This year's Campus Community Book Project is winding toward its conclusion, with two programs, three films and a book discussion among the remaining events leading up to the author's visit Dec. 1.

The book this year is Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, the Man Who Would Cure the World, by Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Kidder. In Mountains Beyond Mountains, he tells the  story of Paul Farmer, a Boston physician who co-founded Partners in Health to help impoverished people around the world.

All events are open to the public, and all are free except the author’s address at 8 p.m. Dec. 1.

PROGRAMS

Nov. 21—Global Food Situation: Viewpoints of Selected UC Davis Faculty Members. Kay Dewey, Nutrition; Tu Jarvis and Stephen Vosti, Agricultural and Resource Economics; and Pam Ronald, Plant Pathology. Noon-1:30 p.m., Cabernet Room, Silo.

Nov. 21—Building Community Partnerships for Health: Improving People’s Health by Improving Poultry Health in Rural Communities. Liz Miller, UC Davis Health System, and David Bunn, Wildlife Health Center. Noon-1 p.m., 2222 Education Building (Sacramento Campus).

WORLD AIDS DAY

Nov. 24-Dec. 4—Various activities, connected to the Campus Community Book project because this year’s book centers on the organization Partners in Health and its fight against AIDS and other diseases in poor countries like Haiti. World AIDS Day story and schedule.

FILMS

Nov. 21—Poto Mitan (work in progress). Multiple showings throughout the day. Art Lounge, Memorial Union.

Nov. 23—The Price of Sugar. Refreshments 7 p.m., screening 7:30-9 p.m., discussion 9-9:30 p.m. International House, 10 College Park, Davis.

Nov. 24-26—Partners in Health: Saving Lives in Rural Haiti. Multiple showings throughout the day. Art Lounge, MU.

BOOK DISCUSSION

Nov. 25—Noon-1:30 p.m., Cross Cultural Center.

ONGOING EXHIBITS

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

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

• Poverty With Dignity—Lobby and Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, 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.

AIDS Memorial Quilt—Presented by the Office of Campus Community Relations and the Yolo County Health Department. Second- and third-floor lobbies, Mondavi Center, through Dec. 2.

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 of Goodness—The Story of Paul Farmer.” 8 p.m., Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center. Tickets required: (530) 754-2787 or (866) 754-2787, or www.mondaviarts.org.

More information: occr.ucdavis.edu/ccbp2008

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