HomeMy WebLinkAboutCLS - 2015-2016 2015-2016 Cary Lecture Series
AN ANNUAL SERIES OF FREE LECTURES IN LEXINGTON
Day and Time: Saturdays at Bpm (except for Wednesday,November 18 at 8:00pm)
Location: Cary Hall (except for October 24 at Clarke Midddle School)
The Committee: Robert Russman Halperin, Chairman, Susan Emanuel,Monica Galizzi,
Rita Goldberg,Maggie Pax,Van Seasholes
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David Rose is a developmental neuropsychologist at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.In
1984 he cofounded CAST,a non-profit aimed at improving learning for all through new discoveries
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in technology and neuroscience.That work became the field of Universal Design for Learning,which �a
now influences policy and practice in the USA and abroad. Dr. Rose was recently honored at the H p
White House as a Champion of Change.In this lecture,Dr.Rose will explore how the latest advances %`� v�
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CARY HALL•SATURDAY,JANUARY 9TH 2016 AT 8:00 PM �
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Sebastian Smee,the Boston Globes Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic,will reflect on the�onders,.of 00
New England's art museums and will discuss some of the masterpieces and small gems he has s- ,� W
covered in them over the past six years. Smee has previously written for the Australian,Guardian,
Times of London, Financial Times, and Spectator. He has written one book on the relationship N
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including The Language Instinct and The Better Angels of our Nature. In The Sense of Style,he
asks why so much writing is so bad.We can't blame bloviators,the Internet or today's youth,
good writing has always been hard. Rather than worrying about the decline of the language or 1, �
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recycling spurious edicts from century-old rulebooks,we can apply insights from the sciences
of language and mind to the challenge of crafting clear,coherent,and stylish prose.
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CARY HALL*WEDNESDAY,NOVEMBER 18TH,2015 at 8:00 PM
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observed. Even President Nixon's advisors,in the late 1960s,didn't doubt the truth H o
of climate change;they only hesitated about what to do,if anything.Paradoxically, FM
as forecast became fact,disbelief set in.This talk examines the history and dynamics N W
� of climate science disbelief,and its implications for society.
Co-sponsored with GWIAC;check our website for screening of related film `Merchants V
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CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL 9 SATURDAY,OCTOBER 24th,2015 at 8:00 PM