Academic Activities
Social Events
December 3
UC Alumni - Lecture Series
“Panel de Discusión: Agricultura, Tecnología y Medio
ambiente”
By Dr. Nahum Marbán Mendoza (UCD ’78) Profesor
investigador, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo.
Dr. Remigio Madrigal Lugo (UCR ’78) Profesor investigador,
Universidad Autónoma Chapingo.
Dr. Juan Leos Rodríguez (Ph.D., UC Berkeley) Profesor
investigador, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo.
Organized by UC Alumni Association in Mexico.
December 2
"Taller de Educación Vial"
Organized by Mons. Salvador Martínez, Colonos de Chimalistac.
November 19
Presentación de los resultados de la tercera encuesta levantada a población en reclusión en el Distrito Federal y en el Estado de México: Delincuencia, Marginalidad y Desempeño Institucional, 2009.
Participants: Luis González Placencia, Presidente de la CDHDF, Dra. Elena Azaola, Investigadora del CIESAS, and Dr. Marcelo Bergman, Investigador del CIDE
Organized by El Programa de Estudios en Seguridad Pública-CIDE.
October 21
Lucía Rayas Velasco, Armadas. Un análisis de género
desde el cuerpo de las mujeres combatientes.
Participants: Dra. Marisa Belausteguigoitia
Dr. Carlos Montemayor
Fritz Glockner
Organized by Dr. Max Parra, Director, Casa de la
Universidad de California en México.
October 20
Revista de Economía: Economía Informa
Presentation
Organized by Dr. Ángel de la Vega and Asociación de Ex alumnos de la Facultad de Economía (UNAM).
October 10
The Hass School, UC Berkeley
MBA Information Session in Mexico
Organized by Lee Forgue, Admissions Specialist, University of California Berkeley. Hass School Business.
October 1
UC Alumni - Lecture Series
"El INAH y la conservación del patrimonio cultural
de México"
By Dra. Gloria Martha Sánchez Valenzuela (Restaurador
perito, INAH) and
Lic. Yareli Jaidar Benavides, jefa del
Departamento de
Conservación Arqueológica de la CNCPC-INAH.
Organized by UC Alumni Association in Mexico.
September 25
Series: Film and a talk with UC alumni in Mexico
Screening of Documentary
Shakespeare and Victor Hugo’s Intimacies
By filmmaker Yulene Olaizola
Organized by Laura Gorham, UC Alumni Association in Mexico.
September 22
Diccionario de Estudios Culturales Latinoamericanos
Book Presentation
Participants: Néstor García Canclini and Benjamín Juárez
Echenique
Organized by Dra. Mónica Szurmuk, Instituto de Investigaciones
Dr. José María Luis Mora, and Robert Mckee Irwin, UC Davis.
September 3
UC Alumni - Lecture Series
“The IDIEZ Project: Nahuatl Revitalization at the
Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas”
Dr. John Sullivan (Ph.D., UCSD, ’95) Profesor, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas; Director, Instituto de Docencia e Investigación Etnológica de Zacatecas, A.C and Macehualli Educational Research.
Organized by UC Alumni Association in México.
Series: Film and a talk with UC alumni in Mexico
Screening of Documentary
Siete Instantes
By filmmaker Diana Cardozo
Organized by Laura Gorham, UC Alumni Association in Mexico.
August 6
Teleconference: Dra. Ma. Elena Matsumoto
Organized by Ides Inc and Dra. Ma. Matsumoto (UC Alumni Davis).
August 6
UC Alumni - Lecture Series
“The Rise and Fall of Oil in the World”
By Dr. Allen Husker, Investigador Asociado (Assistant Professor)
Instituto de Geofísica,
UNAM.
Organized by UC Alumni Association in Mexico.
July 8
La Ley de la Policía Federal
Roundtable
Participants: Ernesto López Portillo, Director Insyde, Guadalupe Barrena, CIDE, Luis González Placencia, CDHDF, Carlos Ríos Espinosa, Proderecho, José Arturo Yánez Romero, Samuel González Ruiz and Luis Villalobos García
Organized by INSYDE - Instituto Para la Seguridad y la Democracia, AC.
July 6
UC Alumni - Lecture Series
“The Mexican Higher Education System”
By Dr. Armando Alcántara Santuario (Ph.D., UCLA ’99) Profesor Investigador, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México- UNAM
Organized by UC Alumni Association in Mexico.
July 2 & 3
“The Storm that Swept Mexico”
Documentary film interviews sessions – Casona Building
Organized by Ray Tellez, Director, Keller Media.
June 4
UC Alumni - Lecture Series
“Mexico City Environmental Challenges”
By Dr. Michael Hanowsky (UCB ’00, Ph.D. MIT 2008) Fulbright-García Robles Scholar, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México.
Dr. Megan L. Relamed National Science Foundation International Research Fellowship Program Post Doctorate Fellow, Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
Organized by UC Alumni Association in Mexico.
April 22
Series: FILM AND A TALK WITH UC ALUMNI IN MEXICO
Screening of Documentary
La frontera infinita
By filmmaker Juan Manuel Sepúlveda
Organized by Laura Gorham, UC Alumni Association in Mexico.
April 15
Rendición de Cuentas Democrática y el Futuro de la 
Política Social en México.
Roundtable
Participants: Gonzalo Hernández Licona (CONEVAL).
Alberto Díaz-Cayeros (Universidad de California, San Diego)
Beatriz Magaloni (Universidad de Stanford)
Graciela Teruel (Universidad Iberoamericana)
Rolando Cordera (Universidad nacional Autónoma de México)
John Scott (Centro de Investigación y Docencias Económicas)
Gerardo Esquivel (Colegio de México).
Organized by Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of
California, San Diego.
March 5
Civic Association of Chimalistac
Meeting
Organized by Mr. Agustín Barrinagamentería- Colono de Chimalistac.
March 2
UC Alumni - Lecture Series 
"Modernistas transculturales: cuatro mujeres
norteamericanas y el renacimiento cultural mexicano"
By Dr. Michael Schuessler (Ph.D. UCLA’ 95) Professor,
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Cuajimalpa.
Organized by UC Alumni Association in Mexico.
February 19
"Anatomies of Justice and Chaos: Capital Punishment
and the Public in Modern Mexico"
Video-Conference (San Diego-Mexico City)
Conference by Dr. Ev Meade, University of California,
San Diego
with the participation in México City of:
Dr. José Ramón Cossío Díaz, Mexican Supreme Court Justice.
Moderators: Dr. Eric Van Young (San Diego)
Dr. Max Parra (Mexico City).
Sponsored by the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University
of California, San Diego and Casa de la Universidad de
California in Mexico.
February 18
Civic Association of Chimalistac
Meeting
Organized Mr. Agustín Barrinagamentería- Colono de Chimalistac.
February 18
Series: Film and a talk with UC alumni in Mexico
Two Short Documentaries
Ángel and Testimonies
By filmmaker Lilly Wolfensberger
UC, San Diego 1994
Conference Room, 8 P.M.
Free and open to the public.
February 4
Civic Association of Chimalistac
Meeting
Organized by Mr. Agustín Barrinagamentería- Colono de Chimalistac.
Social Events
2009
December 16
“Construcciones BuenaVentura S.A de C.V”
Social event
Organized by Lic. Jenaro Laris, Director, Aprovisionamiento y Administración de Activos, Construcciones Buenaventura. (Alumni UC San Diego).
Las palmas Garden.
December 11
“Viajes Felgueres”
Social event
Organized by Gabriela Rodríguez, Rincón Real Coyoacán.
Las Palmas Garden.
December 4
“Bisquets Obregón”
Social event
Organized by Ma.Teresa González, Moneki Arte en Regalos and Gabriela Díaz Borbolla, Díaz de Cocina.
November 26
Thanksgiving Day Dinner for EAP Students.
Organized by Dr. Max Parra, Director EAP Mexico Study Center.
November 4
EAP Farewell Reception
Organized by Dr. Max Parra, Director EAP Mexico Study Center.
July 9
Welcome Reception for Education Abroad Program Students
Organized by Dr. Max Parra, Director EAP Mexico Study Center.
January 3
EAP UC ALUMNI Reception 2009
Organized by The University of California Alumni Association in Mexico.