UCI neuroscientist David Cribbs returns to the show, taking up BIO 101 on brain plaques and lesions, his own research, news about what might be a promising drug for the treatment of Alzheimers, and highlights of this year’s 9-30-16, 27th Annual Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease hosted in Irvine at 18000 Von Karman. Details are available at: http://www.alzoc.org/events/2016-research-conference/.

Then UCI’s int’l relations lecturer Paula Garb considers why foreign affairs matter to us all; definitely a bedrock of literate voting. She also presents UCI is plethora of esteemed institutions in which all are invited to take part: Center for Citizen Peace Building: http://www.peacebuilding.uci.edu/, Students for Global Peacebuilding: http://www.peacebuilding.uci.edu/programs/sgp/sgp.php, and the Olive Tree Initiative: http://www.olivetreeinitiative.org/. Paula Garb will return to these airwaves next January for details about the 5th annual Peace and Justice Week Summit 2017.