News from the Institute

University to screen 'Living on One Dollar' documentary Sept. 16 The film follows the story of four young friends who set out to live on just $1 a day for eight weeks in Guatemala. The first screening will be followed by a lecture by Zach Ingrasci, one of the filmmakers.

‘The Return’ to kick off semester-long Latin American film series on Sept. 17 Quinnipiac University will screen five Latin American films throughout the fall semester. Each of the showings is free and open to the public.

Guatemalan community names pavilion in honor of Ives A multipurpose open-air pavilion in Joya de las Flores, Guatemala, was named after David Ives, the executive director of our Albert Schweitzer Institute, at a ceremony in July 2013.

China expert Jonathan Spence highlights symposium Jonathan Spence, one of the world’s leading experts on Chinese civilization and Sterling professor emeritus in the history department at Yale University, drew a capacity crowd to the Mancheski Executive Seminar Room April 18. The keynote address was part of a symposium titled, “A Resurgent China in the 21st Century.”

Filmmaker Lee Mun Wah visits campus The University hosted a screening of “If These Halls Could Talk,” a documentary film series about 11 college students and their conversations about diversity issues in higher education. Lee Mun Wah, the renowned Chinese American documentary filmmaker who directed the film, led a discussion following the screening.

University honors Muhammad Yunus with Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Award Muhammad Yunus was awarded Quinnipiac's most prestigious humanitarian award and accepted an invitation to join the Albert Schweitzer Institute's honorary board.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus visits Quinnipiac Muhammad Yunus, who founded the practice of microcredit as a means to combat global poverty, visited campus in March 2013.