Tue
28
Feb
Daniel M. Russell Senior research scientist, Google
What Does It Mean To Be Literate in the Age of Google?
Louis Clark Vanuxem Lecture
Next Lecture
Special event with film director Maggie Betts ’99
A Screening and Discussion of The Carrier
February 13, 2012 (Note: 4:30 p.m. in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall)
Cosponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, the Center for Health and Wellbeing, and the Walter E. Edge Lecture Fund
Maggie Betts ’99, longtime advocate for the rights of HIV positive women and children in sub-Saharan Africa, will be the featured speaker at a screening of the documentary The Carrier, which Betts produced and directed. A public reception in Shultz dining room will follow the screening and discussion. The documentary, which has been short-listed for an Academy Award, follows the life of Mutinta Mweemba, a woman in Zambia who is living in a polygamous marriage and is diagnosed with AIDS while she is pregnant. The film looks at the fate of women struggling with this disease and living in a patriarchical society that offers little or no support. It also provides a fascinating look at the health care networks that these women depend on.
Upcoming Lectures
Mon
12
Mar
Ayana Arce, Robert Hampshire, James Mitchell, Jennifer Rexford, James West, Alice White, with Randal Pinkett
Diversifying STEM Leadership in the Nation's Service
Supported by the Louis Clark Vanuxem Fund
Tue
27
Mar
Henry Petroski Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Professor of History, Duke University
Einstein and Steinmetz: Prototypes or Stereotypes of Scientists and Engineers?
Stafford Little Lecture
Mon
23
Apr
Andrew Hodges Fellow in Mathematics, Wadham College, Oxford University
Alan Turing: An Atlantic Perspective
Louis Clark Vanuxem Lecture
Fri
27
Apr
Diane Ackerman and Dava Sobel Author of The Zookeeper's Wife and author of Longitude, respectively
The Art of Science Writing (NOTE: 7:00 p.m.)
Spencer Trask Lecture
Thu
03
May
Carmen Reinhart Dennis Weatherstone Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
A Decade of Debt
Walter E. Edge Lecture
Wed
10
Oct
Patricia Churchland Professor of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego, and the Salk Institute
Topic to be announced
Louis Clark Vanuxem Lecture
Tue
16
Oct
Margaret Atwood Author
Topic to be announced
J. Edward Farnum Lecture, cosponsored by the Committee on Canadian Studies
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Thu
08
Dec
Steve Martin Comedian, writer, actor
Stand Up: My Rise and Collapse (NOTE: Free ticket required.)
Spencer Trask Lecture