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Annual Lectures

	Jean Mitchell Watson Lecture The Jean Mitchell Watson endowment was established in 1993 through a generous $25,000 pledge from renowned biologist James D. Watson. The donation was made in memory of Dr. Watson’s mother to honor her long association with the University. Over the years many eminent evolutionary biologists have been featured by the event, a majority of them specialists in the field’s nucleic acid underpinnings at Dr. Watson’s request.

	Sean B. Carroll (Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics and Investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Wisconsin) will present this year’s Watson Lecture on Thursday, November 13, 2008. Please plan on joining us for "Endless Flies Most Beautiful : Cis-Regulatory Sequences and the Evolution of Animal Form" at 3:30 PM in Biological Sciences Learning Center, Room 109.

	Kathryn Barnes Memorial Lecture The Barnes lecture endowment was first established in 1967 by a collective of generous donors organized by the Newberry Library of Chicago. The endowment was donated in honor of renowned botanist Kathryn Barnes, who passed away in 1966. Distinguished speakers are generally drawn from the botanical sciences in memory of Kathryn Barnes. 2009 Barnes Lecture details TBA