Lunch & Learn Series
Join alumnae/i and friends at Saint Joseph College for our new Lunch & Learn Series!
We’re excited to offer you this exclusive thought-provoking series, taught by our outstanding faculty.
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This is Your Brain on Politics: New Trends in Morality Research
With the advent of new neuroscience tools such as functional magnetic resonance imaging, psychologists have moved beyond studying what people say about their opinions and attitudes to specific mappings of which neural structures are activated when we think about politics and politicians. We're coming to understand the powerful role of emotions and intuitive judgments in moral and political judgments. |
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The Heart of Hartford!: Combating Health Disparities Surrounding Cardiovascular Disease in Women
Health disparities surrounding heart disease in women are real. Despite public health efforts, women still don’t see themselves at risk for a heart attack or heart disease. Learn about all that Saint Joseph College is doing to raise awareness of gender differences in heart attack symptoms, severity and survival, and the steps you can take to make informed decisions that will improve your cardiovascular health. |
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Why is American Government in Such a Terrible Mess? Kenneth J. Long, Ph.D.: Professor of History & Political Science Is it really that hard for American politicians to be civil to one another and to find ways to generate public policy solutions to our public problems? This conversation will take a look at nature and history of American political institutions and it will be noted that our government was, from the beginning, designed to make change difficult as a way of avoiding tyranny. Unfortunately, however, as the nature of America's problems become more pressing with economic decline, the dangers of this approach become more and more apparent and consequential. |
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Teaching a Bully Respect Kathleen Barrett, ED.D.: Assistant Professor of Counseling Education Saint Joseph College faculty and students are working across disciplines with an inner city charter school to understand how, why, where and when bullying occurs and to develop programs designed to increase mutually respectful interactions among all participants in the school environment. First to eighth grade students,teachers, families, administrators and staff members are all given a voice in the needs assessment and positive school climate initiatives. A graduate student participant will share her story of a transformative experience with these inner city elementary students and reflect on how this field experience has shaped her professional identity and prepared her for future practice. |
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Script Your Future: Medication Adherence Maria A. Summa, Pharm.D., B.C.P.S.: Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Administration Have you ever wondered about the health consequences of poor medication adherence, or not taking medication as prescribed? The most recent data related to medication taking behaviors includes some startling findings -- one out of three patients will never fill their prescriptions, and nearly three out of four Americans don’t follow their prescribed treatment regimens. More than one-third of hospital admissions are linked to medication non-adherence. Patients may struggle with medication adherence for many reasons, and the consequences are serious – poor health outcomes for patients and increased costs for our health care system – in fact, medication non-adherence now costs us $290 billion annually – largely due to the increased costs of hospitalizations related to medication non-adherence. |
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For more information about the Lunch & Learn Series contact Steve Kumnick in the Alumnae/i Relations Office at skumnick@sjc.edu or 860.231.5323.
