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ID 500 SeminarThe 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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Boston University | University Professors Program | February 26, 2008 |