Assembly series

If, like millions of people, you scratch your head in amazement when an Eliot Spitzer-type scandal becomes public, perhaps Helen Fisher, Ph.D., can enlighten you. The Rutgers University anthropologist will give the Assembly Series/Women’s Society of Washington University talk at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 16, in Graham Chapel. Her address, “The Drive to Love: The Biology, Evolution and Future of Romantic Love,” is free and open to the public. This is the final lecture of the 2007-08 Assembly Series.

Calvin Trillin, the versatile veteran writer, journalist and humorist, will appear at Washington University at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 3, in Steinberg Auditorium as part of the Assembly Series. His talk is the keynote address for the upcoming symposium, “Consuming News: Newspapers & Print Culture in Early Modern Europe (1500 – 1800)” sponsored by the German department in Arts & Sciences.

“West Bank Story” is a little film about a big subject, uses music and comedy to deliver a serious message, and was created by a young man wise beyond his years. That person – Ari Sandel – will show his Oscar-winning film short and discuss how he came to make it at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 1 in Lab Sciences Auditorium. It is free and open to the public.

The Assembly Series hosts two speakers back to back: Legendary civil rights pioneer Charles Ogletree will present his views on the Roberts court at noon on Tuesday, March 4, in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom, Anheuser-Busch Hall. Philip Clayton will give a talk on bridging the gap between science and religion at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 5 in Whitaker Hall Auditorium.

Members of the world-renowned Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra will make a special appearance at the University next week as part of the Assembly Series. Two modern American masterpieces will be offered at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4 in Simon Hall’s May Auditorium on the Danforth Campus. The concert is free and open to the public.

The Assembly Series continues with a special appearance by members of the world-renowned Saint Louis Symphony. Two modern American masterpieces will be offered at 7:30 p.m. February 4 in Simon Hall’s May Auditorium on the Danforth campus. The concert is free and open to the public.

Leon Kass has been at the forefront of bioethics since before Louise Brown, the first test tube baby, was born in 1978. His talk for the Assembly Series, “Brave New Biology: The Challenge for Bioethics” will be presented at 4 p.m. Wednesday, February 6 in Graham Chapel on Washington University’s Danforth Campus. The program is free and open to the public

Two modern American masterpieces will be offered by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Monday, February 4, at May Auditorium in Simon Hall on the Washington University Danforth campus. The concert is free and open to the public. Both are considered ground-breaking works in contemporary music by composers who are at the forefront of experimental American music.

Looking back over the recent past, the advances in biomedicine seem astonishing. The birth of the first “test tube baby” 30 years ago, for example, was viewed as exotic and, to some, scary. Now, in vitro fertilization is commonplace. And yet, justifiable ethical concerns surround the human outcomes of these medical breakthroughs. Leon Kass, M.D., […]

Constitutional scholar Derrick Bell will present the first program in a very full schedule for the Assembly Series’ 2008 spring semester. Among the Series’ speakers are scientists, legal scholars, writers, sex experts and the St. Louis Symphony. For more information on the spring calendar offerings visit the Web site at http://assemblyseries.wustl.edu, or call (314) 935-5285.