SI Hosts MCRI Panel: Pat Gurin, Mick McQuaid, and Bob Frost, 11/3/06, 11:20-1pm, 411 West Hall

SI invites you to a very special event this Friday, November 3 @ 11:20-1pm, in 411 West Hall. We are hosting Pat Gurin (expert witness in the University of Michigan’s defense of its undergraduate and law school admissions policies), and School of Information faculty Mick McQuaid and Bob Frost on a panel discussing the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative in an information context. Please come and ask questions!!! Lunch is provided. ***************************************************************************** The Multi-Ethnic Information Exchange (MIX) & The School of Information Cordially invite you to: ~ExercSIing the Right to Vote: The Potential Impacts of the MCRI Faculty Panel~ (Q & A Session to follow presentations) Friday, November 3, 11:20-1pm Ehrlicher Room (411 West Hall) LUNCH PROVIDED Panelists include: PATRICIA GURIN: Nancy Cantor Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Psychology and Women's Studies and Professor Emerita of Psychology and Women's Studies. Professor Gurin was an expert witness in the University of Michigan’s defense of its undergraduate and law school admissions policies. She will provide a background on the Civil Rights Initiative and present her research on the educational value of diversity. http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pgurin/ BOB FROST: Associate Professor at the School of Information. Professor Frost's research interests include gender and information technology, the history of information technology and the digital divide. He will present on the general context of segregation and the digital divide, as well as gender and information technology issues. http://www-personal.si.umich.edu/~rfrost/ MICK MCQUAID: Assistant Professor at the School of Information. Professor McQuaid's research interests include information visualization and information sharing. He will present on socio-technical artifacts for sense making and their circumvention. http://mickmcquaid.com/ If you have questions, please contact mixleadership@umich.edu -- Lanell E. James