May 8, 2018 – Coril Prochnow

May 8, 2018 – Coril Prochnow

A Musical Salute to Mother’s Day – Performer: Coril Prochnow Don’t miss this special musical performance by lyric soprano Coril Prochnow. Her program includes old favorites from the 40s and 50s, along with a combination of familiar arias, art songs and sacred classical pieces. In addition to singing

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May 1, 2018 – Don Gould

May 1, 2018 – Don Gould

Investments During a Turbulent Market and Long-Term  – Speaker:  Don Gould, President and CIO of Gould Asset Management Don Gould will speak on the current state of financial markets. He will review factors moving the markets today, as well as sharing his insights into some of the

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April 24, 2018 – Tom Shelley

April 24, 2018 – Tom Shelley

Alternative Transportation and the Claremont Senior Bike Group – Speaker: Tom Shelley, CSBG safety officer and senior cyclist Several of our club members are regular bicycle riders. We’ve invited Tom Shelley, safety officer of the Claremont Senior Bike Group (CSBG), to share his insights on the pro

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April 17, 2018 – Dr. Tanja Rebotnjak

April 17, 2018 – Dr. Tanja Rebotnjak

The Paris Climate Accord:  A Progress Assessment– Speaker: Dr. Tanja Srebotnjak, Director of Hixon Center and Associate Professor, Harvey Mudd College Two years after the Paris Climate Agreement was signed, the world has seen several major political developments. This talk will look at the original commitments made

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April 20, 2018 – Dr. Amanda Hollis-Brusky

April 20, 2018 – Dr. Amanda Hollis-Brusky

Campaign Contributions and Wedding Cakes: Understanding the Dramatic Consequences of the Supreme Court’s Free Speech Decisions – Speaker: Dr. Amanda Hollis-Brusky, Assistant Professor of Politics, Pomona College From our earliest years as a country, politics and media in America have been conditioned by Supreme Court decisions. Our

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April 3, 2018 – Prof. Andrew Vosko

April 3, 2018 – Prof. Andrew Vosko

Adolescent Sleep and Community Impact – Speaker: Dr. Andrew Vosko, Director of Transdisciplinary Studies, Claremont Graduate University As research has uncovered more about specific sleep needs across people’s lifespans, there has been a movement to address healthy sleep practices in school-aged youth. Much evidence has surfaced that

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March 27, 2018 – Dr. Edwin Krupp

March 27, 2018 – Dr. Edwin Krupp

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,

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March 20, 2018 – Dr. Evaggelos Vallianatos

March 20, 2018 – Dr. Evaggelos Vallianatos

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)

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March 13, 2018 – Dr. Liam Corley

March 13, 2018 – Dr. Liam Corley

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

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March 6, 2018 – Dr. Robert R. Gaines

March 6, 2018 – Dr. Robert R. Gaines

From the Ooze – Speaker: Dr. Robert R. Gaines, Edwin F. and Martha Hahn Professor of Geology, Pomona College In what has been hailed as the world’s most important fossil discovery in decades, Robert Gaines was a member of the team that discovered a stunning new Burgess

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