Sunday, 05 Mar 2006
Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think - George Lakoff
George Lakoff is the author of Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think. He is a professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, a Senior Fellow at The Rockridge Institute and member of the advisory board of the Frameworks Institute. He is also the author of Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things and co-author of Metaphors We Live By and More than Cool Reason, Philosophy in the Flesh...
Monday, 06 Mar 2006
The Truth About Hybrids - Chris Schneider
Chris Schneider, "The Hybrid Guru" as heard on Wisconsin Public Radio and in hundreds of clinics, will discuss the 70 mpg speed limit and partial zero emissions, hybrids, compressed natural gas and fuel cell vehicles. He will share his research on nearly 200 hybrids of all makes to dispel the numerous myths regarding hybrid vehicles. He has degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame.
Environmental Ethics and the Role of the Farmer: Steward, Mediator, Entrepreneur? Charles Blatz
Charles Blatz is a philosophy professor at the University of Toledo. His areas of specialization include ethics and social and political philosophy (with applications to the environment, to agriculture and to international development).
Tuesday, 07 Mar 2006
Technology, Globalization, and Culture Series - Pietra Rivoli
Pietra Rivoli is associate professor at Georgetown, where she teaches corporate and international finance. She is also involved in Georgetown University's Licensing Oversight Committee, which overseas workplace issues for Georgetown apparel producers, the University's Committee for Social Responsibility in Investing, and the Vital Voices partnership, a University initiative in executive education for women from developing countries. Her...
African-American Designers in Chicago, 1920s-1980s - Victor Margolin
Victor Margolin is Professor of Design History at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He is the author of several books on design, most recently The Politics of the Artificial: Essays on Design and Design Studies (2002). He is the editor of Design Discourse: History, Theory, Criticism (1989) and the co-editor of Discovering Design: Exploration in Design Studies (1995) and The Idea of Design (1996).
Science and Environmental Decision Making: from the Lab to the White House and Beyond - Rosina Bierbaum
Rosina Bierbaum was acting director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy for the President in the Clinton White House. As the Administration's senior scientific advisor on environmental research and development, she provided scientific input and guidance on global change, air and water quality, endangered species, biodiversity, ecosystem management, endocrine disruptors, environmental monitoring, natural hazards, and energy...
Thursday, 09 Mar 2006
DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL IN THE POST-9/11 WORLD - A Forum with Recent Veterans
Veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the U.S. Intelligence Community and discharged gay veterans will debate and discuss the issues and arguments surrounding the continued rationality of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law in the 21st century. This leg of the will include Army veterans Jarrod Chlapowski, Alexander Nicholson and Patrick English.