This program provides adult learners with a variety of interesting and exciting lectures from some of OU’s most popular professors. In this series, University faculty choose a favorite topic and volunteer their time to participate in this long-running and successful series.

Cost per lecture: $5

Upcoming Sessions

Living Local and Thinking Global
Reinhild Meissler

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Environment — Practical ideas for living locally without losing the connection to the global scene – achieving a sustainable way at life with local resources and global connections.

Roman Art from the Louvre: A Special Exhibit at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art
Allison Palmer, Art

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

This is in conjunction with the “Roman Art from the Louvre” exhibit at the Oklahoma City Art Museum, June 19 – Oct 12, 2008.

Great Ironies of American History
Gordon Greene, retired writer/producer

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Little known and deliciously ironic twists of fate that impacted our country, e.g. Why do we celebrate July 4 as Independence Day? Who supplied the music for the Star Spangled Banner? What was the translation error that led directly to Hiroshima? Who had the most ironic dream in American history? What famous cavalry charge did not involve horses?

Mini-Nukes, WMD, Proliferation and Missile Defense
Kim Milton and H.L. Dodge, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Concerns about nuclear weapons have declined among the general public just as the real dangers have increased.

Life on Both Sides of the Wall: Berlin in the 1980s
Karen Antell, OU Libraries

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Slide show and discussion of life in Berlin and East Germany during the 1980’s.

Oklahoma Tobacco Policy Making
Michael Givel, Political Science

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Overview of Oklahoma Tobacco Policy.

Impact of Technology on Law: Intellectual Property Rights in Living Matter
Drew L. Kershen, Law

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

This presentation combines the history of science, science and how to discuss plant and animal breeding and intellectual property rights in those breeding results.

Retirement Law and Policy
Jon Forman, College of Law

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

An in depth look at Social Security and pension plans. We will look at how Social Security and private pension plans work, and we will consider how government policies will change in the coming decades.

LOCATION:

Cross Main Building
1600 South Jenkins Avenue
Room 136

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