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
Feb. 19: “Myth Busting: Global Contacts in the Pre-Modern World”
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
Feb. 12: “Aging Well: Focus on Innovations in Healthy Aging, Updates from the University of Arizona”
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
Feb 7: “The Santa Cruz River: How We Got Here and Where We’re Going”
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
Jan 29: “Russo-Ukrainian War: 2024 Outlook”
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
Feb. 5: “Arizona Sonora Border Project for Inclusion: A Nogales Non-Profit”
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
Jan 31: “The Zombie in Contemporary French Caribbean Fiction”
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
Jan 22: “The Evolution of the Coral Reef Mural”
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
Jan. 10: “CRISPR: A Game-changing Genetic Engineering Technique”
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
Jan. 17: “The Character of Macbeth: His Conscience and His Tragedy”
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
Jan. 8: “One Couple’s Humanitarian Response to Health Care in the Third World”
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
Dec. 20: “The Effect of Climate Change as a Pre-Traumatic Stressor”
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
DEC 6: Well at Work: Creating Wellbeing in Any Workspace – or in Any Space for that Matter
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
Dec. 11: “Volcanoes and Sea: Rocky Point and El Pinacate UNESCO Biosphere Reserve”
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
Dec. 4: “Toward a Sustainable and Circular Food and Agriculture System”
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
Dec 18: “Crime and Punishment in the Ancient World”
John Bauschatz, Associate Professor of History and Classics, University of Arizona Wednesday, November 22, 2023, 2:30pm-3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom In this talk, Professor Bauschatz will highlight some of the fascinating evidence we have for law and order in the
Wed. Dec 13: “Misinformation: Carl Sagan’s Baloney Detection Tool Kit for 2023-2024”
Bryan Heidorn, School of Information, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Academic Affairs, Director, Center for Digital Society and Data Studies Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 2:30pm-3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom Misinformation has been a way of life since
Nov. 29: “Leftovers and Food Safety”
Dan Engeljohn, PhD, retired food safety official, U.S. Department of Agriculture Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 2:30-3:30 pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom One in six Americans succumb to foodborne illness each year (USDA). During the holidays, many of
NOV 15: “Vibrant Brains that Last a Lifetime”
Innovations in Healthy Aging series, by Dr. Roberta Diaz Brinton Wednesday Lecture November 15, 2023, 2:30pm-3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room & Zoom The Center for Innovation in Brain Science is committed to developing cures for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Multiple Sclerosis,
November 27: “The Binational Effort to Restore the Colorado Delta”
Karl Flessa, Professor Emeritus of Geosciences at the University of Arizona Monday, November 27, 2023, 2:30pm-3:30pm., ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom Since about 1935, upstream water diversions have reduced the amount of water that reaches the Colorado River’s
Nov 15: “Crime and Punishment in the Ancient World”
John Bauschatz, Associate Professor of History and Classics, University of Arizona Wednesday, November 15, 2023, 2:30pm-3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom In this talk, Professor Bauschatz will highlight some of the fascinating evidence we have for law and order in the
Nov. 20: “Gustav Mahler’s Symphonies: An Overview”
Matthew Mugmon, Associate Professor of Musicology, University of Arizona Monday, November 20, 2023, 2:30pm-3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) is commonly recognized as one of the most influential composers and conductors of the late nineteenth
Nov. 22: “ Deep Dive into Classical Masterworks: Bach’s St. John Passion: 300 Years Later”
Bruce Chamberlain, Professor Emeritus of Music, University of Arizona Wednesday, November 22, 2023, 2:30pm-3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom Why are some composers of the past still played and enjoyed today? What sets them apart from the
Nov. 13: “Leonardo da Vinci: Art and Astronomy in the Florentine Renaissance”
Dr. Richard L. Poss, Associate Professor, Astronomy Monday, November 13, 2023, 2:30pm-3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom Leonardo da Vinci is universally recognized as one of the towering figures of Renaissance painting, but he was a man of
Nov. 8: “Apacheria-Apache: An Introduction to the Apache Geographical Areas and the Apachean Peoples”
Academy Village resident and historian Wednesday, November 8, 2023, 2:30pm– 3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom You may already know more about Apache Indians than you think. Do these names sound familiar? Cibecue? San Carlos? Aravaipa? Pinal? Tonto?
Nov 6: “Boats Against the Current”: The Fiction of Edith Wharton and F. Scott Fitzgerald
Charles Scruggs, Emeritus Professor, University of Arizona Monday, November 6, 2023, 2:30pm-3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom American writer and designer, Edith Wharton, used her insider’s knowledge of New York aristocracy to realistically portray the lives and
Nov. 1: “Barge of Heaven: Cleopatra as Goddess”
Alison Futrell, Associate Professor of History, University of Arizona Wednesday, November 1, 2023, 2:30pm-3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and zoom Cleopatra’s Barge has long been imagined as a luscious nexus of seduction and pleasure, the lurid birthplace of Mark
Oct. 30: “What Makes Shakespeare ‘Shakespearean’”
Peter E. Medine, Professor Emeritus, Department of English, UA Monday, October 30, 2023, 2:20pm – 3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom Why is William Shakespeare, an actor and playwright from the last decades of the 16th century
Oct 23 “Cardiovascular Prevention & Services”
Dr. Obama Abdel, Northwest Hospital Monday October 23, 2023, 2:30pm-3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and zoom. Practicing medicine is never boring. It’s a great way to help people while being intellectually stimulated, and that goes double for
Oct. 18: “Inside Yemen: Religion and Politics in Southwest Arabia”
Scott C. Lucas, Acting Director and Associate Professor, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 7:00pm-8:00pm, ASA Koffler Great Room & zoom The eight-year civil war in Yemen
Oct 5: “Perspectives About End of Life Issues – A Panel Discussion”
Panel: Sharon Stetz, Dennis Ondrejka, Mary Ganopol, Yvetter Bredice; moderated by Diane Ashton and Char Tosi (planners and speakers of the End of Live series) Thursday, October 5, 2023, 11:00am-12:15pm, ASA Koffler Great Room, and Zoom This panel
Oct 25: “A History of Mining from 1583 to the Present”
Jim Turner, retired historian for the Arizona Historical Society Wednesday, October 25, 2023, 2:30pm-3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom Because of unique geological events occurring millions of years ago, Arizona has more than its share of precious mineral
Oct. 16: “Vaccines & Bayonets: Fighting Smallpox in Africa amid Tribalism, Terror and the Cold War”
Bee Bloeser, author Monday, October 16, 2023, 2:30pm-3:30pm ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom Smallpox rashes were First discovered on Egyptian mummies 3000 years ago. However, it wasn’t until the 4th Century that the earliest description first appeared
October 9: “Guerrilla Filmmaking: Telling Stories with Pictures and Sound”
Daniel Duncan, M.A., Producer/Filmmaker, The Southwest Center, University of Arizona Monday, October 9, 2023, 2:30pm-3:30 pm, ASA Koffler Great Room, and Zoom In the Americas with David Yetman, the HDTV series by multiple Emmy Award-winning producer & director Dan Duncan,
Oct 11: “Death and Dying: What to Say, How to Say It, and What Not to Say!”
Diane Ashton and Susan English, co-presenters Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 11:00am-12:15pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom How do you know what to say when you don’t think you have (or know) the appropriate words for a dying person or
Oct 4: “End of Life: Doulas”
Yvette Bredice, founder of Tucson End of Life Doulas Wednesday, October 4, 2023, 1:15pm-2:30pm ASA Koffler Great Room Although Many people have heard of doulas who provide support for mothers during the birthing process, fewer are aware that end-of-life
Sept 28: “Medical Aid in Dying”
Mary Ganopol Southern Arizona lead, Arizona End of Life Options Thursday, September 28, 2023, 11:00am-12:15 pm, ASA Koffler Great Room This lecture briefly explores the rich history of the death with dignity movement for the last three decades. Bringing
Sept 27: “Palliative Care and Hospice”
Dennis Ondrejka, PhD, RN, C-CNS, D.Div Wednesday, September 27, 2023, 11:00am – 12:15pm, ASA Koffler Great Room What is the difference between palliative care and hospice care? They are both for pain and symptom relief, but the prognosis
Sept. 20: “Deep Dive into Water Issues: The Yellow River and Water Concerns in China”
David Pietz, Regents Professor of Chinese History, UNESCO Chair in Environmental History Wednesday, September 20, 2023, 2:30pm-3:30 p.m., ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom As with many other regions around the world, including the American southwest, northern China is
Sept. 18: “Introduction to Ranked Choice Voting”
Betsy Boggia, Southern Arizona Organizer Voter Choice Arizona Monday, September 18, 2023, 2:30pm-3:30 pm, ASA Koffler Great Room, and Zoom As we head into the 2024 Presidential election cycle we are hearing more and more about Ranked Choice Voting
Sept. 13: “The Antiquity of Irrigation in the Southwest”
Allen Dart, Executive Director, Old Pueblo Archeology Center Wednesday, September 13, 2023, 2:30pm-3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room, and Zoom If you have missed one of Allen Dart’s past presentations here at the ASA, you now have another
Sept. 11: “Tucson Active Management Area: Water Outlook”
Susanna Eden, Research and Outreach Program Officer, University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center Monday, September 11, 2023, 2:30-3:30 p.m., ASA Koffler Great Room & Zoom Susanna’s presentation will focus on the Tucson Active Management Area (TAMA), a legal
Sep. 6: “Arizona Water Policy: Where do we stand?”
Sarah Porter, Director of Kyl Center for Water Policy Wednesday, September 6, 2023, 2:30-3:30 pm, ASA Zoom ONLY Sarah Porter will discuss Arizona’s water challenges and potential solutions. She’ll address such questions as whether Tucson, Phoenix, and the
Aug. 28: “The Parker Solar Probe”
Xiaochang Chen, Fifth-year graduate student at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona Monday, August 28, 2023, 2:30pm-3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room, and Zoom NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is on its way to the Sun. The mission was
Aug 21: “Who is the Greatest Dutch Master: Rembrandt, Vermeer, or Van Gogh”
Charles Tampio: Docent, Tucson Museum of Art; President, Leveler Foundation Monday, August 21, 2023, 2:30pm-3;30pm ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom Chuck’s presentations are noted for their humor and original insights. He helps his audience develop new
Aug 14: “The Impact of Megadrought on Ponderosa Pine Forests in the Southwestern U.S.”
Dr. Brandon Strange,Watershed Management and Ecohydrology Monday, August 14, 2023, 2:30pm-3:30pm ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom Most Southern Arizonans have visited the beautiful Ponderosa forests of Northern Arizona but may not be aware of the effects
Aug 7: “Firewise Communities”
Corey Guerin, Lead Fire Prevention Officer and Firewise Regional Coordinator for the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management Monday, August 7, 2023, 2:30-3:30 pm Koffler Great Room at ASA and Zoom On a daily basis, Americans are
Jul 31: “All’s Fair in Love and War at The Rogue Theatre: 2023-24 Season”
Cynthia Meier and Joseph McGrath, Co-Founders of The Rogue Theatre Monday, July 31, 2023, 2:30-3:30 pm ASA Koffler Great Room, and Zoom Live theater has never been better in Tucson. The Rogue Theatre is an intimate 160-seat, small
Jul 24: “Tucson Wildlife Center, Saving the Wildlife of Tucson, and Southern Arizona for 25 Years!”
Hubert Parker, Development Director Monday, July 24, 2:30-3:30 pm, ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom Hubert Parker sums up Tucson Wildlife Center’s Mission in three words: Rescue, Rehab, Release. The Tucson Wildlife Center has been helping the wildlife of
Jul 17: “An Invitation to Atonal Music: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Cluster Chords”
John Muniz, Associate Professor of Music Theory at the University of Arizona Monday July 17, 2023, 2:30-3:30 pm ASA Koffler Great Room and Zoom Join John Muniz for his second presentation about classical music at Academy Village as he