PLEASE NOTE! The Global Security lecture by Dr. Renato Cruz De Castro on "The South China Sea Dispute: U.S.-Philippines-China Security Relations" originally scheduled for this week (Nov. 10) has been CHANGED to MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 5:30 pm in the Toyota. Please correct your calendars and join us on Nov. 21! The Energy & Environmental Forum will host Dr. Zhao Ma on Thursday, Nov. 17, 1-2:30 pm, Toyota Auditorium. She will present "Forest Management within the Context of Environmental Change." Dr. Ma is an associate professor of Forestry & Natural Resources, Purdue University. On Tuesday, Nov. 29, 12:30-1:30 pm – Room 205, Baker Cente -- Baker Fellow and UT Political Science professor, Dr. Matt Buehler will be joined by GTA, Mehdi Ayari, in a presentation on "Opening the Black-Box of Authoritarian Coalitions: Minister Retention and Tunisia’s Autocratic Ruling Elite." All events are free and open to the public. Join us!