Please join us this Fall for the inauguration of a new series honoring the lives and accomplishments of the University's most celebrated scientists-faculty members who have been awarded Nobel Prizes, National Medals of Science or Technology, and MacArthur Fellowships.
Each evening will be introduced by a distinguished colleague of the prizewinner who will put the scientist's accomplishments in context. Then the prizewinner will be joined by interviewer Paul Costello, for a wide-ranging conversation about the honorees achievements, and the impact they have had on the honorees field and on the world in which we live.
This is your chance to engage with some of the most consequential thinkers of our day-people who have helped shape the scientific, technological, and economic fabric of the modern world. We are excited to recognize the seven honorees of the 2008?09 inaugural year of the series.
ROBERY SAPOLSKY
The John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Professor of Biological Sciences and Neurology
Robert Sapolsky won a MacArthur Fellowship in 1987 for his creative breakthrough in understanding how the brain works, and in particular how prolonged stress can cause both physical and mental health problems. Author of seven bestselling books including A Primate?s Memoir and Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers, he has made annual trips to Africa for the past twenty three years to study a population of wild baboons and the relationships between their personalities and patterns of stress-related diseases. One of the nation's top biologists, he is also a wry humanist, and reminds us: "If a rat is a good model for your emotional life, you?re in trouble."
Sapolsky's professional achievements and their impacts on society will be described in a 20-minute presentation by Donald Kennedy, Stanford President, Emeritus; Professor of Biological Sciences, Emeritus; and former Editor of Science magazine, the prestigious journal published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Please visit a National Geographic Special featuring Robert Sapolsky - website