2024-2025 One Book One Campus Activities
This will be the eighth year of the One Book One Campus program organized by the CU Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (CU CIPE). This program is designed to bring students and campus community members together across professions around shared and relevant healthcare-related issues.
We’re excited to announce this fall’s One Book One Campus selection, recommended by the IPE Student Representatives and the Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (CU CIPE). This year the book is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Doctors took her cells without asking. Those cells never died. They launched a medical revolution and a multimillion-dollar industry. More than twenty years later, her children found out. Their lives would never be the same. It highlights several themes relevant to health care - structural factors contributing to health inequity, the power of interprofessional teamwork, and the concept of One Health.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Keynote presentation by Jermaine Jackson - Grand Nephew of Henrietta Lacks (co-sponsored by the Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education, the Strauss Health Sciences Library, the CU School of Dental Medicine, the Center for Bioethics and Humanities, and the Colorado School of Public Health.
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One Book One Campus Movie or Book Discussion "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks"
Organization hosting: CU Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education & Strauss Health Sciences Library
Description: Don't have time to read the book, check out the movie featuring Oprah Winfrey!! – there is still a lot to talk about! We invite you to join us for PIZZA and a discussion of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Noon-1:00 pm (Lunch Provided for in-person dates)
- November 20 - Location: Strauss Library Tower Room (3rd Floor)
- Guest speaker Dr. David Kroll, who will provide insight based on his role as one of two scientific advisors to the author Rebecca Skloot.
- December 3 - Location: Virtual
- Zoom link available once you register and will be sent closer to the event
- December 10 - Location: Fulginiti Art Gallery
- Tour the "Surface Under the Microscope" Henrietta Lacks Series
- March 27, 2025 - Location: Strauss Library Tower Room (3rd Floor)
Register Here:
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Community Circle
Organization hosting: Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs
Description: "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks." Our goal is to foster understanding across different perspectives while examining the broader implications of the Lacks family's story...
- January 28 - Location TBD
- February 4 - Location TBD
- February 25 - Location TBD
- March 25 - Location TBD
- Register Here: Coming Soon
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One Book One Campus Keynote Speaker: Mr. Jermaine Jackson - Grand-Nephew of Henrietta Lacks
Organization hosting: CU Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education and the Center for Bioethics and Humanities
Description:
April 10, 2025 - 12:00-1:00p
Register Here: Coming Soon!
Location: TBD
Virtual: TBD
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