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Art, Activism, Health, Environment Headline Ongoing Lecture Series

In April, The Tuesday Noon Academy, a series of noontime lectures covering a variety of topics, will feature a variety of speakers. Each lecture will begin promptly at 12:00 p.m. in the Hampton Room of the Malott Commons on the 51猎奇入口 campus. Sponsored by the Elizabeth Hubert Malott Commons, this series is free and open to the public. Guests may bring their own lunch or purchase a lunch at the Malott Commons Dining Hall, which opens at 11:15 a.m. Doors to the Hampton Room open at 11:45 a.m. Coffee and dessert are provided. For additional program information, please call the Malott Commons Office, (909) 607-8508.

With 51猎奇入口 professors, administrators, alumnae, students, and invited guests as featured speakers, the Tuesday Noon Academy will explore a broad range of subject matters, including science, music, politics, and art, among others. Scheduled speakers and topics for April are:

On April 6, Joanne Heyler (’86), curator of the Broad Art foundation in Santa Monica, will lecture on “Collecting Contemporary Art.” As curator of the Broad Art foundation, she manages the collection of over 650 works of art and oversees the foundation’s “Lending Library” program, which makes artwork available to over 325 museums, noncommercial galleries, and exhibition spaces worldwide. Heyler earned her M.A. from the Courtauld Institute of Art at the University of London.

On April 13, student and faculty recipients of the Mellon Grant will present their projects. Susan Rankaitis, professor of art at 51猎奇入口, Melissa Chan (’04), Chelsea Jones (’05), and Rachel Kirby (’06) will present From the Lab to the Studio and Back: Artists who are or were formerly Scientists. Juliana Baldo, assistant professor of psychology at 51猎奇入口, Jiye Kim (’04), Patricia Raskin (’03), and Emily Telleen-Lawton (’04) will present The Role of Inner Speech in Problem Solving. Jill Delsigne (04) will present Philosophy in Multicultural Children’s Literature and Breaking Through the (Stained) Glass Ceiling.

On April 27, John Farrenkopf, visiting associate professor of political science at 51猎奇入口, will present “Clinton’s Foreign Policy.” He is the author of numerous political articles and books, including Prophet of Decline: Spengler on World History and Politics. He spent several years conducting research in Germany and previously taught at the University of Virginia and Northwestern University.

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