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September 25 - John Noble Wilford
John Noble Wilford is a senior science writer at The New York Times who, for over three
decades, covered many major missions of the US space program. Not limited to reporting on
space, he flew through the eye of a hurricane, submerged in research submarines, and
endured wilderness survival school in search of material for his stories. He is the author of The
Riddle of the Dinosaur, The Mapmakers, and The Mysterious History of Columbus, as well as
several books on space exploration. Introduction by Laura Fuller. Welles-Brown Room, 5 p.m.
October 10 - Oscar Hijuelos
Oscar Hijuelos, acclaimed Pulitzer Prize winning author of the international bestseller The
Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, will present "From Anecdote to Speculation: The Small and
Larger Details of Life that Inspire One's Fiction." Hijuelos will recount how his tió Pedro, who
played bass with Xavier Cugat in the 1930s, was inspiration for the Mambo Kings and how a
little known Cuban composer became Israel Levis of A Simple Habana Melody. He will tell how
he is inspired by the simplest of images or imagined moments and how you can be too.
Introduction by Raul Rodriguez-Hernandez. Hubbell Auditorium, 5 p.m.
November 3 - Ann-Marie MacDonald
NOTE CHANGE OF DATE AND TIME. Ann-Marie MacDonald will begin her North American
tour at the River Campus Libraries! MacDonald, author of the best-selling Fall on Your Knees,
will discuss her eagerly awaited new novel The Way The Crow Flies. Fall on Your Knees was an
Oprah book choice and the winner of the Orange Prize as well as the Commonwealth Prize. Her
writing has been described as “mythic” and “profoundly and refreshingly different.” A book
signing will follow the event. Introduction by Annette Weld. Hoyt Hall, 7 p.m.
January 29 - Robert Bakos, MD
Robert Bakos will discuss "Dead German Composers and How They Got That Way," including
the medical histories of some of our best-known composers. He will investigate how their
medical conditions affected their creativity and contributed to their deaths. As a youth, Bakos
studied at the Cleveland Music Settlement for nine years where he became proficient on violin
and clarinet, while he studied music theory and composition. He is now an Associate Professor
of Neurosurgery at the University of Rochester. Accompanied by recorded music. Introduction
by Stephanie Brown-Clark. Welles-Brown Room, 5 p.m.
February 26 - Linda Sue Park
Linda Sue Park, author of A Single Shard, won the 2002 Newbery Medal just two years after
her first book was published. But her 'overnight' success actually took nearly three decades to
achieve. She will discuss her reading, writing, and publication journey, from the slushpile to
the Newbery award, in a talk titled "Slushpile Cinderella." Introduction by Barbara Billingsley.
Welles-Brown Room. 5 p.m.
�March 24 - Mark Pachter
Mark Pachter, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, will discuss "The Making of an American
Icon: George Washington and Gilbert Stuart." There is only one American visual document that
might be said to rank in importance with the Declaration of Independence or the Bill of Rights.
That is Gilbert Stuart's full-length portrait of George Washington painted during Washington's
last year in office. It provided the new nation with a summary of what we would come to
expect of the invented office of the Presidency. Pachter will discuss how the President and the
portraitist came together, why it spent most of its existence in Great Britain, and how a major
national campaign in 2001 saved it for the nation. Introduction by Grant Holcomb. Hoyt Hall. 5
p.m.
April 22 - David Ropeik
David Ropeik, Director of Risk Communication at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, will talk
about "Risk Perception. Why Our Fears Don't Match the Facts." Ropeik will discuss how humans
subconsciously "decide," based more on emotional than factual bases, what to be afraid of and
how afraid to be. The talk offers insights into the specific characteristics of risks that evoke
more or less fear, and describes the dangers of risk misperception, either being too afraid of a
lesser risk or not afraid enough of the bigger ones. Introduction by Richard Dollinger. WellesBrown Room, 5 p.m.
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<span>David Ropeik, Director of Risk Communication at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis, will talk about "Risk Perception. Why Our Fears Don't Match the Facts." Ropeik will discuss how humans subconsciously "decide," based more on emotional than factual bases, what to be afraid of and how afraid to be. The talk offers insights into the specific characteristics of risks that evoke more or less fear, and describes the dangers of risk misperception, either being too afraid of a lesser risk or not afraid enough of the bigger ones. <br /><br />Introduction by Richard Dollinger.</span>
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