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ID 500 Seminar

The UNI ID 500 Seminar meets every week throughout the academic year to consider papers presented by the faculty of the University Professors. The seminar provides a practical opportunity for students to learn about the academic interests and current investigations conducted by the faculty of the University Professors Program.

The seminar meets each Friday from 10 am to noon in Room #220 in the School of Management, 595 Commonwealth Avenue.

Spring 2008 Schedule of Lecturers

February 1                           

Lawrence Sulak, Fellow of the University Professors; David M. Myers Distinguished Professor and Professor of Physics,  College of Arts and Sciences

How the Universe Came to Be For You and Me: From the Big Bang, Through Quarks and Neutrinos, to the Demise of All Matter


February 8                           

Alicia Borinsky, Fellow of the University Professors; Professor of Spanish, Department of Romance Studies, College of Arts and Sciences

Revisiting Borges

February 15             

Jeffrey Mehlman, University Professor; Professor of French, Department of Romance Studies, College of Arts and Sciences

French Letters and Black Panthers: Thoughts on a Franco-American Novel

February 22             

Howard Eichbaum, University Professor; professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences; Director, Center for Memory and the Brain.

The Neurobiology of Memory

                           

February 29                           

Joshua Rifkin, Fellow of the University Professors; Professor of Music,

College of Fine Arts                           

The Musical Work and Its Identity: Thoughts from the World of Historical Performance

March 7                           

Aram Chobanian, President Emeritus of the University; University Professor; Professor of Medicine; Professor of Pharmacology; John I. Sandson Distinguished Professor of Health Sciences, School of Medicine

The Dysfunctional U.S. Health Care System - Where Do We Go From Here?                                                     

March 21                           

Uri Ra’anan, University Professor; Professor of International Relations, College of Arts and Sciences; Director, Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology and Policy

Succession: Simple in Theory - Flawed in Fact                


March 28                           

Richard Egdahl. University Professor; Alexander Graham Bell Professor of Health Care Entrepreneurship; Professor of Management,  School of Management; Professor of Surgery, School of Medicine; Professor of Public Health, School of Public Health

Health Care: Pre and Post Election

April 4                                         

David Fromkin, University Professor; Frederick S. Pardee Professor of the Longer-Range Future; Professor of International Relations, History, and Law, College of Arts and Sciences;

The Hero in History   

          

April 11                           

Liah Greenfeld, University Professor; Professor of Political  Science and Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences

The Cradle of Madness

April 18             

Herbert Mason, University Professor; William Goodwin Aurelio Professor of History and Religious Thought, Professor of History and Religion, College of Arts and Sciences.             

The Adventures of Life Abroad

April 25                            

Sheldon Glashow, University Professor; Arthur G.B. Metcalf Professor of Mathematics and Science, Department of Physics,College of Arts and Sciences

Neutrinos: From a Desperate Remedy to a Profound Enigma?

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