Five highly regarded scientists are traveling to the U to give lectures this year.
The College of Science and the College of Mines and Earth Sciences are sponsoring the “Frontier of Science Lecture Series,” in which some of the nation’s most prominent members of the science community will speak.
James DeGooyer, administrative program coordinator for the science college, said this year’s lecture series is “unprecedented” because of the number of lectures offered. “We are very excited to offer the public a broader range of topics while maintaining the intimate atmosphere,” he said.
Speakers include Gary Horowitz, string-theorist from UC-Santa Barbara, Bruce Ames, geneticist and biochemist from UC-Berkeley, Christopher Johnson, director of the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute at the U, Peter deMenocal, climatologist from Columbia University and Paul Hoffman, geologist from Harvard. All are leaders of their respective fields.
“This promises to be a very engaging year of presentations,” DeGooyer said.
The series was established by professor Peter Gibbs of the U physics department in 1967 in order to allow the U community to attend lectures of prominent physical scientists. The series became increasingly popular, and later grew to include speakers in biology, chemistry and mathematics fields as well.
“We now fill both auditoriums to capacity and are considering ways to accommodate even more people,” DeGooyer said. All lectures are videotaped and available for viewing, and the speakers can be heard giving live radio interviews on local stations.
The lectures are free and open to the public, and will take place in the Skaggs Biology Auditorium.
Call 581-6958 for more information and for dates and times of lectures.