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The Rev. Dr. Ronald Cole-Turner spoke at the fourth Festival of the Genome event “Finding the Human in the Genome.” Cole-Turner is a professor of theology and ethics at the Pittsburg Theology Seminary. Cole-Turner led discussions about ethical issues in science and the coexistence of science and religion. He talked about humans’ origin through earlier
Holocaust survivor George Lucius Salton lived through ten concentration camps, the deaths of his mother and father to the Nazis and the still unknown fate of his brother—whom he hasn’t heard from since the last time they saw each other in a concentration camp. On Nov. 1, Salton shared his experiences with the USFSP community.
Miami artist Xavier Cortada and Kalai Mathee of Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine spoke at the third Festival of the Genome event, “Sequentia: Art and Science Together,” at the Nelson Poynter Memorial library on Nov. 3. Mathee called the 100 trillion cells which make up the building blocks of the human the “magic of life.”
Dr. Gary Litman, vice chairman of Pediatrics at USF Health, and distinguished university professor, spoke to a crowd about DNA with the lecture The Human Genome: 10 years and 247 Days Later. The first of five lectures celebrating the 10th anniversary of the human genome took place at the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library on Oct.
The occupation of Wall Street continues for the fourth week, and protesters are building in numbers. Thousands hit the street in anger and frustration over a multitude of difficult issues the nation is facing. Most recently, protests have moved to the homes of some of New York’s wealthiest individuals. But who are these protesters and
