Lunch and Learn Schedule
Fall 2013
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September 17Dan Shaughnessy Sports columnist/Associate Editor, Boston Globe “ Francona: The Red Sox Years” |
September 18Professor John Burt Professor of English, Brandeis University “How Might Lincoln Look at Our Challenges Today?” |
September 19Daniel Terris Director of the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life at Brandeis University. “Ethics, Enterprise, and the American Imagination” |
September 24Daniel Grossman Science journalist “Floods Droughts and Heat Waves: A Science Journalist's Perspective About the Future of Our Warming Planet” |
September 25Nitza Rosovsky Freelance writer, lecturer, and author “In the Land of Israel: My Family 1809-1949” |
September 26Dan Breen Lecturer, Legal Studies Department, Brandeis University “Science on Trial” |
October 1Sarah Shoemaker Director for University Archives and Special Collections, Brandeis "Treasures from the Vault: Archives & Special Collections at Brandeis University" |
October 2Catherine D' Amato Executive Director of the Greater Boston Food Bank "Hunger Hurts. We Can Help." |
October 3Edmond Zabin Chief of Homicide Unit, Suffolk County DA’s Office in Boston "Boston Homicide - Behind the Scenes" |
October 8Alan Banks Supervisory Park Ranger of the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site in Brookline “Olmsted Park: The Emerald Necklace and the Massachusetts Legacy” |
October 9Keren McGinity Research Associate, Hadassah-Brandeis Institute; and Founding Director, Love & Tradition “Still Jewish: A History of Women and Intermarriage in America” |
October 10Marjorie Sokoll Founder and Director of Jewish Healing Connections at Jewish Family and Children’s Service “The Personal Journey of a Jewish Communal Professional and the Creation of the National Jewish Healing Movement” |
October 15J. Kelly Beatty Senior Contributing Editor, Sky and Telescope "Mysterious Mars" |
October 16John Linehan CEO of Zoo New England (Franklin Park and Stone Zoos) “Behind the Scenes at the Zoo” |
October 17Cate McQuaid Art critic, the Boston Globe “The Art of Looking” |
October 22Ron Della Chiesa Former radio host of Music America and Classical Morning “Radio My Way” |
October 23Dan L. Perlman, Ph.D. Associate Provost for Assessment and Innovation in Student Learning; Associate Professor of Biology, Brandeis University |
October 24Mark Volpe Managing Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra "So, You Want to Run an Orchestra?" |
October 29Margie Lachman Minnie and Harold Fierman Professor of Psychology, Brandeis University “What Do Psychologists Know About Health?” |
October 30Charles Towers Artistic Director, Merrimack Regional Theater “Why Theater Matters” |
October 31Larry Ruttman Author “American Jews and America's Game: Voices of a Growing Legacy in Baseball” |
November 5Giuseppe Pastorelli Italian Consul General in Boston “Italy and the Euro” |
November 6Lisa D’Ambrosio, Ph.D. Research scientist, AgeLab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology “Life Tomorrow: Helping an Aging Population to Live Well” |
November 7Thomas Shapiro Director of Assets and Social Policy, Pokress Professor of Law and Social Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University “The Race and Wealth Gap and Why It Matters” |
November 12David Cunningham, Ph.D. Chair, Department of Sociology, Chair, Social Justice and Social Policy Program, Brandeis University “Klansville U.S.A.: The Rise and Fall of the Civil Rights Era Ku Klux Klan”
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November 13Frank Phillips State House Bureau Chief for the Metro Section, Boston Globe |
November 14Kevin Cullen Metro columnist for The Boston Globe “Whitey Bulger: America's Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice” |
November 19Tom Daley Poet and Educator "Mad Monks, Murderous Dukes, Disappointed Divas, Randy Renaissance Artists, and Home Thoughts from Abroad: Performance of Some of Robert Browning’s Short Poems and Dramatic Monologues" |
November 20BOLLI Scene-iors will perform a Dramatic Reading of The Mall and People in the Wind -- 2 short plays by William Inge, known as America's first authentic midwestern playwright.
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November 21A Brandeis student musical ensemble will entertain us. Will it be jazz? Will it be classical? Stay tuned. |