Archive for the News Category

Devoured by Darkness – Speaker: Dr. Edwin C. Krupp, Director of the Griffith Observatory Last August’s All-American Transcontinental Total Solar Eclipse crossed the entire country and confirmed the obvious. Total solar eclipses are now monumental mass entertainment and merchandising opportunities that command world attention. In the past,

Pan-Hellenic Games of Ancient Greece – Speaker: Dr. Evaggelos Vallianatos The Olympic games were the oldest pan-Hellenic athletic and religious celebration among the Greeks. Similar festivals took place in Delphi (Pythian games), the Isthmus of Corinth (Isthmian games), Nemea in Argolis, Peloponnesos (Nemean games), Athens (Panathenaian games)

Full STE-A-M Ahead: Advancing the Arts and Humanities at the U.S. Naval Academy – Speaker: Dr. William C. Corley,
 Assoc. Professor of English,
 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Dr. Corley’s presentation is about his experience teaching literature at the Naval Academy from 2013 to 2016. His focus

Are Space and Time Only Illusions – Speaker: Vatche Sahakian, Professor of Physics, Harvey Mudd College In recent years, a group of overworked and underpaid theoretical physicists has posited the possibility that our perception of space and time is just that, only a perception. The suggestion is

Coming Soon: The Gold Line in Claremont – Speaker: Lisa Levy Buch, Chief Communications Officer, Gold Line Construction Authority Come learn about the latest plans for the third segment of the Metro Gold Line as it extends from Glendora to Claremont and beyond, and what to expect

A Day in the Life of the Pomona College Museum of Art  – Speaker: Steve Comba, Associate Director, Pomona College Museum of Art Just what exactly is a “teaching museum?” What should you know about the Pomona College Museum of Art? Join Steve Comba as he sheds

What’s in Our Air? A Look at Los Angeles Smog and How it Affects Climate Change – Speaker – Dr. Lelia Hawkins, Associate Professor of Chemistry at Harvey Mudd College We know that ozone and smog in Los Angeles come from cars and that these pollutants are bad

From Entrepreneur to President: The Remarkable Career of Donald J. Trump – Speaker : Ivan Light, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, UCLA Using conventional social science tools and publicly available information, Prof. Ivan Light introduces, develops and tries to explain some of the puzzling features of Donald

Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center Speaker – Chris Aldworth, Vice President of Planning, Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center In 2014 Pomona Valley Hospital was asked to join the Los Angeles County Trauma Center network, which greatly increases survival in severe emergencies.  Chris will discuss the reasons why,