2007 Brother Lucian Blersch Symposium
Explores “The Origin & Search for Life”
 The 2007 Brother Lucian Blersch Symposium, “The Origin and Search for Life” will discuss how life first originated on Earth and whether life exists elsewhere in the universe. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Friday, March 23, in Mabee Ballroom, Robert and Pearle Ragsdale Center.
The half-day event will present lectures by Lucian Professor of Natural Sciences Allan W. Hook and guest speakers Antonio Lazcano, biology researcher and professor at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and Jeffrey Bada, director of the NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training in Exobiology at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif.
| SCHEDULE |
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| 10 a.m. |
Welcome |
| 10:15 a.m. |
Antonio Lazcano, “The Origin and Early Evolution of Life” |
| 11:15 a.m. |
Jeffrey Bada, “Searching for Evidence of Life on Mars and Elsewhere in the Solar System” |
| Noon |
Al Hook, “Perspectives form the Lucian Professor of Natural Sciences” |
Organized by the School of Natural Sciences at St. Edward’s University, the event is free and open to the public. This annual symposium honors Brother Lucian Blersch, CSC, a longtime professor of engineering at St. Edward’s who died in 1986 and in whose name a professorship in the School of Natural Sciences was endowed by a gift from J.B.N. Morris, hs ’48, ’52, and his family.
For more information, visit www.stedwards.edu/lucian
Register online by March 16 at www.stedwards.edu/science/events/lucian/2007
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