University Scholars Institute 2012 Schedule

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Rethinking Change, Reconsidering Revolutions

The University Scholars Program is pleased to announce the line up for this second annual University Scholars Institute. This year, Scholars will engage historians, philosophers, ecologists, physicists, anthropologists, activists, journalists, and political professionals to better understand what makes fundamental change possible.

Each year, the rising sophomore class of University Scholars selects a topic or theme to investigate during a concentrated week of presentations, seminars, and student experiences, students and guests will discuss revolutionary moments, movements and processes. All Scholars are invited to participate. This year, the Class of 2015 has chosen to explore revolutionary moments, movements, and processes, focusing both on dramatic, impact transitions in human knowledge and ephiphanic moments in science, technology, and human society.

Monday, 8.20	Innovation Hall 135
1:30-2:30 pm	Opening Session
	Dr. Philip Auerswald, Associate Professor of Public Policy, GMU; Senior Fellow at the Kauffman Foundation
3-4:15 pm	On Rights and Revolutions
	Dr. Jack Censer, Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Tuesday, 8.21	All locations UH 1200 unless otherwise noted
9:15-10:30 am	On The Structure of Scientific Revolutions… and Witnessing a Scientific Revolution
	Dr. Harold Morowitz, Robinson Professor of Biology & Natural Philosophy
10:45 am-12 pm	Imagining the Universe One Billion Years Ago
	Dr. James Trefil, Robinson Professor of Physics
1:15-2:30 pm	Origins of Agriculture
	Dr. Dolores Piperno, Curator of Archaeobotany and South American ArchaeologySmithsonian Institution’s NMNH, Program in Human Ecology and Archaeobiology
3-4:30 pm	Panel: On-the-Ground Views of Social Uprisings & Revolutions
	Robinson Professors Shaul Bakhash, Carma Hinton, and John Paden
Wednesday, 8.22	All locations UH 1200 unless otherwise noted
8:30 am	Depart Enterprise Hall/ Shenandoah deck
	Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD
	Canoe trip and discussion of the Chesapeake ecosystem
4-5 pm	On Climate Change
	Dr. Andrew Light, Associate Director, Institute for Philosophy & Public Policy Senior Fellow, International Climate Policy, Center for American Progress
5:30-6:30 pm	Changing the Conversation about Climate Change
	Alex Bozmoski, Energy & Enterprise Institute
Thursday, 8.23	All locations UH 1200 unless otherwise noted
1-2:15            pm	Affecting Social Change through Service
	Dr. Chris Myers Asch, Independent author and scholar
2:30-3:45 pm	Strategies for Political Change
	Jeremy Pittman, Field Director, Human Rights Campaign
4-5 pm	Revolution in the 21st Century
	Dr. Mark N. Katz, Professor of Public and International Affairs
Friday, 8.24	All locations UH 1200 unless otherwise noted
10:15 am-12 pm	Social Media, Journalism, and U.S. Politics Roundtable
	Kevin Loker ’12, Online News Association (moderator)
	Mandy Jenkins, Digital Projects Editor at Digital First Media; former Social News Editor at Huffington Post Politics
	Greg Linch, Special Projects and News Apps Produce, Washington Post
	Laurin Manning, Senior Digital Strategist at American Bridge 21st Century
2-3:15 pm	The Cognitive Revolution
	Dr. James Olds, Director and Chief Academic Unit Officer, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study
3:30-4:30 pm	Final Session: continuing the conversation