Kennedy Jr., Lewis among campus speakers

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By Heather Travis
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Some famous and near-famous faces are making their way to The University of Western Ontario this month to inspire and provoke the campus community as the academic term winds down.
 
Ann Coulter, a controversial American conservative social and political commentator, will speak March 22 in Room 101, North Campus Building as part of a cross-Canada tour. The event is presented by the Campus Coalition for Democracy, a University Students’ Council club.   Doors open at 7 p.m. and the talk will begin at 7:30 p.m., followed by a question and answer period and book signing. To register, contact London@coulterincanada.com.
 
Nobel Prize winning economist George Akerlof will deliver the 2010 Beattie Family Lecture in Business Law March 22.
 
Akerlof is a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley and co-author of Identity Economics: How Our Identities Shape Our Work, Wages, and Well-Being. The book explores how our identities are shaped by our economic decisions and behaviour. Akerlof argues that people’s identity, their conception of who they are, and of who they choose to be, may be the most important factor affecting their economic lives. And the limits placed by society on people's identity can also be crucial determinants of their economic well-being.
 
The lecture will be held 5:30 – 7 p.m. in Room 38 of the Faculty of Law.
 
The Beattie Family Lecture Series in Business Law was established by Geoff Beattie, LLB ’84, Western’s $500-million volunteer fundraising campaign chair, and deputy chairman of Thomson Reuters and president of The Woodbridge Company Limited.
 
Paul Beeston, President and CEO of the Toronto Blue Jays, will step up to the plate as the keynote speaker of the Mustangs 2010 Scholarship Breakfast on March 23 at the Best Western Lamplighter Inn.   Beeston, a graduate of Huron University College and recipient of an honorary degree from Western in 1994, will speak at the event which helps raise funds for scholarships for student-athletes. The event, in its third year, begins at 7 a.m. Tickets are $75 or a table of 10 for $700. Tickets can be ordered at www.westernconnect.ca/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=110321.  
 
 

 
Next up, on March 24, is a passionate environmental speaker, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who will share his thoughts on the role natural resources play in work, health and identity. Kennedy is appearing as part of the University Students’ Council Speaker Series.  
 
His talk, entitled “Our Environmental Destiny” begins at 7:05 p.m. in Alumni Hall and will be followed by a question and answer period. Doors open at 6:15 p.m.  
 
Students can purchase tickets for $15, plus tax from InfoSource in the University Community Centre and online at www.kennedyatwestern.ca. Non-student tickets are $30, plus tax. Visit www.usc.uwo.ca/studentlife/Kennedy.asp.  
 
 
 
 
Research scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Centre, Lynn Rothschild, is visiting Western to discuss her research on “Life in Extreme Environments,” on Earth, and the implications of her discoveries for life on other planets. Her talk is part of the annual Planetary Science and Exploration Public Lecture on March 26.  
 
Based on new research about the survival of microbes in space and the potential for transferring life between planets, Rothschild’s lecture examines what it means to be an “extremophile,” its implications for evolution and biotechnology, and the search for life in the cosmos.
 
The event begins at 7 p.m. in Somerville House, Room 3345, followed by a reception at Michael’s Garden. Visit http://planetsci.uwo.ca.  
 



At the end of the month, a world-renowned politician and Canadian advocate for people living with HIV/AIDS in Africa is lending his voice to another health issue affecting thousands of Canadians each year – cancer.    Stephen Lewis will lead the talk “The People vs. Cancer” on March 31 from 4-6 p.m. in Alumni Hall. As part of the 2010 Ontario Speaking Tour with Lewis visiting five universities, the lecture focuses on the power of everyday people to take control of cancer and the challenge of engaging Canadian universities and students in shaping and supporting a new response to cancer.  
 
The free public event is hosted by Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, the Faculty of Health Sciences and London Regional Cancer Program.  It is presented by The Campaign to Control Cancer. Visit www.uwo.ca/fhs.  
 
On the same evening comes a lecture by Steve MacLean, president of the Canadian Space Agency, entitled “It is Rocket Science.” Satellite television, radio and telephones, and GPS systems make space a part of everyday lives, says MacLean.   MacLean, a two-time shuttle astronaut and one of two Canadians to walk in space, is the guest speaker for the Nerenberg Lecture, March 31 at 7:30 p.m. in Conron Hall (University College, Room 224). The annual lecture is named after the founding member of the Department of Applied Mathematics, Morton Nerenberg. Visit www.apmaths.uwo.ca/Nerenberg.                
 

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