Topical Lectures

Friday, February 17, 2017

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Henry L. Roediger, III: Making It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis John P. McGovern Award Lecture in the Behavioral Sciences
Alta Charo: Human Gene Editing: Recommendations from U.S. National Academies
Warren P. Knowles Professor of Law and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Daniel Nocera: Global Energy Challenge: Solutions from Science to Technology Transition
Patterson Rockwood Professor of Energy, Harvard University

Saturday, February 18, 2017

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Leila Takayama: Robotics Toward a More Human-Centered Future
Founder and Researcher, Hoku Labs
Susan Lindee: The Rise of the Genome: Genetics After the Bomb
Janice and Julian Bers Professor of History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania Sarton Memorial Lecture in the History and Philosophy of Science
Venki Ramakrishnan: Potential and Risks of Recent Developments in Biotechnology
President, Royal Society

Sunday, February 19, 2017

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Alan Stern: The Pluto System as Explored by New Horizons
Principal Investigator, New Horizons mission
Jeremy DeSilva: All Walks of Life: Bipedal Diversity in Early Human Ancestors
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Dartmouth College
John Rickford: Using Linguistics to Fight Dialect Prejudice in Courtrooms and Beyond
J.E. Wallace Sterling Professor of Linguistics, Stanford University