David Vassar – Thursday, October 5, 2017

Yosemite and Hetch Hetchy: Why National Parks? On the heels of the centennial celebration of National Parks, where did it all begin?  David Vassar’s films focus on the natural world, parks and...
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Elisabeth Rosenthal – Tuesday, December 12, 2017...

An American Sickness: Healing our Health System Why are American health costs 2-3 times more than elsewhere in the developed world? How has our national system unraveled so quickly? What are the...
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David Shoemaker – Thursday, January 18, 2018...

Gravitational Waves – the New Cosmic Messenger  On September 14, 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) measured gravitational waves from the merger of two black holes,...
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Roger Bales – Thursday, February 15, 2018

Avoiding California’s Next Water Crisis Are the Sierra Nevada headwaters drought resilient and what have we learned from the 2011-15 drought? Learn about sustainable water supply and actions that...
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Ben Santer – Thursday, March 29, 2018

Fingerprinting the Climate System Fingerprint research seeks to improve understanding of the nature and causes of climate change. The basic strategy is to search for model-predicted patterns of...
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