Topic A: Health care reform

UC Davis is hosting a panel and a dialogue, separately, on the economics of health care reform:

Nov. 10 — A panel of executives involved in the health care and insurance industries. 6 p.m., Gallagher Hall. Sponsors: Center for Investor Welfare and Corporate Responsibility, Davis Net Impact and the Bio Business Club. If interested in attending, please RSVP by e-mail to hrandb.rsvp@gmail.com.

Nov. 17 — Public dialogue: “How To Really Prevent the Health Care Reform From Disappointing Us In the Future,” with economists Joel W. Hay of USC and Thomas Rice of UCLA. 3:30 p.m., AGR Room, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center. Sponsors: The Levine Family Fund; Center for History, Society and Culture; Department of Economics; Economy, Justice and Society; Institute of Governmental Affairs; and the Herbert A. Young Society.

‘Motherhood and the State’

A conference titled “Motherhood and the State: Women, Surrogacy, and (Trans)Nationalism in Israel and India” is scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 12 in 360 Shields Library. Sponsors: Jewish Studies, Institute of Governmental Affairs, departments of Anthropology and Sociology, Women and Gender Studies, Consortium for Women and Research, Women’s Resources and Research Center, Cultural Studies and Middle East-South Asian Studies. More information: iga.ucdavis.edu (look under “Upcoming IGA Events”).

Engineering alum to give lecture

The College of Engineering announced a Nov. 16 talk by alumnus Francis Lee in the Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series.

Lee, a 1974 graduate, is chairman of the board of Synaptics, a Santa Clara-based designer of user-interface hardware for PCs and other electronic devices. Forbes magazine recently ranked Synaptics 13th among America’s top 20 small publicly traded companies.

Lee's talk is scheduled from 4:10 to 5 p.m. in Giedt Hall, with a reception to follow in the Bruce and Marie West Lobby of Kemper Hall.

Vanderhoef lecture at I-House

The International House announced its new Vanderhoef International Lecture Series, with one talk annually — with the series’ namesake, Chancellor Emeritus Larry Vanderhoef, as the first speaker. His talk, free and open to the public, is scheduled for Nov. 16. A reception is set to begin at 6:30 p.m. and the talk at 7 at I-House, 10 College Park, Davis. Vanderhoef’s topic is “ ‘It Changed My Life!’ — University of Illinois Student, 1975” — based on a comment that Vanderhoef recalls from his time on the Illinois faculty, from 1970 to 1980.

Campus hosts Clark Kerr lecture.

All Seminars and Colloquia.