2009 Schedule |
September 5, 2009
Designing Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village
Richard Guy Wilson, Commonwealth Professor of Architectural History
Andrea Douglas, Curator, University of Virginia Art Museum
Jefferson's architectural design for the University of Virginia, its inspiration and the process by which Jefferson constructed his iconic Academical Village will be discussed. Richard Guy Wilson, Commonwealth Professor of Architectural History, will show examples of Jefferson's original drawings and how he assembled support to create the University. In addition, expansions to the University's Grounds throughout the years will be highlighted. Andrea Douglas, curator of the University of Virginia Art Museum, will note the involvement of the University Art Museum with this project. The Harrison-Small Special Collections Library will also feature an exhibition that coincides this fall.
September 12, 2009
Beyond Oil, Coal and Natural Gas: Opportunities and Challenges for Renewable Fuels and Chemicals
Robert Davis, Earnest Jackson Oglesby Professor and Chair of Chemical Engineering
The finite availability of fossil fuels has prompted a hunt for alternative resources to power us into the future. Robert Davis, Earnest Jackson Oglesby Professor and Chair of Chemical Engineering, will discuss some of the current ideas and challenges related to the use of renewable biomass as a replacement for oil, coal and natural gas, and attempt to shed light on how we can transition from the "fossil" era.
October 10, 2009 (Homecomings)
Sabato's Crystal Ball
Larry Sabato, Director, Center for Politics and Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics
Professor Larry Sabato will bring his political prowess and knowledge to the More Than the Score audience to discuss the upcoming Gubernatorial Elections of 2009, including that of Virginia, to the crucial 2010 elections and their potential impact on both local and national politics. Sabato was at the helm of his famed Crystal Ball in 2008, which was the most accurate political analysis of last year's election, correctly predicting over 95% of the Senate and House races and coming within one electoral vote of the actual result of the Presidential contest! Sabato has spoken at length in several hundred national TV appearances and speeches. Now he will end his road in this election season back at home—on Grounds, with the people he calls his extended Wahoo family.
October 24, 2009
U.Va.'s Commitment to Global Health: A Declaration of Interdependence
Rebecca Dillingham, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Health transcends all geographic, cultural, religious and economic barriers and is perhaps one of our most universal and unassailable human values. No sane person would rather be ill than healthy. As such, health provides a shared goal around which we can build desperately needed consensus across our national and global chasms of disagreement and disparity. Furthermore, as reminded by the "swine flu," microbiologically, we are one; we are clearly in it together!
Rebecca Dillingham, M.D., is an expert in tropical infectious diseases and a leader in UVa's pioneering TransUniversity Center for Global Health and argues that our very survival depends upon our learning that "how you do will determine how I do!" Hence our destiny may well be determined by a recognition and declaration of our interdependence. Life changing experiences at U.Va. open this critical perspective upon which our children's future depends.
October 31, 2009
Frankenstein and Dracula: Separated at Birth—and Not Dead Yet
Susan Tyler Hitchcock, former U.Va. faculty and author
Stephen Arata, Mayo Distinguished Teaching Professor of English
Who are these monsters and why do we love to fear them? Stephen Arata, Professor of English, and Susan Tyler Hitchcock, former U.Va. faculty and nonfiction author, team up to tell Frankenstein and Dracula’s long, strange and intertwined life stories. A perfectly chilling way to start your Halloween celebrations!
November 14, 2009
Whatever Happened to Thrift? Why Americans Don't Save and What to Do about It
Ron Wilcox, Professor of Business Administration, Darden School of Business
It is no secret that Americans save very little, but why? What can be done about it? Ron Wilcox, Professor of Business Administration at the Darden School of Business, describes not only how the "savings crisis" adversely influences personal lifestyles over the long term but also how it can undermine our national wealth and standard of living. In this talk, Wilcox will attempt to convince the audience of the need to reinvent thrift. In addition, he will highlight practical ways to help consumers spend less and save more now so that America can be a more prosperous nation.
November 28, 2009
Sex Matters
Anita Clayton, M.D., David C. Wilson Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences; Medical Director, Center for Psychiatric Clinical Research
A candid discussion about the similarities and differences between women and men in how they embrace their personal sexuality, including expectations and self-image. In addition, Dr. Anita Clayton will discuss setting priorities and acceptance of others prohibitions, look at communication differences and explore the belief that everyone else has better and more sex. She will assess how each individual can find and get what they want.
Designing Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village
Richard Guy Wilson, Commonwealth Professor of Architectural History
Andrea Douglas, Curator, University of Virginia Art Museum
Jefferson's architectural design for the University of Virginia, its inspiration and the process by which Jefferson constructed his iconic Academical Village will be discussed. Richard Guy Wilson, Commonwealth Professor of Architectural History, will show examples of Jefferson's original drawings and how he assembled support to create the University. In addition, expansions to the University's Grounds throughout the years will be highlighted. Andrea Douglas, curator of the University of Virginia Art Museum, will note the involvement of the University Art Museum with this project. The Harrison-Small Special Collections Library will also feature an exhibition that coincides this fall.
September 12, 2009
Beyond Oil, Coal and Natural Gas: Opportunities and Challenges for Renewable Fuels and Chemicals
Robert Davis, Earnest Jackson Oglesby Professor and Chair of Chemical Engineering
The finite availability of fossil fuels has prompted a hunt for alternative resources to power us into the future. Robert Davis, Earnest Jackson Oglesby Professor and Chair of Chemical Engineering, will discuss some of the current ideas and challenges related to the use of renewable biomass as a replacement for oil, coal and natural gas, and attempt to shed light on how we can transition from the "fossil" era.
October 10, 2009 (Homecomings)
Sabato's Crystal Ball
Larry Sabato, Director, Center for Politics and Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics
Professor Larry Sabato will bring his political prowess and knowledge to the More Than the Score audience to discuss the upcoming Gubernatorial Elections of 2009, including that of Virginia, to the crucial 2010 elections and their potential impact on both local and national politics. Sabato was at the helm of his famed Crystal Ball in 2008, which was the most accurate political analysis of last year's election, correctly predicting over 95% of the Senate and House races and coming within one electoral vote of the actual result of the Presidential contest! Sabato has spoken at length in several hundred national TV appearances and speeches. Now he will end his road in this election season back at home—on Grounds, with the people he calls his extended Wahoo family.
October 24, 2009
U.Va.'s Commitment to Global Health: A Declaration of Interdependence
Rebecca Dillingham, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Health transcends all geographic, cultural, religious and economic barriers and is perhaps one of our most universal and unassailable human values. No sane person would rather be ill than healthy. As such, health provides a shared goal around which we can build desperately needed consensus across our national and global chasms of disagreement and disparity. Furthermore, as reminded by the "swine flu," microbiologically, we are one; we are clearly in it together!
Rebecca Dillingham, M.D., is an expert in tropical infectious diseases and a leader in UVa's pioneering TransUniversity Center for Global Health and argues that our very survival depends upon our learning that "how you do will determine how I do!" Hence our destiny may well be determined by a recognition and declaration of our interdependence. Life changing experiences at U.Va. open this critical perspective upon which our children's future depends.
October 31, 2009
Frankenstein and Dracula: Separated at Birth—and Not Dead Yet
Susan Tyler Hitchcock, former U.Va. faculty and author
Stephen Arata, Mayo Distinguished Teaching Professor of English
Who are these monsters and why do we love to fear them? Stephen Arata, Professor of English, and Susan Tyler Hitchcock, former U.Va. faculty and nonfiction author, team up to tell Frankenstein and Dracula’s long, strange and intertwined life stories. A perfectly chilling way to start your Halloween celebrations!
November 14, 2009
Whatever Happened to Thrift? Why Americans Don't Save and What to Do about It
Ron Wilcox, Professor of Business Administration, Darden School of Business
It is no secret that Americans save very little, but why? What can be done about it? Ron Wilcox, Professor of Business Administration at the Darden School of Business, describes not only how the "savings crisis" adversely influences personal lifestyles over the long term but also how it can undermine our national wealth and standard of living. In this talk, Wilcox will attempt to convince the audience of the need to reinvent thrift. In addition, he will highlight practical ways to help consumers spend less and save more now so that America can be a more prosperous nation.
November 28, 2009
Sex Matters
Anita Clayton, M.D., David C. Wilson Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences; Medical Director, Center for Psychiatric Clinical Research
A candid discussion about the similarities and differences between women and men in how they embrace their personal sexuality, including expectations and self-image. In addition, Dr. Anita Clayton will discuss setting priorities and acceptance of others prohibitions, look at communication differences and explore the belief that everyone else has better and more sex. She will assess how each individual can find and get what they want.