Calendar of Events
Thursday February 14, 2013
Designing Healthy Communities
11:45 am - 1 pm - Room 675| Low-income Americans are 10% more likely to be obese and 9% more likely to have diabetes than high-income Americans. How can innovative planning of transportation systems, housing, workplaces, and other structures help to mitigate these chronic illnesses? The built environment has a significant impact on the health of the people who live and work in that community. Diseases such as obesity, diabetes, asthma and heart disease are intricately linked to the way that communities are designed. Despite recent improvements to the country’s health care infrastructure and the optimism surrounding the Affordable Care Act, health disparities persist for minorities and low-income populations. It is important to understand that although the design of poor communities can contribute to health disparities, urban planning and land use law can also be powerful tools to reduce these disparities and improve the health of all citizens. "Designing Healthy Communities" is a DVD series, previously aired on PBS, that describes the impact of the built environment on the public's health. The video series shares creative approaches to changing the built environment to improve health, with particular emphasis on reducing health disparities. The Centers for Law, Health & Society and the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth at Georgia State University College of Law invite interested faculty and students to view selected video clips and discuss the impact of the built environment on health with law and science experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The session will be moderated by Professor Courtney Anderson. Panel: Courtney Anderson, JD/MPH (Moderator) Assistant Professor of Law Georgia State University College of Law Montrece Ransom, JD Senior Public Health Analyst Public Health Law Program Office for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Ken Rose, MPA (Invited) Associate Director for Policy National Center for Environmental Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
E-mail: skershner1
@E R A S Egsu.edu
Library Lunch & Learn
Noon - 1 pm - Faculty Conference RoomJoin us for a series of lunch events designed to introduce you to or refresh your knowledge of research resources availble from the Law Library. Topic TBA. Contact : Pam Brannon, Faculty Services Librarian, 404-413-9128
E-mail: pbrannon@E R A S Egsu.edu
Library Lunch & Learn: ProQuest Legislative Resources
Noon - 1 pm - Faculty Conference RoomThe Library Lunch and Learn series is a series of lunch events designed to introduce or refresh law faculty members' knowledge of research resources available from the Law Library. Join us on February 14th, when Pamela Cowart from ProQuest will show us around the vast array of federal legislative material available through ProQuest Congressional and ProQuest Legislative Insight! Contact : Pam Brannon, Faculty Services Librarian, 404-413-9128
E-mail: pbrannon@E R A S Egsu.edu
Professor Panel
Noon - 1 pm - Room 230A panel of professors to answer students' questions on law school issue and also to give practical advice to use post-graduation.
Sponsored by Association of Women Law Student, Phi Alpha Delta and J. Reuben Clark Law Society
Contact : Sunny RhymerE-mail: smrhymer@E R A S Egmail.com
Negotiation and the Arts: Sports & Entertainment Law Society
Noon - 1 pm - Room 100Come hear from our panel of experts about the nuances of negotiating with and on behalf of artists in the Arts & Entertainment law field. Contact : Becki C. Lee
E-mail: rcarr7@E R A S Estudent.gsu.edu
Faculty Meeting
2:40 - 4:10 pm - Faculty Conf RoomE-mail: jstephenson7@E R A S Egsu.edu
