Alumni Day 2009 Lecture Archives

The following are audio recordings in MP3 format from the lectures given at Alumni Day 2009.

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• An Adaptive Optics View of Black Holes in  Colliding Galaxies 
  Madison Medalist Award recipient Claire E. Max *72
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• Risk and the Social Entrepreneur     
  Woodrow Wilson Award recipient Rajiv Vinnakota ’93
  NOTE: You can also view the video of this presentation.
   
• Brief Essays in Search of Some Readers: Notes on John Keats, George Kennan and a Whole Host of Others
  Jeff  E. Nunokawa, Professor of English
   
• The Road to Energy Independence via a Materials Revolution
  Emily A. Carter, Arthur W. Marks ’19 Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and  Applied and Computational Mathematics
   
• Presidential Leadership and the Politics of National Security: A Look Back on the Cuban Missile Crisis
  Julian E. Zelizer, Professor of History and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School 

Alumni Day 2008 Lecture Archives

The following are audio recordings in MP3 format from the lectures given at Alumni Day 2008.

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• "Should the Arts Have a Social Agenda? Not Just Yes. Hell Yes"
  Madison Medalist Award recipient Lawrence P. Goldman *69 *76 (WWS
   
• "A Rude Awakening for the American Dream: Is A Comfortable Retirement Still a Reality for All Americans?"
  Woodrow Wilson Award recipient John Rogers, Jr. '80, 2008
   
• "International Crisis Diplomacy Revisited: The Cases of Afghanistan and Iraq"
  Wolfgang Danspeckgruber P08, Director of the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination and Lecturer in Public and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School
   
• "Perils of Predjudice: Universal Biases in Brain, Mind and Culture"
  Susan T. Fiske, Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology
   
• "Global Warming: Deal With It"
  Michael Oppenheimer, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School
   
• "A Conversation with University Architect Jon D. Hlafter"
  Jon D. Hlafter '61 *63
   

Alumni Day 2007 Lectures Archive

The following are audio recordings in MP3 format from the lectures given at Alumni Day 2007. 

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• An Examination of the Prospects for Africa in the New Millennium
  Madison Medalist Award recipient  Julius E. Coles *66, President of Africare

• Reflections on a Life in Public Service
  Woodrow Wilson Award recipient  Paul S. Sarbanes '54, U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1977-2006

• A Balance Sheet of the U.S. Health System
  Uwe E. Reinhardt, James Madison Professor of Political Economy; Professor of Economics and Public Affairs.
   
• The World in InfraRed: Optical Sensing for Health and the Environment
  Claire F. Gmachl, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
   
• Wounded Warriors: Understanding the Politics of the Strong Black Woman
   Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics
   
• How Brains Adapt and Integrate
  Samuel Wang, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology

Alumni Day 2006 Lectures Archive

The following are audio recordings in MP3 format from lectures given at Alumni Day 2006. 
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• Local Conflicts/Global Challenge 57 min. and 17 sec.
  Woodrow Wilson Award recipient George E. Rupp '64, President, International Rescue Committee.
  

• Can We Really Save America's Endangered Species? 61 min. and 20 sec.
  David Wilcove *85, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Public Affairs,
  Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Woodrow Wilson School.
  

• Sino-American Relations: Past, Present and Future 64 min. and 4 sec.
  Aaron L. Friedberg, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School.
  

• A River Runs Through It: The Waters of Paris 59 min. 44 sec.
  Esther da Costa Meyer, Associate Professor, Department of Art & Archaeology.
  

• Wireless: Revolution and Evolution 62 min. and 58 sec.
  H. Vincent Poor *77, Michael Henry Strater University Professor of Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering.
  

• China Over the Next Ten Years: Political Change and International Role 65 min. and 24 sec. Bruce Gilley, Adjunct Professor of International Affairs, New School University and Ph.D. candidate, Department of Politics.