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University Club programs are open to the public and are held Tuesdays in the Padua Room of the Hughes Community Center, 1700 Danbury Road, Claremont, Cali fornia. Meetings start at 11:30 AM. The $20 meeting fee includes a buffet lunch. Membership applications are available at each meeting. Map to Hughes Community Center |
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| April Program Chair: Mel Boynton |
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April 3 – “Adolescent Sleep and Community Impacts” |
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| Speaker – Dr. Andrew Vosko, Director of Transdisciplinary Studies, Claremont Graduate University
As research has uncovered more about specific sleep needs across people’s lifespans, there has been a movement to address healthy sleep practices in school-aged youth. Much evidence has surfaced that high school students get less sleep than is recommended, and that sleep deprivation in adolescents has reached epidemic proportions. What are the factors contributing to adolescent sleep deprivation? What policies are there to address this problem? Does delaying school start times help, and are there specific guidelines for doing so? Andrew Vosko is the director of the Transdisciplinary Studies program and clinical assistant professor at CGU. He earned a BS from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor with training in the Laboratory of Chronobiology and Neuroendocrinology, and his PhD in neuroscience from UCLA, completing his dissertation work in the Laboratory of Circadian and Sleep Medicine. Since 2012, he has taught neuroscience, physiology, histology, medical ethics, and lectured on sleep across a diverse range of academic and professional tracks. His current research interests include biomedical, inter-professional and transdisciplinary education, medical humanities, and bio-behavioral sleep medicine. Introduction: Anne Sonner |
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April 10 – “Campaign Contributions and Wedding Cakes: Understanding the Dramatic Consequences of the Supreme Court’s Free Speech Decisions” |
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| Speaker – Dr. Amanda Hollis-Brusky, Assistant Professor of Politics, Pomona College
From our earliest years as a country, politics and media in America have been conditioned by Supreme Court decisions. Our program will discuss impacts of the free-speech decisions by the Court. Professor Amanda Hollis-Brusky teaches courses on American politics, constitutional law and theory, and legal institutions at Pomona College. She earned a BA from Boston University, and MA and PhD degrees in political science from UC Berkeley. In 2014, she was one of eight recipients of the Wig Distinguished Teaching Award. Her research focuses on the dynamics of constitutional change and the role “support structures” play in that process. Her first book was Ideas with Consequences: The Federalist Society and the Conservative Counterrevolution. She has written and spoken about the Supreme Court in various media outlets, including the Los Angeles Times, Life of The Law, The Washington Post, Newsweek, AirTalk with Larry Mantel, and California Edition with Brad Pomerance. |
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April 17 – “The Paris Climate Accord – A Progress Assessment” |
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| Speaker – Dr. Tanja Srebotnjak, Director of Hixon Center and Associate Professor, Harvey Mudd College
Two years after the Paris Climate Agreement was signed, the world has seen several major political developments. This talk will look at the original commitments made by countries vis-à-vis the greenhouse gas reductions needed to keep global temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius, discuss the ramifications of the United States’ withdrawal from the accord, and look at climate change action in light of some of the broader political trends. Tanja Srebotnjak is an associate professor at Harvey Mudd College and the inaugural director of the Hixon Center for Sustainable Environmental Design. She holds the first college-wide position in sustainable environmental design and focuses her efforts on integrating sustainability more visibly into the curriculum, advance sustainability research, and connect the center’s work with the broader community. She earned a PhD in environmental statistics and policy from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and masters degrees in statistics from the Technical University of Dortmund, Germany and the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She has worked previously for the United Nations Statistics Division, the German environmental think tank Ecologic Institute, and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Introduction: Tom Helliwell |
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April 24 – “Alternative Transportation and the Claremont Senior Bike Group” |
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| Speaker – Tom Shelley, CSBG safety officer and senior cyclist Several of our club members are regular bicycle riders. We’ve invited Tom Shelley, safety officer of the Claremont Senior Bike Group (CSBG), to share his insights on the pro and con of cycling. Tom grew up in California and has a degree in mechanical engineering from Arizona State University. He spent his career managing construction projects in the western US, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Tom has always been into bicycling, having acquired his first bike at age four. After moving to Claremont, Tom and his wife Barbara joined CSBG and became active organizing cycling activities. He is presently on the organizing committee for the Tour de Foothills and is the unofficial safety officer for CSBG. This came about in 2011 when the City of Claremont received a grant to provide a “Safe Routes to Schools” program. To help train elementary school kids on alternative transportation, the city sponsored Tom to become a League of America Bike safety instructor.Introduction: Ray Bragg Fellowship: Tom Helliwell Greeters: Sam Mansour and Bob Knell Birthdays: Beth Smith |
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Bulletin Committee Members: David and Anne Sonner
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