Programs
The Project Y Spies
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 from 12 noon – 2 pm
Alan Carr
During the Manhattan Project, four Los Alamos insiders stole secret information and provided it to the Soviet Union. This is the story of their treachery: what they stole, why they committed espionage, and what happened to them. This presentation includes newly uncovered information pertaining to Oscar Seborer, who was publicly confirmed as a spy in September 2019.
Alan B. Carr currently serves as a Program Manager and the Senior Historian for Los Alamos National Laboratory.
During his tenure as a
Far-Right Extremism is still on the Menu: Trends in the Violent Far-Right Movement
Friday, October 18, 2024 from 12 noon – 2 pm
Michaela Millender
Nearly four years after the insurrection on January 6, far-right violent extremist groups and militias have recalibrated, adapted, and proliferated. The convergence of far-right ideologies and conspiracy theories which created a perfect environment for the attack on the US Capitol is not only present today but has deepened alongside social polarization. This talk will examine the current trends within the violent far-right movement both in the US and globally, and the potential future outlook.
Symposia
Crisis in Human Migration: A New World of Walls?
April 18-19, 2016
Dr. Demetrios Papademetriou, Distinguished Senior Fellow and President Emeritus, Migration Policy Institute and President MPI Europe; Joseph C. Wilson IV, US Ambassador (rtd); Andrew Purvis, former Beirut Managing Editor,UNHCR, and former bureau chief TIME Magazine; Chick Keller, Climate and Botanical Consultant to Pajarito Environmental Educational Center, Los Alamos; William J Garvelink, US Ambassador (rtd); Salvador Gutierrez, Regional Liaison and Policy Officer for Central and North America and the Caribbean, International Organization on Migration; Dr. Dieter Dettke, Adjunct Professor of European Security, Georgetown University and former Director of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation,
A Climate of Change: the Global Imperative
April 20-21, 2015
Jeff Bingaman, Jr, former United States Senator from New Mexico; Judy Garber, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans, Environment & Science (OES); Douglas Fox, freelance science writer; Charles Keller, retired scientist with degrees in Philosophy, Physics and Mathematics, and a PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics; Shana McDermott, Assistant Professor Dept. of Economics, University of New Mexico and Senior Research Associate, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Brian Hurd, Professor of Agricultural Economics & Agricultural Business, New Mexico State University; Javier Gonzales, Mayor of Santa Fe, NM.
Scientific and anecdotal evidence tell us that the earth’s temperature is warming at