March 2012

Mike Pereira - Fox Sports Analyst

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Tue, Apr 10 2012 - 12:00pm

Mike Pereira, Fox Sports Analyst
Have current NFL rules caught up with the game? As a sports analyst for Fox Sports, Pereira monitors weekly NFL action and provides explanations and rules interpretation to the calls officials make on the field. He shares his insights about some of the biggest safety concerns among players, coaches and league officials. Read more »

Week to Week: 3/16/12

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Fri, Mar 16 2012 - 12:00pm

Week to Week: March 16, 2012
Dr. Larry Gerston, Professor of Political Science, San Jose State University; Political Analyst, NBC 11; Author, Not So Golden After All: The Rise and Fall of California Debra J. Read more »

Dale Carpenter: Flagrant Conduct -The Untold Story of Lawrence v. Texas

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Thu, Apr 19 2012 - 6:00pm

Dale Carpenter: Flagrant Conduct- The Untold Story of Lawrence v. Texas
Earl R. Larson Professor of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law,University of Minnesota Law School.
Equal parts investigative legal history and compelling detective tale, Flagrant Conduct is the still-untold story of Lawrence v. Texas, the landmark Supreme Court. Read more »

Jonah Lehrer: How Creativity Works

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Thu, Apr 5 2012 - 7:00pm

Jonah Lehrer: How Creativity Works

Contributing Editor, Wired; Author, How We Decide and Imagine: How Creativity Works
Tim Ritchie - President, The Tech Museum- Moderator
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Maharaja Caravan

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Thu, Mar 15 2012 - 5:00pm

Maharaja Caravan
SOLD OUTThe MLF Arts Forum's festive evening starts at 5 p.m. at the Gallery4N5 at 863 Mission St. to meet with the Consul General of India for a toast. From there, we'll head to the Asian Art Museum to view the Maharaja Exhibit with perspectives from hosts Bhrigu Raj Singh Jhabua and Sudeep Motupalli Rao. Read more »

Must Politics Be A Dirty Business?

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Wed, Mar 14 2012 - 6:00pm

Must Politics Be a Dirty Business?
Rescheduled from Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Ann Ravel, Chair, California Fair Political Practices Commission; Former U.S. Read more »

Dr. Laurie Santos, The Monkey Whisperer: The Evolution of Irrationality--Insights from Monkeys

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Thu, Mar 22 2012 - 6:00pm

Dr. Laurie Santos, The Monkey Whisperer: The Evolution of Irrationality – Insights from MonkeysPh.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, Yale University; Director, Yale’s Comparative Cognition LaboratoryHenry Tenenbaum, KRON TV Feature Reporter- ModeratorSantos, who has been called “the Monkey Whisperer,” studies the roots of human irrationality by watching the way our primate relatives make decisions. Read more »