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Moss
12/20/2015
Todd Rosenstiel

Todd Rosenstiel discusses current discoveries on the role that mosses have played in Earth's ecosystems. He provides us with a new appreciation for one our planet’s most ancient and successful organisms. He shares stories about recent expeditions aiming to understand the role that mosses are playing in shaping the future of a rapidly warming Antarctica. Dr. Rosenstiel is an Associate Professor of Biology at Portland State University and the current director of PSU's Center for Life in Extreme Environments. He works on projects at the interface between plant and human biology.

Hubble Space Telescope
12/13/2015
Robert McGown

Bob McGown presents a slide show giving us an overview of the Hubble Space Telescope. This telescope has opened the door to remarkable discoveries and has engendered new branches of research. Daring rescue missions by brave astronauts have extended the capabilities of the Hubble Space Telescope. Bob McGown is a physicist and an astronomer who enjoys the challenges of amateur astronomy as well as galaxy research and extra-solar planet hunting. He has two personal friends on the Hubble Telescope team and he follows its discoveries. Bob is also a licensed electrician in the Portland area.

Living with Schizo-Affective Disorder
11/29/2015
Sherry Joiner

Sherry Joiner discusses the symptoms and causes of schizo-affective disorder, along with her own developmental stages and the steps she took to get well by sharing her art work and her experience with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). She writes: “In my teenage years, I struggled with schizoaffective disorder. Years later, in 2001, I was diagnosed. I then became a mental health advocate. I am here to help others affected by mental health disorders.” Ms. Joiner is the author of “Sherry Goes Sane: Living A Life With Schizo-Affective Disorder.”

History of Humanism
11/22/2015
Linda Mabry

Linda Mabry traces the Renaissance origins of humanism. Meet the scholars who searched for ancient Greek and Roman texts to try to understand humans as more than passive vessels of an unseen god. It is in Renaissance Italy that humanism first arose, challenging the medieval view of purpose and causality in the world, and of the place of humans in it. Ms. Mabry is professor of educational psychology at Washington State University’s campus in Vancouver. Several years ago, she developed a fascination with Renaissance Italy and she has traveled to its famous, and to its lesser-known, sites.

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