“U R” Always Learning At The Highlands!
The Highlands at Pittsford and the University of Rochester have joined forces to bring you
a series of free lectures designed to inspire and educate. Offered at convenient times for
active older adults, our programs are taught by University of Rochester’s distinguished
faculty and associates. All lectures in this coming semester will be held at The Hahnemann
Club, 301 Stoutenburgh Lane, located on the campus of The Highlands at Pittsford (off Rt.
31, just east of the village of Pittsford). The club is an ideal setting for learning and
socializing with curious, like-minded peers, and parking is conveniently located right
outside the clubhouse and along the street.
The University of Rochester and The Highlands at Pittsford are committed to the concept
of Lifelong Learning. If you are committed too, we encourage you to register for what
promises to be a series of thought-provoking and enriching lectures.
To register, call (585) 586-7600 Ext. 103 or [email protected]
Class size is limited, so sign up today!
Photography and Cameras: From Magnesium to Instagram
Pennilyn Higgins, Ph.D.
Research Associate, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2016 Time: 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
When light-sensitive emulsions were first used to capture an image of a place in a
moment of time, photography was the realm of the sophisticated professional. George Eastman was the first to put
cameras into the hands of ordinary people, and now today, nearly everyone carries a camera in their pocket. There
will be a show and tell of cameras and photographs from the late 19 th century to today, exploring the differences
and similarities between photography then and now.
Election 2016: The Days Dwindle Down
Curt Smith
Senior Lecturer, Department of English
Date: Monday, October 17, 2016 Time: 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
By mid-October, the days before the crucial 2016 election will have, as a song suggests, dwindled
down to a precious few. Curt Smith will discuss where the Presidential race stands and what the
election means. Will the South stay solid for Donald Trump? Can Hillary Clinton renew the
Obama coalition? What States must each win to reach 270 electoral votes? How important will the
debates be between Trump and Clinton? Our guest will critique the national and key state
elections and take questions from the audience.
Roosevelt and Stalin-Part II:
The Conference at Yalta and Its Aftermath
Rufino C. Pabico, MD
Nephrology Unit and Clinical Renal Transplant Department
University of Rochester Medical Center
Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 Time: 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
The second and final meeting between the three world leaders - Franklin D. Roosevelt, the President of the United
States of America; Sir Winston S. Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain; Marshal Josef Stalin, Premier and
Chairman of the U.S.S.R. - took place at Yalta in the Crimea, early in February 1945. This presentation will follow
the leaders, their respective foreign ministers and interpreters in their daily discussions during the Plenary Sessions,
and the eventual outcome of the conference.
The Erie Canal: From the Hudson to Lake Erie
Stanley Engerman, Ph.D.
John Munro Professor of Economics
Professor of Economics and Professor of History of Economics
Date: Wednesday, November 2, 2016 Time: 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
The Erie Canal from the Hudson River to Lake Erie was one of the great
achievements of early American engineering. It was a principal component of
the economic development of New York City and State, and an important contributor to the pre-Civil War
economic growth of the United States. It did, however, resemble many other major expansions of the
infrastructure in the United States (and elsewhere) in two key regards; its costs exceeded those projected
at the time it was inaugurated, and its location and building was marked by large-scale corruption.
Images from the Window of Time:
Close Encounters with Critters
Gary Paige, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Department of Neurology
Chair Emeritus, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy
Date: Monday, November 7, 2016 Time: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Photography has been a hobby since Dr. Paige received his first camera at the age of 7, a classic Kodak
Brownie Hawkeye. The hobby replaced music (camera for trombone) as an active artistic outlet, and
augmented dramatically in the current digital age. The challenge for Dr. Paige remains honing his craft while
maintaining an engaging day job in medicine, science, and administration. Images from eco-adventures
and along the edges of professional meetings in exotic locations constitute the subject of this ongoing passion
and hobby. This presentation will focus on new work by Dr. Paige and his wife, Myrna, reflecting on their
adventures in Galapagos and Alaska.
Politics, Family, and War:
Stories from the William Henry Seward Papers
Alison Reynolds
William Henry Seward Project Archivist
Rare Books, Special Collections & Preservation
Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2016 Time: 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
William Henry Seward is most remembered for serving as Secretary of State
under Abraham Lincoln and negotiating the purchase of Alaska from Russia in
1867. In reality, Seward’s political career spanned four decades during one of
our country’s most tumultuous times and was fraught with personal and public
struggles, including the loss of a presidential nomination, an assassination
attempt on his life, his wife’s frequently debilitating illnesses, and the
premature death of his daughter. Using excerpts from original documents housed at the University’s Rare
Books, Special Collections, and Preservation Department in Rush Rhees Library, attendees will hear stories
about the public and private lives of William Henry Seward and his family in their own words and learn what
the library is doing to preserve this unique collection and make it accessible to the public.
To register call (585) 586-7600 Ext. 103 or email [email protected]
Modern Photonics and the Downfall of Reality
Joseph Eberly, Ph.D.
Andrew Carnegie Professor of Physics
Professor of Optics
Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2016 Time: 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
We say something is real if we understand that it exists independent of
us and of our thinking about it. Einstein firmly believed that this kind of
reality applies to measurable properties. He strongly expressed this view of reality in 1935 when he showed that
quantum theory contradicts this view and so must be wrong or incomplete. But quantum theory describes correctly
every situation and event to which it has ever been applied, and so Einstein was largely ignored. This talk will explain
this set of elementary mathematical inequalities, discovered by John Bell in the 1960s, which allowed a simple
laboratory test of reality from Einstein's viewpoint using light particles called photons. They are both famous because
they show that photons are somehow immune to Bell's mathematically rigorous inequalities, while destroying reality
as Einstein (and most of us) think of it.
Cardiovascular Burden: You Only Have So Many Heartbeats
Mary Carey, RN, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Associate Director of Clinical Nursing Research Center
Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 Time: 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
Cardiovascular care has exponentially improved over the past decades. It wasn’t long ago that
middle age men would collapse on their kitchen floors or in the farm fields and nothing could be
done; leaving their families devastated. Now, upon the first symptom, maybe chest pain or
shortness of breath, a call to 911 really saves lives, restores function and health. This
presentation will review cardiovascular disease, the therapies for cardiovascular disease and
nursing research describing cardiovascular burden for on-duty firefighters.
Mechanics and Optics in Antiquity
John Lambropoulos, Ph.D.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and of Materials Science; Director, Materials Science Program
Senior Scientist in the Laboratory for Laser Energetics; Department Chair of Materials Science Program
Date: Monday, December 5, 2016 Time 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
In this talk, Dr. Lambropoulos will discuss two parallel tracks; the development of our human understanding of
mechanics and of optics. The primary course materials are literary sources, in translation, supplemented with a modern
discussion of mechanics and optics. The historical period covers developments from around 500 BCE to the work of
Isaac Newton. The discussion of optics and mechanics concentrates on the contributions of three great cultures and
their parallel intellectual developments: Greek, Islamic, and Chinese. What is most remarkable is the role that
experiments have or have not played in our understanding, and how different cultures have placed a vastly different
emphasis on the purely intellectual and philosophical development of mechanics and optics as opposed to or
supplemented by the practical understanding promoted by experimentation and measurement.
Capturing Mexico’s Cultural Landscapes: Insiders/Outsiders
Claudia Schaefer, Ph.D.
Rush Rhees Chair
Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature; Professor of Film and Media Studies
Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 Time: 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
Across the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Mexico’s close proximity to the United States
allowed for easy access to the geography and people of that nation, often as an escape to exotic,
timeless scenes of enduring value. Photographs taken by travelers formed an American
imaginary of Mexico and then confirmed what others would find there. What might the eye of
Mexican photographers see that outsiders didn’t? We will look at how the focus changes as a shift in photographic
images occurs in mid-century.
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