Santa Clara University

2008 Speaker Series

October 8, 2007

Jane Goodall

Reason for Hope

A conversation with Jane Goodall, the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and a U.N. Messenger of Peace who redefined observational practices in primatology with her unconventional research techniques.

RagingWire

7:30 p.m.
January 16, 2008

Robert M. Sapolsky

The Biology of Our Individuality: How to Make Sense of Our Behavior in the Context of Brains, Genes, and Hormones

Behavioral biologist Robert M. Sapolsky will discuss the biology of our individuality, and how to make sense of our behavior in the context of brains, genes, and hormones. Author of several books including The Trouble with Testosterone, Sapolsky will delve into the interface between our minds and our bodies. The event will be followed by a book signing.

Co-sponsored by Sharon and Leighs Church.

7:30 p.m.
March 12, 2008

Dr. Paul Berg

Brilliant Science, Dark Politics, Uncertain Law

The Gerald and Sally DeNardo Lectureship

A conversation with Dr. Paul Berg, Nobel Prize-winning biochemist, teacher, and research advocate. He will answer some of the difficult questions facing stem-cell researchers and policy-makers today.

7:30 p.m.
May 6, 2008

Michael S. Malone

The Significance of the Entrepreneur in American History

Journalist Michael S. Malone '75, MBA '77, looks back on Silicon Valley history and takes stock of where we find ourselves on history’s trajectory—and how a new society is emerging in 21st-century America that has no real precedent in history.

Co-sponsored by Barbara and Dan Mount '74, J.D.'77, and by the SCU Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.