OLLI Lectures - Fall 09
All OLLI-UVa members are invited. To reserve your seat, please send an email message to the OLLI office at olliuva@comcast.net and provide your name, telephone number, and the name of the lecture that you wish to attend.
‘Alarm over Global Warming: A
History and Overview ’
Christopher C. Horner
Monday, September 14, 1:30–3 p.m.
Senior Center
Washington, D.C., attorney Christopher Horner represents policy groups, scientists, and members of the U.S. House and Senate on matters of environment and energy policy. He is also a think-tank fellow, best-selling author, and lecturer.
Previewing his OLLI course scheduled for the spring, Chris will trace the origins of the hot-button debate on global warming from the 1992 Rio Framework Treaty through the U.S. signing of the Kyoto Protocol in 1998.
He will note the implications on both sides of the issue and discuss interest-group lobbying, as well as the scientific premise behind the discussion. Expect him to address the conventional wisdom, common misunderstandings, and widespread myths surrounding global warming.
‘Art-Inspired Poetry’
Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda
Monday, October 5, 1:30–3 p.m.
Senior Center
Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda was poet laureate of Virginia from 2006 to 2008. She has published five poetry books and coedited two poetry anthologies. Her newest book, River Country, celebrates the natural world of Virginia’s Tidewater region. Carolyn is also a visual artist whose paintings have been widely displayed in libraries, galleries, and other settings throughout the commonwealth.
She plans to read nature- and art-inspired poems from her recent books and talk about projects during her term as poet laureate, as well as show slides of her colorful paintings and discuss her method of working as a visual artist.
‘Space Flight: A
Historical Perspective’
Kathryn C. Thornton
Tuesday, October 27 2:30–4 p.m.
Senior Center
Kathryn Thornton was a NASA astronaut from 1984 to 1996 and is a veteran of four space-shuttle missions. She logged more than 975 hours in space, including more than 21 hours of extravehicular activity. Currently she is a professor and associate dean for graduate programs in the School of Engineering and Applied Science in Engineering at the University of Virginia.
Kathryn will address provocative questions, such as why we go to space, what we do there, and what we learn in that environment that will benefit future explorers. She will describe her experiences in space and perspectives on the future of the space program.