Happy Spring on this cold and blustery day and have a wonderful holiday 
weekend!  Just a reminder that we have MANY events this week and next. All 
in Toyota (unless noted) and free & open to everyone!

April 16, Wed., 4 - 6 pm - "Exploring Least-Regrets Resource Planning:  A Forum 
on Modeling for Long-Range Power Supply Studies"

Join us and TVA for this look at how a large electric utility structures its energy 
portfolio to make the most economic sense, while recognizing future 
uncertainty. Join Gary Brinkworth, Sr. Program Manager, Integrated Resource 
Plan, TVA, and explore this model. This should be of particular interest to 
students and the public interested in sustainability, environment, energy 
modeling, economics, and energy policy. 
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NEXT WEEK!!!

April 21, Monday, 1:30 pm Baker Café - Baker Center Reading Room 

Join us for coffee and an informal discussion with Dr. Joe Stainback on "Nuclear 
Security - Who Are Our Threats:  Terrorists, Insiders or Nuns?! 
 - Research Associate Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering 
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April 21, Monday, 5:30 pm - Distinguished Global Security Lecture:  "Iran: 
Defender or Disrupter of Regional Security?" Dr. Haleh Esfandiari

Dr. Esfandiari, Director, Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson International 
Center for Scholars joins us to present this talk. Dr. Esfandiari is an Iranian 
scholar and journalist and has expertise in Gender, Gender Equality, Women's 
Rights, and Middle East and North Africa. Her most recent book is based on her 
time spent in an Iranian prison in 2007 and titled, "My Prison, My Home:  One 
Woman's Story of Captivity in Iran."  There was wide coverage of this on the 
news at the time as Cong. Lee Hamilton worked to get Dr. Esfandiari released.  
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April 23, Wednesday, 5:30 pm, "An Idea Whose Time Has Come:  Two 
Presidents, Two Parties and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964"  - a 
book discussion with author, Todd Purdum and our own, John Stewart (included 
in the book)

Todd and John just appeared at the Kennedy Library Forum last week.  Todd 
Purdum writes for POLITICO and Vanity Fair and is a former NY Times reporter 
and White House correspondent. John was chief legislative aide to Sen. and 
Vice President Hubert Humphrey and was very involved in the process of this 
Act becoming law.  A book signing will follow. Purdum has also appeared on 
NPR's Fresh Air, PBS, and in numerous news magazines and articles. 

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MORE INFORMATION TO COME -  April 25, Friday, 3:30 pm - UNIVERSITY 
CENTER Auditorium - Sec. Ernest Moniz, Distinguished Lecture on Energy & the 
Environment.