2011 Speakers & Videos
January 21, 2011, Snow Hall
“The Unexpected Future”
James Gunn, Professor Emeritus of English, University of Kansas
January 28, 2011, Snow Hall
“Demography of Aging”
David Ekerdt, Director, Gerontology Center; Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Kansas
and Tracey LaPierre, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Kansas
February 3, 2011, Carnegie Library, Lawrence, Kansas
"Later Life Creativity: The Best Is Yet to Be"
Rick Moody, Director, Academic Affairs, American Association of Retired Persons, Washington, DC
February 4, 2011. 210 Snow Hall
“The Third Age and the Good Life”
Rick Moody, Director, Academic Affairs, American Association of Retired Persons, Washington, DC
February 11, 2011, 210 Snow Hall
“New Communities in Old Institutional Settings: Constraints and Opportunities”
Mike Hoeflich, Distinguished Professor, School of Law, University of Kansas
February 18, 2011, 210 Snow Hall
“The Lesson of Urban History: Loss of Place”
Stephen Grabow, Professor, School of Architecture, Design, and Planning, University of Kansas
February 24, 2011, Carnegie Library, Lawrence, Kansas
“Connecting between Old and Young in an Aging Society”
Peter Uhlenberg, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina
February 25, 2011, 210 Snow Hall
“Age Integration: Obstacles and Opportunity”
Peter Uhlenberg, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina
March 4, 2011, 210 Snow Hall
“Policy and Place: Kansas City’s Green Zone”
Stephen Maynard-Moody, Director, Institute for Policy and Social Research;
Professor, School of Public Affairs & Administration, University of Kansas
March 11, 2011, 210 Snow Hall
“Design Typologies and Aging”
Keith Diaz-Moore, Associate Dean and Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Design, and Planning, University of Kansas
March 18, 2011, 210 Snow Hall
“Health Care Design and Environment in an Aging Society”
Frank Zilm, President, Frank Zilm & Associates, Inc.;
Chester Dean, Lecturer on Healthcare Design, School of Architecture, Design, and Planning, University of Kansas
March 31, 2011, Carnegie Library, Lawrence, Kansas
“No Truth to the Fountain of Youth”
Bruce Carnes, Professor, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, University of Oklahoma
April 1, 2011, 210 Snow Hall
“Lessons from Biology on the Nature of Aging”
Bruce Carnes, Professor, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, The University of Oklahoma
April 8, 2011, 210 Snow Hall
“Moral Geographies of Our Future”
Christopher Brown, Director of the Environmental Studies Program,
and Marisol Cortez, ACLS New Faculty Fellow, Department of American Studies, University of Kansas
April 14, 2011, Carnegie Library, Lawrence, Kansas
“Thriving in Later Life: Where You Live Matters”
Stephen Golant, Professor, Department of Geography, University of Florida
April 15, 2011, 210 Snow Hall
“Theorizing Where to Grow Old Successfully
Stephen Golant, Professor, Department of Geography, University of Florida
April 22, 2011, 210 Snow Hall
“Designing (Re)newable Cities”
Dan Rockhill, J.L. Constant Distinguished Professor, School of Architecture, Design, and Planning, University of Kansas
April 28, 2011, Carnegie Library, Lawrence, Kansas
“Long Life in the Twenty-first Century”
Laura Carstensen, Professor, Department of Psychology;
Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr. Professor in Public Policy at Stanford University; and Director of the Stanford Center on Longevity, Stanford University
April 29, 2011, 210 Snow Hall
“Redesigning Long Life”
Laura Carstensen, Professor, Department of Psychology;
Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr. Professor in Public Policy at Stanford University; and Director of the Stanford Center on Longevity, Stanford University
May 6, 2011, 210 Snow Hall
“Consulting the Genius of the Place”
Wes Jackson, Director, The Land Institute, Salina, Kansas
May 11, 2011, 210 Snow Hall
“What Do We Know about the Boomers?”
Bill Carswell, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Design, and Planning, University of Kansas
Lee Foster, president of Commons Company, not only inspired the creation of New Cities initiative, but he also generously provided financial support for its establishment and the first year of the Boomer Futures Think Tank. He has attended every Think Tank program and incorporated the ideas in his newest undertaking, Prairie Commons, a planned community he is developing in Johnson County, Kansas.
