VPR Distinguished Lecture Series

The New Growth Theory and the Prosperity of U.S. Cities

Barry Bluestone, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Social Science, Urban Affairs, and Public Policy
Northeastern University
Feb. 13, 2008
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The Ethics of Research Involving Human Subjects

Robert J. Levine, M.D.
Professor of Medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine and co-director of Yale's Interdisciplinary Bioethics Center
October 2, 2007
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New Frontiers for Nanotechnology

Mihail C. Roco, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor for Nanotechnology
National Science Foundation
September 20, 2007
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Investing for Cyber-Enabled Discovery & Innovation

James Bottum Lecture
Chief Information Officer and Vice Provost for Computing and Information Technology at Clemson University.
September 17, 2007
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Hierarchical Thermal Transport Modeling in Nano-Structured Semiconductors:
Applications to Electronics

Cristina H. Amon, Ph.D.
Dean, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering and Alumni Chair Professor of Bioengineering in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Toronto
March 30, 2007
(co-sponsored with the Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences)
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The Societal Costs of Mental Disorders:
What We Know and What We're (Not) Doing About It.

Ronald C. Kessler, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Health Care Policy
Harvard Medical School
February 9, 2007
(The J. Warren Perry Lecture sponsored by theSchool of Public Health and Health Professions)
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Secret Lives of Synapses

Terrence J. Sejnowski, Ph.D.
Howard Hughes Professor and Head of the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
September 11, 2006
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