The Rae Dorough Speakers Series

Ron Cohen, Berkeley Atmospheric Sciences Center Director & Professor of Chemistry, discusses how the popular press, searching for two diametrically opposed sides of the climate change debate, creates enormous distortions. He also outlines new prospects for reducing emissions of CO2 and other gases that drive changes in Earth’s climate.

The Rae Dorough Speakers Series has been provided by the Dorough Family, Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC, Tri-Valley Conservancy and the Hertz Foundation.

Abraham Verghese is Professor for the Theory & Practice of Medicine at Stanford, a renowned physician, teacher and bestselling author of Cutting for Stone. He is widely regarded as having influenced the way modern medical students think about what it means to be a doctor and the importance of the doctor–patient relationship.

The Rae Dorough Speakers Series has been provided by the Dorough Family, Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC, Tri-Valley Conservancy and the Hertz Foundation.

Paul Alan Cox, Director of the Institute for EthnoMedicine, spent three decades searching for new medicines from plants used by traditional healers in the Pacific and Southeast Asia. TIME magazine named Cox one of 11 “Heroes of Medicine.” His work preserving island rain forests was recognized with the Goldman Environmental Prize.

The Rae Dorough Speakers Series has been provided by the Dorough Family, Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC, Tri-Valley Conservancy and the Hertz Foundation.

Bob Borchers, entrepreneur, inventor, venture capitalist, and Livermore native, will look back at the last five decades of venture capital and discuss the opportunities and challenges for the future.

The Rae Dorough Speakers Series has been provided by the Dorough Family, Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC, Tri-Valley Conservancy and the Hertz Foundation.