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Academics > University Lectures > 2008-09 Schedule

FALL 2008

Visions and Ventures Symposium
Disembodied: The Science and Politics of the Flesh

Enhancing the Human: Genomics, Science Fiction and Ethics Collide
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
7 p.m., O'Donnell Auditorium
Gregory Stock
Director of the Program on Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine

The American Health Care System: High Cost, Low Performance
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
10 a.m., O’Donnell Auditorium
Douglas Frey
Chair of Family Medicine, Creighton University

The Flesh of the Other: The Epistemology of Somatic Practice
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
1 p.m., O’Donnell Auditorium
Katharine Young
Independent Scholar and Writer

Grappling With Issues of the Future
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
3 p.m., O’Donnell Auditorium
Ramesh Ponnuru
Senior Editor, National Review

(Title Forthcoming)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
7 p.m., O’Donnell Auditorium
Angela Davis
Activist

Senator Carl T. and Mildred M. Curtis Lecture on Public Leadership
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9
7 p.m., O’Donnell Auditorium
Bob Kerrey
President, The New School University

Forum Lecture
All Souls: A Family Story from Southie
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30
1 p.m., Olin B Lecture Hall
Michael Patrick MacDonald
Activist

Forum Lecture
The Audacity of Truth: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama
THUSDAY, NOVEMBER 13
1 p.m., O’Donnell Auditorium
Tim Wise
Activist, Writer

 

  Elder Gallery  
 

Exhibit features Nebraska artists

 

  One of the Best  
 

Rankings list NWU as a top liberal arts college

 

  Slam Poetry  
 

National slam poet champion plans NWU performance

 

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