Solutions for a Warm and Hungry Planet

In observance of the 25th Annual World Food Day, the Department of Political Science and Public Administration will host a teleconference, "Solutions for a Warm and Hungry Planet," Thursday, Oct. 16, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. in Goodwyn Hall 112.

The teleconference will be broadcast from Washington, D.C., and is sponsored by the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization and the U.S. National Committee for World Food Day. Panelists include: Nancy Birdsall, founding president of the Center for Global Development; Siwa Msangi, International Food Policy Research Institute; and Mark Ritchie, Minnesota’s secretary of state. The host is Ray Suarez, a senior correspondent with the PBS Jim Lehrer NewsHour and former host of NPR's news program Talk of the Nation.

The teleconference is open to all students and faculty. For more information, contact Kalu Kalu, site coordinator and associate professor of political science and public administration, at kkalu@aum.edu or visit the Web site at www.worldfooddayusa.org.