The Dean's Forum
Initiated in 1984 to celebrate the richness of the arts and sciences, the Dean’s Forum offers the University community and the general public the opportunity to meet with leading intellectual figures who exemplify the liberal arts tradition. The Dean’s Forum also recognizes outstanding undergraduate and graduate students for their academic performance and intellectual promise.
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2008 Dean's Forum Dr. Steven Pinker, "The Stuff of Thought"
2007 Dean's Forum Dr. Paul Farmer, "AIDS in 2007: Building a Health Care Movement"
2006 Dean's Forum Harry G. Frankfurt, "On Bulls**t"
2005 Dean's Forum Brian Greene, "The Fabric of the Cosmos"
2004 Dean's Forum David McCullough, "Qualities of Leadership"
2002 Dean's Forum J.Craig Venter, "Sequencing the Human Genome"
2001 Dean's Forum Tom Wolfe, "The Third Millennium and the Spirit Age"
2000 Dean's Forum John Updike, "Gertrude and Claudius"
1999 Dean's Forum Maxine Hong Kinston, "The Woman Warrior"
1998 Dean's Forum Gary Willis, "Public Support for the Humanities"
1997 Dean's Forum Floyd E. Bloom, "Knowing About Knowing About the Brain"
1996 Dean's Forum Jonathan Miller, "The After-Life of Plays"
Other Dean's Forum Speakers
Donald C. Johanson
Arthur Schlesinger
Philip Roth
Toni Morrison
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Governors Dupont and Baliles
Gerald Edelman
Baruch Blumberg
James Watson
Susan Sontag
Arthur Miller