Marian Miner Cook
Athenaeum

Sean Carroll, professor of molecular biology, genetics, and medical genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison; author, Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom (2005) and co-author, From DNA to Diversity: Molecular Genetics and the Evolution of Animal Design (2001); "Making of the Fittest"
 

Peter Beinart, editor-at-large The New Republic; author, The Good Fight: Why Liberals---and Only Liberals---Can Win the War on Terror and Make America Great Again (2006); "Liberalism and Conservatism in the Post-Bush Era"
 

Andrew Lee '07; Ben Carrier '07; Paul Snell '08; Ilan Wurman '10; "Claremont Colleges Debate Union: The Church-State Controversy"
 

Timothy Bradley, professor of comparative and evolutionary physiology, U.C. Irvine; co-author, Insects Breathe Discontinuously to Avoid Oxygen Toxicity (2005) and Adaptive Evolution in the Lab: Unique Phenotypes in Fruit Flies Comprise a Fertile Field of Study (2005); "Mono Lake: A Geological and Biological Wonder"
 

David Powell, research associate in behavior, ecology, and population behavior, department of mammalogy, Wildlife Conservation Society/Bronx Zoo; co-author, Behavioral Preferences for Bamboo in a Pair of Captive Giant Pandas (2005) and Preliminary Results of a Giant Pacific Octopus Behavior Study on Enrichment (2005); "Giant Pandas: Past, Present, Future, and the Million Dollar Question"
 

Gerald Kooyman, professor emeritus of biology, U.C. San Diego; research physiologist, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; author, Evolutionary and Ecological Aspects of some Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Penguin Distributions (2002) and Energetic Cost of Foraging in Freediving Emperor Penguins (2001); "Emperor Penguins: Residents of the 10th Planet"
 

Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Olympic heptathlon medalist; founder, Jackie Joyner-Kersee Youth Foundation, St. Louis; "Before and After Olympic Glory"
 

Gillian Sorensen, senior adviser and National Advocate at the United Nations Foundation; "The United States' Relations with the World Post 9/11: How Do We Improve U.S.-World Relations From Here?" (12:15 p.m.)
 

Richard Lee, Jr., distinguished professor of zoology, Miami University, Ohio; co-editor, Biological Ice Nucleation and Its Applications (1995) and Insects at Low Temperature (1991); "Life in a Changing and Changeable Environment: The Antarctic Peninsula"
 

Tomas Summers Sandoval, Jr.'94, assistant professor of history and Chicano studies, Pomona College; author, On the Merits of Racial Identity (2004) and The Free Speech Movement Cafe: History, Memory, and the Political Legacy of Coffee (2004); "Disobedient Bodies: A Chicana/o Perspective on Immigration"
 

Jeremy Rifkin, founder and president, Foundation on Economic Trends; author, The European Dream: How Europe's Vision of the Future is Quietly Eclipsing the American Dream (2004) and The Hydrogen Economy: The Creation of the Worldwide Energy Web and the Redistribution of Power on Earth (2002); "The European Dream: How Europe’s Vision of the Future is Changing the Global Economy"
 

Zvi Bodie, professor of finance and economics, Boston University; co-author, Worry Free Investing: A Safe Approach to Achieving Your Lifetime Financial Goals (2003) and The Foundations of Pension Finance (2001); "Life-Cycle Investing in Theory and Practice"
 

Reza Aslan, research associate, Center for Public Diplomacy, USC; author, No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam (2005); "The Future of Islam: Toward the Islamic Reformation"
 

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., clinical professor and supervising attorney, Environmental Litigation Clinic, Pace University; chief prosecuting attorney, Hudson Riverkeeper; senior attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council; co-author, The Riverkeepers (1997) and author, "Crimes Against Nature" (2004)
 

Jake Zimmerman '96, attorney, Missouri state representative elect (D-83rd district); "Running and Winning: What It Takes"