Lectures

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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?

Image depicting the "Scales of Justice" for the Cheese Wiz or Algebra Lecure

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

Lecture thumbnail asking, "Got Water?"

October 11
Speaker: John Harner, Ph.D.

Department of Geography and Environmental Studies

 

Contemplating the Complexities of Climate Change; Migration, Energy and Intervention

Lecture thumbnail for  "Complexities of Climate Change," showing the earth surrounded by several natural phenomena.

November 22 
Speaker: Dylan Harris Ph.D., Professor

Department of Geography and Environmental Studies.

Fireside chat following presentation.

Dr. Harris’s work focuses on the stories we tell (and don’t tell) about climate change and energy relations.

UCCS Update

UCCS thumbnail titling Chancellor Sobanet's upcoming lecture.

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

Aquaponics lecture thumbnail.

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”

Sugar Coating lecture thumbnail showing scientists in a lab.

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?”

Picture of author Jeff Scholes next to his book "Religion and Sport in North America" with a red background

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.

More to be announced for 2025!

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