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Director Robert Kenner Dishes the Dirt on His Film; “Foods Inc.”!

Robert Kenner, Director of "Food Inc.," one of the top 25 grossing theatrical documentaries of all time, spoke at the SUNY College at Old Westbury, in the Recital Hall, on Monday, January 31, 2011. "Food Inc.,"  has sold nearly 500,000 DVDs, while receiving widespread critical acclaim. The film has received dozens of awards and nominations, as well as influencing current food policy decisions. Kenner received a Peabody and an Emmy for “Two Days in October,” depicting simultaneous events in 1967: a deadly Vietcong ambush and a violent campus protest.

He was co-filmmaker with Richard Pearce on “The Road to Memphis” for the Martin Scorsese series, “The Blues.” Newsweek called “The Road to Memphis” “a fine  film, ever made about American music” and “the unadulterated gem of the Scorsese Series.” Kenner has directed numerous specials for National Geographic and PBS’s “American  Experience” series, as well as award winning commercials and corporate films for a wide range of clients. Kenner recently completed “When Strangers Click," seen on HBO. He is currently creating “Small Steps,” a series of animated web and television spots about the unsustainable nature of the industrial food system.  

 

OWWR INTERVIEWS ROBERT KENNER, LISTEN NOW!

For more information contact the School of Arts and Sciences at (516) 876-3915. 

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Community Action, Learning, and Leadership continues at the SUNY College at Old Westbury!

On Thursday, Feburary 10th, at the SUNY College at Old Westbury, the First-Year Experience Program and Community Action, Learning, and Leadership, (CALL for Change Program), held their 5th Annual Partnership Reception.

This reception gave partner organizations an opportunity to meet the students participating in the program, and gave the first-year students the chance to meet the people they will be working with.

OWWR INTERVIEWS JEAN TESORIERO OF THE NATIONAL GRID FOUNDATION!

For more information about the CALL Program contact Dr. Laura Anker at (516) 876-3460. 

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The March of Dimes Visits OWWR, on "Awareness Avenue, with Dr. Deb"!

“One in eight babies is born too soon” and “one in six African American babies will be born preterm,” according to the March of Dimes. Prematurity is a national crisis, affecting families, schools, and communities while creating costs to businesses and health care. The March of Dimes is at the forefront of this fight to end prematurity with a multiyear, multimillion-dollar national campaign through research, education and preventative health care measures.

 

On Wednesday, November 17, 2010, Dr. Deb welcomed Donna Brower, the Community Director of the Long Island Division of March of Dimes (MOD), along with Bonnie Gelback, a member of the Long Island Division MOD Board of Directors and the Chair of the MOD Program Services Committee, and Angeles Davila Torres, the Director of the Nassau County Department of Health Perinatal Services Network, to “Awareness Avenue”, on OWWR, Old Westbury Web Radio.

Some of the topics they addressed included: what is prematurity, what are the implications, warning signs, ethnic and racial disparities of prematurity, is prematurity preventable and are the last few weeks of pregnancy important for the health and well-being of the baby. Each topic shed light on the fact each of us can be affected by prematurity.  

 

DR. DEB WITH THE MARCH OF DIMES, ON OWWR, PART 1!

DR. DEB WITH THE MARCH OF DIMES, ON OWWR, PART 2!


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