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Jean Fedigan, Founder and Chief Mission Officer, Sister José Women’s Center Monday, July 29, 2024, 2:30pm – 3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom     The U. S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling upholding city ordinances prohibiting homeless encampments has

Professor David Sbarra, EOS Foundation Endowed Chair in Health Psychology at the University of Arizona Monday, July 22, 2024, 2:30pm – 3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom   For many of us, aging means losing friends, living far away

Brian Watson: Former IRS Special Agent; current Community Outreach Specialist, R.O.S.E. (Resources/Outreach to Safeguard the Elderly); Adjunct Instructor, U of Arizona School of Government and Public Policy Monday, July 15, 2024, 2:30pm – 3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom

Margaux DeConcini: Development Director, Therapeutic Riding of Tucson (TROT) Monday, July 8, 2024, 2:30pm – 3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom   Join us on July 8th to discover how a nearby local organization, Therapeutic Riding of Tucson (TROT),

Sabina Srokova, PhD: Postdoctoral Fellow, Human Spatial Cognition Lab, University of Arizona Monday, June 17, 2024, 2:30pm – 3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room  and Zoom   This year the Arizona Senior Academy has been inviting lecturers who can help us

Stacey Tecot:  Associate Professor, Anthropology and Director, Laboratory for the Evolutionary Endocrinology of Primates at the University of Arizona Monday, July 1, 2024, 2:30pm – 3:30pm.  ASA Koffler Great Room,  and Zoom What is it like to be an anthropologist

Firas Kaddouh, MD, MHS, Med-Ed: Assistant Professor of Neurology; Director, Neurosciences ICU, Banner University Medical Center Monday, June 24, 2024, 2:30pm -3:30 pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom     “Coma”: It’s the ancient Greek word for a deep

Cassondra Warney: Senior Program Manager, Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) covering New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Monday, June 10, 2024, 2:30pm – 3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom   Our humanity calls us to better understand and appreciate

Jaye-Lynn Trapp: Docent, Tucson Museum of Art Monday, June 3, 2024, 2:30pm – 4:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom (note special time)     We’re privileged to have Jaye-Lynn back for a second presentation on a very different area

Bill Sallurday: Board Member, Resources, Outreach to Safeguard the Elderly (ROSE) Wednesday, May 29, 2024, 2:30pm – 3:30pm, Koffler Great Room and Zoom       It is increasingly important for individuals to become proactive about protecting themselves from identity

Marnie Vance, Director of Innovation, Cyber Convergence Center (C3), College of Applied Science and Technology (CAST), University of Arizona Monday, May 20, 2024, 2:30pm – 3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom   Marnie Vance will deliver an engaging talk

Diane Dittemore, Associate Curator of Ethnology, University of Arizona Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 2:30pm – 3:30 pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom     The Arizona State Museum’s ethnological collections represent over 400 different culture groups, with more than

Dr. R. Amanda Cooper: Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Connecticut Wednesday, May 15, 2:30pm – 3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom   The ASA is happy to provide another opportunity to learn more about a subject our

Brian Watson:  Special Agent with IRS Criminal Investigation; Community Outreach Specialist,  Resources/Outreach to Safeguard the Elderly (R.O.S.E.) Monday, May 13, 2024, 2:30pm – 3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom   Today, one must be constantly be on guard when

Caleb Simmons: Executive Director of Online Education, University of Arizona Wednesday, May 8, 2024, 2:30pm – 3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom   Have you ever been curious about furthering your learning through online education? Arizona Online allows you

Nancy J. Parezo, Professor Emerita of American Indian Studies, University of Arizona Monday, May 6, 2024, 2:30pm – 3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom   Long term projects are common in anthropology but some are longer than others. For

David Yetman: University of Arizona Distinguished Outreach Professor and Host, “In the Americas with David Yetman” Wednesday, May 1, 2024, 2:30pm – 3:30 pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom   Take a trip through southern Mexico’s beautiful landscapes with

Christine Childers: Board Certified Geriatric Clinical Specialist; Director, Doctor of Physical Therapy Program; Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, UA Monday, April 22, 2024, 2:30pm – 3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom     How is

John N. Galgiani, MD: Professor and Founding Director, Valley Fever Center for Excellence Thursday, April 18, 2024, 2:30p.m. – 3:30pm. ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom   Many of us have experienced some form of Valley Fever or know someone

Bryan Carter, PhD: Director, Center for Digital Humanities, College of Humanities;  Professor, Africana Studies, University. of Arizona Monday, April 29, 2024, 2:30pm-3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom     Educators are constantly looking for new and better ways to

Marcia Neugebauer, AV Resident and retired Space Physicist Wednesday, April 10, 2024 2:30pm – 3:30 pm., ASA Koffler Great Room  and Zoom     While scientific research missions continue with space-based telescopes and planetary missions throughout our solar system, the

Goggy Davidowitz:  Professor and University Distinguished Scholar in the Department of Entomology with a joint appointment in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Monday, April 8 2024, 2:30pm – 3:30pm.  ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom   When was the

Marilyn B. Skinner, Professor Emerita of Classics, University of Arizona Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 2:30pm – 3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom   In addition to his deserved reputation as one of the ancient world’s most influential military leaders,

Allen Dart: Executive Director, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center Wednesday, April 3, 2024, 2:30pm – 3:30 pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom   Ancient Indian pictographs (rock paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols carved or pecked on rocks) are claimed by some

Allen Dart: Executive Director, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center Monday, April 1, 2024, 2:30pm – 3:30 pm,  ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom   Ancient Indian pictographs (rock paintings) and petroglyphs (symbols carved or pecked on rocks) are claimed by some

Christopher Bailey, MD: Physician with Physical Pain Institute of Southern Arizona Wednesday, March 27, 7:00pm-8:00 pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and zoom   Although pain is one of the most common human experiences, the scientific discipline of pain research and

Randolph M. Nesse, M.D.: Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and of Psychology, University of Michigan; Research Professor and Founding Director, Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University Monday, March 25, 2024, 2:30pm – 3:30 pm. ASA Koffler Great Room Zoom

Lalitha Madhavan, MD, PhD: Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology at the University of Arizona Monday, March 18, 2024, 2:30pm-3:30 pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and zoom   Are you interested in Parkinson’s Disease or Alzheimer’s?  Perhaps you know

Katherine E. Barnett: University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law “Postphoned” Wednesday Lecture, March 20, 2024     Aging Americans, especially low-income medicaid recipients, have increasing concerns about the care they might receive in a nursing home if

Dr. Luke Cole, Director of the Santa Cruz River program, Sonoran Institute Wednesday, March 13, 2024, 2:30pm-3:30pm. ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom   The Santa Cruz River has sustained humans in this region for over 12,000 years and is

Julia Strange: Vice President, External Affairs & Brand, TMC Healthcare Heather Beck: TMC Rincon Hospital Administrator with oversight of day-to-day operations Monday, March 11, 2024, 2:30pm-3:30 pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom     Tucson Medical Center has been

Peter Medine, Professor Emeritus, Department of English, University of Arizona March 6, 2024, 2:30pm-3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom   Shakespeare’s Sonnets in 1609 loom Everest-like in the tradition of English lyric poetry. The author’s success is all the

Jerry Newman PhD: Professor emeritus in history at Kent State University Wednesday, February 28, 2024, 2:30pm – 3:30 pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom     What a grand opportunity to vicariously share an 18-day journey taken by Jerry

Alex La Pierre, Co-founder, Borderlandia Monday, February 26, 2024, 2:30pm-3:30 pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom     You are invited to join Borderlandia co-founder Alex LaPierre on a vicarious trip to one of Mexico’s most magical cities. Álamos,

Ibrahim Garba: Assistant Research Professor in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, and Senior Researcher at the university’s Native Nations Institute (NNI) Wednesday, February 21, 2023, 2:30pm-3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom   Respecting the

Jaye-Lynn Trapp:  MA in Humanities, Retired Educator,  Michigan Geographic Alliance Teacher Consultant, Docent at Tucson Museum of Art Wednesday, February 14 2024, 2:30pm-3:30pm   ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom   Throughout history, flowers and gardens have been favorite subjects of

 Albrecht Classen: University Distinquished Professor, German Studies, University of Arizona Monday, February 19, 2024, 2:30-3:30 pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom     Although it is common among modern historians to assert that globalism emerged only around 1800, the

Kathleen Insel, PhD, RN: U of A Professor, College of Nursing; Associate Director of Strategy and Development, Arizona Center on Aging; Director of Innovations in Healthy Aging Chris Childers PT, PhD: Director for the Advanced Competency in Home Health certification

Dr. Luke Cole, Director of the Santa Cruz River program, Sonoran Institute Wednesday, February 7, 2024, 2:30pm-3:30pm ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom   The Santa Cruz River has sustained humans in this region for over 12,000 years and is

Craig Nazareth: US Army Retired, Assistant Professor of Practice, College of Applied Science and Technology Alexander Zsokoly: Army Veteran;  current undergraduate student in Intelligence and Information Operations at the University of Arizona’s College of Applied Science and Technology Monday, January

Kiko Trujillo: Executive Director, Arizona Sonora Border Project for Inclusion Duke Duncan: Co-Founder and President of the Board of Directors; Academy Village volunteer Monday, February 5, 2024, 2:30-3:30 pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom     The Arizona Sonora

Lucy Swanson: Assistant Professor, French & Francophone Studies; Faculty Affiliate with Latin American Studies & American Literary Translators Association; University of Arizona, Dept. of French & Italian Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 2:30pm-3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom    

Bob Smith and Brack Brown:  Academy Village Artists and Volunteers Monday, January 22, 2024, 2:30-3:30 p.m., ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom   A special part of the Academy Village campus is the artwork created by resident artists to be

Teodora G. Georgieva, PhD:  Director, GEMM Core Wednesday, January 10, 2024, 2:30pm-3:30 pm, ASA Koffler Great Room  and zoom   Dr. Georgieva is ready to help us understand how Crispr, a game-changing genetic engineering technique, has a range of real-world

Peter Medine,Professor Emeritus, Department of English, University of Arizona Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 2:30pm-3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom   Two opposing aspects of Macbeth’s character, the heroic and the criminal, touch on the mystery of the evil of

Dr. Robert Allan Linden, MD, FACP DTMH, Maureen Ann Orr, CFNP, MSN, CTMCH January 8, 2024, 2:30PM-3:30 pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom   Doctors Without Borders provides independent, impartial medical humanitarian assistance to the people who need it

Dr. Sabrina Helm, Associate Professor of Retailing and Consumer Science; Faculty Co-Chair, Sustainability and Climate Action Plan Wednesday, December 20, 2023, 2:30pm-3:30 pm, ASA Koffler Great Room  and zoom     Climate change is a global phenomenon with the potential

  Well at Work: Creating Wellbeing in Any Workspace – or in Any Space for that Matter  Join other Villagers at the ASA Great Room Dec. 06, 2023, 5:30pm-7:30pm A live, video streamed lecture with professor and author Esther Sternberg, MD, associate

Alex La Pierre, Director, Borderlandia Monday, December 11, 2023, 2:30pm-3:30 pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom   Take a vicarious trip to Rocky Point and El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar UNESCO Biosphere Reserve from the comfort of

Norm Scott:  Chair of Academy Village Sustainability Committee; Professor Emeritus, Cornell University,  Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering Monday, December 4, 2023, 2:30pm-3:30 pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom   No area of human activity is more essential to