Claudia Mills, a ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä-Boulder philosophy professor and author of several childrenÂ’s books, will be the first featured speaker in a lecture series at the ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Cortez Center beginning Friday, Feb. 5, at 7:30 p.m.
MillsÂ’ talk,"Using Philosophy To Learn Along With Your Children," kicks off the ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä-Boulder Lecture Series in Cortez. Professor Mills' books include "Dinah Forever," "Losers, Inc.," "Gus and Grandpa," and "One Small Lost Sheep."
The program, which is co-sponsored by ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä President John Buechner and the ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä-Boulder Office of Community Relations, will run once a month from February through May and, after a summer hiatus, will begin again in September. Each of the monthly lectures is at 7:30 p.m. at the ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Cortez Center, 25 N. Market Street. All are free and open to the public.
Other lectures in the series will include these speakers:
o Research Associate Scott Elias will talk on Friday, March 12, on "The Bering Land Bridge and the Peopling of the New World." He will discuss the ice-age history of Alaska and the bogs and steppe tundra where caribou, large-horned bison and mammoths reigned 35,000 years ago. Professor Elias also will talk on his recent book, "Ice Age History of Southwestern National Parks."
o Research Associate Steve Lee will give a talk on Friday, April 23, titled, "New Views of Mars." His presentation will give an overview of how earlier telescopic and spacecraft observations have been used to explore Mars. He also will discuss the just-launched Mars Climate Orbiter and Mars Polar Lander missions and plans for future Mars exploration.
o On Thursday, May 20, Paul Hindman will read from his new book "Dragon Bones," co-authored by Nate Evans of Kansas City, Mo. Hindman, a staff member at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is a writer of short stories.