Jeffrey Gordon, an engineering professor at Israel’s Ben-Gurion University now on sabbatical at the new U.C. Merced, will be the guest speaker at a discussion of solar energy on Thursday, Jan. 20, in Menlo Park.

Gordon will talk about “harvesting sunlight for novel, lucrative applications.”

A reception and light supper begins at 6 p.m. and the program starts at 6:30 p.m. at UBS Financial Services Inc., 2800 Sand Hill Road, Suite 100. Attendance by reservation only. R.V.S.P. by Monday, Jan. 17: (415) 399-1090 or [email protected].

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