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SUMMARY:The Shadow of Alzheimer's Disease with Dr. Adam Law
DESCRIPTION:TOPIC: The Shadow of Alzheimer’s Disease\nSPEAKER: Dr. Adam Law\, Visiting Scientist\, Cornell University \nThis talk will explore Alzheimer’s Disease from a personal\, professional and research perspective\, as a physician who\, in retirement\, is participating in a laboratory investigating its molecular mechanisms. \n\nBIOGRAPHY \nAdam Law is a Londoner by birth and emigrated to the USA at the age of thirty-one. He moved to Ithaca 34 years ago and has lived in the same home in North East Ithaca where he and his wife Jane Marie raised 3 Ithacan children. \nHe trained in medicine and molecular medicine at the University of London. He was a post-doctoral researcher at UCSF and Cornell University in molecular biology and genetics. He was the only endocrinologist in Tompkins County for most of his 28 year career in medical practice in Ithaca and also was a primary care physician. \nDuring this time when he was president of the medical staff at The Cayuga Medical Center\, he was responsible for bringing medical students and residents to Ithaca from Weill Cornell\, where he was a clinical assistant professor. \nHe has co-founded 2 non-profits. In 2010 Physicians\, Scientists and Engineers for Healthy Energy (PSE) in his living room\, currently board president and in 2021 Artists with Evidence (AwE)\, currently board treasurer. \nHe retired from clinical medicine in 2022. Currently\, he is a visiting scientist in the Lis lab in the Biotechnology Center at Cornell University researching Alzheimer’s disease. His hobbies are learning the guitar\, studying Brazilian Portuguese\, running and cycling. \n\nNOTE: Attend in-person at PUMC\, no registration required. Attend via Zoom\, please register with the Zoom link above.
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/the-shadow-of-alzheimers-disease-with-dr-adam-law/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-Person at PUMC & via Zoom\, 2810 Providence Rd\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Hybrid: In-person & Zoom,Speaker Presentations
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SUMMARY:Critical Thinking – A Quick Course
DESCRIPTION:TOPIC:   Critical Thinking – A Quick Course\nSPEAKER: Pierce Howard\, Ph.D \nBeginning with a definition of critical thinking–and in the spirit of critical thinking\, Pierce will offer several definitions. What it is\, and what it is not. \nThe core is questioning\, so we will explore the world of asking questions that most support critical thinking. Then Pierce will identify obstacles to thinking critically\, followed by qualities that foster critical thinking. \nThis all leads up to identifying System I (instincts) and System II (processes) mental functions\, what Daniel Kahneman described in his Thinking\, Fast and Slow (2013). We will close with a daily tool bag that includes five basic skills of critical thinking. \nNOTE: This meeting is Zoom only. PUMC is closed on 3/14/2025.\n\nBIOGRAPHY \nPierce J. Howard\, PhD\, was born in Kinston\, North Carolina. Making his way through public schools\, he learned to love reading\, writing\, mathematics\, music\, and nature. Four years at Davidson College stoked his passion for literature\, music\, philosophy\, and psychology. Three years in the U.S. Army as a Military Intelligence Specialist molded his penchant for research and investigation. During graduate school at East Carolina University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\, he changed his major from literature to educational psychology. \nHis first job was with the North Carolina Advancement School in Winston-Salem. Moving to Charlotte in 1977 to teach at West Charlotte\, Pierce then co-founded LEAD (long E) Associates in 1979. Between arriving in Charlotte and retiring\, Pierce also served as an adjunct professor at UNC–Charlotte\, Pfeiffer University\, and most recently the McColl School of Business at Queens University. \nIn 1986\, along with his wife\, Jane\, he started a consulting company\, now named Paradigm Personality Labs. Over 32 years\, they offered training\, team building\, coaching\, and personnel research to clients on six continents. In 1994\, Pierce wrote and published The Owner’s Manual for the Brain\, now in its 4th edition and published by William Morrow. He even appeared as a guest on “Oprah” in1995. Subsequently\, he wrote more than 20 books. The Howards’ core service has been through several personality assessments that they developed: the WorkPlace Big Five Profile\, the SchoolPlace Big Five Profile\, the WorkPlace Values Profile\, and the WorkPlace Performance 360. In 2018\, Pierce retired as the Chief Innovations Officer at Paradigm\, but in retirement\, he’s now writing The Owner’s Manual for Critical Thinking. \n 
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/critical-thinking-a-quick-course/
LOCATION:Zoom Only
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SUMMARY:International Climate Cooperation in an Era of Geopolitical Turmoil with Mark Kelso
DESCRIPTION:GREAT DECISIONS TOPIC: International Climate Cooperation in an Era of Geopolitical Turmoil \nSPEAKER: Mark Kelso\, Professor\, Political Science\, International Studies & Sociology Department\, Queens University \nAn overview of international efforts to enhance global environmental protection\, with a focus on recent efforts to address climate change.  Discussion of where these efforts have succeeded. \nDiscussion of key challenges that lie ahead. \n\nBIOGRAPHY \nMark Kelso is Professor of Political Science at Queens University of Charlotte. His research interests focus on environmental policy and political leadership. \nHis most recent publication is “A Green Presidency? Barack Obama and the Environment” in Meena Bose and Paul Fritz\, Evaluating the Obama Presidency (2024). \nHe has also published in Congress and the Presidency and Presidential Studies Quarterly. He is the 2017 winner of the Hunter-Hamilton Love of Teaching Award. \n\nNOTE: Attend in-person at PUMC\, no registration required. Attend via Zoom\, please register with the Zoom link above.
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/international-climate-cooperation-in-an-era-of-geopolitical-turmoil-with-mark-kelso/
LOCATION:Providence United Methodist Church (PUMC) – Wolfe Hall\, 2810 Providence Rd\, Charlotte\, North Carolina\, 28211
CATEGORIES:Hybrid: In-person & Zoom,Speaker Presentations
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SUMMARY:NATO Under New Leadership with Dmitry Vovchuk
DESCRIPTION:GREAT DECISIONS TOPIC: North Atlantic Treaty Organization Under New Leadership\nSPEAKER: Dmitry Vovchuk\, The Cohen Group \nFollowing NATO’s 75th Anniversary Summit in Washington DC in July 2024\, the Alliance faces a new reality. The reelection of Donald Trump and his policies on NATO and Ukraine will determine the course of European security for the foreseeable future. NATO’s new Secretary General\, Mark Rutte\, must effectively navigate this new political environment to manage deterrence and defense against Russia\, preserve Ukraine’s sovereignty\, and ensure NATO remains united across the Atlantic. This timely update on NATO will be provided by Mr. Vovchuk ahead of NATO’s next Summit\, taking place in The Hague in June. \n\nBIOGRAPHY \nDmitry Vovchuk is a Vice President at The Cohen Group. During his time at the firm\, Mr. Vovchuk has led a wide range of client teams in the defense\, manufacturing\, healthcare\, financial\, and technology sectors. In addition\, Mr. Vovchuk supports The Cohen Group’s Europe practice and he leads the firm’s Ukraine working group\, advising clients on sectoral implications of the war in Ukraine and its impacts on European markets. \nPrior to joining The Cohen Group\, Mr. Vovchuk served in numerous key roles at the US Departments of State and Defense\, National Security Council\, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). He also held several leadership positions in financial services and management consulting. \nMr. Vovchuk served as Deputy Chief of Staff to the Secretary General of NATO from 2013-2016. In that role\, he managed the transition of NATO’s combat operations in Afghanistan to its Resolute Support Mission and helped achieve key milestones in NATO’s ballistic missile defense program. Mr. Vovchuk also led the process to conduct a full review of the US integrated campaign plan as the Director for Strategic Planning in the Office of the Special Presidential Envoy to Counter ISIS. \nAdditionally\, Mr. Vovchuk coordinated the work of the White House Task Force responsible for the 2012 NATO Summit hosted by President Obama in Chicago and served as the National Security Council Director for Eastern Europe from 2012-2013\, managing the development and execution of US policy for a region stretching from the Baltic to the Black Sea. \nMr. Vovchuk was selected to the Civil Service as a Presidential Management Fellow in 2006. He led the interagency process to invite new members into NATO at its Summit in Bucharest\, Romania\, supported the development of NATO’s renewed Strategic Concept\, and managed US policy priorities for the Alliance’s International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF) mission in Afghanistan. Mr. Vovchuk also served as a Political Officer at the US Embassy in Kyiv\, Ukraine and in the Office of the Secretary of Defense during the 2008 conflict between Russia and Georgia. \nOutside of government\, Mr. Vovchuk advised global consumer goods and health care companies on organizational change and strategic alignment as a Principal with the McChrystal Group. He was a registered financial representative and served as Chief of Staff at Ally Bank\, supporting the Executive Director for its auto\, deposits\, online brokerage\, and wealth management customer care and experience division. \nMr. Vovchuk is the recipient of the State Department’s Superior and Meritorious Honor Awards\, completed a five-year term membership with the Council on Foreign Relations\, and taught foreign policy at Queens University of Charlotte. He received a Master’s of Arts in US National Security Policy at Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Arts from Drew University. \n\nNOTE: Attend in-person at PUMC\, no registration required. Attend via Zoom\, please register with the Zoom link above.
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/nato-under-new-leadership-with-dmitry-vovchuk/
LOCATION:Providence United Methodist Church (PUMC) – Wolfe Hall\, 2810 Providence Rd\, Charlotte\, North Carolina\, 28211
CATEGORIES:Hybrid: In-person & Zoom,Speaker Presentations
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