Month: September 2006

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Kerry Emanuel, one of Time Magazine’s Most Influential Scientists of 2006 will give Transylvania’s fall Kenan lecture Tuesday, October 10, at 7:30 p.m. in Haggin Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Time called Emanuel “The Man Who Saw Katrina Coming.” Just three weeks before Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, Emanuel authored a famous study in the journal Nature on the link between human-induced global warming and increasing hurricane strength. He reported that hurricanes have grown more powerful and destructive over the last three decades due in part to global warming. The study also found that the accumulated power of hurricanes in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico had more than doubled since 1970. Emanuel’s book, Divine Wind: The History and Science of Hurricanes, chronicles how hurricanes have altered history by thwarting military incursions and changing the course of explorations, and also outlines their influence on music, art and literature. It was named one of the Top 20 Science Books of 2005 by Discover Magazine. Since last year’s devastating hurricane season, few issues have been more contentious than whether human-driven global warming is responsible for the increased intensity and frequency of these storms. Emanuel, professor of earth, atmospheric and planetary science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, supports the growing evidence of links between human-induced global warming, higher sea temperatures and more intense hurricanes. The William R. Kenan Lecture Series is made possible by

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LEXINGTON, Ky.—Hear the melody and beat of Indian music when Pandit Santanu Banerjee performs an evening of Indian classical music Thursday, October5, at 7:30 p.m. in Transylvania’s Carrick Theatre. He will be accompanied by Gurupada Das on the tabla and percussionist Neel Adhicary. The concert, which is free and open to the public, is part of Transylvania’s World Voices series. Santanu most recently performed at a September 11 concert at the Lincoln Center in Washington, D.C., under an invitation from the M. K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence. About Pandit Santanu Banerjee Vocal music in India is as old as the Vedas, the ancient scriptures or revelation of the Hindu teachings. Santanu Bandyopadhyay (Banerjee) is the natural, sole torch bearer of the famed Vishnupore Gharana, the house of the northern Indian vocal tradition. Santanu was a noted prodigy. Born into a family of glorious musical tradition, as a child he spent hours at riaz (practice) to attain standards that the stalwarts in his family had set. Today, the vocalist directly represents the fifth generation of the Vishnupore house in Bengal. At a young age, Santanu received careful training in Hindustani (Northern Indian classical music) from his late grandfather and father. This tradition is based on a complex and engaging method of improvisation based on hundreds of ragas, melodic formulas that must be internalized to such a degree that they become second nature. Dedicated to music, Santanu consciously balanced his life and

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