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View the full archive of Speakers@Wooster Evaluation and Species Preservation Bryan Norton, professor of philosophy at Georgia Institute of Technology, will address "Evaluation and Species Preservation" at the third lecture on Monday, March 31. Norton specializes in the philosophy of science and conceptual change in, and across, scientific disciplines. He writes on inter-generational equity, sustainability theory, bio-diversity policy and valuation methods. In addition to his duties as a professor in the School of Public Policy, Norton is an associated scientist at Z ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Racial Justice Charles W. Mills, the John Evans Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy at Northwestern University, will present "Racial Justice" at the second Lindner Lecture in Ethics on Friday, October 31, at The College of Wooster. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be held Lean Lecture Room of Wishart Hall (303 E. University St.) beginning at 7:30 p.m. A dessert reception will precede the presentation. Mills received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. He specialize ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | American Reform Judaism - Too American or Too Jewish: Solomon Freehof, the ‘Decider’ Joan S. Friedman, assistant professor of history and religious studies, presented “American Reform Judaism - Too American or Too Jewish: Solomon Freehof, the ‘Decider’” at the second lecture in The College of Wooster’s Spring Faculty at Large series on Tuesday, Feb. 10. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 11 a.m. in Lean Lecture Room of Wishart Hall (303 E. University Street).For more than a thousand years, when Jews have not known how to apply the tea ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Democracy and Access to Higher Education On Feb. 19, Catharine Bond Hill, President and Professor of Economics at Vassar College, examined "Democracy and Access to Higher Education." Hill co-authored "Access to the Most Selective Private Colleges by High-Ability, Low-Income Students: Are They Out There?" in College Access: Opportunity or Privilege? and "Affordability: Family Incomes and Net Prices at Highly Selective Private Colleges and Universities" in the Journal of Human Resources. She has been selected for a number of scholar ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tropical Biodiversity: An Endangered Natural Treasure Rodolfo Dirzo, professor of biology at Stanford University, opened the Environmental Analysis and Action Symposium series on Wednesday, Feb. 20, when he presented "Tropical Biodiversity: An Endangered Natural Treasure." Dirzo studies plant-animal interactions in an effort to better understand how the ecology and evolution of plants are affected by their biotic environment. His work is focused on tropical forest ecosystems, and he has written extensively on the topic, including a book, title ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Mega Eruptions, Mega Impacts, Mass Extinctions, and the Shape of Life* Paul E. Olsen, the Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, presented "Mega Eruptions, Mega Impacts, Mass Extinctions, and the Shape of Life" at the 27th annual Richard G. Osgood, Jr., Memorial Lecture on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at The College of Wooster. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, was held in Lean Lecture Room of Wishart Hall (303 E. University St.), beginning at 7:30 p.m. * - Due ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Indigenous Peoples Creating, Managing and Conserving Biodiversity Jan Salick, curator of ethnobotany at Missouri Botanical Garden and professor of biology at Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Missouri-St. Louis, visited campus to present the second lecture, "Indigenous Peoples Creating, Managing and Conserving Biodiversity" on Wednesday, March 5. Salick's research interests include ethnobotany, conservation biology, tropical ecology, and agroecology. She has published a number of articles, including "Tibetan Sacred Sites Conserve Ol ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Earth's Turmoil of the Last Deglacial Period James Kennett, professor of geological science at The University of California, Santa Barbara, discussed "The Earth's Turmoil of the Last Deglacial Period" on Thursday, March 6, at The College of Wooster. The presentation, which is free and open to the public, is part of The Consortium for Ocean Leadership Distinguished Lecturer Series. It began at 7 p.m. in Lean Lecture Room of Wishart Hall (303 E. University St.). A dessert reception followed the lecture. Kennett's research focuses on ea ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Convocation Address Welcome to The College of Wooster as we launch the new academic year. I�m the new guy. Welcome Trustees, alumni, members of the community, and guests. Welcome faculty and staff of the College. Welcome students. One of the wonderful things about college life is that we get to begin anew each year. For some of us here today, this is our first beginning. For the seniors, this is the fourth and final beginning of your undergraduate career (assuming all goes well). For some faculty and staff, a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Waging Peace, Deepening Democracy: The Transformative Potential of King�s Prophetic Philosophy in Twenty-First Century Global Contexts The series begins on Tuesday, Jan. 22, with a special lecture in celebration of the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. The event, which is co-sponsored with the Office of Interfaith Campus Ministries and The Office of Multi-ethnic Student Affairs, will feature Judith Green, associate professor of philosophy and co-director of women's studies at Fordham University, who will address "Waging Peace, Deepening Democracy: The Transformative Potential of King's Prophetic Philosophy in Twenty-First Ce ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Free Market and Free Politics in Latin America, Past and Future On Feb. 5, Jorge Dominguez, professor of Mexican and Latin American Politics and Economics, and Vice Provost for International Affairs at Harvard University, will present "Free Market and Free Politics in Latin America, Past and Future." Dominguez also serves as vice provost for international affairs in the Office of the Provost, senior advisor for international studies to the dean of the faculty of arts and sciences, and chairman of The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. I ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Torture and the Professions David Luban, the Frederick Haas Professor of Law and Philosophy at Georgetown University, will present �Torture and the Professions� at the 10th annual Bell Distinguished Lectureship in Law on Monday, April 23, at The College of Wooster. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, begins at 7:30 p.m. in Lean Lecture Room of Wishart Hall. Luban�s talk will examine ethical problems when professionals become involved with torture. �Since Abu Ghraib, we have learned a great deal about t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Wither the United Nations? James Sutterlin, Distinguished Fellow in UN Studies at Yale University as well as director of research and adjunct professor at the Long Island University Center for the Study of International Organization, will address the question, "Whither the United Nations?" at the next Great Decisions lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 14, at The College of Wooster. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be held in Gault Recital Hall of Scheide Music Center (525 E. University St.), beginning at ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Sex, Brains and Mice: Biological Influences on Cognitive Abilities Amy Jo Stavnezer, assistant professor of psychology at The College of Wooster, will address some of the intellectual differences between males and females when she presents �Sex, Brains and Mice: Biological Influences on Cognitive Abilities� at the first Faculty at Large lecture of the spring semester on Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 11 a.m. in Room 009 of Severance (Chemistry) Hall (943 College Mall). Admission is free and open to the public. An animal researcher, Stavnezer will discuss the biolog ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Will China Democratize - and Should It? Marc Blecher, a member of the politics department and the East Asian Studies program at Oberlin College, will address the question, "Will China Democratize - and Should It?" at the next Great Decisions lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 21, at The College of Wooster. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be held in Gault Recital Hall of Scheide Music Center (525 E. University St.), beginning at 7:30 p.m. Blecher will consider several scenarios on China's future, particularly the po ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Will America Decline? David Hendrickson, professor of political science at Colorado College, addresses the question, "Will America Decline?" at the final Great Decisions lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 28, at The College of Wooster. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be held in Gault Recital Hall of Scheide Music Center (525 E. University St.), beginning at 7:30 p.m. Hendrickson will examine a range of military, economic, ideological, and cultural factors. The uses and limits of military power, e ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Making Stories of Our Lives: Rewriting the Mother-Daughter Plot Joanne Frye, professor of English and women's studies at The College of Wooster, will present "Making Stories of Our Lives: Rewriting the Mother-Daughter Plot" at the second Faculty at Large lecture of the spring semester on Tuesday, March 28, at 11 a.m. in Room 009 of Severance (Chemistry) Hall (943 College Mall). Admission is free and open to the public. Frye, who recently completed a memoir of her own experiences as a mother, will discuss the power of stories in our cultural thinking ab ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Kauke a visual summary This enhanced Podcast presents before and after images of key spaces with an audio commentary by John Hopkins. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Pilates: Fact, Fusion, and Fundamentals The College of Wooster will open its Faculty at Large fall lecture series with a look at the power of Pilates when Kim Tritt, professor of theatre, presents �Pilates: Fact, Fusion, and Fundamentals,� on Tuesday, Sept. 19, at 11 a.m. in Freedlander Theatre (329 E. University St.). Tritt will discuss Joseph Pilates, classical Pilates technique, and the significance of Pilates to the German tradition of modern dance and American dancers. All in attendance will be invited to experience the eigh ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Can Darwinians also be Christians? Can Darwinians also be Christians? Michael Ruse, Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University, set out to address that provocative question at the third Wooster Forum event Tuesday night in McGaw Chapel. The eloquent and soft-spoken Ruse, now 66 and making his third visit to The College of Wooster, framed the discussion within the polar viewpoints of evolutionist Richard Dawkins and evangelist Pat Robertson, both of whom, he said, are "a little over the top." Ruse, who ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |