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All seminars will be held on UVA grounds in Charlottesville, VA. 
*Seminar locations now listed*

Friday, June 2, 8:30-9:15
Friday, June 2, 9:15-10:00
Friday, June 2, 10:00-10:45
Friday, June 2, 10:00-11:30
Friday, June 2, 11:00-11:50
Friday, June 2, 2:00-2:50
Friday, June 2, 2:45-3:30
Friday, June 2, 3:30-4:20
Saturday, June 3, 11:00-11:50
Saturday, June 3, 1:45-2:30
Saturday, June 3, 3:00-3:50

Friday, June 2, 2:45-3:30

A Service-Based Research Program: Making Clinical Research Come Alive
Jordan Hall Conference Center | Map
Nursing research focuses on many issues associated with improved patient outcomes. Many of these projects combine scientific inquiry and knowledge with efficient and timely interventions that promote quality of care. Suzanne Burns, professor at the School of Nursing, will highlight some current nursing research projects and their potential impact on healthcare delivery.
*Fee charged for health care professionals seeking continuing education credit (CME) and continuing education units (CEU).*
Theme: Continuing Medical Education and Continuing Education Units Sessions Session 2: Cutting-Edge Research in Healthcare: The Vision of Tomorrow

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Friday, June 2, 3:30-4:20

Who's In, Who's Out? Anthologizing Modern and Contemporary Poetry
Minor Hall, Room 125 | Map
How are literary canons formed? Who makes the decisions about which poems and poets should be remembered and what’s the criteria for inclusion and exclusion? To engage these and other questions, Jahan Ramazani (’81 COLL), Professor of English, will draw on his experience as editor of The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry (2003), third edition, discussing specific examples and drawing out their larger implications for the poetry canon today.
Theme: New Foundations in the Humanities

Engineering New Tissues: A New Frontier in Medicine
Jordan Hall Conference Center | Map
*For medical professionals only*
Scientists are re-creating the environment that encourages cell growth inside the body, offering patients access to living tissue—an option that radically expands healthcare alternatives for injuries and diseases from broken bones to diabetes. Join Dr. Cato Laurencin, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, the Lillian T. Pratt Distinguished Professor and Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery, and the Director of the Center for Musculoskeletal Regeneration and Repair, for a discussion on recent advances in this exciting and controversial field.
*Fee charged for health care professionals seeking continuing education credit (CME) and continuing education units (CEU).*
Theme: Continuing Medical Education and Continuing Education Units Sessions Session 2: Cutting-Edge Research in Healthcare: The Vision of Tomorrow

Making the Connection: Development and Remodeling of the Human Brain
Clark Hall, Room 108 | Map
Ever wonder how your brain is built? To function, the brain requires a highly complex wiring pattern that develops during our early fetal stages but continues to be somewhat remodeled as we age. Associate Professor of Biology Barry Condron and his research team focus on how brain patterns form and change, especially how those parts of the brain that control mood are wired up and maintained in the aging brain.
Theme: Breakthroughs in Science and Technology

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Saturday, June 3, 11:00-11:50

Why I Paid $4000 for a Clock that Doesn't Even Tell Time: Clocks, A Physical Scientist's Perspective
Clark Hall, Room 101 | Map
Humans have a fascination with being able to mark the passage of time. The quest to build high-accuracy clocks throughout history has consistently merged the best basic science, materials technology, engineering, and art of the era. Human ingenuity has progressed from the use of pendula, to springs, to quartz, and finally to atoms and molecules as the working material for clocks. Brooks Pate (’87 COLL), William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Chemistry and 2001 recipient of the MacArthur genius award, will examine the basic principles behind clock making with an emphasis on the scientific advances that have come from better clocks and the goals for future clock makers in the fields of chemistry, physics, and astronomy. The talk will also highlight the drive for improved clocks in computing, electronic warfare, and global positioning systems.
Theme: Breakthroughs in Science and Technology

Discovering the Hidden Universe: Extrasensory Astronomy
Clark Hall, Room 107 | Map
The human eye gives us only an extremely narrow perspective on the vast range of astronomical phenomena. Observations using gammaray, x-ray, ultraviolet, infrared, and radio light have revolutionized our view of the universe at an accelerating pace revealing, for example, monster black holes in the centers of galaxies and probing conditions that prevailed when the universe was brand-new. As a specialist in the construction of equipment to image and analyze light from the infrared portion of the spectrum, Mike Skrutskie, Professor of Astronomy, will provide an insider’s perspective on unveiling what has been, until recently, a hidden universe.
Theme: Breakthroughs in Science and Technology

Live from Africa: From Safari to Savannah
Clark Hall, Room 108 | Map
Research Professor of Environmental Science Bob Swap will join you in this live, interactive Webcast from Southern Africa. You can meet and talk to U.Va. undergraduates and faculty conducting research and public service in Africa. Learn about U.Va.’s environmental science work with the University of Venda, the SAVANA and SAFARI projects, and U.Va.’s new and innovative approaches to international collaboration with the developing world.
Theme: Breakthroughs in Science and Technology

Is 50 Really the New 30? It Can Be if You Make It So
Maury Hall, Room 209 | Map
Science and medicine are bringing new opportunities to live better and longer. Dr. Jorge Plutzky (’81 COLL), who directs the Preventive Cardiology Program at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston) and is on the faculty at Harvard Medical School, will lead a panel of Class of ’81 doctors and healthcare professionals in a discussion of how people can translate these scientific advances into their own lives. Topics will range from diet, preventive cardiology, and women’s health. Sponsored by the Class of 1981.
Theme: Living Healthier and Longer

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Saturday, June 3, 1:45-2:30

Primordial Sound:Eavesdropping on Big Bang
Clark Hall, Room 108 | Map
Big Bang Acoustics is just one of the extraordinary developments that make modern cosmology one of the most rapidly developing fields in science today. Mark Whittle, Professor in the University’s Astronomy Department, has been using some of the most recent astronomical observations to reconstruct the sound that was present during the universe’s first million years of age—a time equivalent to the first day in the life of a human. Come “listen” to the universe being born, and discover how this sound ultimately evolved to become all the stars and galaxies we find around us in our present-day universe.
Theme: Breakthroughs in Science and Technology

Evaluating Quality in Health Care: What You Need to Know
Minor Hall, Room 125 | Map
This panel discussion offers some of the best guidance on selecting health insurance, choosing doctors and hospitals in a crisis, and how to navigate a sea of information to find good care. The panel features Cleveland Clinic CEO Dr. Delos M. Cosgrove (’66 MED); R. Edward Howell, head of the U.Va. Medical Center; Dr. William A. Knaus, department chair at U.Va.’s Medical School; and Darden professor Elizabeth O. Teisberg (’81 GEAS). Moderated by Dr. Arthur Garson, Jr., Vice President and Dean of U.Va.’s Medical School. Please join us as we explore how to be wise consumers in the complex U.S. healthcare system. Sponsored by the Class of 1966.
Theme: Living Healthier and Longer

Rebuilding New Orleans and the Challenge of Affordable Housing
Maury Hall, Room 209 | Map
William Morrish, the Elwood R. Quesada Professor of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban and Environmental Planning, will discuss the possibilities for rebuilding New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. His design and policy research focuses on the future of America’s aging suburban communities and urban working-class neighborhoods.
Theme: Publicly Engaged Scholarship and Teaching

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Saturday, June 3, 3:00-3:50

Hurricanes and Climate Change
Clark Hall, Room 108 | Map
Jose Fuentes, Associate Professor of Environmental Science and winner of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia’s 2006 Outstanding Faculty Award, will provide an overview on the processes leading to the formation of the hurricanes impacting the eastern coast of the United States. He will discuss some of the infamous historic hurricanes that have caused significant property damage and loss of life. The seminar will also examine how hurricane intensity has changed in response to the most dramatic climate changes that have occurred during the last fifty years.
Theme: Breakthroughs in Science and Technology

Taking Sex Differences Seriously: Why it's Good for Men, but Better for Women
Clark Hall, Room 107 | Map
Men are more interested in casual sex, more aggressive and competitive, and less inclined to nurture the young than women are. These differences are large, deeply rooted, and consequential. Steven Rhoads, Professor of Politics, will explain why he believes that Taking Sex Differences Seriously—the title of his recent book—will improve men’s lives but improve women’s lives still more.
Theme: Negotiating Contemporary Gender Politics

What Do I Say to My Son? What Do I Say To My Daughter? Preparing College-Bound Children for the Realities of Sexual Assault and Dating Violence
Minor Hall, Room 125 | Map
Ninety percent of college-aged victims of sexual assault are attacked by a friend or classmate, and the most vulnerable time is the first six weeks of the first year. As much as parents try to prepare our children for a healthy, safe college experience, they ultimately have no control over their children’s behavior, or that of others who may do our children harm. Claire Kaplan, Director of Sexual and Domestic Violence Services at the U.Va. Women’s Center, will offer pointers to parents who would like to know how to broach this difficult subject with their children.
Theme: Negotiating Contemporary Gender Politics

Diversity at the University of Virginia
Peabody Hall | Map
In September 2005, President Casteen named William B. Harvey to be the University’s first Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity. Join Vice President Harvey in a discussion on diversity at the University—where we are now and where the future will lead us. Sponsored by the Class of 1981.
Theme: New Directions in American Higher Education

Honoring Jefferson's Vision: UVA's Contributions to Homeland Security
Maury Hall, Room 209 | Map
Since September 11, 2001, our society has faced no more important challenge than the protection of the lives, welfare, and values of the American people against the perpetrators of international terrorism. Well before 2001, the Critical Incident Analysis Group (CIAG) began sponsoring interdisciplinary research and analysis of threats to free institutions and democratic values and today is in the forefront of efforts to understand the nature and consequences of the challenge of acts of terrorism and other critical incidents, including natural disasters. Concepts and practices originated at the University are being adopted as public policy as CIAG continues to demonstrate its capacity for dealing with real-world problems. Presented by the Honorable Nathaniel Howell (’61 COLL), former ambassador to Kuwait. Sponsored by the Class of 1961.
Theme: Publicly Engaged Scholarship and Teaching

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