosenthal Fellowship information session on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, from 12-1 pm EST via Zoom with other international affairs graduate students. Learn more about the Rosenthal Fellowship's benefits, such as the 10-12-week summer internship, a $5,000 stipend, and professional development sessions. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain valuable experience and contribute to public service. For more information and to apply, visit Rosenthal Fellowship Information.  Register online here, and come prepared with questions!

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Mindfulness @ Umich

Take a moment to create some space to breathe and invite a sense of calm into your day. This is a guided mindfulness meditation drop-in session. No experience necessary. Free and open to all.

Email dmitryb@umich.edu to sign up for the mailing list. You will receive a weekly reminder with the zoom link. Also, you can add the sessions to your Google Calendar: https://tinyurl.com/y3kbkwd6

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Tribute Room, 1322
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Join us for an engaging "Lunch and Learn" event hosted by the Eileen Lappin Weiser Center for the Learning Sciences. As part of our inaugural series celebrating the theme of curiosity, we invite you to a thought-provoking conversation featuring Kishonna L. Gray, Professor of Information and Matthew Solomon, Professor of Film, Television, and Media, facilitated by Professors Natalie Davis and Jon Wargo.

In this session, each of our panelists will delve into how curiosity intersects with learning in their fields, from curiosity-driven research to innovative teaching practices. Panelists will briefly share multimedia examples to complement the storytelling and discussion.
Then we’ll open up the conversation, asking how fostering curiosity can lead to deeper knowledge and broader perspectives? How can these insights be applied to create more equitable and dynamic learning environments?

Bring your lunch, your questions, and your curiosity! Please register due to limited space.

Presentations:

Kishonna L. Gray - “We got next!” Getting Curious with Others in Gaming

This interactive experience centers on what we’ve learned from youth cultures in gaming. Youth are full of curiosity and imagination and engage gaming in truly innovative ways. So by exploring how they play, make, and create, we can develop better tools for gaming.


Matthew Solomon - Getting Curious and Collaborative with the Canon: From Archival Research to New Media

Sometimes, there can be a sense that there’s “nothing more to be said or done” with certain works that have prominent places in the canon of the arts and humanities. The film Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941) is one such canonical work, but my feeling has been that there is always more work to be done, although inevitably new approaches are needed. In my presentation, I will discuss the collaborative and pedagogical work I’ve done since 2017 at the University of Michigan examining Citizen Kane through the Welles papers in the Mavericks & Makers collections in the UM Special Collections Research Center; co-creating the “VR Citizen Kane” teaching and learning tool with Dr. Vincent Longo (Western Michigan University) in collaboration with the Emerging Technologies Group at the UM Duderstadt Center with generous grant support from LSA Technology Services; and teaching a course exclusively devoted to Citizen Kane, FTVM 307 (Film Analysis for Filmmakers), in which students have examined archival sources while rethinking the film from the inside out through virtual reality, virtual production, and reenactment.

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: University Career Center

Come meet BioMarin at ABRCMS Conference in Pittsburgh, PA.   Booth # 510 Site is for ABCRMS Conference Attendees only, November 13th-16th, 2024.  We look forward to discussing our 2025 InternshipOpportunities in Research & Technical Operations. Benefits of a BioMarin Internship:  
Apply skills and knowledge learned in the classroom to on-the-job experiences.
Comprehensive, value-added project(s).
Work in teams andwith colleagues in a professional environment.
Develop skills specific to your major.
Opportunities for professional development by building relationships and learning about other parts of the business.
Paid company holidays, sick time, and housing/transportationassistance available for eligible students.  
Roles based in San Rafael, CA, Novato, CA and virtual.
Assistance with housing/transportation to help alleviate costs associated with the internship.*

 About BioMarin:We transform lives through genetic discovery.In 1997, we were founded to make a big difference in small patient populations. For more than two decades, going our own way has led to countless breakthroughs, bettering the lives of those suffering from rare genetic disease. Now, we seek to make an even greater impact by applying the same science-driven, patient-forward approach that propelled our last 25 years of drug development to larger genetic disorders, as well as genetic subsets of more common conditions. If you thrive on being part of a nimble, patient centric culture with an entrepreneurial spirit, please  consider applying. Successful employees at BioMarin go above and beyond to serve patients andtheir families, work collaboratively across matrix teams, actively participate in their community, and rely on sound business planning to pull through opportunities in their market. An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 11:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building Atrium (BSB)
Organized By: Sessions @ Michigan

Events in this track are open to all current and prospective PiB and UPiN students. We hope to see you!

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Exhibition Dates: September 13 – December 7, 2024Opening Reception: September 19, 2024

Kelly Church & Cherish Parrish: In Our Words, An Intergenerational Dialogue is a major exhibition that centers the subjectivities of two contemporary Indigenous artists whose practices have sustained and bolstered the relevance of the age-old Anishinaabe practice of black ash basket-making in the 21st century. The exhibition highlights the significance of community-based conversations between mother and daughter, and their ongoing conversations with elders (ancestors), young folx, and future generations as vital aspects of their methodology. These conversations often take place during basket gatherings - where community members come together and share stories and teachings that can encompass Anishinaabe creation stories, as well as those of survivance and resilience, to inform the materiality and liveness of their work. The curatorial and interpretive framework of this exhibition contends that the deeply situated and temporal works by Church (Stamps, BFA 1998) and Parrish (LSA, BA 2020) are repositories for Anishinaabe ways of knowing, thinking, and making that contribute to the complexity of American art and its histories. The expansive and bold practices of Church and Parrish affirm the sovereignty of Anishinaabe lifeways and the importance of including Indigenous narratives that have systematically been left out. Thus, the thematic survey of their work will explore the under-examined themes that inform their work such as Native women’s labor as carriers of culture and knowledge-keepers, the legacy of boarding schools and ancestors who walked on, the treaties in Michigan and the long-overlooked legacy of Anishinaabe intellectual life and their relevance today. Just like the practice of weaving and interlacing distinct strips of black ash to create one whole, Church and Parrish will address the diverse and interconnected themes with approximately 30-35 works, including 15-17 new works. Together, the exhibition offers an incisive critique of the colonial, racist paradigm of systemic erasure and assimilation that continues to this day, with the ongoing crises of missing and murdered Indigenous women, culture wars, and climate change that threaten Indigenous ways of living, sustenance, and making.
Curated by Srimoyee Mitra with Curatorial Assistant Zoi Crampton.
Stamps Gallery is grateful to Michigan Humanities and U-M Arts Initiative for generously supporting the exhibition and programs.

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 11:00am
Location:
Organized By: University Career Center

Registration required to be invited to thevirtual  info session happening on Wednesday November 13th from 11am-12pm PST. Register here -  https://go.gene.com/PTDU-OSA-Info-Session-2024 During this Info Session, you will learn more about the Pharma Technical Development (PTDU) organization and the OutstandingStudent Award (OSA) program, which includes a paid 12-week long summer (May/June 2025 start dates) internship at Genentech which happens on-site in South San Francisco, California.  Target Audience: This info session is for undergraduate junior or seniors majoring in STEM who are looking for a Summer 2025 internship.  PTDU/OSA Award Details: 
Founded by Genentech to recognize outstanding students passionate about biotechnology
OSA award recipients will receive a paid internship opportunity in PTDUat Genentech in South San Francisco, CA
Recipients will also receive an additional $2,500 award
 EligibilityCriteria:
Enrolled in junior or senior year of undergraduate degree
Students from all majors with a passion for biotechnology are welcome
Demonstrated interested in biotech, strong critical thinking, communication, and collaboration skills
Experience working in research labs or industry is highly desirable

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 11:00am
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Palmer Commons

Join us in our 4th floor Atrium to view our next student art exhibition, Beautiful Works of Art. This exhibition showcases favorite pieces of art from 5 undergraduate students from the Stamps School of Art & Design. Each artist brings her unique style to the exhibit with works spanning painting, illustration and multimedia.

The exhibition will be on display from October 31 - November 27.

Artists include Cate Bennett, Georgia Gutkin, Chloe Kreindler, Meggie Kennedy & Brianna Sorkin

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 10:00am
Location:
Organized By: University Career Center

Come learn about Federal Employment at Region 8 (Denver), Region 9 (San Francisco), and Region 10 (Seattle) of the EPA! Entry level, early and mid-career professionals are all welcome to attend.Ourwork at EPA has purpose and impact. From tackling the climate crisis to advancing environmental justice, what happens here changes our world. Our mission is to protect human health and safeguard the environment – the air, water, and land upon which life depends.At EPA,you can make a real difference for the environment and the lives of others.Participants have the opportunity to learn about EPA’s mission, how to navigate USA-Jobs and creating a federal resume. There will be panel discussion to provide a glimpse into variety of careers within the EPA.This event begins at 10:00 AM Mountain Time (11:00 AM Central Time, 12:00 PM Eastern Time, 9:00 AM Pacific Time.)No pre-registration required!  Just click on the link a few minutes before the event and you’ll bedirected to the MS Teams site.For more information or to request accommodations, please contact mutter.andrew@epa.gov, verges.michelle@epa.gov, or weber.camille@epa.gov

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 10:00am
Location: Chemistry Dow Lab
Organized By: Department of Chemistry

Please join Laura Snyder for their dissertation defense titled "Nucleoside Modifications in Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2".

*Date:* Wednesday, November 13th, 2024
*Time:* 10:00 a.m.
*Where:* Room 1706, Chemistry Building

Zoom Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/98714440960
Passcode: 314028

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 10:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

It's back! Brought to you by the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS), GalleryDAAS celebrates the 50th anniversary of hip hop with “Hip Hop @ 50,” an exhibition highlighting this constantly evolving phenomenon. Explore various aspects of hip hop culture, including definitions, dates, divas, the Detroit scene, and a special tribute to J Dilla (James Dewitt Yancey), a prolific producer. Through examining the five pillars of hip hop — rapping, break dancing, DJing, graffiti and historical knowledge — it becomes evident that what began as a musical genre has impacted society, fashion, language, entertainment and even politics. Visitors will also be treated to a GREAT playlist! The gallery is open Monday–Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 9:00am
Location: Alumni Center
Organized By: Alumni Association

The Alumni Association of the University of Michigan hosts Welcome Wednesdays for U-M students most Wednesday mornings throughout the fall and winter semesters. Start your day with free coffee, tea, hot chocolate, and a breakfast snack thanks to Alumni Association members.

Students can stop by the Alumni Center from 9 a.m. to noon for during the dates listed and make sure to bring your Mcard!

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 9:00am
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: North Campus Research Complex NCRC Art Program

Susan Moran’s work is inspired by the natural world and our place in it. She collects and arranges images, builds and subtracts, and uses processes that suit the concepts and gives the pieces a reason for existing as textiles. Simultaneously she strives to make the medium influence the outcome in such a way that cloth and image meld together. Moran uses silkscreen, shibori, and stitching to embed images from her daily walks into the fabric. it's important that the work builds slowly, involving meditative processes that connect her to the cloth and the source of the design.

Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 9 am to 5pm or by appointment serrag@med.umich.edu

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 9:00am
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 18
Organized By: North Campus Research Complex NCRC Art Program

Steve Glazer earned his BFA in art with a concentration in ceramics from Eastern Michigan University, a master’s degree in art from Central Michigan University, and MFA in fine arts and ceramics from Indiana State University. Since 2004, Glazer has been lead faculty and head of ceramics at Henry Ford College, and former faculty of Concord College (WV) and North Dakota State University. His artwork has been exhibited throughout the country.

Throughout his adult life the art of Steve Glazer has been done as a response to his environment. From a series of shadow box type pieces containing life like ceramic fish while teaching at a Catholic woman’s college, to building 8’ tall ceramic “skyscrapers” that barely fit into the display spaces while teaching in North Dakota, where no skyscrapers exist, and then creating installations commenting on living in Appalachia while teaching in southern West Virginia. After returning home to Detroit, Glazer began his griot series, the “Motor City Griot Society” masks, the faces of the superheroes that will save Detroit, and more recently the “Motor City Griot Patrol” creatures that will protect the city of Detroit.

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Kinesiology Community Programs

Lifetime Fitness classes are offered at Briarwood Mall in the JCPenney wing. No experience necessary. Classes are specifically designed for older adults, however, everyone is welcome. Classes are held Monday-Saturday from 9-10am. LTF classes at Briarwood are free, but please consider making a tax-deductible donation.

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 9:00am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design

The Center for Cell Plasticity and Organ Design (CPOD) is excited to announce our 14th International Symposium and Poster Session to be held on Wednesday, November 13th at the Biomedical Science Research Building Kahn Auditorium. The Symposium is an all-day event that begins with an international virtual speaker session held during the morning. The remainder of the day is filled with a series of in-person speaker sessions, a poster session and a poster award ceremony, followed by a reception.

We invite you to register for this year’s symposium by using our online registration form. The deadline to register is October 28, 2024 by 11:59pm.

We also invite you to submit an abstract by using our online abstract submission form. The submission deadline is October 28, 2024 by 11:59pm.

All submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the CPOD Poster Session Committee. If selected, each poster will be judged with a poster award ceremony held at the end of the Symposium. Poster presenters will be notified they have been selected by late October. Display space is limited, and we want to hear about your research, so submit your abstract today!

For assistance with or questions about registration and abstract submissions, contact us at CPOD-contact@umich.edu.

Sign up at CPOD-friends-requests@umich.edu to receive updates from CPOD for updates about the 14th International Symposium and Poster Session and upcoming CPOD seminar events.

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 9:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Judaic Studies

In Fall 2024, the Lane Hall exhibit space will feature works by two exciting visual artists: Rafael Neis and Anne Vetter.

Vetter’s photography exhibition, “Love is Not the Last Room” is made in collaboration with the artist’s family—their parents, their brothers, and their partner. It is an examination of play and leisure, tension and freedom. Through photographs, Vetter processes how they learned to relate in their most intimate connections, and how they relate now. This project explores queer familial relationships, and uses Vetter’s own gender fluidity as a lens to examine the gendered experiences of their family members.

Neis and Vetter’s exhibits will be on view from September 3 - December 6, 2024. A reception with the artists is planned for September 17 from 5-6:30 PM in the exhibit space.
The fall exhibits are presented with support from the Department of Women's & Gender Studies, the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, the Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies, and the CEW+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund.

Located on the first floor of Lane Hall (204 S. State Street), the Exhibit Space is free and open to the public, M-F, 9am-4pm

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 9:00am
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Judaic Studies

KIN assembles the queer beings who dwell beyond the confines of binary gender and species categories. It highlights communities whose members and affiliations strain normative arrangements of “nature” and “culture.” KIN transmutes these categories by its joinings of oddbods and oddkin. It envisions worlds in which creatures form kinship beyond the monogamous, cisheterosexual, human family unit.

Transversing painting, drawing, comics, and installation, KIN’s menagerie of media, draws on ancient Jewish sources, demi-fictional autobiography, deviant zoology, and a love for the materiality of mark-making itself. Process, rather than product; becoming, rather than stasis; collaboration rather than closure: this is KIN’s hope.

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia

Joseph Sywenkyj is the 2024-25 Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia’s Distinguished Fellow, and a Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan. An award-winning American photographer of Ukrainian descent, Sywenkyj has lived and worked in Ukraine for the last two decades. He has worked throughout Europe and Central Asia for numerous publications and is a frequent contributor to *The Wall Street Journal*. His photographs have been exhibited in galleries and museums, including the United Nations Visitor’s Lobby in New York and the Taras Shevchenko National Museum in Kyiv.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia

The act of embroidering and weaving designs onto cloth is deeply rooted in Ukrainian traditions. Embellished clothing (sorochky), ritual cloths (rushnyky), and household textiles accompany a person from birth until death, punctuating important life events in between. A variety of embroidery patterns are used throughout Ukraine; some stitches are universally known, while others are region-specific. Ukrainian embroidered clothing is now officially celebrated with an annual Vyshyvanka Day observed throughout the world in May.

To see photos and read more about exhibited items, visit https://myumi.ch/AZedA

The embroideries and textiles exhibited are from the private collections of Arnie Klein, Solomia Soroka, Katerina Sirinyok-Dolgaryova, and from the Ukrainian American Archives & Museum located in Hamtramck, Michigan.

The exhibit opens on September 5, 2024, in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact weisercenter@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

*The exhibition is cosponsored by the Ukrainian American Archives & Museum*.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 8:00am
Location:
Organized By: University Career Center

INFOcon 2024Wednesday, November13 to Thursday, November 14, 2024 Central Standard Time INFOcon 2024 is a free, multi-day, online conference for those interested in, studying in, or researching in the field of information science. The conference will consist of presentations from faculty from across the iSchools Collaborative Network on emerging topics in the field. Topics include:
CCI Data Science
Trauma Informed Librarianship in Movement: Learning, Unlearning, Questioning, and Relearning to Foster Empathy Driven Information
Meeting in the middle: De-siloing scholarly and science communication research in iSchools
Taking Arms against a Sea of Chatbot Sludge
Hitting the mark or losing the shot: inclusive efforts in archives
Unveiling Histories: provenance and CSI in Rare Books Cataloging
Cataloging today, tomorrow and forever : What does it mean to be a cataloger in 2025?
"Blockchain and Record keeping: Opportunities for Information Professionals in the World of Web3."
"Different and Boundary-Pushing:" How Blind and Low Vision Youth Live Code Experimental Music Together
Advocacy in Libraries
The Art of Leading Data Analytics Teams
Operationalizing AI: From Strategy to Scalable Solutions
Consumer Health Information Practices
Neurodiversity in the Workplace
​Register for the event to receive the Zoom password for each session. For more information or to learn about the iSchools Collaborative (Host of INFOcon) visit https://www.ischools.org/infocon

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 8:00am
Location: Shapiro Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit highlights U-M Press books (https://myumi.ch/N682p) relevant to the practices of democracy in five arenas:

* Ancient Athens
* The Iroquois Confederacy
* The Roman Republic
* South Korea in the 21st Century
* the U.S. in the 21st Century

The exhibit displays were developed and designed by student organization Michigan Advertising and Marketing in partnership with U-M Press.

Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 12:00am
Location: Alice Lloyd Hall
Organized By: Michigan Housing Diversity and Inclusion

Alice Lloyd residents are invited to share stories and tales close to their culture and background in a community journal. Want to share your favorite bedtime story? Stop by the Alice Lloyd Living Room.

Since the beginning of shelter-in-place orders in March, businesses across the U.S. have been forced to close their doors in accordance with shelter-in-place restrictions. While many storefronts now stand quiet and vacant, Eterna Primavera Bakery on 24th and Alabama streets is an exception to the desolation. Every Sunday since early March, the Guatemalan bakery transforms … Continue reading Mission Meals Collective and Sheltering in Place →

Even though we can’t be together this year, an ever-changing tradition will bring our family together with dishes from Japan.

Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor: Launch of the 7th edition – AATM 2024

AKADEMIYA2063 and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), in partnership with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), are convening a hybrid event to debate and promote the findings of the Africa Agriculture Trade Monitor (AATM) 2024. As in prior editions, the seventh AATM provides improved trade statistics, uses consistent indicators to […]

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79th session of the United Nations General Assembly and Climate Week 2024

The 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly marks a crucial milestone in the global effort to accelerate progress towards the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The highly anticipated Summit of the Future, held during UNGA, underscores the urgent need for enhanced international cooperation to address pressing challenges such as climate change, poverty and […]

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Agronomy and Policy Solutions for Effective Implementation of the African Fertilizer and Soil Health Action Plan

CGIAR is pleased to support our regional and national partners in their implementation of the action plan emerging from the May 2024 African Fertilizer and Soil Health (AFSH) Summit. As the seventh policy seminar in the CGIAR series on Strengthening Food Systems Resilience, this event will examine the outcomes of the AFSH Summit and consider […]

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WFP Climate Impact Evaluation Forum

Extreme weather events pose one of the biggest threats to global food security. Increasingly, climate disasters like floods, droughts, and cyclones, are striking regions previously unaccustomed to such crises. In the Asia Pacific region, the United Nations World Food Programme work hand-in-hand with several partners to support vulnerable communities preparing, responding, and recovering from climate shocks […]

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EAT Action Dialogues on “Mobilizing Finance for the Food System Transformation”

This dialogue series is by invitation only. In preparation for the 2025 launch of the EAT-Lancet Commission 2.0, EAT is hosting a series of ‘EAT Action Dialogues’ to engage with stakeholders and co-create solutions for transforming food systems in line with the new targets and recommendations of the EAT-Lancet Commission 2.0.  The first two Dialogues will […]

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World Food Prize 2024 Borlaug International Dialogue: Side Event on “Reducing the Impact of GHGs Through Managing Food Loss and Waste (FLW): Insights from Bangladesh, Guatemala, Malawi, and Nepal”

October 22, 2024 8:30 – 10:00 am (CDT) 9:30 – 11:00 am (EDT) Register IFPRI is participating in the 2024 Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue. This year’s theme, “Seeds of Opportunity: Bridging Generations and Cultivating Diplomacy”, will emphasizes the vital role of integrating past wisdom, current innovations and the pressing needs of tomorrow, by leveraging […]

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The Role of Private Philanthropy in Funding Climate Solutions

The Linkages Series is a mini-conference format designed to spark learning and action around current issues shaping the field. Together, they bridge funder, practitioner, & network constellations. Join this virtual conference for a deep dive into how and where private philanthropy plays a key role in funding climate change solutions globally and hear from leaders […]

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Supporting and shaping the global nutrition agenda with evidence: A three-decade journey of research and partnerships for impact

This year’s Forman Lecture will be delivered by Dr. Marie Ruel, Senior Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit at IFPRI. She served as the Director of IFPRI’s Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division from 2004 to 2023, after serving as Senior Research Fellow and Research Fellow in that division beginning in 1996. Dr. […]

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The Socio-Economic Impact of Armed Conflict on Sudanese Urban Households

The ongoing conflict in Sudan has been concentrated in cities, with major impacts on urban households. Large numbers of families are displaced, employment is down dramatically, and most children are unable to go to school. A comprehensive survey conducted earlier this year by IFPRI’ Sudan Strategy Support Program and the United Nations Development Programme provides […]

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Improving Diets and Nutrition through Food Systems: What Will it Take? A Dialogue on IFPRI’s 2024 Global Food Policy Report

IFPRI’s 2024 Global Food Policy flagship publication arrives at a pivotal moment, as the importance of addressing food systems for better nutrition continues to gain global recognition. With United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 29th Conference of the Parties taking place in November, the SUN Global Gathering on the horizon and the Nutrition […]

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Advancing Sustainable Agri-food Systems for Climate Resilience, Food Security, and Global Collaboration

The livestream will be available on Tuesday November 12, 2024 at 5:00 – 6:30 pm (America/Sao_Paulo) / 3:00 – 4:30 pm (US/Eastern). Join us for an in-depth discussion on Avanzar2030, an evidence-based initiative that identifies promising innovations in agri-food systems and estimates the costs of implementing them. Launched in response to the 2021 UN Food […]

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Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Nutrition: Africa Regional Launch of IFPRI’s 2024 Global Food Policy Report

The livestream will be available on this page November 14, 2024 at 2:30pm (EAT) / 6:30am (EST). Despite significant progress in addressing hunger and undernutrition in the early 2000s, malnutrition, in all its forms, remains a major challenge in all regions of the world. Unhealthy diets remain the primary drivers of many forms of malnutrition, […]

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How can we improve global crop mapping? IFPRI’s Spatial Production Allocation Model (SPAM)

Accessibility to consistent, subnational, spatial information on crops globally will be hugely beneficial to  researchers and policy makers. Researchers need this data to evaluate the benefits and costs of adopting new crop and livestock technologies, estimate the impact of climate change on agriculture calculate yield gaps, and analyze the historical evolution of farming systems. Policymakers, […]

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Delivering for Nutrition in South Asia: Connecting the Dots Across Systems

South Asia grapples with escalating levels of malnutrition in various forms, including undernutrition, overweight and obesity, and micronutrient deficiencies, alongside increasing incidence of diet-related non-communicable diseases. Malnutrition results from a complex interplay of factors incorporating household and individual decision-making, agriculture and food systems, healthcare services, education, and socio-ecological systems that determine access to services and […]

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The Conversation Africa has published an oped by Joachim De Weerdt and Jan Duchoslav analyzing the food security situation in Malawi, which has been put at severe risk by the drought brought on by the El Niño weather pattern. 

Virtual Event: June 12, 2024 at 10:00am-11:00am EDT. In this webinar, we will demonstrate how RIAPA has been used to identify priority agricultural value chains that most effectively contribute to development outcomes.

Targeting interventions to benefit public health.

Integrating reforms with global goals.

Washington DC, June 14, 2024: A study by authors from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), published today in Nature Sustainability, reaffirms the world’s growing dependence on depleting groundwater systems. Although efforts to slow down groundwater depletion need to be urgently accelerated, this study indicates that such efforts – in the absence of other accompanying measures – would likely lead to significant food security impacts.

More than 20 million face acute food insecurity.

A new book provides a roadmap for food systems transformation in Kenya

The past few years have seen Kenya, along with many other countries, confronted with multifaceted and compounding challenges. The disruptions caused by COVID-19, high levels of food price inflation, and environmental crises, such as locust infestations and droughts, have severely tested the resilience of Kenya’s food systems and the affordability of food for its citizens. […]

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Agricultural growth key to accelerated poverty reduction in Bangladesh (Financial Express)

Senior research fellow and country representative, Akhter Ahmed writes in an op-ed for the Financial Express (Bangladesh) that the country “has witnessed substantial economic growth over the past decade, with an average annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 6.6 per cent between 2016 and 2022. Notably, the country experienced a 3.4 per cent increase in GDP in 2020, making Bangladesh one […]

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