All events are open to the public, and all are free except the author’s address at 8 p.m. Dec. 1. This year’s book is Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, the Man Who Would Cure the World.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Nov. 7—History of Haiti. Presented by Marc Blanchard, Comparative Literature; Jean-Jacques Elissaint, Human and Community Development; Tiffany Gilmore, English. Noon-1:30 p.m., MU II, Memorial Union.

Nov. 10—America’s New Hungry Classes: Food, Poverty and Angst at the Twilight of the American Century. Presented by Sasha Abramsky, University Writing Program. 4-5:30 p.m., MU II.

Nov. 15-16—Weekend of Service: Focus on Health and Hunger. Human Corps, Internship and Career Center. Sign up by Nov. 10: (530) 752-3813 or humancorps.ucdavis.edu.

ONGOING EXHIBITS

Photography—Haiti’s Hope, by Leisa Faulkner, with three themes in three venues:

• Lavalas and the Preferential Option for the Poor­—Hart Hall (first floor), through Dec. 16.

• Poverty With Dignity—Mondavi Center (lobby and Studio Theatre), through Dec. 2.

• Shada’s Story—Art Lounge, MU, through Dec. 16.

Texts, images, books and newspaper headlines—Haiti in the 20th Century, Shields Library (first floor), through Dec. 1.

AUTHOR'S VISIT

Dec. 1—Forum@MC: “No Boundaries—Globalizing Health Care from Haiti to California and Beyond.” Moderated by Michael Wilkes, School of Medicine. 4-5 p.m., Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center.

Dec. 1—Author’s address: “The Problem With Goodness—The Story of Paul Farmer.” 8 p.m., Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center. Followed by book signing. Tickets required: (530) 754-2787 or (866) 754-2787, or www.mondaviarts.org.

See the complete schedule: occr.ucdavis.edu/ccbp2008/events.html

The campus bookstore is selling the paperback at a discounted price of $9.95.