October
Monday, October 6, 2008
2008–2009 Lecture in the Sciences
"Reading Between the Spectral Lines: Revealing Interactions Within Living Cells"
Carol Robinson, professor of biological chemistry, University of Cambridge, England
4:15 p.m., Sherman Fairchild Biochemistry Building, Room 102, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 617-495-8600
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Eighth Annual Navin Narayan Memorial Lecture
“What Terrorists Want: Understanding the Enemy, Containing the Threat”
Louise Richardson, executive dean, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
5 p.m., Adams House Lower Common Room, 26 Plympton Street, Cambridge, MA, 617-496-2957, vsacchet@fas.harvard.edu
Thursday, October 16, 2008
2008–2009 Dean’s Lecture Series
"Eliminating Disparities in Healthcare: The Role of Healthcare Professionals"
Lisa A. Cooper, professor of medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
4 p.m., Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard, 617-495-8600
Monday, October 27, 2008
2008–2009 Dean’s Lecture Series
"Can't You See I'm Busy? Computers That Know When to Interrupt"
Barbara J. Grosz, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
4:15 p.m., Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard, 617-495-8600
November
Monday, November 17, 2008
2008–2009 Lecture in the Sciences
"Cancer Chemotherapy: An Unfolding Story"
Luke Whitesell, 2005–2006 Grass Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
4:15 p.m., Sherman Fairchild Biochemistry Building, Room 102, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 617-495-8600
Monday, November 24, 2008
2008–2009 Rama S. Mehta Lecture
"Stone Her to Death? Why? Defending Women within Sharia Courts"
Hauwa Ibrahim, 2008–2009 Rita E. Hauser Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute, Aries Law Firm, Nigeria
4 p.m., Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard, 617-495-8600
December
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
2008–2009 Julia S. Phelps Annual Lecture in Art and the Humanities
"The Health of Poetry"
Gwyneth Lewis, 2008–2009 Mildred Londa Weisman Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute, Inaugural National Poet of Wales in 2005–2006
February
Monday, February 23, 2009
2008–2009 Lecture in the Sciences
"Title to be announced"
Bonnie Bassler, Princeton University
4 p.m., Biological Laboratories Lecture Hall, Room 1068, 617-495-8600
Cosponsored by the Microbial Sciences Initiative at Harvard
March
Thursday, March 19, 2009
2008–2009 Dean’s Lecture Series and Lecture in the Sciences
“Title to be announced”
Elaine Fuchs, Rockefeller University; Howard Hughes Medical Institute
4:15 p.m., Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard, 617-495-8600
