Lectures & Presentations

In this Dec. 7 talk, LASP Atmospheric Scientist and CU Boulder Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Peter Pilewskie will discuss some of the challenges of monitoring Earth's climate trends from space.

Professor Stephen Mojzsis from the Department of Geological Sciences will discuss his new research on this topic as part of the next CU on the Weekend lecture on Saturday, Dec. 3.

CU Boulder's Program in Jewish Studies and the Boulder Public Library are hosting an event on the late Elie Wiesel, featuring a lecture and special presentation, at 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, at the Boulder Public Library.

There will be a brief lunch and conversation with Francis Beckwith, the Conservative Thought and Policy program's visiting scholar for the 2016-17 academic year, at noon Wednesday, Nov. 30, in UMC 245.

The Program in Jewish Studies welcomes Middle East historian Professor Sheila H. Katz for the second Israel/Palestine Studies Professorship Annual Lecture. Katz’s talk, “Connecting with the Enemy: A Century of Palestinian-Israeli Joint Nonviolence,” will reflect on her new book of the same title.

On Tuesday, Nov. 29, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., New York-based media artist Fernando Orellana will give a lecture as part of the Visiting Artist Program.

Former Secretary of Defense and Central Intelligence Agency Director Robert Gates will visit the CU Boulder campus Feb. 28 to March 1, delivering a public address, spending time in the classroom and kicking off the new Leo Hill Distinguished Leadership Speaker Series.

Join the University of Colorado Law School on Thursday, Dec. 1, from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. for the 42nd annual Austin W. Scott, Jr. Lecture, featuring Professor Frederic Bloom in his talk "Silence and Noise."

Join a panel of politically engaged CU students and political science and law professors to discuss the results of the election, the implications of a Trump presidency, and the future of American politics at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Visual Arts 1B20. The free, public event is sponsored by the Center for Western Civilization, Thought and Policy at CU Boulder.

One of "MIT Technology Review's" 35 Top Young Innovators of 2011 and founder of Pakistan's largest startup incubator, Umar Saif will lecture on leveraging technology for human need.