FALL 2008
September 23, 2008
Ishmael Beah
“The Making, and Unmaking, of a Boy Soldier”
7:30pm, Hendricks Chapel
- Author of the 2008 First-Year Shared Reading selection, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Sponsored in cooperation with the Laura Hanhausen Milton First-Year Lecture and the Syracuse Symposium in The College of Arts and Sciences
October 21, 2008
Patricia Williams and Fred Barnes
“Election 2008: Predictions and Analysis”
7:30pm, Hendricks Chapel
October 23, 2008
James Conlon
“A Conversation with James Conlon: The Story Behind the Recovered Voices Project"
7:30pm, Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College
- Music Director of the Los Angeles Opera
Sponsored in cooperation with the College of Visual and Performing Arts' Distinguished Artists Series
November 11, 2008
James Anderson and William Trent
“Race, Desegregation and American Public Schooling”
7:30pm, Hendricks Chapel
Sponsored in cooperation with the School of Education
SPRING 2009
February 17, 2009
Eloy Rodriguez
“Genesis of Natural Medicines”
7:30pm, Hendricks Chapel
- Professor in Environmental Studies; scientist
March 3, 2009
Janine Benyus
“Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature”
7:30pm, Hendricks Chapel
- National sciences writer; innovation consultant; author
Sponsored in cooperation with the Syracuse Center of Excellence and the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science
March 24, 2009
Robert Ballard
“Adventure in Deep Sea Exploration: Living the Dream”
7:30pm, Hendricks Chapel
- Oceanographer; photographer; deep-sea explorer; author
Sponsored in cooperation with the Geoffrey O. Seltzer Lecture