Penn professor to discuss "How Ready Are We for the $1,000 Genome?"

10:41 a.m., April 20, 2015--"How Ready Are We for the $1,000 Genome?" will be the subject of the Arnold M. Clark Memorial Lecture, scheduled at 5 p.m., Tuesday, April 21, in Room 100 of Wolf Hall at the University of Delaware.

Speaking will be Reed E. Pyeritz, who is William Smilow Professor of Medicine and professor of genetics at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine. Pyeritz serves as vice chair for academic affairs in the Department of Medicine and senior fellow in the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics. 

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June 5: Blue Hen 5K

University of Delaware graduates planning to attend Alumni Weekend are encouraged to register for the annual Blue Hen 5K walk and run, which will be held Sunday morning, June 5.

June 6-9: Food and culture series

The 20th annual June Lecture Series at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UD in Wilmington will be held June 6-9. Titled 'June a la Carte,' this year's program focuses on great political documents, feminism, world politics and a Newark cuisine sampler.

• June 6-9: Food and culture series
• Through June 30: 'Saving White Clay Creek'
• July 22: WWE Heatwave Tour
• Through Sept. 16: Women of color in academia

Sponsored by the University's Department of Biological Sciences, this program is supported by a gift from Dr. and Mrs. Howard Hudson. 

This lecture honors the late Dr. Clark, a professor at UD from 1946-81. He advanced the ideas of teaching genetics in schools and understanding science as a part of culture. Throughout his career, he focused his research on radiation biology, developmental genetics, aging and human heredity.