UC-Berkeley neuroscientist Alison Gopnik, a Wall Street Journal contributor, will deliver an evening lecture on Friday, Oct. 23.

Peterson’s talk will include a discussion of the hip-hop generation’s emergence as a powerful force for cultural critique and social activism.

Attendees can meet the film's director and watch demonstrations of behavioral research using fruit flies in Oct. 26 event at Bijou Art Cinemas.

Stephen Fickas in computer science and John Halliwill in human physiology were selected for the awards by the Williams Council.

A grant from the Sloan Foundation will provide continued support for research conducted at the UO’s Biology and the Built Environment Center.