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Presentations are on the third Saturday of the month; Chancellor's Office 111A, 1:30 p.m.


Current

September
John Iverson — The Power of Music in Neuroscience and Medicine

October
Judy Swink — Clare Crane’s Book: Citizens Coordinate and the Battle for City Planning in San Diego

November
Catherine C. Robbins — Writing About American Indians: Fear and Stamina

January
Ralph F. Keeling — Rising CO2: A Never-ending Story

February
Wayne Fanebust — Dakota Speculators in the Great Minnesota Outback




Past

2010–2010

September
Diana Keeran Withee — Mystery of a Nazi Tapestry

October
Donna Boyle — Atlantic Divide: American and European Attitudes Toward Public Policy

November (UCSD)
Daniel Steinberg — Preventing Heart Attacks by Lowering Blood Cholesterol

February
Jack Cumming — Options on Aging: Congregate Living or Aging in Place

March
Susan Shirk — Can China’s Political System Sustain Its Peaceful Rise?

April
Sanford A. Lakoff — Realism versus Moralism in Foriegn Policy

2009–2010

September
Jim Walker (UCSD) — Generational Shifts: Aging, Work, and Retirement

October
Sanford A. Lakoff — America as a State of Mind

November
Doc Noel — Batter Up

January
David Klein — The American Foreign Service and American Foreign Policy

February
Honorable Victor E. Ramirez — The California Judiciary: A Search for Justice in a Democratic Society

March
Scott Barton — Preparing Students for College at The Preuss School UCSD

April
Delina Halushka — The culture of the Quechua Indians of Bolivia


2008–2009

September
Alice Goldfarb Marquis (SDIS) — Doing History

October
Gary Jacobson (UCSD) — Election? What Election? Shaping an Election

November
Arthur Wagner (UCSD) — Front Row Seat — The Developent of UCSD's Theatre Department and the Re-emergence of the La Jolla Playhouse

January
Joyce Strauss — Everyone has a Camera — So Why is Photography a Fine Art?

February
Ron Stadsklev — Teaching in the New China: Building a Western Village in China

March
Cathy Blecki — "Theater of Man's Life" — Sir Francis Bacon and the Advancement of Learning

April
Al Christman — Last Barnstormer: Flying through the Great Depressions


2007–2008

September
Samuel L. Popkin (UCSD)—The 2008 Presidential Election

October
Thomas Samaras (SDIS)—The Role of Height in Human Chronic Disease and Longevity

November
Clare and Loch Crane (SDIS)—Classical Architecture and Gardens of Japan

February
Betty De Shong Meador, PhD.—The Sumerian High Priestess Enheduanna: First Author of Record

March
Dr. Richard RobbinsWas Vladimir Dzhunkovsky the Father of "The Trust"...and Who Cares?

April
Lou Curtiss—A Sound Library


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