UT OLLI FORUM www.olli.utexas.edu

SPRING 2017 SEMINARS AND LECTURES

FRIDAYS March 24 – April 28, 2017

2016-2017 UT OLLI FORUM Executive Committee

Hum Mandell, Chair David Hyde, A/V Team Leader John Hughes, Chair Elect Don Ugent, Excellence Fund Chair Nancy Buel, Past Chair Victoria Reck, Membership Tommy Morgan, Treasurer Joan Owens, Parliamentarian Linda Voelzel, Secretary Mindy Gomillion, Communications Chair Marilyn Heath, Seminar Chair Rick Ebert, Events Chair Theron Sage, Lecture Chair Nancy Ellis, Admin Assistants Team Jill Snyder, Member-at-Large Nancy Rowland, Webmaster Dixie Evatt, Member-at-Large Marcia Clark, Events co-chair Dwight Reck, Photographer Mindy Gomillion, Events co-chair

Nancy Jo Spaulding, Video Production

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OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE

The University of Texas at Austin Thompson Conference Center

2405 Robert Dedman Drive Austin, Texas 78712

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UT OLLI FORUM

UT OLLI FORUM is one of five very successful programs of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute within the Extended Campus at the University of Texas at Austin. UT OLLI FORUM is a program of stimulating, participatory seminars and lectures designed by the membership for people who love intellectual inquiry and discussion. Morning seminars and afternoon lectures are held on Fridays. Six areas are considered in creating the seminars and lectures: History; Religion and Philosophy; The Arts – Music, Literature, Drama; Government and Politics; Science; Health and Contemporary Living. Members participate in the process of developing the curriculum through seminar and lecture committees. Optional social events are also member designed. The program itself is a learning cooperative where members, outside academics and experts provide the instruction. Seminar directors and lecturers are not compensated.

UT OLLI FORUM Spring 2017 Seminars

Seminar # Friday Seminar Title Seminar Director

CE170011H 9:30 a.m. State of the Fourth Estate: Truth, Tweets and Trump

Dixie Evatt

CE170011I 9:30 a.m. International Living: Know Thyself Tom Gunn

CE170011J 9:30 a.m. Texas for Texans James Woodrick

CE170011A 11:00 a.m. Writing Fiction & Non-Fiction: Stories Are What Make Us Matter

Jo Virgil

CE170011E 11:00 a.m. Wide World of Science

Theron Sage

CE170011F 11:00 a.m. National Center for the Performing Arts Jerry Tapley

CE170011G 11:00 a.m. Collect, Preserve, Explore. A Look Inside the Briscoe Center for American History Collections

Ashley Carr

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UT OLLI FORUM Seminars 9:30 a.m. Spring 2017

CE170011H State of the Fourth Estate: Truth, Tweets and Trump

Do you find yourself pining for the days of Walter Cronkite and the confidence that he imbued with his signature sign off: “And that’s the way it is”? Recent studies tell us that record numbers of Americans consider the news media to be “immoral,” “inaccurate,” and “biased.” Today, we have fewer newspapers and thinner magazines, increasing corporate ownership in media markets; competitive 24-hour television news shows that fill time with flash, sound and fury; an erratic growth of web-based services funneled through outlets of questionable paternity; and a growing reliance on mobile devices that provide content untethered from its original source. Terms like “click bait,” “alternative facts,” “post truth” and “fake news” have made their way into the American lexicon. This seminar features six experts from the UT Moody College of Communication who will look at the social, technological, political and demographic forces reshaping the media landscape, here and across the globe, including the vigor of the Fourth Estate as it rededicates and perhaps, redefines its function in our democracy. Week 1: Convergence & Disruption: Forces Transforming the Media Landscape Professor R.B. Brenner, Director of the School of Journalism at the University of Texas Moody College of Communication Week 2: Fast & Furious: How Online Media Is Shaping What We Expect From Journalists Professor Robert Quigley, senior lecturer at the UT Moody College of Communication who teaches social media journalism and writing for on-line audiences. Week 3: Show Me the Money: The Influence of “Newsonomics” Professor Iris Chyi, teacher and new media researcher at the UT Moody College of Communication who focuses on the economics of digital journalism. Week 4: International Journalism: Global News Coverage in a Shrinking World Professor Tracy Dahlby who taught at the UT Moody College of Communication for 10 years, following a distinguished career as a journalist specializing in international reporting, especially covering events in Japan, China, Korea and Southeast Asia. Week 5: Engaging With News in the Mobile Era: Contemporary Audience Expectations Professor Paula Poindexter teaches journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, and is the author of News for a Mobile-First Consumer and Millennials, News, and Social Media: Is News Engagement a Thing of the Past?

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Week 6: A View Across the Horizon: What Does the Future Hold? Professor Rosental Alves began his academic career at the UT Moody College of Communication in 1996 after 27 years as a professional journalist, including seven years as a journalism professor in Brazil. For more than a decade, Alves was a foreign correspondent based in Spain, Argentina, Mexico and the United States. Seminar Director: DIXIE EVATT Dixie Evatt, Ph.D. has more than 35 years professional experience in news reporting and government relations. She began her career as a political reporter for the Austin American Statesman and later taught writing and research at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. During her tenure with the Texas Department of Insurance she spent two years at the Texas Governor’s Office in Washington D.C. as part of a policy team tracking Congressional debates relating to health insurance reform. She is the author of a book on communication practices of small enterprises called Thinking Big. Staying Small. Recently retired, Dr. Evatt is now trying her hand at fiction, focusing on murder mysteries and historical drama. A Texas-based screenplay that she wrote with a partner, Wireless, was a finalist in the Chesterfield Writer’s Film Project. Dixie is a member of UT OLLI FORUM

CE170011I International Living: Know Thyself

This course will consider what it means to live outside the United States. We will examine questions relating to how well you know yourself, your spouse/partner, and what level of risk are you comfortable with, regarding 10 to 20 parameters of your living environment. We will also consider specific criteria for evaluating 30 countries around the world from four major areas – English speaking, Latin and South American (Spanish speaking), European, and Far Eastern that are popular travel and retirement destinations. In weeks one through five, we will survey in some detail a few countries from each area and lightly touch on the rest (due to time considerations). In week six, we will see how the country rankings are tabulated from International Living magazine. We will also examine briefly organizations that could enable you to live abroad and contribute to them in some way, and conclude by discussing caveats for those interested in further pursuing the fascinating subject of international living. Each session will consist of about 45 minutes of “lecture/videos”, leaving 30 minutes per session for contributions from participants who have traveled or lived in some of our candidate countries, and for general questions. Week 1: Introduction to Living Outside the US

Know thyself

Country evaluation criteria

Survey of English speaking countries – Canada, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand.

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Week 2: Survey of Latin American Countries

Mexico, Belize, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama.

Week 3: Survey of South American Countries

Ecuador, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Peru, Chile.

Week 4: Survey of European Countries

Scandinavia, Germany, Netherlands, France, Italy, Croatia, Spain, Portugal.

Week 5: Survey of Far East Countries

Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam

Week 6: “Homing In” On Your Country(ies) of Choice

Ranking country choices

Enabling organizations for living abroad

Caveats for those interested in going further

Speaker/Director: Tom Gunn Tom’s 30+ year business career focused on executive management consulting in operations, manufacturing, supply chain management, and information systems with GM, ADL, Unisys, and AT&T Solutions. Tom holds a BSME from Northeastern University and an MBA from the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College. He traveled extensively serving his international clients. His recreational pursuits include restoring vintage British motorcycle engines, following the auto and motorcycle industries, and furthering his knowledge and consumption of good wine. Tom has been a UT OLLI FORUM member since 2015.

CE170011J Texas for Texans

Jim Woodrick’s presentations are specially tailored to an audience presumed to be primarily Texans who have already been exposed to basic Texas history. He will focus on the earlier portion of traditional Texas history and will conclude his coverage around the beginning of the 20th century, based on the assumption that the events of the last 100 years are better known by the audience than the earlier period. Interesting but lesser known people and events will be woven into the story of the Lone Star state. He will use extensive visual aids, including numerous images such as photographs, artists’ renditions and maps to enhance the discussion. Questions from the audience are encouraged and welcomed throughout the presentations. The planned topics for each of the six lectures are as follows: Week 1: Beginnings. The land and peoples of pre-Columbian Texas. Early Spanish discovery and exploration. Week 2: Initial European colonization. LaSalle and the Spanish response. The discovery and excavation of La Belle, LaSalle’s ship that sunk in Matagorda Bay in 1687.

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Week 3: Spanish Colonial Texas. Missions, presidios and civil settlements; twilight of Spanish rule. The impresarios; Stephen F. Austin and the Old 300. Week 4: A part of Mexico, and the Texan Revolution. Week 5: Republic of Texas. Development of towns and roads, Indian affairs, and settlement patterns. Evolution to becoming a state and ramifications thereof. Week 6: Statehood to the 20th Century. Expansion of the frontier. European immigration. Civil War and transportation links. Speaker/Director: Jim Woodrick Jim is an avid Texas historian and author of several books on the subject, including a history of his home county (Austin), and the Bernardo plantation, Texas' first, largest and richest for thirty years. His latest two publications detail the cannons used in the Texas Revolution. Jim received an M.S. in Chemical Engineering at UT Austin in 1966. He worked for 27 years for DuPont, including eight years as plant manager at two locations in Texas. His last ten years before retirement in 2003 were as President of Texas Chemical Council, a trade association representing the chemical industry in Texas. Jim is a member of UT OLLI SAGE.

UT FORUM Seminars 11:00 a.m. Spring 2017

CE170011A Writing Fiction & Non-Fiction: Stories Are What Make Us Matter

In this course we will hear from five award-winning authors (two of whom are also professional storytellers) and one speaker with a professional background in publishing. They will each share their own techniques on writing, research, and publishing, but with a primary focus on the importance of sharing stories, true or fiction. Week 1: “We would have been rich if...” Secrets to Mining Your Life Stories for Fun and Profit – Debra Winegarten Join Austin author and publisher Debra Winegarten as she takes us on a journey through our own lives. Using examples from her own research and writing, Debra will lead a lively discussion as she demonstrates how to turn our ordinary, everyday experiences into prose and poetry. Bring a notebook; you'll be engaging in two writing exercises to help launch you on your own road to writing. Week 2: Tall Tales and True -Donna Ingham Even if we follow the cardinal rule and “write about what we know,” sometimes the lines blur between fiction and non-fiction. Writer Donna Ingham shares how that can be a good thing: an opportunity to test and discover, a place of creative tension, a deliberate choice for downright fun. Whether a writer is collecting and preserving folklore or family history or creating original works, the stories are likely to be a blend of fact and fiction that may lead to a "truth." At least that’s been my experience.

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Week 3: Engaging the Outskirts - Jo Ivester In "Engaging the Outskirts," Jo Ivester shares several stories from her book, "The Outskirts of Hope," providing a personal window into an historic time. In so doing, she allows the listener to see racial relations from an unusual perspective, not only with an eye toward the past, but also looking at the issues we unfortunately still face today. Week 4 : “But I Had Thirty People Coming Over!” - Tim Tingle Right. And your car engine blew up and your house burned down. To a writer, that’s not an excuse; it's an inspiration. “Wow, that reminds me of a scene from ‘Mississippi Burning,’ when he thought his dog was gone. Hoke, luckily my laptop is always with me. Now all I need is tree shade and coffee!” Tom will encourage you to discuss daily goals and life goals and “Why do you want to write anyway?” Week 5: Structure and Pacing in Narrative Fiction – John Pipkin Pacing can be one of the most elusive aspects of plotting, and often writers assume that the way to achieve effective pacing is to make as much “stuff” happen as quickly as possible. But a well-paced story is one in which the narrative unfolds at the rhythm that the characters, scenes, and themes require. And often, pacing is determined by the mechanics of how the story is told, sentence-by-sentence. Decisions as simple as word choice can have a profound effect on the flow of a story. John’s lecture will focus on the characteristics of successful structure and pacing.

Week 6: Understanding Publishing Today: Querying Agents, Submitting to Publishers, and More – Becka Oliver

Join Becka Oliver, a former literary agent (and current Executive Director of Texas's largest literary arts organization, the Writers' League of Texas) for an informative, candid, no-holds-barred session. She will talk about understanding traditional publishing today; finding the ideal agent for you; nailing your pitch and presentation materials; identifying the most promising agents to approach for representation; avoiding the pitfalls that lead to rejection; asking the right questions (and never ever the wrong ones) and almost everything in between. Bring your burning questions.

Seminar Director-Jo Virgil

Jo Virgil, a UT OLLI FORUM member, was Community Relations Manager for Barnes & Noble for many years, getting to know and work with authors, writers, readers and storytellers, and holds a Master of Journalism Degree. She has served on the Board of the Writers' League of Texas and currently works with the League on the Texas Writes program, which brings authors to workshops in rural libraries across the state.

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CE17011E Wide World of Science

This seminar includes a variety of science topics presented by several UT professors and experts in their fields who will give us a peek into their specialties –neuroscience, solar exploration, water resources, land management, the Antarctic, and a humorous perspective. Week 1: Your Mind, Your Brain and Your Health. Dr. Michael Mauk We will discuss basic ideas about the connections between your brain and your mind and discuss ways to maintain a healthy mind. The Center for Learning and Memory – the Mauk Lab – is where research seeks to understand brain systems in terms of what and how they compute. The lab is interested in computation and learning in the cerebellum and the mechanisms of working memory in prefrontal cortex and thalamus. Dr. Michael Mauk was recently named chair of the Department of Neuroscience at UT Austin and is a Fellow of Karl Folkers Chair in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research. Week 2: Robots in Space – the Exploration of the Solar System. Dr. Fritz Benedict Why explore the solar system? How to explore the solar system? Where to explore in the solar system? What have we learned? What's next and who gets to decide? Dr. Fritz Benedict is Senior Research Scientist at the McDonald Observatory and has been on the Hubble Telescope team in a variety of roles. The last 15 years he has primarily been a scientific user, publishing over 40 papers detailing the results. Week 3: Restoration of a Large Private Ranch. Dr. Paul Burns. Dr. Burns will describe how his family, over 40 years, transformed a cow-calf operation into an award winning example of ecological restoration using the latest scientific information. In addition, he will describe how the ecological restoration project has kept a large multi-generational family united. His talk will discuss what is possible, what is impossible both environmentally and within the family. Dr. Paul Burns, a native of the Brownwood, TX area, retired in 1993 and has since devoted time and energy to studying ecological restoration. Prior to his retirement, he received degrees from the University of Texas, Austin and the Medical School at Baylor College of Medicine. For 25 years he practiced medicine at the Austin Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic, which he founded. Dr. Burns has served as an adjunct professor at both UT Austin and the Baylor Medical School in Houston.

Week 4: Texas: Climate Change and Water Resources. Dr. Jay Banner

Texas comprises the eastern portion of the Southwest region, where the convergence of climatological and geopolitical forces has the potential to put extreme stress on water resources.

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Geologic records indicate that Texas experienced large changes in moisture sources and amounts on millennial time scales in the past. These droughts, many of which were greater than the 1950s "drought of record", have occurred independent of human induced global climate change. Most projections for the 21st century show that with increasing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations, there will be an increase in temperatures across Texas and a shift to a more arid average climate. Dr. Jay Banner is Chevron Centennial Fellow, Professor of Geological Sciences, and Director of the Environmental Science Institute at UT. Week 5: Antarctica and global sea level: The past, the present and predicting the future. Dr. Jamin Greenbaum. Global sea level rise could have devastating impacts on coastal communities and the global economy; however, fundamental questions are typically absent from public discourse. How has sea level changed in the past and how do current changes compare? How fast is sea level increasing and how fast might it change in the future? How is sea level change studied and predicted? Jamin Greenbaum will address these questions and more as he takes us on a tour of Antarctica, the largest source of potential global sea level change. Increased international emphasis on Antarctic science over the past two decades has revealed a continent losing increasing quantities of ice in areas with vulnerabilities that likely explain previous sea level changes. The University of Texas, through extensive, annual Antarctic airborne survey work, is a world leader in the identification and understanding of these vulnerabilities which must be characterized and monitored if we are to successfully predict future change. Dr. Jamin Greenbaum is an aerospace engineer-turned polar scientist specializing in the acquisition and application of airborne survey data in the Polar regions (usually using aircraft built for World War II) for the purpose of identifying areas that likely contributed to sea level rise in the past and may do so again in the future. He has participated in ten expeditions to Antarctica and two to Greenland where he has operated airborne, shipborne (icebreaker) and surface-based instruments to understand the ice and surrounding ocean. Week 6: Miracles of Science and Other Non-Related Topics. Mary Gordon Spence. In this humorous presentation Mary Gordon will explore and explain some of the miracles, mysteries and eccentricities of science and other intriguing topics. No university professor will give you this much information! Brownwood, Texas, native Mary Gordon Spence is an Austin humorist and sometime American Statesman columnist who likes to keep life simple. Seminar Director – Dr.Theron Sage Dr. Theron Sage headed the geology program at the University of Houston Clear Lake for 28 years prior to her retirement in 2006. During this time she also served as Associate Dean for several years. Since joining UT OLLI FORUM in 2013 she has given numerous seminars to various OLLI groups.

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CE170011F National Theater for the Performing Arts

The idea for a national theater for performing arts as a place for unemployed actors was envisioned during the Great Depression by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. A congressional resolution in 1938 called for construction of a “public building which shall be known as the National Cultural Center” in Washington D.C., on the banks of the Potomac River. It would take 30 years to become a reality and would include provisions that would prohibit any discrimination of cast or audience. This course will examine the history and events surrounding the center, which would eventually become known as The Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts. Movie clips, TV news clips, documents, photos of each event and footage from the CBS library, including many performances from the Kennedy Center Honors, will tell the story of this national treasure. Director/Speaker – Jerry Tapley Jerry grew up in a small ranching community south of San Antonio. In the 1940’s and 1950’s for 25 cents, every Saturday morning at the Rio Theater, kids got a Moon Pie, a Grapette soda and Roy Rogers movie. This stared a lifelong love affair with the movies for Jerry. He met his wife, Sarah, at the University of Texas and following graduation spent his career in photography, film and television production. He retired after 31 years with 3M, the company that invented audio and video recording tape. He has consulted with ABC, NBC and CBS networks as well as many Hollywood film studios.

CE17011G Collect, Preserve, Explore: A Look Inside the Briscoe Center for American History

The Briscoe Center for American History is a history research center with few peers. Our collections contain historical treasures documenting key themes in Texas and U.S. history. These treasures echo with stories of the people, places, events, and ideas that have shaped our nation’s history. See why students, scholars, and campus visitors from around the country come to the Briscoe Center to form questions, seek evidence, and deepen their understanding of the American story. Week 1: Exploring the American South: The Briscoe Center’s Southern History Collections, presented by Brenda S. Gunn, Briscoe Center Director for Research and Collections and the Janey Slaughter Briscoe Archivist. Week 2: From Commemoration to Education: The Story of the Statue of Jefferson Davis at UT, presented by, Ben Wright, Briscoe Center Assistant Director for Communication.

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Week 3: Texas Artisans and Material Culture of the 19th Century: Discoveries at the Briscoe Center for American History. Presented by Lynn Bell, Briscoe Center Assistant Director for Material Culture. Week 4: Keeping Austin Weird: Willie Nelson and the Briscoe Center’s Music Collections Presented by John Wheat, Briscoe Center Coordinator for Sound Archives and Archives Translator. Week 5: When Bevo Hit the Line: World War I and The University of Texas Presented by Ben Wright, Assistant Director for Communication at the Briscoe Center. Week 6: Highlights from the Eddie Adams Photographic Archive Presented by Alison Beck, Briscoe Center Director for Special Projects. Seminar Director: Ashley Carr Ashley Carr is Special Event and Annual Giving Officer, Briscoe Center for American History.

UT FORUM LECTURES SPRING 2017

1:15 – 2:30 P.M. March 24 – April 28

Lectures are open to all UT FORUM members; no registration is required.

March 24 What Really Happened the Day They Pelted The Priest?

Cathy Schechter The problem of history versus memory (or history versus folk legend) is endemic to the history of all cultures that convey their traditions orally. Though Judaism is the oldest of the three great monotheistic religions, “Jewish history” was not really invented until the mid-1800s. And then, it often depends on sources external to itself as proof. If this is the case, then what is “Jewish history”? This lecture will look at several stories including the one referred to in the title and trace them to their various sources to try to understand how history differs from memory and which of the two offers us the most meaning. Cathy Schechter is a qualitative researcher, writer, storyteller and teacher. She co-authored “Deep in the Heart: the Lives & Legends of Texas Jews”. She teaches Jewish text to adults and has recently earned her MA in Jewish studies from Hebrew College in Boston.

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March 31 The Amazing World of Bats

Merlin Tuttle

Bats, which comprise nearly 25% of all mammals, are a group of amazingly different creatures from tiny bats living in beetle holes to giant flying fox bats with six foot wingspans. Bats are important to humans. They save farmers billions of dollars annually by devouring tons of crop insects. In addition, bats are valuable as seed dispersers and pollinators of some of the world's most valuable crops. Bats are social animals developing long-term social relationships, sharing information and even adopting orphans.

Merlin Tuttle is currently the Founder and Executive Director of Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation, Inc. in Austin, Texas. For the past six years, he has been a research fellow in the Integrated Biology Department, University of Texas. His photos have been published and exhibited worldwide including in five National Geographic articles, most recently in the March 2014 issue.

He founded Bat Conservation International and has been an invited speaker at prestigious institutions including Harvard and Princeton Universities, the National Geographic Society, Smithsonian Institution and British Museum. For a preview of his work go to: http://merlintuttle.com/

April 7 Drones: The Real and the Possible

Dr. Todd Humphreys

Drones have been all over the media as well as our imaginations. What's real and what's possible for these remarkable flying machines? Todd Humphreys will consider the way drones have been used in the past, are being used today and the future versus what is portrayed in the movies. He will also show us how his team was the first to successfully demonstrate that drones could be commandeered by GPS hacking.

Todd E. Humphreys is a UT-Austin Assistant Professor in the Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Department and Director of UT Radionavigation Laboratory. His recent focus is on radionavigation robustness and security.

April 14 The General vs the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War

Dr. H.W. (Bill) Brands

"During the Korean War, Douglas MacArthur and Harry Truman went head to head over American military strategy, American policy toward China, the nature of the communist threat, and who should direct American policy.

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In the opinion of many Americans, MacArthur, the hero of World War II, outranked Truman, the accidental president. MacArthur spoke and acted as though he knew better than Truman how to be president. The general's audacity pushed the United States and the world to the brink of nuclear war, from which Truman had to struggle to pull the country and the world back.

Dr. Brands holds the Dickson Allen, Anderson Centennial. Chair of History at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Brands has written 25 books in the last 29 years, the latest of which is the subject of this lecture. The theme of these books is generally American history and politics which teach these subjects through stories. Two of his books, Traitor to His Class and The First American were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize.

April 21 Building a Future at the Contemporary Austin

Louis Grachos

Grachos will feature a look at The Contemporary Austin during its current period of dynamic transformation. He will discuss the museum’s ambitious Master Plan to maximize the value of existing spaces and to integrate contemporary art into the fabric of city life through the “Museum Without Walls Program.” In addition, he will explore various global influences that guide and shape decision-making as The Contemporary seeks to evolve into an extraordinary cultural destination, engaging new audiences with contemporary art and contributing to the cultural economy of Austin, Texas.

Louis Grachos is Executive Director of The Contemporary Austin. In 2013 he led a successful rebranding of the merger between the Austin Museum of Art and Arthouse institutions as The Contemporary Austin—encapsulating the museum's mission to reflect the spectrum of contemporary art through exhibitions, commissions, education, and its outdoor sculpture collection.

April 28 Sleep & Aging: Should we Really Want to Sleep like a Baby?

Dr. Patricia Carter

During this lecture, Dr. Carter will discuss the recommendations for sleep across the lifespan. However, she will focus primarily on how our sleep changes with age. Some of these changes are "normal" and yet we worry about them. Other changes can be signals of potential problems and yet we just write them off as normal age related changes.

Dr. Carter will talk about which changes need to be a concern. Finally, she will discuss the things we can all do to get the best sleep regardless of age.

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Dr. Carter is an associate professor of nursing at UT Austin having almost 30 years of nursing experience and over 17 years of research devoted to helping people learn about sleep and how to sleep better. She is an active member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society and has provided over 50 presentations locally, nationally and internationally, that focus on sleep and health.