Sponsored by the Office of the President, the University Lecture Series provides a forum for speakers of national and international importance to enhance scholarly and scientific learning and to stimulate the intellectual climate of the university and surrounding communities.
Cornel West is a prominent and provocative democratic intellectual. He is Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at Harvard University and holds the title of Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. He has also taught at Union Theological Seminary, Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth College, and the University of Paris. Cornel West graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard in three years and obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy at Princeton.
"The Edison of Medicine: Robert Langer’s Quest to Solve Global Health Challenges Using Biotechnology"
ROBERT LANGER, Sc.D., Institute Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Space Exploration: Past, Present and Future, A Celebration of 50 Years since Apollo"
JAMES GREEN, NASA Chief Scientist and STEVEN M. ROTHSTEIN, Executive Director, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
"Technology and Humanities: Building the Leaders of the Future"
SCOTT HARTLEY, Author, Venture Capitalist, and Startup Advisor
"Engineering Future Entrepreneurs"
CARL J. SCHRAMM, University Professor
“The Global Ergonomics of Ebola and Other Infectious Diseases: Combating Feat Through Innovation”
PAMELA MCCAULEY, PHD, CPE, Engineer, Educator, Expert, Entrepreneur
Prioritizing Our Greatest Problems Versus Prioritizing Our Efforts to Find Solutions
BJORN LOMBORG, Director of Copenhagen Consensus Center and Adjunct Professor at Copenhagen Business School
