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CFI-Austin Food For Thought lectures (starting June 2008) 2008 Boosting Access to Health Care: The barriers to heath care access and what we can do about it - Stacey Pogue, Policy Analyst, Center for Public Policy Priorities June 11 Mangia Pizza, 8012 Mesa Drive The Bible: Fact, Fiction, or Myth? - Sid Hall, Pastor, Trinity United Church July 3 Old Quarry Branch Library Parasites: What’s Eating You - Steve Bratteng, Westwood HS August 7 Old Quarry Branch Library The Economic Relationship of People and Animals, - Clare Wuellner, CFI Austin, September 4 Old Quarry Branch Library Evolution of Primate Eyes - Chris Kirk, UT Dept. of Anthropology October 2, 2008 7pm, Old Quarry Branch Library Preconceptions, the pull of the recent and circular reasoning: A critical look at North American Ice-Age Vertebrate Faunal Dynamics.’ - Dr. Chris Bell, Jackson School of Geological Sciences November 6 Old Quarry Branch Library The Perception of Patterns in the Noise of Everyday Life - Jennifer Whitson, McCombs School of Business, UT Austin December 4 Old Quarry Branch Library 2009 What Do Sex, Twins, Spotted Hyenas, ADHD, and Sexual Orientation Have in Common? - Dennis McFadden, Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, Wed January 14 Old Quarry Branch Library Coevolution: How Plants and Animals Adapt to Each Other - Steve Bratteng, Westwood HS, Wed February 11 Old Quarry Branch Library Nietzsche: Superman of Comedy? Kathleen Higgins, Dept. of Philosophy, U. Texas at Austin Wed March 11 Old Quarry Branch Library Reconstructing past climate change – examples from Texas Jay Banner Jackson School of Geological Sciences, UT Austin Wed April 8 Old Quarry Branch Library Panel discussion on teaching evolution in Texas Chris Comer, Ryan Valentine, Dan Bolnick Thu April 30 Old Quarry Branch Library How Learning Changes Synapses in the Brain - Kristen Harris, Center For Learning and Memory, UT Austin, Wed May 13 Old Quarry Branch Library Open Forum: Future Directions for CFI Austin Wed June 10 Old Quarry Branch Library Postmodernism Gets Punked: How Alan Sokal Soaked Social Text - Koley Porter Wed July 8 Old Quarry Branch Library One Million BC: What the Pleistocene Fauna Tells us about our Past Climate - Ernest Lundelius, Professor Emeritus, Jackson School of Geosciences, UT Austin Wed August 12 Old Quarry Branch Library The Brave New World of Nanoscience: Size Matters - Paulo Ferreira, UT Engineering Wed Sep 9 Old Quarry Branch Library Stephen Jay Gould and the Politics of Evolution - David Prindle, UT Govt. Wed Oct 14 Old Quarry Branch Library CYC-ology, Douglas Lenat - Thu Nov 12 Old Quarry Branch Library How Things Break: the Physics of Failure Michael Marder - UT Physics , Wed Dec 9 Old Quarry Branch Library 2010 What the SBOE is Doing to the Social Studies Curriculum - Dan Quinn from Texas Freedom Network , Wed Jan 20 American Legion Post 76 Atheist Volunteers Joe Zemecki March 17 American Legion Post 76 Fire and Ice: Gas Hydrates 101 and the Gulf Oil Spill - Paul Murray, Wed May 19 American Legion Post 76 Combined Discussion/Food For Thought: The New Tree of Life Wed Jun 9 Old Quarry Branch Library Combined Discussion/Food For Thought: Dr. Darwin Makes a House Call Wed Jul 14 Old Quarry Branch Library Combined Discussion/Food For Thought: Why Learn About Astronomy? Wed Aug 11 Old Quarry Branch Library Austin Planetarium - Torvald Hessel Wed Sep 15 American Legion Post 76 Getting Into the Swim: the Evolution of Whales - Pamela Owen, TMM at UT Austin Wed Oct 20 American Legion Post 76 How to Build a Cerebellum - Michael Mauk, CLM at UT Austin Wed Nov 17 American Legion Post 76 It’s About Slime!: Biofilms - Vernita Gordon, UT Dept. of Physics, Wed Dec 15 American Legion Post 76 2011 Biochemical Origins of Life on Earth Andy Ellington, UT Biology Wed Jan 19 American Legion Post 76 Emergence of spatial patterns in chemical, physical, and biological systems - Harry Swinney UT Physics Wed Feb 16 American Legion Post 76 Tis better to have loved and lost,... or is it better to believe in an afterlife? Clare Wuellner, CFI Austin Wed Mar 16 American Legion Post 76 The Science of Kissing - Sheril Kirshenbaum, Mon April 18 Trinity UMC Evolutionary Insights into Mate Choice and Pair Bonding - Molly Cummings, UT Section of Integrative Biology Mon May 16 TUMC Just Say No … To Medical Woo Andrew Alpar, M.D. Mon Jun 20 TUMC Breaking Their Will: Shedding Light on Religious Child Maltreatment Janet Heimlich, Mon Jul 18 TUMC The Evidence For Evolution: No Faith Required - Mon Aug 15 TUMC The Physics of Forensics - Manfred Fink, UT Physics, Mon Sep 19 TUMC What’s New in Cognitive Science Patrick Carroll, UT Psychology, Mon Oct 17 TUMC Dust - Jeffrey Siegel, UT Civil Engineering, Nov 21 TUMC Evolution of Cooperation - Rebecca Lewis, UT Anthropology Dec 19 TUMC 2012 Arachnophilia for Intellectuals - Joe Lapp, Jan 16 TUMC Coevolution: How Plants and Animals Evolve Together - Steve Bratteng, Feb 20 TUMC The First Americans - Deborah Bolnick, UT Anthropology Mar 19 TUMC Modern Physics in a Nutshell -Austin Gleeson, UT Physics, Apr 16 TUMC UT Psychology, Can Brain Imaging Read Your Mind? Russell Poldrack, May 21 TUMC Climate Reality Project, The Evidence for Global Climate Change - Aaron Tuley, Jun18 TUMC Creation Myths of the World - CFI Austin members Jul 16 TUMC Urban Legends Explored, CFI Austin members Aug 27 TUMC Coexistence of Natural and Supernatural Explanations - Cristine Legare, UT Psych. Sep 17 TUMC X-Rated Stories About Jesus - Jim Dee, CFI Austin, Oct 15 TUMC How Flight First Evolved - John Abbott, UT Austin – Integ. Biol. Nov 19 TUMC Evolution of the Social Brain - Hans Hofmann, UT Austin – Integ. Biol. Dec 17 TUMC 2013 Mormon Heaven(s) - Brian Spears, Jan 21 TUMC With Age Comes Wisdom, Todd Maddox - UT Austin – Psych Feb 18. TUMC The ABCs of Biotechnology - Steve Bratteng, CFI Austin Mar 18 TUMC Deaf Plants and Bleeding Yeast Edward Marcotte, UT Biochemistry Apr 15 TUMC Who’s Who in the Middle East - Samer Ali, UT Dept. Middle Eastern Studies May 20 TUMC Where Have All the Kingdoms Gone Steve Bratteng Jun 17 TUMC Echoes in the Night, Bats -Eve McCulloch, Jul 15 TUMC The Civic Health Crisis in Texas Regina Lawrence, UT Journalism, Aug 19 TUMC Donna Howard, State Representative, District 48, Sep 9 TUMC What’s Happening to the Bees? - Jack Neff Oct 21 TUMC How Kids Learn to Tell Fantasy from Reality - Jacqui Woolley, UT Psychology, Nov 18 TUMC Geologic Wonders of Central Texas Leon Long, UT Geology, Dec 16 TUMC 2014 The Tree/Shrub of Life, Jan 20 TUMC Myths about Einstein, Relativity, and Religion - Al Martinez, UT Philosophy, Feb 17 TUMC Lindsay Eaves: underground astronaut Mar 17 TUMC Evolution of Neural Systems - Steve Phelps, UT Biology Apr 21 TUMC How Your Brain Decides Michael Mack - UT Psychology May 19 TUMC Wonders of the Living World Jun 16 TUMC Sex Ed in Texas: the Facts Clifton Stuckey, Secular Texas, July 21 TUMC Tropical Encounters and the Idea of Biodiversity - Megan Raby, UT History, Aug 18TUMC Ion Channels: Molecules That Make Your Brain Electric - Richard Aldrich, TUT Center for Learning and Memory, Sep 15 TUMC The Science of Global Warming - Kerry Cook, UT Jackson Sch. of Geosci. Oct 20 TUMC Why there are no gods (and no God), - Jim Dee, CFI-Austin Nov 17 TUMC Monitoring the Greenland Ice Sheet - Lauren Andrews, UT Jackson Sch. Of Geosci. TUMC 2015 Meet the Neanderthals - Lydia Pyne Jan 19 TUMC Strange Attractions: the nature and neuroscience of beauty - Mike Ryan, Integrative Biol. UT Austin Feb 16 TUMC Molecules of Memory, Kimberly RaabGraham, Center for Learning and Memory - UT Austin Mar 16 TUMC Trans: Becoming and Being Myself in Austin Cavan O Raghallaigh Apr 20 TUMC Water Issues in Texas - Neena Satija, Texas Tribune May 18 TUMC Past, Present, and Future Climate Change in Texas - Jay Banner, UT Austin Jackson Sch. Geosci. Jun 15 TUMC You and Your Microbiome - Steve Bratteng Jul 20 TUMC Psychological Design: Tools for a Rational Society - Robin Krieglstein Aug 17 TUMC Ants, Ants, Ants, - Alex Wild, UT Austin Section of Integ. Bio. Sep 21 TUMC The Life of the Mind: Cognitive Phenomenology - Michelle Montague, UT Austin Dept. of Philosophy Oct 19 TUMC Giordano Bruno vs. the Roman Inquisition, Al Martinez, UT Austin Dept. of History, Nov 16, TUMC Winter Solstice Celebrations Around the World, Dec 21, TUMC 2016 Darwin and Religion – Bruce Hunt, UT Austin Dept. of History, Jan 18, TUMC A Primer on How Cells Work (and sometimes don't work) Steve Bratteng CFI-Austin Feb 15, TUMC The Future of Humanity Craig Wheeler UT Physics Mar 21 TUMC Brain Rhythms: Symphony of the Brain by Laura Colgin UT CLM Apr 18 TUMC Talking Across Difference: Why Gender Matters, Pamela Neuman UT Sociology May 16 TUMC The Good, The Bad, and The Genetically Modified Steve Bratteng CFI-Austin Jun TUMC How Your Brain Was Made by Chris Robison UT Dept. Psychology Jul 18 TUMC What Darwin Never Knew Aug 15 TUMC Religion in Political Campaigns by Eric McDaniel, UT Govt. Sep 19 Weaponizing Religious Freedom by Ryan Valentine, TFN Oct 17 TUMC SOFIA: Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy by Mary Kay Hemenway, UT Astronomy Nov 21 TUMC GM Foods: History, Sociology, and Politics by Xaq Frohlich, UT History (visiting scholar) Dec 19 TUMC