President's Speaker Series
This is the second year of the President's Speaker Series. All events will be held in the Louis B. Mayer Theatre, and tickets are $20.
Read more about ticket policies and order tickets to this event.
Directions to the Mayer Theatre and Santa Clara University.
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Listen to podcasts of last year's speakers.
October 8, 2007
Jane Goodall
Reason for Hope
A conversation with Jane Goodall, the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and a U.N. Messenger of Peace who redefined observational practices in primatology with her unconventional research techniques.
- Listen to Goodall's lecture (MP3)
- Listen to Goodall’s lecture (iTunes U)
- Subscribe to the President’s Speaker Series podcast
- Learn more about Jane Goodall
7:30 p.m.
January 16, 2008
Robert M. Sapolsky
The Biology of Our Individuality: How to Make Sense of Our Behavior in the Context of Brains, Genes, and Hormones
Behavioral biologist Robert M. Sapolsky will discuss the biology of our individuality, and how to make sense of our behavior in the context of brains, genes, and hormones. Author of several books including The Trouble with Testosterone, Sapolsky will delve into the interface between our minds and our bodies. The event will be followed by a book signing.
Co-sponsored by Sharon and Leighs Church.
- Listen to Santa Clara Magazine's interview with Robert Sapolsky (MP3).
- Read Santa Clara Magazine's interview with Robert Sapolsky.
- Learn more about Robert Sapolsky.
7:30 p.m.
March 12, 2008
Dr. Paul Berg
Brilliant Science, Dark Politics, Uncertain Law
The Gerald and Sally DeNardo Lectureship
A conversation with Dr. Paul Berg, Nobel Prize-winning biochemist, teacher, and research advocate. He will answer some of the difficult questions facing stem-cell researchers and policy-makers today.
- Listen to Berg’s lecture (iTunes U)
- Listen to Q&A following Berg's lecture (iTunes U)
- Learn more about Paul Berg.
7:30 p.m.
May 6, 2008
Michael S. Malone
The Significance of the Entrepreneur in American History
Journalist Michael S. Malone '75, MBA '77, looks back on Silicon Valley history and takes stock of where we find ourselves on history’s trajectory—and how a new society is emerging in 21st-century America that has no real precedent in history.
Co-sponsored by Barbara and Dan Mount '74, J.D.'77, and by the SCU Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.The Mayer Theatre is in the northwest corner of Mission Gardens, behind the Mission Church. Locate the Mayer Theatre on the campus map.
Directions
If you are coming from U.S. Highway 101, take the De La Cruz Boulevard/Santa Clara exit. Follow De La Cruz Boulevard towards El Camino Real (stay in the right lane). When De La Cruz Boulevard splits, follow the right split over the overpass. Turn right on Lafayette Street staying in the right turn lane. Turn right at El Camino Real. The main entrance to Santa Clara University will be on the right-hand side of the road.
If you are coming from Interstate 880, take The Alameda exit. Travel north on The Alameda. The Alameda will become El Camino Real. The main entrance to Santa Clara University will be on the left-hand side of the road.
If you are coming from Interstate 280, take Interstate 880 north toward Oakland. Exit at The Alameda. Turn left on The Alameda. The Alameda will become El Camino Real. The main entrance to Santa Clara University will be on the left-hand side of the road.
If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation, please call the box office at 408-554-4015 (voice) or 1-800-735-2929 (TTY—California Relay) at least 24 hours prior to the event.
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