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(01/20/93 10:00am)
Despite a growing trend among American colleges to decrease benefits given to employees, the University will not revise the policy which grants tuition benefits to faculty and staff members and their dependents, officials said. Vice President for Human Resources William Holland said the benefits are not threatened by recent budget cuts and growing financial strain at the University. "I have not heard any discussion around that at all," Holland said. Holland also said the current system attracts quality staff and faculty members to the University. "Clearly, a leading institution must have this kind of program, though I wouldn't say it's common," Holland said. "It's highly valued and a major magnet for attracting faculty and staff." According to Holland, the University's present policy, most recently revised in 1983, offers all University employees and their dependents the opportunity to attend the University with a 75-percent tuition discount. The program partially subsidizes dependents or employees who choose to attend another institution. In both cases, the University does not allocate benefits for housing or other costs. Dennis Mahoney, University benefits manager, estimated the tuition benefits program affects about 1,500 people. The University currently subsidizes tuition for approximately 1,000 people -- about 625 staff and faculty members, 325 offspring, and 50 spouses -- who attend the University as either graduate or undergraduate students, Mahoney said. Mahoney estimated that about 500 staff and faculty offspring take advantage of the program to attend other colleges and universities. College senior Tanya Adler, daughter of former Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences Norman Adler, said the University's tuition benefits program played a major role in her decision to attend the University. "I wanted to go to an Ivy League college and there was no way I could have afforded it," Adler said. "I also wanted the Jewish community that's here." While Adler's benefits will cover her senior year despite her father's resignation last semester, she said her brother, Wharton sophomore Ari Adler, will have to apply for financial aid to pay for the second half of his education. Both Adlers have been granted full funding under the former policy because their father came to the University before 1983. According to Holland, the University's former program offered employees who were hired before 1983 the option of allowing dependents or employees to attend the University tuition-free. Drexel University is the latest in a series of institutions to eliminate all or part of its faculty and staff benefit programs. Drexel, which is developing a five-year plan of cuts and reorganizations, announced last month that it will no longer support dependents of university employees who attend other institutions. Elimination of this program is expected to save Drexel $400,000 a year, school officials told the Philadelphia Inquirer last week.
(01/14/93 10:00am)
Rachel's Brownies met the Milky Way early yesterday morning when the chocolate treats that commonly line the shelves of commissaries and convenience stores orbited into space with the Space Shuttle Endeavor. The four dozen brownies were specifically requested by NASA astronaut Mario Runko for his fresh food locker, the storage space in which astronauts keep a favorite food from home. Jeffrey Slater, marketing manager for Rachel's Brownies and a 1975 College alumnus, said that while NASA does not endorse Rachel's Brownies, the "out of this world" adventure can only boost sales. Runko, a two-time NASA shuttle crew member, first experienced a Double Chocolate Walnut Rachel's Brownie on a commercial airline flight, said Slater. Slater said that Rachel's Brownies are distributed on US Air and United Airlines flights. The company's cookies, fruit bars and crackers are also distributed on these airlines. Rachel Borish, Slater's wife, started the company in 1975 and sold it to Goodmark Foods, Inc. in 1989. The brownies are baked in nearby Blandon, Pa. While not munching Rachel's Brownies during the five day space journey, Runko and five other NASA crew members will conduct research and experiments, NASA spokesperson Kelly Humphries said. The crew members of the Endeavor, which launched at approximately 9:30 a.m., will track a data relay satellite, measure matter between stars and perform educational, material and physiological experiments. Slater said Rachel's Brownies was delighted to accomodate Runko's request and added that they sent extra brownies for Runko to share with other crew members. "Maybe," Slater said hopefully, "this will become a new kind of diet."
(04/24/92 9:00am)
Democratic presidential hopeful Jerry Brown will discuss his general campaign platform at 5 p.m. this afternoon on College Green. Brown's visit, which comes on the virtual eve of the Pennsylvania primary and a week after Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton spoke in Annenberg, has caused several campus groups to bicker over who has sponsored the event. Both the Philomathean Society and an alliance of the College Democrats, the Wharton Democrats and the Penn Political Union are sponsoring the event, although Philo and the alliance group worked independently to bring Brown to the University. Philo Moderator and College senior Marianne Park said Philo offered a forum to Brown about a month ago. "We heard that Brown was looking for a forum at Penn," Park said. "We bring a lot of programs -- speeches, poetry readings, faculty lectures -- so we became involved." Park also said that College sophomore Lance Dunlop, "a friend of Philo," was responsible for contacting the Brown campaign and for inviting Brown to speak at the University. Dunlop said he became interested in bringing Brown to the University after learning the basic ideas behind his campaign. "I'm not a true believer or anything," Dunlop said. "But I think he says a lot of important things." He said he is especially interested in Brown's proposed social policies. "There is such a wide disparity between people today," he said. "People who graduated from Penn a few years ago will tell you that the crime rate has gone up massively and that the number of homeless people here has skyrocketed." "Brown wants to put money into education instead of defense," he said. "This may help the problem, and I think we should be able to hear more about his ideas." Dunlop said he would also like to hear more about Brown's flat tax proposal. Dunlop emphasized that posters publicizing the speech have created confusion as to which organization sponsored Brown to speak at the University. "I've seen a lot of posters around saying that the College Democrats are sponsoring Brown's speech," Dunlop said. "But Philo put up the money and did all the work in getting him to speak." But College sophomore Samantha Halem, co-president of the College Democrats, said that her organization has been working with the Brown campaign for four months. "I saw a sign saying that Philo was sponsering Brown and I was shocked," Halem said. "I think that maybe the Brown campaign led us both on." Halem also suggested that the Brown campaign did not realize the two University groups were independent of each other. She also said Philo did not pay for Brown's visit, as Dunlop alleged. Halem said Brown will speak at the University for free. College Democrats Co-president Scott Sher, a College sophomore, said he does not want the sponsoring confusion to become the main issue of Brown's visit. "Our main objective is to educate people about politics," Sher said. "But as a fledgling organization, we must make our presence known on campus."
(04/24/92 9:00am)
Hilary Koprowski wants to set the record straight. Koprowski said yesterday that allegations in last month's issue of Rolling Stone magazine which link his polio vaccine to the origin of AIDS are mere speculation and have no scientific merit. Koprowski, the former director of the Wistar Institute, said the article, written by Tom Curtis, is an example of irresponsible journalism. "He is not a responsible journalist," Koprowski said. "He is creating unnecessary panic and fear about a polio vaccine that has saved millions of lives." And Tom Sprague, Koprowski's attorney, also denounced Curtis' article yesterday. "Rolling Stone did not use scientific proof," Spague said. "This has been sensationalized in the media and caused people to be concerned about a safe polio vaccine." Sprague also said the National Center for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration have both issued statements refuting the connection between the polio vaccine and the origin of the AIDS virus. In his article, Curtis alleges that a batch of Koprowski's polio vaccine, which was grown in the kidneys of monkeys and orally administered to children in Africa between 1957 and 1960, was responsible for the outbreak of the HIV-1 virus in humans. Curtis' theory involves three main allegations, each of which Koprowski said is based wholly on circumstantial evidence and support from non-scientists. First, Curtis asserts that Koprowski used both African green monkeys and Asian rhesus monkeys for his vaccine. Curtis says these monkeys carry SIV, a harmful simian retrovirus. In response, Koprowski said he only used Asian rhesus monkeys for his vaccine, and that the monkeys were not infected with any harmful simian viruses. And according to The Washington Post, scientists agree that while green monkeys carry a strain of SIV, it is too different from HIV-1 to have evolved into the virus now recognized as the cause of AIDS in people. Curtis also alleges that Koprowski's vaccine was contaminated with SIV because the polio virus used in the vaccine was grown in the kidneys of monkeys. But Koprowski said that even if SIV/HIV-1 did exist in the kidneys he used, it could not have survived in the kidney cell culture while the polio virus used for his vaccine was being grown. Gerald Quinnan, acting director of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Biologics, confirmed this in a statement to The Washington Post. "When our lab and other labs tried to grow SIV in monkey kidney cell culture, we couldn't do it," Quinnan said. "There aren't enough cells in the culture capable of supporting the virus." Curtis also asserts that the AIDS virus was orally transmitted to the African children through the vaccine. But Koprowski said the possibility of transmitting AIDS through a drop of vaccine in the mouth is virtually nonexistent. "People in Africa have been eating green monkeys for centuries," Koprowski said. "There is a much larger chance of getting a disease from monkey meat than from a drop of vaccine placed on the tongue." Koprowski said the AIDS virus may have once been a mild disease, but that numerous transmissions of it through blood rituals and sexual activity caused the disease to become more virulent. But Koprowski stressed that this theory is only his speculation about the origin of AIDS. Koprowski added that he thinks the medical world should not be concerned with finding the original cause of the fatal disease. "We must find cures and vaccines -- not origins," he said. "We must find them as quick and effective as possible." Despite Koprowski's defense, the Wistar Institute has named a committee of scientists to review Curtis' theory. "There has been a rather complex series of conjectures," Wistar's Director of External Affairs Warren Cheston said. "Things have to be checked out -- we have a responsibility to investigate." Sprague said he agrees that an investigation is warranted. "There should be a scientific investigation, not just wild speculation, as we see in Rolling Stone," he said.
(04/24/92 9:00am)
Democratic presidential hopeful Jerry Brown will discuss his general campaign platform at 5 p.m. this afternoon on College Green. Brown's visit, which comes on the virtual eve of the Pennsylvania primary and a week after Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton spoke in Annenberg, has caused several campus groups to bicker over who has sponsored the event. Both the Philomathean Society and an alliance of the College Democrats, the Wharton Democrats and the Penn Political Union are sponsoring the event, although Philo and the alliance group worked independently to bring Brown to the University. Philo Moderator and College senior Marianne Park said Philo offered a forum to Brown about a month ago. "We heard that Brown was looking for a forum at Penn," Park said. "We bring a lot of programs -- speeches, poetry readings, faculty lectures -- so we became involved." Park also said that College sophomore Lance Dunlop, "a friend of Philo," was responsible for contacting the Brown campaign and for inviting Brown to speak at the University. Dunlop said he became interested in bringing Brown to the University after learning the basic ideas behind his campaign. "I'm not a true believer or anything," Dunlop said. "But I think he says a lot of important things." He said he is especially interested in Brown's proposed social policies. "There is such a wide disparity between people today," he said. "People who graduated from Penn a few years ago will tell you that the crime rate has gone up massively and that the number of homeless people here has skyrocketed." "Brown wants to put money into education instead of defense," he said. "This may help the problem, and I think we should be able to hear more about his ideas." Dunlop said he would also like to hear more about Brown's flat tax proposal. Dunlop emphasized that posters publicizing the speech have created confusion as to which organization sponsored Brown to speak at the University. "I've seen a lot of posters around saying that the College Democrats are sponsoring Brown's speech," Dunlop said. "But Philo put up the money and did all the work in getting him to speak." But College sophomore Samantha Halem, co-president of the College Democrats, said that her organization has been working with the Brown campaign for four months. "I saw a sign saying that Philo was sponsering Brown and I was shocked," Halem said. "I think that maybe the Brown campaign led us both on." Halem also suggested that the Brown campaign did not realize the two University groups were independent of each other. She also said Philo did not pay for Brown's visit, as Dunlop alleged. Halem said Brown will speak at the University for free. College Democrats Co-president Scott Sher, a College sophomore, said he does not want the sponsoring confusion to become the main issue of Brown's visit. "Our main objective is to educate people about politics," Sher said. "But as a fledgling organization, we must make our presence known on campus."
(04/20/92 9:00am)
Followimg the death of Associate Medicine Professor Maurice Attie earlier this month, the Fairmount Park Commission voted to ban cars on West River Drive on weekends from 7 a.m. until noon throughout the summer. Attie, a professor at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, was struck and killed by a drunk driver while bicycling on West River Drive, the evening of April 5. Attie's death renewed the debate over the best way to safely accomodate the cyclists who use the drives along the Schuykill River for training, recreation and commuting. The June through August car ban was made possible in part because of a $30,000 grant from CoreStates Bank that will pay for permanent gates. In a statment to The Philadelphia Inquirer, Noel Weyrich, president of the Bicycle Coalition of the Delaware Valley, said he is not sure that the commission's new decision will be effective. "We believe Dr. Attie would be alive today if Fairmount Park had followed through with a report they released almost two years ago," Weyrich said. "They have done nothing to dissuade motorists from using West River Drive as the Schuylkill Expressways's kid brother." According to Weyrich, the report released two years ago included the closing of West River Drive to cars from dawn to dusk, from May to October. He said he is unhappy with the new ruling, which only bans cars before noon. "Eighty percent of cycling takes place after noon," Weyrich told The Inquirer. "Rushing out there before noon, before they let the cars go, that's something -- but it's not recreation." William Mifflin, president of the Fairmount Park Commission, said he would like to accomodate the wishes of the cyclists, but that there is no simple solution to the problem. "I do feel we should reclaim the park for users," Mifflin told the Inquirer. "I think closing the river drives would be a marvelous idea. I would have liked to have jumped right into this thing, to [ban cars] 12 hours both days. It is just not realistic. But we are moving toward that." Attie was heading north on his bicycle on West River Drive when he was struck and killed by Ronald White, 25, of the 7900 block of Fayette Street, police said. Investigators said White, who was later charged with drunk driving, was also heading north at the time of the accident.
(04/16/92 9:00am)
Administrators will not remove sanctions imposed on Veterinary School researcher Jorge Ferrer despite a faculty committee's report that the punishment infringes upon his academic freedom, Deputy Provost Richard Clelland said yesterday. The Faculty Senate Academic Freedom and Responsibility Committee also stated its uncertainty about whether Ferrer was given adequate opportunity to demonstrate the unfair nature of the sanctions, which prevent him from conducting certain experiments. But Clelland said the committee's decision served only as a recommendation to Provost Michael Aiken and the University administration, and is not a final decision. Clelland said Aiken will not lift the sanctions and, therefore, that Ferrer will remain restricted from certain research experiments until June 1992. In a statement published in last week's Almanac, Aiken said that "the administration disagrees with certain conclusions of of the [committeeM " Aiken said the administration feels the committee did not give sufficient weight to the issue of faculty responsibility in Ferrer's case. Aiken also noted the administration's disappointment that the committee did not place greater emphasis on the consequences that could potentially follow from the failure of a faculty member to follow his protocol. According to the Handbook for Faculty and Academic Administrators, "the Senate committee shall issue an opinion as to whether the provost's actions" were appropriate. The sanctions were imposed on Ferrer last February in response to an experiment in April 1990 that accidentally exposed students and staff to lambs carrying a leukemia-causing virus. In the incident, Ferrer failed to separate 14 lambs innoculated with the cancer-causing HTLV-1 virus from the rest of the flock at the University's New Bolton Center, located in Chester County. Although an investigating committee comprised of Veterinary School officials ruled last February that the individuals who came in contact with the infected lambs were not at risk of contracting cancer, Ferrer was found guilty of "lapses of judgement and poor communication." Vet School Dean Edwin Andrews said the sanctions were imposed in response to Ferrer's poor judgement in the incident. Ferrer filed a grievance complaint regarding the sanctions, which he said are unfair and harmful to his research project. "Because of their nature, these punitive sanctions will most likely destroy a research program which . . . has made fundamental contributions to lukemia and retro-virus research," Ferrer said. In a written response in Tuesday's Almanac, Ferrer said he disagreed with Aiken's statements about the committee's decision. He said that because two separate Senate committees examined the case, he does not believe the final conclusion could have been reached without giving adequate weight to the alleged hazard to human health. Ferrer also noted that the risk of transmission of the virus from the animals to humans "was, and is, virtually nil."
(04/01/92 10:00am)
The Wistar Institute is currently investigating allegations that a vaccine developed in the late 1950s by former Director Hilary Koprowski may have caused AIDS in human beings, Wistar officials said this week. The allegations stem from an article in Rolling Stone magazine in which the author, Tom Curtis, hypothesized that Koprowski's oral polio vaccine contained an undetected monkey retrovirus which created the AIDS virus. The article states that the vaccine was grown in the kidney tissues of monkeys and then orally administered to human beings in parts of Africa. It also alleges that samples of the test vaccine are currently stored at Wistar. But a statement issued by the Wistar Institute last month said that while viruses similar to the HIV virus have been identified in monkeys, none has ever been found which is identical to the virus that causes AIDS in humans. Warren Cheston, director of external affairs at Wister, said Monday that Curtis' hypothesis is based soley on circumstantial evidence. "There has been a rather complex series of conjectures," Cheston said. "We're trying to see if there is any validity in these allegations. Things ought to be checked out -- we have a responsibility to investigate." Cheston also said that samples of the vaccine have not been located at Wistar, because "[the vaccine was developed] a very long time ago." Wistar Director Giovanni Rovera plans to establish a committee to evaluate Curtis' speculations, the official statement says. "We are identifying a group of scientists who are knowledgable about infectious diseases," Cheston said. "They will meet with us and discuss what went on during the late 1950s. They will advise our direction on what we should do, if anything." Wistar officials said the investigating committee members will be named shortly, and will include prominent scientists from outside Wistar as well as within. Koprowski, who could not be reached for comment, denied Rolling Stone's allegations about his vaccine in a statement to Science magazine last month. He also stressed the scientific benefits which resulted from the success of his vaccine. "Immunization of children in Africa against polio could be used as a model for the approach to the mass immunization against AIDS once a vaccine becomes available," Koprowski said. "It is a pity in a sense that instead of using his journalistic skills to show this, Curtis chose to misconstrue the information . . . to propagate a hypothesis without basis in fact."
(04/01/92 10:00am)
Writers get to sleep late in the morning and they can wear jeans to the office. These are just two motivating advantages of becoming a writer, according to Carlin Romano, the keynote speaker at the fifth annual Young Writers at Penn Conference, a program sponsored by the University's Discovery Program. The conference, which was held on Saturday in the Nursing Education Building, attracted more than 200 high school students from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware who enjoy writing. Romano is a journalist at The Philadelphia Inquirer, who teaches a writing class at the University. He is also a reviewer and an author. Romano told the students that writing is an expression of personality. He said that the writer must use his or her personality to rivet the reader's attention in today's chaotic society. "A writer must translate the fire of personality through the page," Romano said. "Although some talent is necessary, this process can be taught." Romano advised students constantly to write pieces for publication. He added that the degree of discouragement in this process can be especially frustrating. "You have to want it very badly," Romano said. "There's nothing institutional pushing you." After Romano's speech, the students attended two workshops of their choice. The workshops covered different aspects and styles of writing, such as journalism, poetry and playwriting. The workshops were led by authors and media specialists. Greg Frost, program coordinator of the College of General Studies, organized the conference. "The program is for students without writing programs in their schools," said Frost. "It shows them the truth about how things work, from real writers."
(02/21/92 10:00am)
Center City is not the only place where one can appreciate fine art. The Penn Student Gallery, located in the Houston Hall Bowl Room, has a lot to offer both artists and visitors. The gallery sponsors three exhibits each semester, the most recent of which is "Process and Product," now showing in the Houston Hall Bowl Room. An opening reception for the exhibit was held on Thursday afternoon in the Bowl Room. The gallery, now in its third year, is the University's first student-run, non-profit art gallery. The gallery is run entirely by undergraduates and is a SPEC-funded organization. College junior Jessica Winegar is the director of the program. "Our main goal is to enliven the arts community because it can be really stifling," said Winegar. "It's important for student artists to be able to show their work in a gallery and get criticism." Winegar said that the artists are undergraduates and graduate students, ranging in major from Fine Arts to Entrepreneurial Management. "Process and Product" includes the preliminary and intermediate stages of art on display with the final works. The preliminary works include photographs and sketches which the artists used in their creative processes. College senior Evan Bernstein, the gallery curator, said she is enthusiastic about the idea. "It is a bit unusual, and people are shocked," said Bernstein. "It is important for people to realize that art is not a single inspiration but a process involving a lot of work." Ardeth Anderson, a third-year graduate student in Fine Arts, is one of the five contributing artists to "Process and Product." "It is a really good idea," said Anderson. "I never realized how much process I go through with photos and sketches. The process is often lost in the final product, though it can sometimes be the most interesting part to the artist." Anderson also said that she feels that the Penn Student Gallery is an asset to student artists. "As an artist, it is really good to take your work out of the studio and into a gallery, where you can see your work from a distance," Anderson said. The patrons at the opening reception admired the works and were able to meet a few of the artists. Paula Kowalczyk, a second-year graduate student in Fine Arts, said she liked the theme of "Process and Product." "I think it is a good idea for a show," said Kowalczyk. "You really get to see what went on in the artist's head." The gallery is open to the public Monday through Friday, from 3 p.m. until 6 p.m. "Process and Product" will run through March 19.
(01/30/92 10:00am)
Mary Day Kent, international classroom coordinator of the University Museum, spoke last night of her recent trip to Panama, two years after the American invasion of that country. Kent, an American who grew up in Panama, presented the changes in Panama's development since the invasion on December 20, 1989 through a series of slides. Kent spoke to about 25 people from the University and the area, many of them Panamanians. "I went to Panama because of the second anniversary of the invasion, with a mental picture of an article I might write," said Kent. "The reality made the picture more complex, not what I expected." Kent showed slides of El Chorrillo, the village targeted by the 1989 U.S. invasion. El Chorrillo was destroyed, and the motto of the displaced survivors is "It is forbidden to forget." Kent presented slides of the village both before and after the attack. Kent stresses that today, Panama is a nation in transition. Panamanians are striving to create a national identity independent of the United States. She said Panama is facing an uncertain future. In 1999 the U.S. will retreat from Panama, as stipulated by the Panama Canal Treaty. The extent to which U.S. forces will leave Panama is not yet clear, but Kent said massive changes in Panama's political, economic, and social spheres are certain to occur. "The U.S. will keep three military bases with major airstrips or intelligence capability, and possibly try to attain another," said Kent. Kent noted Panama's high literacy rate and economic appeal to international investments as positive aspects of the nation's future. Both Japan and Hong Kong show interest in the resources of the canal area. She also said she believes that drug use, money laundering, and unemployment still plague Panama. Several Panamanians in the audience contested that point. Kent explained several changes that have taken place in Panama since the overthrow of Manuel Noriega. Today, citizens can freely demonstrate in the streets. However, Panamanians, even supporters of the invasion, still raise questions. Kent said they feel that perhaps the situation could have been resolved without interference of an outside power or the military. "There are still people sorting out what the meaning of the invasion was, and great debate exists over these feelings," she said. Third-year Law student Martin Arias, a Panamanian student at the University, commended Kent on her presentation. "She captured accurately the complex transition, and not the simplistic individual issues facing Panama," he said.
(01/29/92 10:00am)
Daniel Sinclair, an appointed lecturer of Hebrew University in Jerusalem, led an informal discussion on Jewish Law and Israeli Law last Wednesday evening at the Hillel Foundation. Sinclair said that after Israel gained its independence, it maintained much of the legal system imposed on Palestine by the British. "Eastern Europeans wanted Israel based on Jewish law but the enforcement of religion did not fit the modern spirit," said Sinclair to a group of 20 undergraduates and Law School students. However, Sinclair stressed that traditional Jewish law has been a determining factor in several modern cases. Sinclair cited instances in which traditional Jewish law was used in modern Israel to decide cases of rape between a husband and wife, the rights of prisoners to conjugal visits, and the obligation of witnesses to take an oath of truth during a trial. "Traditional Jewish laws offer a lot of wisdom and guidance in line with the issues of modern western thought," he said. Traditional religious law is still strictly used today in Israel in the personal matters of marriage, divorce, and custody cases, while issues such as education are resolved by secular courts. Israel does not have a written constitution, and so secular cases are decided on the basis of peace, freedom, justice, and truth of Israel, according to Sinclair. In recent years, the Orthodox and Reform branches of Judaism have disagreed about the validity of Reform, civil, and mixed-religion marriages in Israel, as well as about the types of divorce appropriate to these marriages. "Jewish marriage is a unifying factor," Sinclair said. "Civil marriage would destroy a civilized vestige of Jewish unity." Third year Law student Oded Salomy had mixed emotions about Sinclair's treatment of the marriage issue. "On one hand, I'm glad that he didn't sort of rehash all the controversial religious debates going on in Israel of marriage and divorce," Salomy said. "But on the other hand, he ducked all the real painful issues with which secular Israel is dealing." The discussion ended with a brief question and answer session concerning the issues of the absence of an Israeli written constitution and child custody laws in Israel. Sinclair, a recipient of the Jacob Herzog memorial prize for Jewish Law, arrived in Philadelphia last week for the first stop on a national lecture tour. Bonnie Bailis, advisor to the Drexel University Hillel and Sinclair's former student, brought the lecturer to Hillel as a follow up to a conference on Biomedical Ethics held at Hillel last November.
