WHO: Jeffrey Toobin, CNN senior legal analyst, author (The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court) and staff writer for The New Yorker.
WHAT: "One-Hundred Years: A Look Inside the Supreme Court." For this talk, a ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Centennial event, Toobin plans to intertwine stories of the Supreme Court and the history of ºÙºÙÊÓƵ. Distinguished Speakers Series.
WHEN: Oct. 10
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WHO: George Mitchell, former Senate majority leader (as a Democrat from Maine). In his post-Senate life, he brokered a landmark peace accord in Northern Ireland, and, for his effort, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
WHAT: "From Northern Ireland to the Ballpark," referring to his diplomacy and his recent investigation for Major League Baseball, looking into steroid use. Distinguished Speakers Series.
WHEN: Nov. 19
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WHO: Tracy Kidder, author.
WHAT: "The Problem With Goodness: The Story of Paul Farmer." Farmer is the subject of Kidder's book Mountains Beyond Mountains: A Man Who Could Cure the World, this year's Campus Community Book Project.
WHEN: Dec. 1
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Coming in 2009: Political activist and feminist Gloria Steinem (Jan. 16), former "child soldier" Ishmael Beah (April 8), and film writer, director and producer Paul Haggis (May 11).
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All speaker programs are scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. in Jackson Hall, and all include question-and-answer sessions.
Tickets are available through the Mondavi Center box office, (530) 754-2787 or (866) 754-2787, or .
Media Resources
Dave Jones, Dateline, 530-752-6556, dljones@ucdavis.edu