News Archives - 2006

Batalden Seminar in Applied Ethics

Thurs., March 2 - East Commons
6 - 6:30 p.m. Dinner and Table conversations
6:30 - 7 p.m. Comments from the speakers
7 - 8 p.m. Question and Answer session

For more information on dinner arrangements, call Garry Hesser at: 612-330-1664

Friday, March 3
10 a.m. “Economic Globalization: Who Wins and Who Loses?” - Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center
11 a.m. Question and Answer session

Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, Ph.D., is author of Healing a Broken World: Globalization and God (2002) and co-author of Saint Franics and the Foolishness of God (1993). She is professor of Christian ethics at Seattle University and directed the Policy Education Project in Washington, D.C., for Augsburg’s Center for Global Education.

Prakash Loungani, Ph.D., is assistant to the IMF’s external relations director and is the editor of IMF Survey. He teaches in the executive MBA program at Vanderbilt and has worked at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C., the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and the University of Florida. Loungani’s research includes examinations of trade linkages among nations and regions. He is also a frequent contributor on topics such as the effects of globalization, income inequality, and the role and activities of international organizations.