Rollins Lecture Series
Featuring
Dr. Samantha Nutt
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Granite State Room | Memorial Union Building
Dr. Samantha Nutt, an award-winning humanitarian, medical doctor and bestselling author will be presenting a talk titled “Beyond the Headlines” on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, at the University of New Hampshire in Durham. With more than two decades of experience working to promote and protect the rights of women and children in war zones throughout the world, Dr. Nutt will explore the facts and realities not often covered by news media, and what is really needed to make a lasting difference.
The event, which is sponsored by the UNH College of Life Sciences and Agriculture’s Constance Ledward Rollins Distinguished Lecture Series, is free and open to the public. Advanced registration is requested. There will be a Q&A and book signing following Dr. Nutt’s talk.
Dr. Nutt is a medical doctor and Founder and President of the international humanitarian organizations War Child USA and War Child Canada. She has worked with children and their families at the frontline of many of the world’s major crises – from Iraq to Afghanistan, Somalia to the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sierra Leone to Darfur, Sudan. With a career that has spanned more than two decades and dozens of conflict zones, her international work has benefited millions of war-affected children globally.
A leading authority on current affairs, conflict, international aid and foreign policy, Dr. Nutt is one of the most recognized voices in the humanitarian arena and a highly respected authority for many of North America’s leading media outlets. Her critically acclaimed book, Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies and Aid, was a #1 bestseller and a new edition of Damned Nations was released in the U.S. and Canada in November 2018. Dr. Nutt’s TED Talk Live, “The Real Harm of the Global Arms Trade,” was delivered at The Town Hall Theatre in New York as part of a PBS special and has had more than one million views on TED.com. She is a recipient of the prestigious Order of Canada, Canada’s highest civilian honor, for her contributions to improving the plight of young people in the world’s worst conflict zones.
Dr. Nutt is also a staff physician at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto and an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Toronto.
The UNH College of Life Sciences and Agriculture is the oldest of five colleges at the University of New Hampshire. We are scientists, scholars and educators who combine teaching with a passion for research and public service. Our work to understand the nature of biological systems, manage and conserve natural resources, improve agricultural profitability and sustainability, enhance health and nutrition and foster economic development has helped earn UNH nationwide recognition as a top-tier land, sea and space grant university.