Spring 2009 Speakers

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Office of Cultural Programs Staff

The Honorable Cory Booker,
Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
"How to Change the World with Your Bare Hands"

Tuesday, February 3
Carolina Theatre, Greensboro, 7 p.m.

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Nancy Knowlton
"The Impact of Climate Change on Coral Reefs"

Wednesday, February 18
McCrary Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

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Parvez Sharma
"Perspectives on Islam and Homosexuality"

Thursday, February 19
LaRose Digital Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

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Bill Schulz
"Restoring America's Credibility:
Human Rights Challenges Facing the Obama Administration"

Thursday, February 16
McCrary Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

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Joel Salatin
"The Mission of Polyface Farm"

Friday, February 27
Moseley 215, Moseley Center, 2 p.m.

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Arthur Kramer
"The Aging Brain - Use It or Lose It!"

Monday, March 2
McCrary Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

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Barbara Abou-el-Haj
"What's the Matter with Pilgrimage Studies?
History, Historiography, Hagiography and the Camino de Santiago"

Tuesday, March 3
Yeager Recital Hall, 6 p.m.

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Leonard Pitts
"Finding God in the Low Post or,
Surviving Journalism With Faith"

Monday, March 9
McCrary Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

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Nancy Mairs
"Writing in the Margins"

Tuesday, March 17
Whitley Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

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Barbara Bancroft
"Health Matters...from the A's to the ZZZ's"

Monday, March 30
Whitley Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

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Madeleine K. Albright
Convocation for Honors

Tuesday, March 31
Alumni Gym, Koury Athletic Center, 4 p.m.

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Robert Kirschner
"The Extravagant Universe"

Wednesday, April 1
LaRose Digital Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

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Anderson Cooper
"A 360-Degree Look at World Events"

Tuesday, April 7
Alumni Gym, Koury Athletic Center, 4 p.m.

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David Ratcliff
"One Earth, One Chance, One Challenge"

Wednesday, April 15
Yeager Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.

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Hanna Holborn Gray
"Education and Utopia"

Thursday, April 16
Whitley Auditorium, 6:30 p.m.

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Thomas Moore
"The Soul of the University"

Thursday, April 23
Whitley Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.