Lectures
Explore Ideas
You are invited to attend Curiosity Unlimited Lecture Series.
Lectures are held at:
Ent Center for the Arts,
5225 N. Nevade Avenue
10:00 am, 9:30 am for Coffee & Cookies
The Rule of Law: Cheese Whiz or Algebra?
September 13
Speaker: Judge Shakes
What is the Rule of Law?
Are the principles of the Rule of Law universal like mathematics or do the principles vary from culture?
Members are invited to join Judge Shakes for a “fireside” chat with him immediately after the lecture. Please mark your calendar to plan to stay so you can ask that one question you have about the judicial system. Questions are not limited to the lecture program.
Got Water? The Enduring Question for Colorado Springs
October 11
Speaker: John Harner, Ph.D.
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
Contemplating the Complexities of Climate Change; Migration, Energy and Intervention
November 22
Speaker: Dylan Harris Ph.D., Professor
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies.
Fireside chat following presentation.
UCCS Update
December 6
Speaker: UCCS Jennifer Sobanet Ed.D.
Chancellor Sobanet will share exciting information about UCCS, including her vision, plans, and priorities for UCCS.
(Possible) Tour of Sustainability Aquaponics at UCCS
More details coming soon—please stay tuned!
The UCCS Aquaponics system combines aquaculture, commonly referred to as fish-farming, with two different hydroponic production techniques.
“Sugar Coding in Cell Signaling”
February 14 Speaker Crystal VanderZanden Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
“Sugar Coding in Cell Each complex protein has a specific job controlling different aspects of the cell”
“What’s Happening To Religion?”
March 14- Speaker Jeff Scholes, who currently working on a book on Race, Religion, and Sport as well as co-editing (with Randall Balmer) a volume on Religion and Sport in North America.