Helen Edison Lecture Series

The New Frontiers of Design with Paola Antonelli (5/1/2017)

Election 2016: The Presidential Campaign and the Changing Political Landscape (10/3/2016)

The Future of Criminal Justice and Journalism with Bill Keller -- Helen Edison Lecture Series (6/20/2016)

Music and Nature: Barry Lopez and Steve Schick -- Helen Edison Lecture Series (3/1/2016)

The Last of the President’s Men with Bob Woodward, Alex Butterfield and Michael Bernstein -- The Library Channel (1/4/2016)

Capital in the 21st Century with Thomas Piketty - Helen Edison Lecture Series (11/16/2015)

Tomorrow’s Leaders: Building on the Legacy of Selma with Myrlie Evers-Williams -- Helen Edison Lecture Series (6/1/2015)

The Role of Latinos in a Changing America with Cruz Reynoso -- Helen Edison Lecture Series (4/27/2015)

Plato at the Googleplex with Rebecca Goldstein -- Helen Edison Lecture Series (2/9/2015)

San Diego and the Panama-California Exposition of 1915: The Search for Civic Identity - Kevin Starr (1/19/2015)

Weapons of Mass Distraction: Keeping Our Sanity and Balance in a High-Speed, Displacing World with Pico Iyer -- Helen Edison Lecture Series (7/7/2014)

Targeted Immunotherapy to Revolutionize Cancer Treatment with Carl June, MD -- Overthrowing the Emperor of all Maladies: Moving Forward Against Cancer Series -- Exploring Ethics (6/9/2014)

Siddhartha Mukherjee -- Overthrowing the Emperor of All Maladies: Moving Forward Against Cancer Series -- Exploring Ethics, Helen Edison Lecture Series (4/14/2014)

Cancer Care in the Era of Genomics and Proteomics with Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD -- Overthrowing the Emperor of all Maladies: Moving Forward Against Cancer Series -- Exploring Ethics, Helen Edison Lecture Series (3/10/2014)

Life at the Speed of Light: From the Double Helix to the Dawn of Digital Life with J. Craig Venter -- Helen Edison Lecture Series (12/16/2013)

The Literary Imagination with Jonathan Lethem and Kim Stanley Robinson (7/1/2013)

A Look at What Cesar Chavez Symbolizes in the 21st Century with Hilda Solis -- Helen Edison Lecture Series (5/27/2013)

Climate Justice with Mary Robinson (5/13/2013)

China Airborne: Aviation and the Future of China with James Fallows and Peter Cowhey (6/11/2012)

The Global Impact of Climate Change: Balance Through Responsibility, Compassion and Human Consciousness with His Holiness the Dalai Lama (5/28/2012)