Anderson
Lecture

The Reid & Polly Anderson Lecture Series is an annual convocation featuring a top scientist in their field.

Typically, the Anderson Lecturer is on campus for 1-2 days, attends a pre-lecture dinner in his/her honor, gives the Anderson Lecture, and visits with a few classes or student groups as coordinated by the host department.

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About the Anderson Lecture Series

The Andersons hoped that the speaker could reach a general audience, but the Anderson Lecture is regarded as the college’s major science lecture of the year and is meant for a broad science audience. The Anderson Lectureship rotates among departments within the Science Division.

Here are just a few notable speakers from past years:

  • Elizabeth Loftus, expert on the psychology of memory and eyewitness testimony from the University of California, Irvine
  • Peter Schultz, chemist & biomedicine scientist at the Scripps Research Institute
  • Tyrone B. Hayes, endocrinologist, National Geographic Society Explorer, and activist for environmental health from U.C. Berkeley
  • Steven Strogatz, math scholar & New York Times online columnist
  • Andrew Knoll, Harvard naturalist & author of “Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth”
  • Steve Squyres, astronomer & recipient of the Carl Sagan Memorial Award
Nobel Laureate William Phillips performs experiments during the Anderson Lecture
Nobel Laureate William Phillips performs experiments during the Anderson Lecture Series
Harvard psychologist Mahzarin Banaji talks with students
Harvard psychologist Mahzarin Banaji talks with students
Maria Klawe speaks at the Anderson Lecture Series
Maria Klawe speaks at the Anderson Lecture Series
Anderson Lecture class visit

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