To: All Faculty & All Academic Professionals & All Grad Students
           <everybody@illinois.edu> 
    From: "Judy Hansens" <judyhans@uiuc.ecu>

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 Subject: MASSMAIL - Conference on The New Biology

CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDY

The New Biology:  Issues and Opportunities - A Two-Day Conference
Friday, March 8 and Saturday, March 9.

All sessions will be held at Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois Street, 
Urbana.  This conference is free and open to the public.

Friday, March 8
Sessions run from 9 a.m. to noon and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Tracing the Roots of the New Biology:  Richard Burkhardt (UIUC); Evelyn 
Fox Keller (MIT)

Issues in Agriculture and the Environment:  Neal First (UW Madison): Bruce 
Fouke (UIUC); Gregory Stephanopoulos (MIT); Gerald Nelson (UIUC); Robert 
Streiffer (UW Madison)

8:00 p.m. Keynote address
R. Alta Charo (UW Madison).  From Stem Cells to Jail Cells--The Politics 
of Embryo Research

Saturday, March 9
Sessions run from 9 a.m. to noon and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The Human Condition:  Life Span:  Caleb Finch (USC); Aravinda Chakravarti 
(Johns Hopkins); Catherine Verfaillie (U Minn); Rayna Rapp (NYU)

The Human Condition:  The Nature of Human Nature:  Oswald Steward (UC 
Irvine); Rex Chisholm (Northwestern); Abigail Salyers (UIUC); Garland 
Allen (Washington U)

For more information, contact the Center for Advanced Study at 333-6729.  
Times, abstracts and other information at http://www.cas/uiuc.eduThis mailing approved by:
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research

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