March 2011

Generation Hot

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Wed, Mar 9 2011 - 6:00pm

Generation Hot
Mark Hertsgaard, Author, Generation HotScott Harmon, Sustainability Advisor to Boy Scouts of AmericaAlec Loorz, Founder, Kids-vs-Global-Warming.com
What are kids doing about their future in a world with a swelling population, receding glaciers and weird weather? There’s a move afoot to activate 100 million boy and girl scouts to develop skills for more sustainable living. Read more »

Biologic Knee Replacements

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Wed, Mar 16 2011 - 6:00pm

Biologic Knee Replacements
Kevin Stone, M.D., Orthopedic Surgeon
More than 800,000 total knee replacements are performed yearly, and that number continues to rise. Stone is pioneering biologic joint repair – a surgical technique that uses a patient’s own stem cells and donor meniscus cartilage to forestall or avoid invasive surgeries such as total knee replacement. Read more »

Andre Dubus in Conversation with Tobias Wolff

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Wed, Mar 16 2011 - 6:00pm

Andre Dubus in Conversation with Tobias Wolff
Andre Dubus, Author, House of Sand and Fog and Townie
After their parents divorced in the 1970s, Andre Dubus III and his three siblings grew up with their exhausted working mother in a depressed Massachusetts mill town saturated with drugs and crime. The acclaimed novelist reflects on his violent past and a lifestyle that threatened to destroy him, until he was saved by writing.
Location: SF Club OfficeTime: 5:30 p.m. Read more »

Bart Ehrman

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Mon, Mar 21 2011 - 6:00pm

Bart Ehrman
Ph.D., Author, Forged and Jesus, Interrupted
Alan Jones, Dean Emeritus, Grace Cathedral - Moderator
Ehrman takes you on a journey to the ancient world and the forgery battles that have raged through the centuries. Ehrman contends that the New Testament is riddled with contradictions about the life of Jesus and his significance. Read more »

Stress: The New Biological Clock -- How we can turn it back

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Thu, Mar 3 2011 - 6:00pm

Stress: The New Biological Clock – How We Can Turn It Back
This program is sold out
Elissa Epel, Ph.D., Health Psychologist, UCSFCalvin Harley, Ph.D., pioneer in telomere biologyJue Lin, Ph.D., Telomere/telomerase assay specialist in Elizabeth Blackburn's lab, UCSFThea Singer, Author, Stress Less
Groundbreaking science by Nobel Prize Winner Elizabeth Blackburn and health psychologist Elissa Epel links psychological stress Read more »

Health Care and Americans

The health care that Americans receive is a source of pride and worry. Pride, because of the world-class level of care available in the country. Worry, because nearly 50 million people remain uninsured, and millions more have insufficient coverage. How can the country continue to deliver high-quality care, expand the percentage of its people who are covered by insurance, and push the boundaries of medical knowledge? Read more »