Nov 3, 2009
Religious Scholar Robert Segal Will Discuss ‘Hollywood Stars as Gods’ Nov. 11
His research focuses on the changing conceptions of myth Robert Segal, professor and chair of religious studies at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland…
Lectures
Oct 30, 2009
Environmental Engineers Will Discuss the Galapagos Islands Wind Project and the Future of Alternative Energy Nov. 4
Talk is this year’s Judith A. Resnik Memorial Lecture By Meghan Cloonan ’10 Paul Loeffelman, director of environmental public policy at American Electric…
Oct 20, 2009
‘Virtual Human’ Designer Stacy Marsella Will Discuss Research Oct. 27
Talk is part of a yearlong speaker series combining technology with the visual arts Stacy Marsella, a research associate professor of computer science…
Oct 16, 2009
Mark Smith of New York University to Speak on the Origins of Biblical Monotheism
Early Israel had a pantheon of gods, he says Mark S. Smith, Skirball Professor of Bible and professor of Hebrew and Judaic studies at New York University…
Oct 16, 2009
Author and Holocaust Scholar Nechama Tec Will Discuss ‘Defiance as a Book and Film’ Oct. 21
Talk is the inaugural Howard J. Marblestone Memorial Lecture Award-winning author and Holocaust scholar Nechama Tec will discuss her book Defiance: The…
Oct 15, 2009
Majora Carter, Founder of Sustainable South Bronx, Will Speak Nov. 12
Talk is part of the President’s McDonogh Lecture Series Majora Carter, founder of Sustainable South Bronx and president of her own “green collar” economic…
Oct 14, 2009
Stephen D. Pryor ’71, President of ExxonMobil Chemical Company, Will Address Sophomore Engineering Majors
Stephen D. Pryor ’71, president of ExxonMobil Chemical Company, will speak with sophomore engineering majors about “What Employers are Looking for…
Oct 12, 2009
Award-Winning Playwright and Actor Christopher Durang to Speak Oct. 15
He is this year’s Closs Visiting Writer-in-Residence Playwright and actor Christopher Durang will give a public lecture and reading from his works 8 p…
Oct 2, 2009
Jay Parini ’70 Discusses ‘Thirteen Books that Changed America’ Oct. 14
Lecture will be the 2009 Paul and June Schlueter Lecture in the Art and History of the Book Poet, novelist, and critic Jay Parini ’70 will present “Promised…
Sep 21, 2009
Award-Winning Filmmaker Alex Gibney to Discuss His Creative Process Oct. 7
Film screening and reception will kick off a yearlong speaker series combining technology with the visual arts Alex Gibney, an Oscar, Emmy, and Grammy…