3:24 p.m., March 29, 2007--UD's Academy of Lifelong Learning's spring lecture series resumes at 1 p.m., Friday, April 13, at Arsht Hall in Wilmington with a talk on “The FBI and 9/11: What Went Wrong?" by Richard Gid Powers, a leading historian specializing in national security and law enforcement.

Previously scheduled for March 16, Powers' lecture was postponed because of inclement weather. A lecture on "Intelligent Design" by Karen Rosenberg, chairperson and professor in UD's Department of Anthropology, previously scheduled for April 20, has been canceled to accommodate the revised schedule.

Powers is the author of Broken: The Troubled Past and Uncertain Future of the FBI and is a professor of history at the College of Staten Island and the Graduate School of the City University of New York, where he also directs the American Studies Program.

The lectures, featuring distinguished scholars and writers, are set for 1-2:30 p.m. on selected Fridays at Arsht Hall. Two other lectures are scheduled in April:

Friday, April 20--Carole Haber, chairperson and professor in UD's Department of History, will lecture on "The Trials of Laura D. Fair: Sex, Insanity, and Murder in Victorian America.”

Friday, April 27-- Jeffrey Rosen, professor of law at the George Washington University Law School and legal affairs editor of The New Republic, will lecture on "The Supreme Court: Why Personality Matters."

The lectures are cosponsored by the UD's Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program. All lectures are free and open to the public. For more information, call (302) 573-4417.