Expand Your Mind
— There’s no place like the UA for lifelong learning.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Join us for presentations from three top University of Arizona staff members — a dean, a scientist, and a physician.
You are welcome to join us for one or all three lectures. Lectures consist of a half-hour presentation followed by a 15-minute question-and-answer period.
For complete biographies of our speakers, visit www.ArizonaAlumni.com/Homecoming.
Energy and Environment in the Next Administration and Beyond
9:00 a.m. — Presented by Paul R. Portney, dean of the UA Eller College of Management, Halle Chair in Leadership, and professor of economics.
Paul R. Portney, dean of the Eller College of Management — the second-largest college at The University of Arizona since 2005 — also holds the college’s Halle Chair in Leadership.
Prior to coming to the UA, Portney worked with Resources for the Future (RFF), an independent and nonpartisan educational organization in Washington, D.C., that specializes in energy and the environment. He was named president and CEO of RFF in 1995, and led the company in its successful 50th anniversary campaign that concluded in 2003.
From 1979-1980, Portney served as chief economist for the White House Council on Environmental Quality. He has held visiting teaching posts at both the University of California at Berkeley (1977-1979) and Princeton University (1992 -1994). Since 1999, Portney has been a member of and has chaired the finance and investment committee for the Johnson Foundation, one of the charitable arms of the Johnson Family of Racine, Wis. Unti1 2005, he was a member of the Sustainable Forestry Board, serving with the CEOs of five forest products companies and the heads of five environmental organizations.
Portney received a bachelor’s degree in economics in 1967 from Alma College in Michigan and a Ph.D. in economics from Northwestern University. He is the author or coauthor of 10 books, including Public Policies for Environmental Protection, and was recently named one of the 100 most-cited researchers in economics and business.
Diggin’ Mars: the Inside Scoop
10:30 a.m. — Presented by Peter H. Smith, scientist, principal investigator for the UA-led Phoenix Mars Lander Mission, and Thomas R. Brown Distinguished Chair of Integrated Science in the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory.
Peter H. Smith, a senior research scientist at the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, is world-renowned as the principal investigator of the Phoenix Mars Mission.
The spacecraft launched in August 2007 and landed in the northern polar region of Mars in May 2008, conducting science experiments for several months as part of NASA’s search for life in our solar system.
Smith earned a bachelor’s degree in physics in 1969 from UC Berkeley and a master’s degree in optical sciences from The University of Arizona in 1977. In 1978, he began working as a research assistant at the UA’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, and progressed step-by-step to his current position as a senior research scientist.
During this period, Smith participated in many of the seminal space missions to explore the solar system, most notably by his involvement with Mars instrumentation. Beginning with the Imager for the Mars Pathfinder, he also built cameras for the Mars Polar Lander, Pioneer Venus, and Pioneer Saturn missions.
Smith initiated nearly a decade of study of outer-planet atmospheres, particularly for Jupiter, Titan, and Saturn, using the Hubble Space Telescope. He was the project manager for a descent camera for the Huygens Probe that returned the first close-up images of Titan's surface, and he managed the building of the 2005 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE camera.
Today, Peter H. Smith holds the inaugural Thomas R. Brown Chair for Integrated Science.
Optional deli buffet lunch
11:30 a.m. — An optional deli buffet lunch can be purchased in advance for $10. Lunch reservations must be made by October 21 for those with prepaid reservations for the lectures (see resevations details below).
What Should I Eat? An Anti-Inflammatory Approach
1:00 p.m. — Presented by Victoria Maizes, physician, executive director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, and associate professor of medicine, family medicine, and public health.
Victoria Maizes is the executive director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at The University of Arizona and an associate professor of medicine, family and community medicine, and public health. A graduate of Barnard College, she received an M.D. from the University of California, San Francisco, College of Medicine; and completed her residency in family medicine at the University of Missouri, Columbia, and her Fellowship in integrative medicine at The University of Arizona.
Recognized as an international leader in integrative medicine, Maizes is a founding cochair of the education committee of the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine, whose mission is to promote integrative medicine. She also led a team of educators developing objectives for medical students in integrative medicine, and was twice voted by her peers to serve on the executive committee of the Consortium, a position she holds today.
Maizes stewarded the growth of the Program in Integrative Medicine from a small program educating four residential Fellows per year to a designated Center of Excellence with more than 80 Fellows. She helped create the comprehensive curriculum in integrative medicine that now is used for Fellows and pioneered multiple innovative educational programs including the Integrative Family Medicine Program and Integrative Medicine in Residency, two national models for educating primary-care physicians.
As a sought-after speaker on integrative medical education, women’s health, healthy aging, nutrition, and cancer, Maizes lectures internationally to academic and community audiences. She has published numerous articles and book chapters on integrative medicine and is editing an Oxford University textbook on integrative approaches to women’s health.
Friday Lecture Series reservation and parking information
Admission Price — Dues-paying members of the UA Alumni Association: $7 each, or $15 for all three lectures. Nonmembers: $10 each, or $25 for all three lectures. Includes coffee, iced tea, and cookies.
If you are not a member, it is easy to join! Join online by going to the alumni membership page. Use the referral code, Lectures, when registering.
Reservations and Deadlines — Reserve your place online or contact Lori Crouch at 520-621-5516, 800-232-8278, or lcrouch@al.arizona.edu. Lecture reservations will be taken on a first come, first-served basis. Tickets for the lectures will be picked up at the door.
Lunch option — An optional deli buffet lunch can be purchased in advance for $10. Lunch reservations must be made by October 21 for those with prepaid reservations for the lectures.
Location of the Lectures — Lectures will be presented at the Thomas W. Keating Bioresearch Building (BIO5 Building), located at the northeast corner of Cherry Avenue and Helen Street (see map).
Parking — With an advance reservation and payment ($7), we can reserve a space with one in- and-out privilege for you in the Highland Garage on Helen Street between Cherry and Mountain Avenues. Paid parking vouchers will be handed out at the lectures.
Move Your Body
There’s no place like Tucson and the UA to enjoy a morning hike or an invigorating yoga session.
Thursday - Saturday, October 23 - 25, 2008
Take a Hike!
Join fellow alumni Saturday morning on a hiking excursion in the Sonoran Desert.
Revel in the majesty of the saguaro cacti and enjoy breathtaking vistas. Multiple trips of varying difficulty will be offered and all trips return in the early afternoon in plenty of time for the Tents on the Mall, and, of course, the game. Your transportation to the trailhead and a trail snack will be provided.
Contact Outdoor Adventures for information and registration at 520-621-8233 or visit www.CampusRec.arizona.edu/outdoor/.
Get a Great Workout!
All UA alumni are eligible to purchase UA Recreation Center Alumnus and Fitness One-Class passes during Homecoming weekend!
Passes are available for purchase from Thursday, October 23, through Saturday, October 25. Visit Recreation Services at the Recreation Center, 1400 East Sixth Street (on Sixth Street between Highland and Vine Avenues), with a photo I.D. Alumni also may sponsor guests, 18 years and over, for an additional fee.
Alumnus/a Homecoming Day Passes
• $5.00 for a one-day pass
• $8.00 for a two-day day pass
• $13.00 for a three-day pass
Alumnus/a-Sponsored Homecoming Day Passes
• $7.00 per day, per guest
Alumnus/a Homecoming Fitness One-Class Passes
• $6.00 per class (in addition to day-pass fee)
The Recreation Center Homecoming hours are:
• 6 a.m. - 12 a.m. (midnight) Thurs., Oct. 23
• 6 a.m. - 10 p.m. Fri., Oct. 24
• 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sat., Oct. 25
Group-fitness class schedules and additional facility information can be found at www.CampusRec.arizona.edu.
Celebrate the Spirit of the UA!
New in 2008! College Village
It Takes a Village
Visit the learning oasis in the center of the UA Mall during Homecoming. Find your college among the brightly colored tent tops around the perimeters of which our new College Village banners will fly. Stop by and see what’s happening in your college.
Participants include:
• College of Education
• College of Engineering
• College of Humanities
• College of Medicine
• College of Pharmacy
• College of Science
• College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Eller College of Management
• Office of External Relations
• UA Libraries
Check back for updates — Homecoming pages are being updated daily.
