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Published October 27, 2006

Bruce Alberts, Patten Lecturer

Tuesday, Oct. 31, 7:30 p.m., Jordan Hall 124, IUB

“The Joys of Science and How They Led Me to Science Policy”

Thursday, Nov. 2, 7:30 p.m., Jordan Hall 12, IUB

“Spreading Science Throughout our Nation and the World:

A Challenge for our New Century”

Alberts
Alberts
Alberts, professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco, and past president of the National Academy of Sciences, is a respected biochemist with a strong commitment to the improvement of science and mathematics education. At NAS, he was instrumental in developing the National Science Education Standards that have been implemented in school systems nationwide and is known for his discovery of proteins that serve as essential chaperones to single-stranded DNA intermediates during processes of replication, recombination and repair. He also is well known as lead author of “The Molecular Biology of the Cell,” which has been the dominant textbook in its field for two decades.



Asma Afsaruddin, Distinguished Lecturer

“Islam, Democratic Virtues, and Pluralism”

Wednesday, Nov. 1, 7:30 p.m.

Classroom-Medical Building, Room 159

IPFW

Afsaruddin
Afsaruddin

Afsaruddin, associate professor of Arabic and Islamic studies at the University of Notre Dame, formerly taught at Harvard University and was a visiting scholar at the Centre of Islamic Studies, University of London. Her fields of specialization are the religious and political thought of Islam, Qur’an and hadith studies, Islamic intellectual history and gender studies. She is chair of the board of directors of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy and serves on the advisory board of Karamah, a human and women’s rights organization, and on the advisory committee of the Muslim World Initiative of the U.S. Institute of Peace, all based in Washington, D.C.



Vincent Woods

“Modern Drama and the Irish Tradition”

Friday, Nov. 3, 4 p.m.

Theatre and Drama Center, A201, IU Bloomington

Irish playwright and poet Woods is the author of “At The Black Pig’s Dyke,” the great drama about the Irish Troubles. In “A Cry from Heaven,” which had its world premiere at the Abbey in Dublin in 2005, he recast the ancient legend of Deirdre for modern times. In the tradition of W. B. Yeats and J. M. Synge, Woods makes modern art out of Irish folklore, and in his lecture he will describe his process of rooted creation.



Alfre Woodard, Omnibus Lecturer

“Who Are These Americans?”

Monday, Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m.

Walb Student Union Ballroom

IPFW

Woodard
Woodard
Committed to political activism in the U.S. and Africa, four-time Emmy Award winner Woodard was among artists and activists who, in 1989, founded Artists for a New South Africa, a non-profit organization dedicated to democracy and equality in South Africa and civil rights in the United States. She also has been active in campaigns against environmental racism and efforts to raise AIDS awareness. Woodard recently played the mysterious Betty Applewhite on ABC’s hit series “Desperate Housewives.” In 1998, she starred in Maya Angelou’s directorial debut, “Down in the Delta,” as a troubled woman sent to live with relatives in the South.




Sonia Nazario

Monday, Nov. 13, 7 p.m.

Kresge Auditorium

IU Kokomo

Nazario will be discussing her book, “Enrique’s Journey,” the Kokomo campus’ common reading program selection. She will discuss the book and issues related to immigration. The book describes the harrowing journey an estimated 48,000 immigrant children take each year to enter the U.S. illegally from Central America and Mexico; she physically re-created one Honduran teenager’s 12,000-mile sojourn to reunite with his mother in North Carolina. Nazario won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing, and the book is an expanded version of a series she wrote for the Los Angeles Times.

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