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Back to Class with Brown Faculty
Podcasts of selected past programs
Through the Brown Alumni Association’s Back to Class with Brown Faculty (BTC), Brown professors offer alumni a return to the best of the classroom experience.
Please note: Programs will be added here as plans are finalized. All dates and topics are subject to change.
November 2009
11/14/09
The Role of Alumni in Brown’s Selective Admissions Process: A Workshop and Discussion
James Miller ’73, Dean of Admission
Los Angeles, CA (Brown Club of Southern California)
11/21/09
From Darwin to Dover: Thoughts on America’s Continuing Problem with Evolution
Kenneth Miller ’70, Professor of Biology
Philadelphia, PA (Brown Club of Philadelphia)
11/27/09
The Obama Nation After One Year
James Morone, Professor of Political Science
Sydney, Australia (Brown Club of Australia)
December 2009
12/1/09
Turning Thoughts to Action: Restoring Movement in Humans with Paralysis
John Donoghue ’79 PhD, Professor of Neuroscience
Vero Beach, FL (Brown Club of the Treasure Coast)
12/2/09
Reading and Discussion, Larry's Kidney
Daniel Asa Rose ’71, Novelist, Writer and Editor
Portland, OR (Brown Club of Oregon)
12/4/09
From Darwin to Dover: Thoughts on America’s Continuing Problem with Evolution
Kenneth Miller ’70, Professor of Biology
Phoenix, AZ (Brown Club of Arizona)
12/6/09
Reading and Discussion, Larry's Kidney
Daniel Asa Rose ’71, Novelist, Writer and Editor
St. Louis, MO (Brown Club of St. Louis)
January 2010
1/19/10
Exciting Days Ahead: The New Center for the Creative Arts at Brown
Richard Fishman, Professor of Visual Art
Palm Beach, FL (Brown Club of Palm Beach)
1/20/10
The Power of Imagination and Collaboration: The Elm Tree Project at Brown
Richard Fishman, Professor of Visual Art
Vero Beach, FL (Brown Club of the Treasure Coast)
1/20/10
Ethics in Government
Ross Cheit, Professor of Political Science
Sarasota, FL (Brown Club of Sarasota)
1/21/10
Ethics in Government
Ross Cheit, Professor of Political Science
Naples, FL (Brown Club of Southwest Florida)
1/21/10
Entrepreneurship: Alive and Well at Brown
Barrett Hazeltine, Professor Emeritus of Engineering
San Diego, CA (Brown Club of San Diego)
1/23/10
Los Angeles, CA (Brown Club of Southern California)
Entrepreneurship: Alive and Well at Brown
Barrett Hazeltine, Professor Emeritus of Engineering
Uncovering and Recovering a Surprising History: Asian Diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean
Evelyn Hu-Dehart, Professor of History
Building Brown's Master Campus Plan
Michael McCormick, Assistant Vice President, Planning, Design & Construction
At Home with Foreign Languages and Global Understanding
Elsa Amanatidou, Director of Center for Language Studies
February 2010
2/18/10
Global Inequity and Climate Change
J. Timmons Roberts, Professor of Sociology
New Orleans, LA (Brown Club of New Orleans)
2/18/10
Architecture of the Night
Dietrich Neumann, Professor of History of Art and Architecture
Dallas, TX (Brown Club of Northern Texas)
2/19/10
Architecture of the Night
Dietrich Neumann, Professor of History of Art and Architecture
Austin, TX (Brown Club of Austin)
2/20/10
Architecture of the Night
Dietrich Neumann, Professor of History of Art and Architecture
Houston, TX (Brown Club of Houston)
2/21/10
Ethics in Government
Ross Cheit, Professor of Political Science
Princeton, NJ (Brown Club of Central New Jersey)
March 2010
3/25/10
Global Inequity and Climate Change
J. Timmons Roberts, Professor of Sociology
London, UK (Brown Club of the UK)
June 2009
6/3/09
Changing the World: The Story of Global Health at Brown
Edward Wing, Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences
New York, NY (Brown University Club in New York)
6/4/09
Old Things Everywhere: The Ancient World at Brown University
Susan Alcock, Professor of Classics and Director of the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology
Istanbul, Turkey (Brown Club of Turkey)
6/6/09
Lives of Usefulness . . . and Impact
Roger Nozaki, Associate Dean of the College and Director of the Swearer Center for Public Service
Denver, CO (Rocky Mountain Brown Club)
6/9/09
Future of the Amazon and Brown’s Role in Understanding Local and Global Forces There
Chris Neill, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Hyannis, MA (Brown Club of Cape Cod)
6/10/09
At Home, with the World: Foreign Languages and Global Understanding
Elsa Amanatidou, Senior Lecturer of Modern Greek Studies
London, England (Brown Club of the UK)
6/10/09
Building Brown: Brown’s Master Campus Plan
Michael McCormick, Assistant Vice President of Planning, Design and Construction
Providence, RI (Brown Club of Rhode Island)
6/24/09
Discussion of Brown’s Current Anthropological Research Projects
Sherine Hamdy, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Ian Straughn, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology
Cairo, Egypt (Brown Club of Egypt)
July 2009
7/5/09
A Discussion on Urban Education Policy
Kenneth Wong, Professor of Education
Taipei, Taiwan (Brown Club of Taiwan)
7/10/09
A Tour of the Apollonia-Arsuf Dig
Katharina Galor ’96, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies
Herzliya, Israel
August 2009
8/22/09
From Darwin to Dover: Thoughts on America’s Continuing Problem with Evolution
Kenneth Miller ’70, Professor of Biology
Bristol, RI (Brown Club of Rhode Island)
September 2009
9/12/09
The Brain-Computer Connection: Can We Restore Function after Paralysis?
Leigh Hochberg ’90, Associate Professor of Engineering
Denver, CO (Rocky Mountain Brown Club)
9/30/09
Petra: The Great Temple, Vol. 2
Martha Joukowsky ’58, Professor Emerita of Old World Archaeology and Art
Providence, RI (Pembroke Club of Providence)
October 2009
10/06/09
Connecting with Arts and Culture: The Public Humanities Program at Brown
Steven Lubar, Professor of American Civilization
Providence, RI (Pembroke Club of Providence)
10/13/09
Ann Franklin, A RI Printer and First Woman Printer in NE
Phoebe Bean ’94, Librarian/Archivist at the RI Historical Society
Providence, RI (Pembroke Club of Providence)
10/18/09
College Admissions Workshop
James Miller ’73, Dean of Admission
Philadelphia, PA (Brown Club of Philadelphia)
10/19/09
Understanding Human Visual Processing and Perception
Michael Paradiso, Professor of Neuroscience
Chicago, IL (Brown Club of Chicago)
10/20/09
Old Things Everywhere: The Ancient World at Brown University
Susan Alcock, Professor of Classics
Providence, RI (Pembroke Club of Providence)
10/22/09
Entrepreneurship: Alive and Well at Brown
Barrett Hazeltine, Professor Emeritus of Engineering
Boston, MA (Brown Club of Boston)
10/27/09
Shakespeare's Fatal Cleopatra
Coppelia Kahn, Professor of English
Providence, RI (Pembroke Club of Providence)
10/28/09
From Darwin to Dover: Thoughts on America’s Continuing Problem with Evolution
Kenneth Miller ’70, Professor of Biology
Salt Lake City, UT (Brown Club of Utah)
10/29/09
An Evening with Ambassador Richard Olson ’81: Brunonians Coming Together in the UAE
Ambassador Richard Olson ’81
Dubai, UAE (Brown Club of the United Arab Emirates)
November 2009
11/12/09
The Role of Alumni in Brown’s Selective Admissions Process: A Workshop and Discussion
James Miller ’73, Dean of Admission
Atlanta, GA (Brown Club of Georgia)
11/13/09
From Darwin to Dover: Thoughts on America’s Continuing Problem with Evolution
Kenneth Miller ’70, Professor of Biology
Denver, CO (Rocky Mountain Brown Club)
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