These annual summer lectures are open to all university affiliates. Summer 2010 lectures included: 1) “Chemobrain” : What Do We Know?---“Chemobrain” is a word well known to persons with cancer getting chemo- therapy and wondered about as the possible cause of memory lapses. There are still many controversies but what research is available will be discussed. Presented by:

Kim Dittis, M.D., Medical Oncologist, Assist. Professor of Medicine VT Cancer Center, UVM & FAHC

Patti O’Brien, M.D., Primary Care Physician, M.D./Researcher VT Cancer Center, UVM & FAHC; 2) What a Pain! Living with Chronic Pain---What is chronic pain and what are new and better ways of coping with it other than taking medication? Learn about the newest research being done at UVM using state of the art technology. Presented by: Magdalena Naylor, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Director, MindBody Medicine at UVM & FAHC; 3) Menopause: Hot Flashes & Memory Crashes?---What happens to the body and brain as we go through menopause? What changes may occur later on? A psychiatrist and a reproductive endocrinologist from UVM & FAHC will discuss what we know and what we’re learning. The speakers will also talk about the research they are currently conducting. Presented by: Paul Newhouse, M.D., Director Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit & Brain Imaging Program, UVM/FAHC & Peter Cassen, M.D., Professor and Division Director Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, UVM/FAHC

Cornel West, professor of religion and African American studies at Princeton University, speaks as part of the Martin Luther King, Jr., celebration. A provocative and outspoken civiil rights activist and public intellectual, West is the author of the 1993 bestselling book, Race Matters, and most recently, BROTHERS WEST: Living and Loving Out Loud, an account of his own life focused on themes of faith, family, philosophy love and service. West also played an influential role in developing the storyline for the Matrix movie trilogy and acted in the final two films.

The program, endorsed by the Faculty Senate, brings to the University of Vermont for six-year terms of appointment individuals of international distinction from across the disciplines. These non-resident faculty each have multiple one-to-two week residencies on campus during their tenure and contribute significantly to the intellectual and cultural life of the University. These professors sponsor speakers who present on various topics relevant to social and other management challenges. 2011 speakers: 1) In February 2011, New York Times columnist Gail Collins spoke at UVM. Her talk, titled "When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present,” is based on her latest book of the same title. Collins joined The Times as an editorial board member in 1995 and served as the paper's editorial page editor - the first woman ever to hold the post. She is the author of three other books, including America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates and Heroines, The Millennium Book, which she co-authored with her husband, CBS News producer Dan Collins; and Scorpion Tongues: Gossip, Celebrity and American Politics. Sponsored by James Marsh Visiting-Professor-at-Large Madeline M. Kunin, former governor of Vermont and former U.S. ambassador to Switzerland; 2) In January 2011, Clay Strauss Jenkinson, of Bismarck, North Dakota, is a co-founder of the modern Chautauqua movement, portraying Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis, Theodore Roosevelt and other historical characters in first-person interpretations and has devoted his professional career to public humanities programs. Jenkinson discussed how his time at Oxford and his experience as a Rhodes Scholar has influenced his career as one of the country's most accomplished public humanities scholars and his life.

The University of Vermont commemorated the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with a series of events including guest speaker Soledad O'Brien. O'Brien is the an anchor and correspondent at CNN. She also has produced award-winning, record-breaking documentariess. Her reporting for "Black in America" in 2008 revealed the state of African Americans 40 years after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. She was presented the President's Award in 2007 by the NAACP for her humanitarian efforts and journalistic excellence.

This lecture series addresses Management of Information Technology topics including: Environmental impact, Green IT, Globalization, Virtualization, Cloud Technologies, societal impact in different industries, etc. For 2011, Mark Greenlaw, Vice President of Sustainability and Educational Affairs at Cognizant gave two presentations: 1) Beyond Green IT where he introduced Green IT and provided examples of how IT played an important role in reducing his company's environmental impact. 2) The Future of Work and its Impact on Students in IT where he spoke about how forces of Globalization, Virtualization, the Millennials, and Cloud Technologies are changing the way companies work.

Jeffrey Miron, senior lecturer and director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Economics at Harvard and a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, and Rosalie Pacula, co-director of the RAND Corporation's Drug Policy Research Center and acting director of its Health Economics, Finance, and Organization Program, debated whether marijuana should be legal or not.

The debate was the fifth installment of the Janus Forum, a debate series founded by James Gatti, a finance professor in UVM's School of Business Administration, Arthur Woolfe, an economics professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Richard Vanden Bergh, also of the School of Business Administration.

Firzoozeh Dumas, author of Funny in Farsi, spoke at the 2010 Convocation. Dumas' book is a memoir of growing up in Iran and the United States. It was also suggested reading for the incoming freshman class. She delivered a talk to the new college students and offered advice as they embark on college life.

In the spring of 2005, UVM alumnus, Dan Burack '55, and his wife Carole designated a generous gift to the Campaign for the University of Vermont to endow a lecture series and support scholarships. The University named it in their honor to recognize their philanthropy. Most recent fall 2010 speakers have been: 1) Anne M. Wagner, Henry Moore Foundation Research Curator at Tate Britain; Class of 1936 Chair Emerita in the Department of History of Art at the University of California, Berkeley - "Women's Time: Martin and Truit in the Moment of Minimalism"; 2) Mark G. Pegg, Professor of History, Washington University "Killing and Dying for God: Violence as Redemption in the Medieval and Modern World"; 3) Robert M. Wachter, MD, Professor and Associate Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco Lynne and Marc Benioff Endowed Chair in Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine and Chief of the Medical Service at UCSF Medical Center Editor, AHRQ WebM&M and AHRQ Patient Safety Network: "What We Need To Know and Do to Cure Our Epidemic of Medical Mistakes"; 4) Dr. Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of History and Director, South Asia Initiative: "Universalism and Cosmopolitanism: A Voyage Through Asia"; 5) Professor Aram Yengoyan, Distinguished Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of California at Davis: "Worlds Fairs and the Exhibitionary Complex: Civilization and Culture (1851-1940)"; 6) Anne Vernez Moudon, Ph.D., "Physical Activity and Travel: How Land Use And Transportation Can Contribute To Better Health"; 7) Fay B. Horak, PT, PhD, Public Talk: "Advances in the Understanding, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Balance Disorders: Translating Science to Practice" & Scientific Seminar: "Effects of Dopamine and Deep Brain Stimulation on Posture and Balance with Parkinson's Disease"

- Judith Ortiz Cofer, Franklin Professor of English and Creative Writing Inductee into the Georgia's Writers Hall of Fame, Nominated to the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction in 1995 "A Love Story Beginning in Spanish: A Prose and Poetry Reading"; 8) John Flower, Emeritus Professor at the University of Kent (UK) "Preoccupied by the Occupation: French Memories and Reactions to the Dark Years of the Nazi Presence (1940-45)"; 9) William D. Duncombe, PhD,

Professor of Public Administration at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University, Associate Director of the Education Finance and Accountability Program (EFAP), Center for Policy Research Senior Research Associate "School Consolidation, Service Collaboration and Alternative Strategies for Improving School District Efficiency in An Age of Scarcity"

Presented by the Vermont Business Center and selected Vermont business partners, The Vermont Business Center Leading and Learning public discussion series brings together national leaders from business and education to explore current issues in leadership. These discussions bring together entrepreneurs, business owners, community members, faculty and students in a diverse learning environment. All discussions are open to the public.

Discussions include: Local Entrepreneurship: How Vermont Can Prosper While The Global Economy Melts Down; Principled Negotiations and Influence Strategies; Strategic Marketing Management & Application; Developing Sales Strategies and Tactics for Growth; Gaining the Competitive Advantage; etc.