The History and Philosophy of Science program will host its inaugural Science Conversations
lecture on Thursday, Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Art History Auditorium. Phillip
Reid Sloan, professor emeritus of liberal studies and of history and philosophy of
science at the University of Notre Dame, will speak on "The Converging Life Sciences
and Human Dignity: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives on Contemporary Biophilosophies."
Sloan is a leading historian of modern biology and a longtime advocate for liberal
education.
"We're excited to have Phillip Sloan as our inaugural Science Conversations lecturer.
Not only is he an expert in the history and philosophy of biology, but for decades
he has lived and promoted the ideals of liberal education," said Christopher Mirus,
assistant professor of philosophy.
"Too often, we think of the sciences as disciplines in which data and equations replace conversations about big ideas. In reality, science invites such conversation, raising questions about ourselves and our world that we cannot afford to ignore."
There will be two Science Conversations lectures during the 2012-13 academic year to promote educated, liberal conversation about the natural sciences, human sciences and mathematics at UD and in the surrounding community.
The University of Dallas' Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business is proud to announce a new partnership with Bishop Lynch High School. The partnership aims to further the Gupta College of Business' mission to prepare students in a wide variety of management specialties, serving a range of industries, and will support recruiting, education and other key functions at Bishop Lynch.
+ Read MoreOn Tuesday, Nov. 19, several members of the university community, including former students and colleagues of the late Classics Department founder Father Placid L. Csizmazia, O. Cist., gathered to celebrate the $50,000 endowment by an anonymous donor of the Father Placid L. Csizmazia, O. Cist., Memorial Scholarship in Classics, which will benefit classics majors at the University of Dallas.
+ Read MoreA rebirth of lifelong learning is flourishing under the instruction and embrace of a collective "brain trust" of UD faculty, which Provost Jonathan J. Sanford, Ph.D., guides from the third floor of Cardinal Farrell Hall.
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