Beyond the Headlines

POL SCI 747

Osher (50+). This current events lecture series features a different speaker each week. Guest speakers are experts in their field who provide a one-hour lecture followed by a thirty-minute Q&A.

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About this course:

Pulled from today’s headlines, this exclusive speaker series offers an in-depth analysis of significant contemporary issues. Each week, an expert from the political, social, technological, or economic spectrum provides a 1-hour lecture focused on a major global, national, or local issue. Afterwards, students have the opportunity to participate in a 30-minute Q&A session with the speaker. A list of speakers for this term will be available online approximately one month before the course begins. This course uses the Hybrid (Flexible) format which allows students to participate remotely and/or in the classroom. Speakers will be in the classroom. This course will be recorded. Students will have access to videos for the duration of the course.

Spring 2023 Series:

Moderator: James Aldinger


DATE		LECTURE
April 4		Reparations Rising: National African-American Reparations Julianne Malveaux, PhD Dean of the College of Ethnic Studies at Cal State LA; author, Are We Better Off: Race, Obama and Public Policy
April 11		Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable Joanna C. Schwartz, JD Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
April 18		Colorado River Hydrology: A Hundred Years vs. Today Eric Kuhn, MS Former General Manager of the Colorado River District; Co-author, Science Be Dammed: How Ignoring Inconvenient Science Drained the Colorado River
April 25		SVB, Signature, and Credit Suisse: The What, Why, and How of Bank Failures William T. Chittenden, PhD Associate Professor of Finance in the McCoy College of Business Administration at Texas State University
May 2		Intensifying US-China Competition: Implications for Asia and the World Derek Grossman, M.A. Senior defense analyst at the RAND Corporation
May 9		Long COVID: The Truth Behind the Headlines Nisha Viswanathan, MD, FACP Director, Long COVID Program; Co-director, COVID Ambulatory Monitoring Program
May 16		Don't Believe the Hype: When Myths, Media and Mania Trump Science Nina Shapiro, MD, FACS, FAAP Professor Emerita, UCLA School of Medicine, Pediatric Otolaryngology, Westside Head and Neck
May 23		Better with Age: The Psychology of Successful Aging Alan Castel, PhD Professor, Department of Psychology, author Better with Age: The Psychology of Successful Aging

Fall 2023 Schedule

September 26 - November 14

Tuesday 10:30AM - 12:00PM PT

Future Offering (Opens July 31, 2023 12:00:00 AM)

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Instructor: Jim Aldinger

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Fee:

$150.00

Hybrid (Flexible)

Location: UCLA Extension Gayley Center in Westwood

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Notes

Course fee is $150 for both OLLI Basic and Plus members. Enrollment limited; enrollment prior to the first class required. Visitors not permitted.

You must be at least 50 years old and a current member of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UCLA to enroll in this course. If your membership has expired or if you wish to become a new member, please proceed with enrolling in courses and you will be automatically prompted to add a membership during checkout.

If you participate remotely, please download a free version of zoom at https://zoom.us/ to participate in this course.

Refund Deadline

No refunds after October 04, 2023

Schedule

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Date

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Lecture

Tue Sep 26, 2023

10:30AM PT - 12:00PM PT