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Recent 2010 Events
Recordings available where noted.
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010 -
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Seminar – Washington, DC
Scientists' Understanding of the Public
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Welcome:
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Alan Leshner, Chief Executive Officer, American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Speakers:
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Robert Fri, Visiting Scholar and Senior Fellow Emeritus, Resources for the Future
Chris Mooney, Science and Political Journalist
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010 -
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Stated Meeting – Cambridge
Advances in Brain Science: Implications for Therapy
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Moderator:
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Emilio Bizzi, Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Speakers:
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Robert Desimone, Director, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Edward Scolnick, Director, Psychiatric Disease Program and the Stanley Center
for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010 -
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Founders Day: A Celebration of the Academy’s 230th Anniversary
Lecture: Reflections on the Founding Period
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Speaker:
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Jack Rakove, W.R. Coe Professor of History and American Studies and Professor
of Political Science, Stanford University
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Concert:
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Performance of 18th and 19th Century Music
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Performers:
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Edward Arron, cello; Ronald Arron, viola; Jennifer Frautschi,
violin; Jeewon Park, piano
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Thursday, April 29, 2010
Meeting – Cambridge
The Challenges to Nuclear Energy in the Arab World
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Introduction:
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Steven Miller, Director, International Security Program, Belfer Center for
Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
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Speaker:
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Hamad Al Kaabi, Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy
Agency, United Arab Emirates
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Congressional Briefing – Washington, DC
The Global Nuclear Future
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Speakers:
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Thomas Isaacs, Consulting Professor at the Center for International Security
and Cooperation, Stanford University, and Director of the Office of Planning and
Special Studies at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Steven Miller, Director, International Security Program, Belfer Center for
Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
Robert Rosner, Professor, Departments of Astronomy & Astrophysics and Physics,
University of Chicago
Scott Sagan, Professor of Political Science, Codirector of Stanford University's
Center for International Security and Cooperation
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Thursday, April 15, 2010 -
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Stated Meeting – Cambridge
Prospects for the Economy
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Introduction:
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James Poterba, Mitsui Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology; President. National Bureau of Economic Research
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Speaker:
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John S. Reed, Retired Chairman and CEO, Citigroup; Retired Chairman, New
York Stock Exchange
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010 -
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Stated Meeting – Cambridge
The Supreme Court and Race
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Welcome:
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Lawrence Bobo, W.E.B Du Bois Professor of Social Sciences, Harvard University
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Introduction:
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Randall Kennedy, Michael R. Klein Professor of Law, Harvard University
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Speaker:
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Michael Klarman, Kirkland and Ellis Professor of Law, Harvard University
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Monday, February 22, 2010
Concert - Cambridge
An Evening with Thomas Zehetmair
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Performer:
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Thomas Zehetmair, leading Austrian violinist and chamber musician; Music
Director, Northern Sinfonia
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Monday, February 8, 2010 -
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Meeting – Chicago
The Global Nuclear Future
In collaboration with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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Speakers:
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Steven Miller, Director, International Security Program, Harvard Kennedy
School
Robert Rosner, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Professor of Physics,
University of Chicago
Scott Sagan, Professor of Political Science and Co-director, Center for International
Security and Cooperation, Stanford University
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Thursday, January 28, 2010 -
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Stated Meeting – Cambridge
A Conversation on Evolving U.S. Policy toward Russia
Location: House of the Academy
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Speakers:
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Robert Legvold, Marshall D. Shulman Professor Emeritus, Columbia University
Thomas Graham, former Senior Director for Russia, National Security Council
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