Upcoming
February 3, 4, 5
2003 William Belden Noble Lectures
Genetics, Medicine, and Faith
Presenters:
Francis Collins, National Human Genome Research Institute
Armand Nicholi, Harvard Medical School
Kenneth Miller, Brown University
Ted Peters, Graduate Theological Union
Memorial Church
Harvard University
8:00 p.m.
As the 2003 William Belden Noble lecturer, Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, will deliver a series of lectures exploring genetics, medicine, and faith. The first lecture on Feb. 3 will be "From Atheist to Believer: A Personal Voyage" and will feature Armand Nicholi, HMS associate clinical professor of psychiatry, as respondent. On Feb. 4, Collins's talk will be "Can a Geneticist Be a Believer? Evolution and Other Challenges" with a response by Kenneth Miller, professor of biology at Brown University. The final talk in the series, on Feb. 5, will be "Genetics, Ethics and Faith" and will feature a response by the Reverend Ted Peters, director of the Science and Religion Course Program at the Graduate Theological Union.
The Noble Lectures were founded in 1998 through a bequest of Nannie Yulee Noble in memory of her husband. This series is free and open to the public. Free parking is available at the Broadway Garage. For more information, please contact Leslie Kress at 495-5508.