Malcolm Lester Lectures: How We Got Here: Attacks, Detachment and Self-Inflicted Wounds

The Phi Beta Kappa Society’s Zeta Chapter of Georgia at Mercer University will host the seventh annual Malcolm Lester Phi Beta Kappa Lectures on Liberal Arts and Public Life on March 31 and April 1 in the Presidents Dining Room on the Macon campus. Holden Thorp, the editor-in-chief of the Science family of journals for the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, will present three lectures on the theme “Sticking to Our Values in a Chaotic Age: How to Rebuild the Partnership Between America and Higher Education.” Lecture Schedule: “How We Got Here: Attacks, Detachment, and Self-Inflicted Wounds” Monday, March 31, at 10:10 a.m. “Interregnum: Why Intercollegiate Athletics is Not a Hill to Die On” Tuesday, April 1, at 11:15 a.m. “Rebuilding the Partnership: Research Integrity as a Test Case for a New Model” Tuesday, April 1, at 6:00 p.m. The lectures are free and open to the public.