NEW LOCATION AT THE PALM THEATRE IN THE TOWN OF TELLURIDE

TSRC and Pinhead Institute are proud to bring the Pinhead Town Talk science lecture series to the regional community for our 8th season.

• Every Tuesday Evening
  
• July 6 - August 3      
• 6:00 – 7:15 pm
  
• Palm Theatre in the Telluride Intermediate/High School, 721 W. Colorado
  
• Free admission
• Donations needed

2010 SUMMER SCHEDULE

Tuesday, July 6, 6:00 - 7:15pm, Palm Theatre

"The Decline of Human Health and the Rise of Civilization: A surprising relationship"

By Mark Cohen, SUNY University Distiinguished Professor of Anthropology

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Tuesday, July 13, 6:00 - 7:15pm, Palm Theatre

"Coca versus Cocaine: How an ancient medicinal plant became a modern narcotic drug"

By Carol Conzelman, PhD Cultural Anthropology,  University of Colorado and University of Denver Visiting Lecturer

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FIRST OF A TWO-PART PROGRAM ON SOLAR FUELS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

Tuesday, July 20, 6:00 - 7:15pm, Palm Theatre 

"Following Nature's Blueprint: Mimicking photosynthesis to fuel the planet"

By Victor Batista, Yale University Professor of Chemistry, Director of Yale Undergraduate Studies in Chemistry, and member of the Yale Climate and Energy Institute

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SECOND OF A TWO-PART PROGRAM ON ON SOLAR FUELS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

Tuesday, July 27, 6:00 - 7:15pm, Palm Theatre

"Fuels from Sunlight: Storing solar energy to meet global energy needs"

By Michael R. Wasielewski, Northwestern University, Clare Hamilton Hall Professor of Chemistry, and Director of the Argonne-Northwestern Energy Research Center, and the 2010 R. Stephen Berry Lecturer

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Tuesday, August 3, 6:00 - 7:15pm, Palm Theatre

"Wine, Chocolate, and DNA: The chemistry of free radicals and antioxidants"

By Cynthia Burrows,  Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at University of Utah

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