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Topical Lectures

Friday, February 12, 2016

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Gary Machlis: The Near-Horizon Future of Science in National Parks
Science Advisor to the Director, U.S. National Park Service
Thaisa Storchi Bergmann: Supermassive Black Holes and the Evolution of the Universe
Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Saturday, February 13, 2016

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

David Spiegelhalter: Can Your Lifestyle Make You Older or Younger? Metaphors for Communicating Chronic Risks
Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk, Cambridge University
Jennifer Richeson: Coalition or Derogation? Psychological Perspectives on Race Relations in the 21st Century
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Psychology, Northwestern University
Robin Murphy: Disaster Management: Robots, Informatics, and People
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University

Sunday, February 14, 2016

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

JOHN P. McGOVERN AWARD LECTURE IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES: Elizabeth Spelke: Origins of Knowledge
Professor of Psychology, Harvard University
SARTON MEMORIAL LECTURE IN THE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE: David Kaiser: Einstein’s Legacy: Studying Gravity in War and Peace
Germeshausen Professor of the History of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Samuel Wasser: Forensic Science, Organized Crime, and the Illegal Ivory Trade: The Elephant in the Room
Endowed Chair and Director, Center for Conservation Biology, University of Washington