Past Lectures

Dinosaurs, Deserts, and Helicopters: Paleontology in the Grand Staircase of Southern Utah

Lecture by Dr. Randall Irmis, Paleontology Curator, Natural History Museum of Utah


DNA Sequencing: The Utah Genome Project

Lecture by Dr. Lynn Jorde, Professor and Chair, Department of Human Genetics


Creativity in the Wild

Lecture by Dr. David Strayer, Professor, Cognition and Neural Science, Department of Psychology


Let the Sun Shine In…But Protect Your Skin!

Lecture by Dr. Sancy Leachman, Director, Melanoma and Cutaneous Oncology Program, Huntsman Cancer Institute


Of Knockout Mice and Men: The Genetics of Development

Lecture by Dr. Mario R. Capecchi, Co-Chair and Distinguished Professor, Department of Human Genetics


From Environment Through Forensics: The Fabulous World of Stable Isotopes

Lecture by James R. Ehleringer, Distinguished Professor, Department of Biology


Killer Snails Make Pain Medicine

Lecture by Baldomero “Toto” Olivera, Distinguished Professor, Department of Biology


Range Creek: Past, Present, and Future

Lecture by Duncan Metcalfe, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology


Islam, Islamism, and the Study of the Middle East

Lecture by Professor Ibrahim A. Karawan, Director, Middle East Center


Geography of Terrorism

Lecture by Dr. George Hepner, DEPARTMENT OF Geography