Washington University's Assembly Series
Fall 1999 Calendar

Ted Kennedy, Jr.
Disabilities and Civil Rights Lawyer and Activist

Wednesday, September 8, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Facing the Challenge: Disabilities, Health Care and Civil Rights"
BENJAMIN E. YOUNGDAHL LECTURE IN SOCIAL POLICY
Jonathan Weiner
Pulitzer Prize-winning science and nature writer
Author, Beak of the Finch and Time, Love & Memory

Wednesday September 15, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Evolution in Action: The View from Darwin's Islands and Benzer's Bottles"
THOMAS HALL LECTURE

Nancy Dickey, M. D.
Immediate past president, American Medical Association

Wednesday, September 22, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"The AMA Agenda: Improving Health Care Delivery for All Americans"

Linda Nochlin
Lila Acheson Wallace Professor of Modern Art, New York University and Author, Woman as Sex Object: Studies in Erotic Art

Wednesday, September 29, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Bathtime:The Representation and Practice of Bathing in French Art"

Andrew Delbanco
Julian Clarence Levi Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University, Author, The Death of Satan: How Americans Have Lost the Sense of Evil

Wednesday, October 6, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Do Americans Still Have a Dream?"

Heather McHugh
Poet and Milliman Distinguished Writer-in-Residence, University of Washington
Author, Hinge & Sign: Poems 1968-1993
Wednesday, October 13, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"The Book of Bones: A Poet's Vesalius"

Tony Brown
Host, Tony Brown's Journal, PBS Television
Author, Black Lies, White Lies
Wednesday, October 20, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Images of the Future"
BLACK ARTS AND SCIENCES FESTIVAL
Mary Maples Dunn
Acting Dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, and former president, Smith College

Thursday, October 21, 4 pm in Graham Chapel
OLIN CONFERENCE: DEFINITIONS OF SUCCESS
Neil Gershenfeld
Director, Physics and Media Group, MIT Media Lab, and Author, When Things Start to Think

Wednesday, October 27, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Things That Think"
Carol Moseley-Braun
Former Democratic Senator from Illinois,
Consultant, U.S. Department of Education

Wednesday, November 3, 11 am in Graham Chapel
"Serving with Integrity: The Challenges Facing Today's Public Servants"
COUNCIL OF STUDENTS OF ARTS & SCIENCES (CSAS) LECTURE




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