UNIVERSITY LECTURE SERIES

FALL 2008 – SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Monday, September 8th
4:30pm – Adamson Wing Auditorium, 136A Baker Hall
Chris Borysenko, Mellon College of Science
How to Teach an Interdisciplinary Course to First-Year Students

Thursday, September 11th
4:30pm – Adamson Wing Auditorium, 136A Baker Hall
Giler Humanities Lecture
Sarah Igo, University of Pennsylvania
The Averaged American: Citizens and Statistics in the 20th Century
Sponsored by the Humanities Scholars, Science & Humanities Scholars, Global and International Relations Program and the Department of Statistics

Monday, September 15th
4:30pm – Adamson Wing Auditorium, 136A Baker Hall
Mark Palatucci, Robotics
100 Robots for 100 Kids: A grassroots project to inspire Pittsburgh’s children

Wednesday, September 17th
4:30pm – Posner Center
Constitution Day
Discussion/Reception

Thursday, September 18th
4:30pm – Adamson Wing Auditorium, 136A Baker Hall
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, University of Pennsylvania
What the Rhetoric of the 2008 Campaign Reveals and Conceals
Sponsored by Carnegie Mellon’s Department of English, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Heinz School of Public Policy, and The Humanities Center, and also the University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Communication

Saturday, September 20th
8:00am – 5:00pm, Duquesne University campus
RACHEL CARSON Legacy Conference
http://www.rachelcarsonhomestead.org

Wednesday, September 24th
4:30pm – Gregg Hall, Porter Hall 100
Steven Greenhouse, New York Times
The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker

Thursday, September 25th
4:30pm – Adamson Wing Auditorium, 136A Baker Hall
Harriet Fulbright, J. William & Harriet Fulbright Center
Toward a More Peaceful World

Thursday, October 2nd
4:30pm – Adamson Wing Auditorium, 136A Baker Hall
Robert Sternberg, Tufts University
Wisdom, Intelligence, and Creativity Synthesized: A New Approach to University Admissions

Thursday, October 2nd
4:30pm – Location TBA
James LaPaglia Lecture
Larry Temkin, Rutgers University
Illuminating Egalitariansim

Monday, October 6th
4:30pm – Adamson Wing Auditorium, 136A Baker Hall
David Blight, Yale University
A Slave No More: Two Men who Escaped to Freedom

Friday & Saturday, October 10-11th
12:30pm – Rangos Ballroom, UC
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
Gary Knell, President & CEO, Sesame Workshop
Muppet Diplomacy: How Sesame Street is Changing our World
Free tickets for lecture & lunch (required) available at UC Info Desk

Monday, October 13th
4:30pm – Adamson Wing, 136A Baker Hall
Robert Behrman, EPP
Understanding Conditions in Iraq after the Surge

Thursday, October 16th
4:30pm – McConomy Auditorium, UC
Steve Robbins, Author
Unintentional Intolerance

Tuesday, October 21st
5:00pm – Giant Eagle Auditorium, BHA51
Frank Wu, Visiting Professor, University of Maryland
Yellow: Asian Americans and the Changing Face of Our Nation
Booksigning and Reception to follow
Sponsored by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Monday, October 27th S
4:30pm – Adamson Wing Auditorium, 136A Baker Hall
Bill Reinert, Toyota Motor Sales, USA
Mobility in the 21st Century: Challenges and Promises

Thursday, October 30th
JOURNEYS Lecture 4:30pm – McConomy Auditorium
Mary Catherine Bateson, Author of “Composing a Life”
The Changing Shapes of Lives
Booksigning to follow lecture

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Friday, October 31st -- Nov 2
SHORT COURSE
99-331 INDIA TODAY: Industry, Innovation and Education
See course detail page under Schedule of Classes for description
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Thursday, November 3rd
4:30pm – Adamson Wing Auditorium, 136A Baker Hall
Jonathan Gruber, MIT
National Health Care Reform the Massachusetts Way
Sponsored by the Heinz School

Wednesday, November 5th
4:30pm – McConomy Auditorium, UC
S. Gopalakrishnan, CEO, Infosys
LECTURE TOPIC TBA
Co-sponsored by TSB, SCS and Heinz

Thursday, November 6th
4:30pm – Margaret Morrison Carnegie Hall 119
Susanne Ortner, Clarinetist
Tom Roberts, Pianist
A Marriage between Klezmer and Harlem Stride

Monday, November 10th
JOURNEYS Lecture 4:30pm – Adamson Wing Auditorium, 136A Baker Hall
Marilyn Taft Thomas, School of Music
Living Life with a Purple Crayon

Thursday, November 13th
4:30pm – Your Town, Inc. Exhibition
Miller Gallery’s 2nd floor, PCA
Julia Christenson, Oberlin College and Conservatory
Big Box Reuse
Booksigning to follow lecture

Monday, November 17th
JOURNEYS Lecture 4:30pm – Adamson Wing Auditorium, 136A Baker Hall
Bill Elliott, Former VP for Enrollment
A Reflection of 38 Years at Carnegie Mellon

Monday, November 24th
JOURNEYS Lecture 4:30pm – Adamson Wing Auditorium, 136A Baker Hall
Gloriana St. Clair, University Libraries
My Reading and Writing Life