Assembly Series

Director: Barbara Rea

Home Page: http://assemblyseries.wustl.edu Location: 276 N. Skinker

For a half-century, the Washington University Assembly Series has brought some of the most important voices in contemporary society to campus. The lectures, which represent a broad range of topics designed to complement the University's curriculum, are free and open to the public.

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Biology is destiny? Fisher explains crazy little thing called love April 14, 2008 -- 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.

An expert on race relations Poussaint to speak on tolerance and diversity April 9, 2008 -- An expert on race relations, prejudice and diversity issues in a multicultural society, Alvin Poussaint, M.D., will present the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture for the Assembly Series. The talk will be held at 4 p.m., Tuesday, April 15, in the Laboratory Sciences Auditorium on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis.

Bowersock to give the Biggs Lecture Ancient history scholar Glen Bowersock to speak on 'Globalization in Late Antiquity' April 1, 2008 -- Ancient history scholar Glen Bowersock will give the Biggs Lecture in the Classics on "Globalization in Late Antiquity" for the Assembly Series at 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 10 in Steinberg Hall Auditorium.

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Colleges Scramble to Plan Events to Comply With Federal Mandate for Constitution Day Chronicle of Higher Education Sept. 2, 2005 -- A new federal law that requires colleges to present educational programming about the U.S. Constitution every September 17 has many institutions scrambling to develop programs just as the academic year is getting under way. Reaction to the mandate has varied. Some colleges, like WUSTL, are using the occasion to organize major events. But most are simply playing host to a speech or holding a panel discussion. WUSTL will use the day as a chance to formally open the Richard A. Gephardt Institute for Public Service. The event will feature an Assembly Series lecture by economist Hernando de Soto and a speech by Mr. Gephardt, a former Democratic congressman from Missouri. WUSTL political science professor emeritus James Davis, director of the center, comments.