The third lecture in the Implementing Health Care Reform in California Lecture Series will be presented by Kent Lieginger, PharmD, senior vice president, managed care and customer operations at Genentech.With 25 years in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, Kent Lieginger has held a variety of leadership roles in managed care, ...
Dark Energy and the Runaway UniverseWe expected that the attractive force of gravity would slow down the rate at which the universe is expanding. But observations of very distant exploding stars (supernovae) show that the expansion rate is actually speeding up. Filippenko, a member of teams that revealed the accelerating expansion of the universe, will ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Student
This week, we celebrate Human Odyssey, a dramatic new addition to the Academy's Tusher African Hall. Hear from a trio of Academy scientists who conduct fieldwork in Africa. Paleoanthropologist Zeray Alemseged will discuss studying human evolution in Ethiopia's Great East African Rift, known as the "cradle of mankind," and the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
Forensic Sculpture: A Chronicle of History and UseGloria Nusse will be talking about her forensic art. Gloria Nusse is a scientific and forensic artist who has worked for well known scientific, cultural and historical agencies and institutions. Her forensic artwork has aided with the identification of several individuals.
The movie "The Impossible", currently showing in theaters, portrays the destruction of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunamiRecent tsunami disasters in the Pacific Ocean testify to their destructive power -- are similar events likely in the Pacific Northwest?Geographic research is helping to understand the risk, assisting planners with developing effective emergency ...
