Tour Guides: Liz Lyons, MDC Conservation Education Supervisor and Jim Jordan, UMSL Senior Coordinator, Division of Continuing Education

This tour takes you to the greatest confluence of big rivers in North America (Illinois, Mississippi, and Missouri Rivers). On our visit to Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), Riverlands Army Corp of Engineers, and Marias Temp Clare CA we explore the migratory birds that depend on the bottomlands the three rivers have created. We’ll see ducks, geese, pelicans, herons and other shore birds besides nesting eagles as we discuss current management practices. Learn about the fisheries, geology, and cultural history that shaped this region.

Lunch stop in Grafton (not included in price).

Registration required. COST: $20 per person (Does not include lunch). SPACE is LIMITED to 5 Academy of Science REGISTRANTS. OPEN to ALL. For more information, or to register, e-mail rsvp@academyofsciencestl.org, or call 314.533.8586.

A joint program of the Missouri Department of Conservation, OASIS, University of Missouri – St. Louis Division of Continuing Education and The Academy of Science – St. Louis

A partnership presentation of:

-- lecture and book signing, Medieval Lough Cé: History, Archeology and Landscape

Featured Speaker: Thomas Finan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of History and Director, Center for International Studies, Saint Louis University

The Kilteasheen Archaeological Project began in 2002 as a survey of medieval churches in County Roscommon, Ireland, and developed into one of the largest ongoing research excavations in Ireland in the last decade. Kilteasheen is now known to be a multi-period site, with elements dating back to the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods. The site was occupied as an ecclesiastical center in the early Middle Ages (600-800 AD), and was a major strategic stronghold of the O'Conor kings of Connacht in the thirteenth century. The site was abandoned in the middle of the fourteenth century, possible a result of the plague arriving in western Ireland in 1350. Features excavated on the site include a small castle hall house, a twelfth century church, a managed cemetery, and enclosure. Over 150 skeletons have been excavated at the site.

Books available for purchase and signing following the talk.

To be held at:
OASIS in Forest Park, Dennis and Judith Jones Visitor’s Center
5595 Grand Drive in Forest Park
St. Louis, MO 63112

Registration Required. OPEN to ALL. Middle, high school and university students welcome to attend.

FREE to the first 10 registrants, $9 per person thereafter. OPEN to ALL. Space is limited.

To register call 314-533-8586 or e-mail rsvp@academyofsciencestl.org

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Tour Guides: Jim Jordan, UMSL Senior Coordinator, Division of Continuing Education and Crown Valley Tiger Sanctuary Staff

Join us, for a “behind the scenes” tour of the Tiger Sanctuary outside Ste Genevieve where we will see these large cats up close and learn about the Sanctuary’s efforts to preserve these lords of the jungle. Tiger conservation, including Mizzou’s program, and big cat adaptations and natural history are topics of discussion with Jim Jordan, former Zoo Educator.

Registration Required. COST: $40 per person, includes lunch. SPACE is LIMITED to 4 Academy of Science REGISTRANTS. For more information, or to register, e-mail rsvp@academyofsciencestl.org, or call 314.533.8586

(Meet at Clayton OASIS.)

A joint program of the University of Missouri – St. Louis Division of Continuing Education and The Academy of Science – St. Louis

A partnership presentation of:

Featured Speaker:  Lauren Schwarz, Ph.D., ABPP-CN, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Director of Neuropsychology Division, Department of Neurology & Psychiatry, Saint Louis University

Lapses in memory and word finding difficulties are common complaints as we age.  How do we know when we should be concerned about these slips in our abilities?  Saint Louis University neuropsychologist, Dr. Lauren Schwarz, discusses the common cognitive changes that occur with aging and pays particular attention to how to differentiate between normal aging, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and dementia.  Don’t forget to mark your calendar for this in-depth look at memory and aging.

To be held at:
Kirkwood OASIS at the Kirkwood Community Center
111 South Geyer Road
Kirkwood, MO 63122

Registration Required. OPEN to ALL.  Middle, high school and university students welcome to attend. FREE to the first 10 registrants. $9 per person thereafter. Register at rsvp@academyofsciencestl.org, or by calling 314.533.8586.

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Featured Speaker:  Peter Marina, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Missouri – St. Louis

Sociologist and UMSL Visiting Professor, Dr. Peter Marina, examines a Brooklyn African- American Pentecostal congregation based on unique data: four years of ethnography that paints a portrait of piety, compassion, caring, love — all embraced through an embodiment perspective as members experience these forces in personal ways through religious conversion. The focus on the individual process of becoming Pentecostal challenges previous religious conversion paradigms and advances new ideas to understand “conversion” and “tongue-speaking” as a process. Concepts developed on religious seekership and spiritual capital make sense both empirically and theoretically of Pentecostal social engagement in this rapidly changing, surprising and highly contradictory late-modern church scene.

To be held at:
OASIS in Forest Park, Dennis and Judith Jones Visitor’s Center
5595 Grand Drive in Forest Park
St. Louis, MO 63112

Registration Required. OPEN to ALL. Middle, high school and university students welcome to attend. FREE to the first 10 registrants. $9 per person thereafter. Register at rsvp@academyofsciencestl.org, or by calling 314.533.8586.

On Science Series co-sponsor: