Lifetime Learning
2011 ScheduleThe Alumni Education Program in the Office of Engagement partners with the Alumni Association to offer More Than The Score. Join us at Alumni Hall on Saturdays at 10 am before the home football games for these free talks.
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The so-called “Arab Spring” of 2011 threatened stability and excited hopes throughout the Middle East, toppling authoritarian regimes in Tunisia and Egypt and threatening governments elsewhere. Will this spontaneous movement unleash the creative potential of Arab populations and spawn more participatory governments and more dynamic societies? What are the implications for political Islam? Will fundamentalist elements capture and harness the energy generated to their purposes or be marginalized by it? What do these developments mean for our country? These and other questions will be among those discussed in a stimulating dialogue with W. Nathaniel Howell, former U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait and Professor of Public Affairs; Fredrick P. Hitz, former Inspector General, Central Intelligence Agency and U.Va. Law Professor; and will be facilitated by John Norton Moore, Director, Center for National Security Law, Director, Center for Oceans Law and Policy and U.Va. Law Professor.
October 1, 2011
The American Civil War on Film: How Hollywood Shapes What We Know
Gary Gallagher, Cavaliers’ Distinguished Teaching Professor and Nau Professor, Department of History
Many Americans base their perceptions about our history more on what they see in movies and on television than on what they read. Gary Gallagher, Cavaliers’ Distinguished Teaching and Nau Professor in the Department of History, will explore how films like Gone with the Wind, Glory and Cold Mountain have presented--and distorted--the history of the Civil War.
October 15, 2011
Homecomings
Crystal Ball Prediction and Kennedy Project
Larry Sabato, Professor of Politics and Director, Center for Politics
Larry Sabato will bring his political prowess and knowledge to the More Than the Score audience to discuss the upcoming 2012 presidential election and its potential impact on both local and national politics. Sabato will also discuss his upcoming book project on the legacy of the Kennedy Administration.
October 22, 2011
The 'Art' of Aging
Dennis Proffitt, Commonwealth Professor of Psychology and Chair, Department of Psychology
Deborah Roach, Associate Professor, Department of Biology
Can art influence aging? Join us for an engaging discussion on growing older. Deborah Roach, Associate Professor of Biology, will discuss the biological process of aging. In addition, Dennis Proffitt, Commonwealth Professor of Psychology, will share a recent course he taught, “Art & Aging,” in which groups of undergraduates were paired with elderly couples to create interactive experiences with art and nature.
Together, Roach and Proffitt will explore means of coping with the aging process and how we can continue to enjoy life and flourish.
November 12, 2011
Will Health Care Reform Change the Way Nurses and Physicians Work Together?
Dorrie Fontaine, Dean, School of Nursing
Health care reform will offer new opportunities for all members of the health care workforce to better meet patient and family needs. Dean Dorrie Fontaine, School of Nursing, will discuss the recent paradigms that suggest a growing role of nurse practitioners. How will this increase the nation’s ability to provide health care to more citizens in the coming decades? Will this change the way nurses and physicians work together? What can we all expect from team based collaborative care and the promise of improved outcomes?
November 26, 2011
There is No Such Thing as a 'Digital Generation':
How Facebook, Twitter, and Google Affect Us All
Siva Vaidhyanathan, Robertson Professor of Media Studies
We often hear and read fretful laments about "kids today" and their "digital generation." They don't care about privacy, we hear. They multitask too much, we worry. The problem is that studies of young people and of digital media users in general fail to bear out those distinctions. It's not that we have nothing to fear from the proliferation of digital devices and platforms. It's that the challenges are not for youth alone. We are all in this together. When it comes to digital media, we are all children. Siva Vaidhyanathan is the Robertson Professor of Media Studies and teaches at the U.Va. School of Law. He will explore some of the facts, destroy some of the myths and suggest some paths forward that we can take as a society to make the future wiser and smarter, not just busier.