May 16: The Bit and the Quantum, Dr. Michael Raymer, Director of Oregon Center for Optics, University of Oregon, 3:00 p.m., Boyle Education Center, Room 155, COCC

May 30: Archaeology and DNA Evidence for Pre-Clovis Occupation of the Paisley 5 Mile Point Caves in the Northern Great Basin, Dr. Dennis Jenkins, Director, Archaeological Field School, University of Oregon, 3:00 p.m., Boyle Education Center, Room 155, COCC

Previous Lectures:

Political Violence and Political Prisoner in Contemporary Peru, Dr. Carlos Aguirre, Director, Latin American Studies Program, University of Oregon

A Good Start: Educating Lawyers for the Public Good, Dr. Margie Paris, Dean, School of Law, University of Oregon

The Economic Implications of Climate Change on Oregon and Washington, Dr. Ed Whitelaw, Professor of Economics, University of Oregon and President of ECONorthwest, flyer (pdf)

Boats, Genes, Comets, and Extinctions: New Perspectives on the Peopling of the Americas, Dr. Jon Erlandson, Professor of Anthropology and Executive Director of UO Museum of Natural and Cultural History, flyer (pdf)

Mitochondria Power House and Executioner in Cells, Dr. Roderick Capaldi, Professor of Biology, University of Oregon, chief Scientific Officer and Founder, MitoSciences, flyer (pdf)

Hearing the Universe, Dr. James Isenberg, Professor of Mathematics and Director of the Institute of Theoretical Science, University of Oregon, flyer (pdf)

The Neural Bases of Grasping and Tool Use in Humans, Dr. Scott Frey, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Director of Lewis Center for Neuroimaging, University of Oregon, flyer (pdf)

Presences of Matter in the Universe: An Unsolved Puzzle, Dr. Nilendra Deshpande, Professor of Physics, University of Oregon, flyer (pdf)

Finding the Genes that Matter in Natural Populations: Lessons from Threespine Stickleback, Dr. William Cresko, Professor of Biology, Director of Cresko Lab, Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Oregon, flyer (pdf)

Emerson's Spiritual Exercise, Dr. John Lysaker, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Oregon, flyer (pdf)

Astronomy, Science Literacy, and a Global Perspective, Dr. Greg Bothun, Professor of Physics, Observatory Director, Pine Mountain Observatory, University of Oregon, flyer (pdf)

Crusaders in Antislavery Politics, Dr. Frederick J. Blue, Instructor of History, University of Oregon, Professor of History Emeritus, Youngstown State University, flyer (pdf)

Et voila! Linguistic Legacies of France, Dr. Barbara K. Altmann, Professor of French, Chair, Department of Romance Languages, University of Oregon (flyer (pdf)

Global Greenhouse Crisis of the Past, Dr. Greg Retallack, Professor of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, flyer (pdf)

Crossover Interference: Because it is There, Dr. Franklin Stahl, Emeritus Professor of Biology, Member of the Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, flyer (pdf)

Freud and Revolution in 20th Century China, Dr. Wendy Larson, Professor of Moder Chinese Language and Literature, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oregon, flyer (pdf)

Looking at the Molecules of Life, Dr. Brian Matthews, Professor of Physics, Member of Institute for Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, flyer (pdf)