June 2008 Salons

 

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Russia

3

Islam and Secularism

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6

Dogs and Cats of Artist
Ron Burns

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9

Life in the Ancient Oceans

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Vision for the Canals

12

Health Care Reform

13

Nikola Tesla

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BioSignature a Day Keeps the Doctor Away

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21

Music for Piano

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24

Optimal Brain Health with Aging

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27

Current US Supreme Court

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29

30

The First Ladies

 

 

 

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June

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Bring a chair to the salon when noted.

 

2nd Monday 7PM The Salon (chair)
The Bronze Age in Russia

Laura Popova, PhD, of the Barrett Honors College, ASU, who is excavating a
Bronze Age settlement, will discuss the the Bronze Age in Russia, from 3,800 to
1,000 BC.

http://www.public.asu.edu/~lpopova/

 

3rd Tuesday 7PM The Salon
Islam and Secularism

Souad T. Ali, Ph.D., Head of Classics and Middle East Letters and
Cultures and a professor of Arabic and Middle East Studies at ASU,
will discuss Islam and secularism. Her book 'A Religion, Not a State:
Abd al-Raziq's Islamic Justification of Political Secularism' is
expected to come out early in 2009.

http://www.asu.edu/clas/silc/arb/faculty/index.html

 

6th Friday 7PM The Salon (chair)
Dogs and Cats of Artist Ron Burns

Artist Ron Burns, known nationally for his colorful and witty painting
portraits of dogs and cats, will discuss his art and show some of his
paintings and prints.

http://www.ronburns.com/

 

9th Monday 7PM The Salon (chair)
Life in the Ancient Oceans

Ariel Anbar, PhD, a professor in the School of Earth & Space
Exploration, ASU, will discuss life's struggle in the ancient oceans.

http://www.anbarlab.org/people/show/3

 

11th Wednesday 7PM The Salon (chair)
Vision for the Canals

Nan Ellin, PhD, Director, Urban & Metropolitan Studies Program, School
of Public Affairs, ASU, will discuss design possibilities to
transform the aesthetic and urban experience of the canals of the
Valley.

http://spa.asu.edu/faculty/default.htm

 

12th Thursday 7PM The Salon (chair)
Health Care Reform

Marjorie Baldwin, Director of the School of Health Management and
Policy, ASU, will discuss political issues of national health care
reform.

http://wpcarey.asu.edu/directory/stafffaculty.cfm?cobid=2012897

 

13th Friday 7PM The Salon (chair)
Nikola Tesla

Alvin Swimmer, PhD, a professor of mathematics at the Barrett Honors
College, ASU, will discuss the inventor Nikola Tesla and his many
revolutionary contributions in the field of electricity and magnetism
in the late 19th and early 20th century.

https://sec.was.asu.edu/directory/person/44250

 

19th Thursday 7PM The Barrow Salon
A BioSignature a Day Will Keep the Doctor Away

Stephen Albert Johnston, PhD, Director, Center for Innovations in
Medicine at The Biodesign Institute, ASU, will discuss presymptomatic
diagnosis of disease.

http://www.biodesign.asu.edu/people/bios/stephen-johnston/

http://www.thebarrow.org

 

21st Saturday 7PM The Salon (chair)
Music for Piano

Pianist Liz Thomasson will perform compositions by Bach, Chopin,
Gershwin and Rachmaninoff.

 

24th Tuesday 7PM The Salon (chair)
Optimal Brain Health with Aging

Paul Bendheim, MD, Chairman of BrainSavers, a lifestyle program for
healthier habits through physical and mental exercise, support,
education, nutritional guidance, and nutritional supplements, will
discuss brain health and aging.

http://www.brainsavers.com

 

27th Friday 7PM The Salon
The Current US Supreme Court

Paul Bender, former US Deputy Solicitor General and Dean of the ASU
Law School, will discuss current issues and cases of the U. S.
Supreme Court.

Members have the option to participate in a barrel tasting while at
PurVine for $10.00 per person, payable to the TRACares Foundation that
supports an African village. PurVine is a winery that allows wine
lovers of all levels to participate in the wine-making process along
side veteran wine-maker John Allen Burtner.

http://www.law.asu.edu/apps/faculty/faculty.aspx?individual_id=23

http://www.purvinewines.com

 

30th Monday 7PM The Salon (chair)
Things You Didn't Know About
Each of The First Ladies

Ken Veit, a retired executive and an American history buff, will
discuss little known details of each of the First Ladies of the United
States.

 

 

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