Our speakers will weave together insights from brain science, biology, psychology, and the arts. We begin with Gina Kolata, well-known science writer at the New York Times, and researchers from Princeton’s Molecular Biology Department and Neuroscience Institute who will share new findings on neural pathways, human metabolism, and the science of longevity. The roster also includes humanists from the University’s Psychology and History Departments as well as a curator from Princeton University’s Art Museum (opening October 31), speaking, respectively, about language development in children, the history of psychology, and artists’ ways of “Visualizing of Illness and Healing.”

NOTE: Lectures will be held in the Friend Center Auditorium at William and Olden Streets. Evening parking is free in any Princeton University lot. The closest options include Lot P10 behind Thomas Sweet (GPS: 41 William Street) and accessible Lot P13 across from P10, near Princeton University Press. Lot P2, behind the Nassau Street Post Office, can be accessed via Olden Street only (GPS: 15 Olden Street).

For additional parking, the Prospect Avenue Garage (North Garage) on Prospect Avenue between Olden and Murray Place is about a 0.28-mile walk from the Friend Center. On-street parking is available on Olden and William Streets, with metered hours Monday-Thursday (9 AM–8 PM). The Friend Center (41 William Street) and additional campus parking can be found on the Princeton Interactive Campus Map.

You will receive a course ticket for the entire series at check-in at the first lecture you attend. No prior confirmation will be sent. 

• Oct. 14 How Much Control Do We Have Over Our Weights
  GINA KOLATA, Science Journalist, New York Times
   
• Oct. 21 The Circadian Clock and Your Metabolism
  JOHN F. BROOKS II, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology, Princeton University
   
• Oct. 28 Brain and Body Interactions between Infants and Parents
  CASEY LEW-WILLIAMS, Professor and Department Chair, Department of Psychology, Princeton University
   
• Nov. 4 Empathy and the Visual Arts: Engaging with Works from the Princeton University Art Museum
  VERONICA WHITE, Curator of Academic Programs, Princeton University Art Museum
   
• Nov. 11 How We Age: The Science of Longevity
  COLEEN T. MURPHY, James A. Elkins, Jr. Professor in the Life Sciences; Director, Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics; Director, Paul F. Glenn Laboratories for Aging Research; Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University
   
• Nov. 18 Thinking with Geel: A History of Psychiatric Therapeutic Communities
  KATJA GUENTHER, Professor of History, Department of History, Princeton University
   
• Nov. 25 NO LECTURE
   
• Dec. 2 The Mind of a Fly
  SEBASTIAN SEUNG, Evnin Professor of Neuroscience; Professor of Computer Science and Neuroscience, Department of Computer Science, Princeton University