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Live from UCI it’s ”Adventures in Physics” AND This State of This Union

"Adventures in Physics: Quantam Circuits" returns to UCI this January 31st from 1-3 pm at the Physical Sciences Lecture Hall (PSLH ) 100. In tribute to John Rosendahl's memory, UCI physics professor Bill Heidbrink and John's surviving wife Linda Halopoff talk about this well institutionalized physics demonstration and lecture. With their collaboration, John Rosendahl, UCI's physical sciences instructional programs director, hatched this exciting physics show, in 1987. Information about this event is available at: http://ps.uci.edu/events/8474. One day after this year's commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., UCI political science professor Davin Phoenix and 3rd year poli sci major Parshan Khosravi take up the professor's research on minority executive models, from the mayoral to the presidential level in the U.S. This research is anticipates the cases that President Obama will make in his State of the Union address tonight. The next course that Professor Phoenix will be teaching is, this spring quarter, "Urban Politics."

Shedding Climate Mythology AND ”Muslim Voices Against Extremism”

UCI Earth System Science Professor Michael Prather hones not only in on his contributions to the International Panel on Climate Change, but also on the role of social responsibility among scientists in general. Scientists, policy makers, and the general public all have opportunities to follow the best information in climate science, starting but not ending with the http://www.ipcc.ch/ and http://newsroom.unfccc.int/. In advance of tonight's "Muslim Voices Against Extremism," forum in Irvine, Atilla Kahveci takes us to places not yet considered in the aftermath of last week's killings in Paris. The forum convenes such distinguished speakers as: Nayereh Tohidi, Ozgur Koca, Jihad Turk, Muzammil Siddiqi, and Imam Sayed Mostafa al-Qazwini; tonight at 6:30 at the Pacifica Institute, 18872 Bardeen Ave, Irvine, CA. This is part of series of forums presented around Southern California, details of which are available at: pacificainstitute.org. Additional sources include: http://www.ecef.org/default.aspx and http://www.bayan.us.org/.

Free Clinic Opens in Garden Grove AND Free-Range Anteater Entrepreneurs

2014 In Review

Welcome to a buffet of this year's interviews in three separate excerpts. Heina Daddbhoy, Sarah Jones, and Chani Getter spoke about leaving the orthodoxies of their respective religions on 9/30/14. Then, NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson took us aboard the International Space Station on 2/18/14. Finally, on 6/30/14, Marrie Stone guest-hosted UCI's New Swan Theater Shakespearean festival directors and scholar respectively: Calvin MacLean, Eli Simon, and Julia Lupton.

Cultural Fare Over The Holidays

This show's cultural fare has something for everyone . . . Stuart Ashman of MOLAA, presents several exhibits now and into 2015, and envisions some opportunities concerning the recent US rapprochement with Cuba. www.molaa.org offers all the details. Next, Malcolm Warner returns to the show to weigh in with Laguna Art Museum's many installations and programs. Details about the February 7 art auction and more are available at lagunartmuseum.org. Logan Crow, executive director of The Frida Cinema, presents a different film each evening, through New Years Eve and beyond. His fundraiser continues at https://tinyurl.com/help-frida. Happy 2014 Winter Holidays!

Red Tumbs Up AND ”Case Against the Supreme Court” AND Scientists’ Take-Away From Lima

Jeremy Tucker, Nissan spokesman, talks about today as "Red Thumb Day," a new initiative addressing the very real hazards of texting while driving. More information is available at: redthumb.org. Next, UCI Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky presents both problems and prescriptions dealing with the shortcomings of the US Supreme Court, in talking about his latest book, "The Case Against the Supreme Court," published by Viking Press. We wrap the show with Stanford Climate Scientists Chris Field and Katharine Mach. Both having participated in the recent UN Lima Climate Change Conference, bring insight and perspective on the process of establishing international commitment toward lowering carbon emission pollution.

Being Mortal AND Great Ladies and Young Ladies in Computing

Dr. Laura Mosqueda, geriatrician extraordinaire, (previously at UCI, now with USC's Keck School of Medicine), considers end of life issues raised in Dr. Atul Gawande's recently published "Being Mortal." In lieu of PhD Social Ecology Student Sally Geislar actually appearing on the show to present her research, we announce the upcoming forum at UCI's Crystal Cove on 12/11/14 at 7 pm concerning the Irvine Farmer's Market; the market's relocation to the Mariners parking lot; and its 20 year commemoration. Finally, Stephanie Eng, 3rd year student at UCI gives Ada Lovelace and Grace Hopper their due in the computing discipline. She, along with her computer science colleagues, welcomes middle school and other girls to a coding workshop at UCI 12/13 from 1-3 pm, at the ICS 3rd Floor Computer Lab. RSVP at: tinyurl.com/wicshourofcode14.

Cat On a Hot Tin Roof AND CA High Speed Rail Drives Ahead

Jane Page, professor and theater director at UCI's Claire Trevor School of the Arts, presents this week and next, Tennessee Williams' classic play, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." This production at UCI's Little Theater runs from 12/6-12/14 with evening and some matinee performances. More information is available at the Arts Box office 949-824-2787 or www.arts.uci.edu/tickets. Second guest on the program is Lisa Marie Alley, deputy director of the California High Speed Rail Authority, posting us on the latest developments of and planning for this brand new infrastructure. Public meetings on the Palmdale-Burbank segment of the HSR begin this evening in Santa Clarita and end on 12/8 in Burbank. More information on this and all other developments is available at www.hsr.ca.gov.