OpenXChange Programs 2015-16
AUTUMN 2015
"Responding to Cimate Change"
• Stanford Daily article: "OpenXChange Launches Open Office Hours with Panel on Climate Change"
Related Courses
• Earth 2: Climate and Society (3 units): This course provides an introduction to the natural science and social science of climate change. The focus is on what science tells us about the causes, consequences, and solutions to climate change, as well as on how scientific progress is made on these issues.
• As a public service ISciences publishes background briefings about Conferences of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and related events. The most recent presentation, Road to Paris COP21, is available in both pdf and PowerPoint® slideshow formats at http://www.isciences.com/cop21.
WINTER 2015
"Just Mercy: Race and the Criminal Justice System" featuring Bryan Stevenson, Katie Couric, Jennifer Eberhardt, Gary Segura & Robert Weisberg
• Webcast: "Just Mercy: Race and the Criminal Justice System" (event held Jan. 13, 2016)
• Stanford Report article "Bryan Stevenson Highlights Racism, Inequity in Criminal Justice System in Stanford Talk"
• Stanford Daily article: "'America's Mandela' Bryan Stevenson Calls for Criminal Justice Reform"
"An Introducation to the Syrian Refugee Crisis: History, Politics & Human Rights"
• Stanford Daily article (pre-event): "Syrian Refugee Awareness Week Seeks to Educate, Raise Relief for Needy"
Initiative Launch
