Science lecture series to consider evolution, images of science, new frontiers DANVILLE, KY - Robert Hazen, a distinguished scientist who helped author a national study on the teaching of evolution, will lecture at Centre College on Wednesday, March 15, about "Science, Religion and the Evolution of Life." His remarks will begin at 7 p.m. in Young Hall room 101. In that program, Hazen will address the challenges that face scientists and science teachers, as well as theologians, in answering profound questions about the origin of life. Centre has especially invited area school science teachers to attend this lecture. Hazen will deliver several other lectures at Centre during a week on campus as a Humana Visiting Scholar. The visiting scholars program was funded by a gift to the college endowment from the Humana Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Humana Inc., a health care corporation based in Louisville. Another of Hazen's public lectures is set for Thursday, March 16, at 8 p.m. in Weisiger Theater in the Norton Center for the Arts. For this program, Hazen will discuss "Unanswered Questions at the Frontiers of Science." Hazen says that, despite recent claims that science is nearing the end of its usefulness, there is no end to the questions that may be raised in scientific inquiry. Hazen is scheduled to meet with Centre students to discuss the image of scientists in modern society, and he will deliver informal lectures on other topics. A complete schedule is available upon request to Christine Shannon in the Centre computer science department. Hazen is a research scientist at the Carnegie Institute of Washington's Geophysical Laboratory. He also is the Clarence Robinson Professor of Earth Science at George Mason University. Hazen was chosen by the National Academy of Science to be one of the authors of its definitive study on the teaching of evolution. The author of more than 250 articles and 15 books, he is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His recent research focuses on the crystal chemistry of deep-earth minerals, as well as mineral-catalyzed organic synthesis and the origin of life. Hazen earned bachelor's and master's degrees in science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a doctorate at Harvard in earth science. He appears frequently on radio and television programs on science. - end - [RELEASED: March 9, 2000]   Communications Office Centre College 600 W. Walnut Street Danville, KY 40422 Coordinator of public information: Patsi Barnes Trollinger Telephone 606-238-5719 - trllngrp@centre.edu News and Events Home Page