Fall 2012

September 18 Nicholas de Monchaux, Assistant Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, University of California Berkeley

Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo

October 2 Dr. Laura Carstensen, Professor of Psychology; Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr. Professor of Public Policy; Director, Stanford Center on Longevity 

A Long, Bright Future

October 16 Dr. Channing Robertson, Ruth G. and William K. Bowes Professor, School of Engineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering Emeritus, Stanford University

Forensic Science: An Oxymoron?

November 6 Steve Almond, Author and Journalist

Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America

November 20 Pat Kaunert,Mark Twain impersonator

Mark Twain, Out West

December 4 Cypress String Quartet, Classical Musicians

Dvorak’s Voices

January 8 Dr. George Blumenthal, Chancellor, University of California, Santa Cruz

How Relevant is the University of California to the State?

January 15 Dr. A. David Lewis, Graphic Novelist, College Educator and Comics Studies Scholar,

Graven Images: Religion in Comics

Winter/Spring 2012

February 7

Dr. Stephen McKenna, Director of the Rehabilitation Trauma Center, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

Advances in Stem Cell Research

February 21

Belva Davis, Journalist and Author 

Realizing Our Dreams in Turbulent Times

March 6

Dr. Andrew Robison, Andrew W. Mellon Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 

If War Comes, What Art Should We Save

March 20

Djordje Padejski, John S. Knight Journalism Fellow, Stanford University 

From Eastern Europe to the United States: Why Investigative Journalism Matters in the Digital Age

April 3

Ekaterina Khmelnitskaya, Curator of Russian Porcelain and Ceramics, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

Treasures from the Hermitage: The Story of Russian Porcelain

April 17

Mustafa Akyol, Turkish Political Commentator and Author

Islam Without Extremes

May 1

Lamplighters, Musical Theater Ensemble specializing in Gilbert and Sullivan 

Here’s a how-de-do: Celebrating 60 Years with the Lamplighters

May 15

Donald Johanson, Physical Anthropologist and Founder of the Institute of Human Origins 

Lucy’s Legacy: Our Evolutionary Journey

June 5

Karen Tumulty, National Political Correspondent for the Washington Post

Inside the Loop: The “Buzz” from Washington, D. C.