Academy for Learning In RetirementLas Cruces, New Mexico, USA |
Fall 2010 Schedule
| All Programs | |
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| Coffee | 10 to 10:30 AM |
| Program | 10:30 to Noon |
| Location | Good Samaritan Auditorium 3011 Buena Vida Circle |
| Fee | Members: $4 per day Non-Members: $5 per day |
| September | |
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| Biology of Global Change | |
| Presented By | Dr. Vincent Gutschick, Professor Emeritus of Biology, NMSU |
| Synopsis | Biological links from greenhouse gasses and climate change to crops, health, and ecosystems, and from vegetation back to climate change |
| Dates | Mondays and Wednesdays |
| October | |
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| Encountering Contemporary Art | |
| Presented By | Dr. Stephanie Taylor, Assistant Professor of Art, NMSU |
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| Dates | Mondays and Wednesdays |
| November | |
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| Chasing Oppie: J. Robert Oppenheimer, the Cold War, and the Atomic West | |
| Presented By | Dr. Jon Hunner, Academic Head of the History Department, NMSU |
| Synopsis | Oppenheimer’s life, his role in creating atomic weapons, and how he influenced the early cold war. At the end of World War II, he was considered by many as a hero, but a mere ten years later, the US Government stripped him of his security clearance on suspicion that he was a Soviet spy. Also considered: the impact of nuclear weapons and energy on the US and the world since 1945 |
| Dates | Mondays and Wednesdays |
| December | |
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| Hollywood Falls in Love | |
| Presented By | Dr. Sarah Hagelin, Assistant Professor of English, NMSU |
| Synopsis | Romantic comedy on film from the 1930s to the present in social and cultural context |
| Dates | Tuesday and Thursday |
