Previous Science Lectures
Spring 2010 lectures
What Awaits Us in the Greenhouse World
Thursday, April 8
Professor of Geology Martin Kennedy
Climate's Control of California Landscapes
Thursday, April 22 (Earth Day)
Professor of Geography Richard Minnich
In the Crosshairs: California's Environment
Thursday, May 6
Professor of Plant Pathology Michael Allen
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Tipping the Scales? Pest Insects, Agriculture, & Health
Thursday, May 20
Professor of Entomology Peter Atkinson
The Food Challenge: Waterproof Rice & Other Solutions
Thursday, June 3
Professor of Genetics Julia Bailey-Serres
Fall 2009 lectures
The Battle Within: Our Evolutionary Struggle with Cancer
Leonard Nunney, Department of Biology
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Born to Run: Evolution of Hyperactivity in Mice
Theodore Garland, Department of Biology
Thursday, October 29, 2009
The Silent Majority: How Symbiotic Bacteria Evolve to Help and Hurt
Joel Sachs, Department of Biology
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Spring 2009 lectures
The Dance of the Genes: How Biological Evolution Works
Norman Ellstrand, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Evolution and Medicine: Why Doctors Need Darwin
Marlene Zuk, Department of Biology
Thursday, April 16, 2009
The Evolution of Evolution: Darwin Then and Now
David Reznick, Department of Biology
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Life's Rocky Road: The History of Life on Earth
Nigel Hughes, Department of Earth Sciences
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Let There Be Light: The First Billion Years
Bahram Mobasher, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Thursday, May 28, 2009
