Professor Balakrishnan Participates in Panel on “The Price of Dignity” at the United Nations Headquarters
(New York, NY) Professor Radhika Balakrishnan participated in “The Price of Dignity: Human Rights and Global Economics,” a panel at the United Nations Headquarters on October 22, 2008. The panel is part of The New Human Rights Dialogue Series, which is a 12-part monthly series of discussions leading up to the celebration on December 10, 2008, of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Fellow panelists included Cathy Albisa of the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative, Aldo Caliari of the Center of Concern, Raquel Rolnik, Special Rapporteur on adequate housing and Robert Weissman of Essential Action. Craig Mokhiber of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights served as the moderator.
The New Human Rights Dialogue Series. The series is intended to provide a constructive, open forum to examine & debate new issues, actors, approaches, challenges and opportunities impacting on the realization of our human rights. The event was sponsored by The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Department of Public Information, and the NGO Committee on Human Rights.
Published: October 29, 2008
Math Department Holds The Eleventh Annual Pi-Day Contest
Every year, the Mathematics department holds a College-wide π-Day contest. Students, faculty, and staff are invited to submit an original sentence, paragraph, poem, or short story that uses the digits of π in order (π ≈ 3.1415926..).
