Recapture the thrill of learning!
Friday, April 27, 2007
Edward Albee New Plays @ University of Houston, Wortham Theatre
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Alumni College Speaker Series @ UH's world-class Science and Engineering Research and Classroom Complex (SERC)
Rekindle the excitement you felt as a student, learning
from the campus’ best teachers. The University of
Houston Alumni College, sponsored by the Houston
Alumni Organization, the Office of the Provost, Liberty
Mutual, and New York Life, will let you recapture those
moments where your UH experience began – in the
classroom.
On Friday, April 27th, you are invited to two theatre
performances. A cast party will be hosted directly
after the plays.
On Saturday, April 28th, you can:
- Relive the academic life and learn – without the pressure of exams
- Study with UH’s world-class faculty
- Re-establish your Cougar Connection!
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Meet Your Professors 
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DR. SIDNEY BERGER
 Sidney Berger is the Director of the
University of Houston School of Theatre;
founder and producing director of the
Houston Shakespeare Festival; and cofounder
and producer of the Children’s
Theatre Festival, UH’s professional summer
project. As Associate Artist at the
Alley Theatre, he directed FRANKIE AND
JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE. Holding a Ph.D. from the
University of Kansas, Dr. Berger was a member of the faculty
and Director of Graduate Studies at Michigan State University
prior to his appointment at UH in 1969.
Course: Will Power: Contemporary Shakespeare
In light of what Newsweek calls, "The Shakespeare Industry,"
the talk will concentrate on Shakespeare in the contemporary
world, incorporating exciting plans to build a replica of the
Rose Theatre in Houston, the Rose being the first playhouse to
house Shakespeare's plays in Elizabethan England. |
DR. ALEX IGNATIEV
 Alex Ignatiev is the Director of the Center
for Advanced Materials at the University
of Houston, and is a Distinguished
University Professor of Physics,
Chemistry, and Electrical and Computer
Engineering at the University of Houston.
Ignatiev received a B.S. in Physics and
Applied Mathematics from the University
of Wisconsin and his Ph.D. in Materials Science from Cornell
University. Ignatiev was a Visiting Associate Professor of Physics at
Aarhus University, Denmark in 1978, and was Senior Fulbright
Scholar in Yugoslavia in 1983.
Ignatiev has published more than 285 scientific articles, has 14
patents, is on the editorial boards of three scientific journals, is a
member of 12 scientific societies, and has been elected to the
International Academy of Astronautics.
Course: The Science of Science Fiction...
Science fiction has always captured the interest of the public and
has helped spur the development of new technologies. But, how
much of science fiction is really based on science? We will explore
this issue with some surprising results. |
DR. PAUL C. W. CHU
 Paul Chu is currently serving as Professor
of Physics, T. L. L. Temple Chair of Science,
Executive Director of the Texas Center for
Superconductivity at the University of
Houston, and President of Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology. He
was born in Hunan, China, and received his
B.S. degree from Cheng-Kung University in
Taiwan. After service with the Nationalist Chinese Air Force, he
earned his M.S. degree from Fordham University, and completed
his Ph.D. degree at the University of California at San Diego, all
three degrees being in Physics. He has been working on
Superconductivity, Magnetism, and Dielectrics.
He has been elected as a member of the National Academy of
Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the
Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing), the Academia Sinica
(Taipei), the Third World Academy of Sciences, and the
Electromagnetic Academy, and is a Fellow of the American
Physical Society and the Texas Academy of Sciences.
Course: An Enlightened Journey: Between a Scientist
and a President; and Between Houston and
Hong Kong
According to Mark Twain, man's noblest delight in life is DISCOVERY.
It is discovery that has changed this world for the
better. Dr. Chu will share with the audience the excitement of
a scientist in discovering his novel compounds in a laboratory
in Houston and in developing an intellectual powerhouse in
Hong Kong at the same time. |
DR. TATCHO MINDIOLA
 Tatcho Mindiola is the Director of the
University's Center for Mexican American
Studies and Associate Professor of
Sociology. He received his Ph.D. from
Brown University and his Master's and
Undergraduate degrees from the
University of Houston. His research
and teaching interest are in race relations.
His most recent publications deal with the relationship
between Blacks and Latinos and the integration of Mexican and
U.S. societies. His current research focuses on race talk. The
Center for Mexican American Studies teaches classes, conducts
research and recruits faculty and students to the
University of Houston.
Course: Open Borders: The Integration of Anglo and Mexican American Societies
The integration of Mexico and the United States began with
their first contact in the early 1800’s and has continued and
accelerated, especially in the last 30 years. Controversy over
the movement of Mexican people into the U.S. has been a part
of the trend, but it has not and probably will not stop the continued
integration of the two countries. It is anticipated that
by the end of this century, Mexico, the U.S. and Canada will be
an integrated economic unit that includes the relative free
movement of people on the continent. |
DR. CYNTHIA FREELAND
 Cynthia Freeland is Professor and
Chair of the Department of Philosophy
at the University of Houston. She was
the founding director of the Women's
Studies Program from 1991-1995. She
earned her Ph.D. at the University of
Pittsburgh. A specialist in ancient
Greek philosophy and the philosophy
of art, she has published four books and is currently at work on
a new book about portraits and portraiture for Oxford
University Press.
Course: The Power of Religious Images
Certain images are very important to us--think of photos of our
children or of loved ones we have lost. Attitudes about images
vary a great deal among different world religions. Some are
opposed to any use of images in depicting their God (or gods),
while others include images in temples, churches, and even
homes as essential parts of worship. The issue can even lead
to violence, as when the Taliban bombed the ancient Buddha
statues in eastern Afghanistan. This course will survey a number
of examples of controversial images, both ancient and modern,
while reviewing some reasons for either prohibiting or approving
of their use in a religious context. |
DR. JOSEPH A. PRATT
 Joseph Pratt is the Cullen Professor of
History and Business at the University
of Houston, where he has taught since
1986. Before coming to UH, he taught
at the University of California,
Berkeley, the Harvard Business
School, and Texas A&M University. He
is a historian of the oil industry and a
historian of Houston. Currently, Dr. Pratt is working on the history
of Exxon from 1975-2000.
Course: Global Oil: The View from Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Russia, and China
Oil remains central to the Houston area economy, and the city
remains central to the U.S. oil industry. But the role of Texas
and the U.S. as a whole in oil production has been shrinking
within the global petroleum industry. In this course, we will
think through what the world of oil looks like from inside several
of the major producer nations (Saudi Arabia, Venezuela,
and Russia) and one of the fastest growing consumers of oil in
the world, China. This should help us place in a broader perspective
current debates about world oil. |
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EVENTS SCHEDULE
Friday, April 27, 2007
Registration at the University of Houston Wortham Theatre
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Registration at the University of Houston SEC Building
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Welcome
9:00 am - 9:15 am
First Period
9:15 am - 10:45 am
Second Period
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Lunch
Noon - 1:30 pm
Third Period
1:45 pm - 2:30 pm
M.D. Anderson Library Exhibit
2:45 pm - 3:30 pm
Reception at Rockwell Pavilion in M.D. Anderson Library
Hosted by Alumni College Council Members
3:00 pm
Campus Tours
3:30 pm
HOTEL
Reservations may be made at the Conrad N. Hilton Hotel located on campus at the Alumni College rate of $89.00 per night. Call 713.741.2447 and mention Alumni College for reservations.
Space is limited.
PARKING
Convenient free parking is available in lot #16B for Friday's performance and in lot #15D off of Cullen Blvd for Saturday's lecture series.
ATTIRE
Casual
MORE INFORMATION
Contact the Houston Alumni Organization at alumni@uh.edu or 713.743.9550 |
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