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Another distinguished group of speakers is headed for UC Davis, with talks scheduled next week on history, climate change and business, and a panel on “Ending Childhood Lead Poisoning.” All of the programs are free and open to the public.

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The Department of History is presenting the 19th Lunn Memorial Lecture, named after Eugene Lunn, a 20-year faculty member who distinguished himself as a scholar in the field of modern European intellectual history.

This year’s speaker is Professor Mark Mazower, director of the
Center for International History at Columbia University, speaking on the topic "Karl Marx, Giuseppe Mazzini — and Randal Cremer: Exploring the History of 19th-Century Internationalism."

The talk is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, in the AGR Room at Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center. A reception is set for 7 p.m.

Mazower’s books include Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950; Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century; Hitler's Empire: Nazi Rule in Occupied Europe; and, most recently, No Enchanted Palace: The Idea of Empire and the Ideological Origins of the United Nations.

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The Department of Land, Air and Water Resources announced a talk by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Susan Solomon: “A Tale for Our Times: Something for Everyone, About Climate Change and the Reasons for Climate Gridlock.”

Professor Cort Anastasio called Solomon as “one of the world’s preeminent environmental scientists,” saying she had played a leading role in exploring and explaining the two grand atmospheric challenges in our lifetimes: stratosphericozone depletion and global climate change.

As a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, she shared in the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, given to the IPCC and former Vie President Al Gore.

The organizers of her talk at UC Davis said Solomon “will provide scientific information to help us better understand both the science of climate change and the reasons why international agreement on climate change policy has proven particularly difficult.”

Solomon’s talk is scheduled for 3 p.m. Thursday, April 7, in Ballroom B at the Activities and Recreation Center.

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The Graduate School of Management announced a visit by Mark S. Hoplamazian, president and chief executive officer, Hyatt Hotels Corp., participating in the Dean's Distinguished Speaker Series, in conversation with Dean Steven Currall.

The event is scheduled from noon to 2 p.m. Friday, April 8, in the Ali Abbaszadeh Lecture Hall at the GSM (Gallagher Hall).

People are welcome to bring their own lunches; the GSM will provide beverages and cookies. The organizers are asking for RSVPs by today (April 1); they can be arranged by e-mail to rsvp@gsm.ucdavis.edu (please provide your full name and affiliation).

'Ending Childhood Lead Poisoning'

This panel discussion is scheduled from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, at the UC Center Sacramento, 1130 K St., Suite LL. The panel’s subtitle is “Understanding Health through Community, Environment and Policy.”

Sponsors: Institute of Governmental Affairs, Environmental Justice Project, John Muir Institute of the Environment, Center for Regional Change, Center for Environmental Policy and Behavior, and the Cadenasso Landscape and Urban Ecology Lab.

The panelists:

• Linda Kite, executive director, Healthy Homes Collaborative, Los Angeles.
• Bruce P. Lanphear, senior scientist, Child and Family Research Institute, and professor, health sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia.
• Howard Mielke, research professor, chemistry and the Center for Center for Bioenvironmental Research, Tulane University.