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Wow - March has flown by and we have an even busier month of April! We are finalizing details for an April 19, 4 PM - Howard Baker Memorial Lecture with Chairman of NEDO (New Energy & Industrial Technology Development Organization), Kazuo Furukawa. Mr. Furukawa is the former chairman of Hitachi and NEDO is a very large energy and technology research center, similar in some ways to our National Science Foundation. More details soon and note the earlier time of 4 pm in the TOYOTA Auditorium. OTHER APRIL EVENTS - Mark Your Calendar! Monday, April 4, 4:00 pm. "To the Moon, Alice!" Former US Senator and Lunar Astronaut Harrison "Jack" Schmitt returns to the Baker Center. Thanks to UT Planetary Geosciences Institute for sponsoring his visit. You are in for a treat! Tuesday, April 5, Noon, "Fundamental Free-Speech Principles: Threats to the First Amendment" David Hudson, First Amendment expert and Nashville lawyer, will present this critical topic affecting our four freedoms. David has a wonderful way of presenting this information - so don't miss it! Feel free to bring your lunch and join us! Tuesday, April 5, 5:30 pm, Global Security Lecture - Ambassador Mahamed Shaker, Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs Thursday, April 7, 1-2:30 pm, E&E Forum - "Natural Pathways to Climate Mitigation" with Dr. Joe Fargione, Lead Scientist with The Nature Conservancy, Minneapolis, MN. Monday, April 11, 5:30 pm, Ashe Lecture - "Choosing Diplomatic Options to Engage Enemies" by Ambassador Carey Cavanaugh. Teddy Roosevelt’s approach to foreign policy was “speak softly, and carry a big stick,” but Washington can seem more inclined to use the stick (military force) than speech (diplomacy) to resolve serious problems abroad. Explore why this is so and how to better select the best foreign policy tool for the job. Brief Bio:Ambassador (Ret.) Carey Cavanaugh is director of the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky. Earlier he was a career Foreign Service officer, working in Washington at the Department of State, Pentagon and on Capitol Hill, and serving overseas in Berlin, Moscow, Rome and Switzerland. In 1992, he opened the first American Embassy to the new Republic of Georgia. Under Presidents Clinton and Bush, he was special negotiator/peace mediator for conflicts in Eurasia. Wed., April 13, 5:30 pm, US Navy Being There Matters! Navy Medicine Keeping Sailors and Marines Healthy, Ready and On the Job - Rear Admiral Terry Moulton, Nashville native, Deputy Surgeon General and Deputy Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery for the US Navy. Join us as we celebrate Navy Week in Knoxville! Thursday, April 14, 12:30 – 2 pm - E&E Forum with Dr. Jon Hathaway, UT Civil & Environmental Engineering - PLEASE NOTE EARLIER START TIME! Tuesday, April 19, 12:45-1:45 pm - Baker Cafe "Is there an Environmental Crisis? with Dr. Michael McKinney, Earth & Planetary Sciences professor and director of the Environmental Studies Program. Thursday, April 21, 2016, 1-2:30 pm, E&E Forum with Dr. Virginia H. Dale, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She is a Fellow and Director of the Center for BioEnergy Sustainability and will discuss sustainable bioenergy. All in the Toyota Auditorium and are free and open to the public!