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Lisa Randall, author and professor of physics at Harvard University, will deliver the James S. Plant Distinguished Scientist Lecture on Monday, March 9, at 8 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center. Randall’s lecture, titled “Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World,” is free and open to the public.

Stanford University Professor Richard Zare delivered the James S. Plant Distinguished Scientist Lecture to an eager audience in the Chapel on Oct. 29. Established in 1988 by Hamilton alumnus James Plant, the series was created to bring to the campus outstanding scientists and guest lecturers. Zare was no exception.

Biologist E.O. Wilson made the case for the protection of biodiversity in a lecture titled “The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth,” on Monday, Oct. 3. The Biology and Environmental Studies departments brought Wilson to Hamilton for the annual James S. Plant Distinguished Scientist Lecture.  

E.O. Wilson, renowned biologist and researcher in myrmecology, the study of ants, will give the James S. Plant Distinguished Scientist Lecture on Monday, Oct. 3, at 7:30 p.m. in Wellin Hall. His lecture, “The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth,” is free and open to the public. A reception will follow at Café Opus.

The annual James S. Plant Lecture series continued on Sept. 20 with Dr. Steven H. Strogatz,  the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cornell University. His talk at Hamilton, titled “Getting in Sync,” focused on the nature of synchronization and what it means for our bodies, our politics, and our solar system.

Steven Strogatz, the Jacob Gould Shurman Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cornell University and director of the Center for Applied Mathematics, will give the James S. Plant Distinguished Scientist Lecture at Hamilton College on Monday, Sept. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel. His lecture is titled “The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order” and is free and open to the public.

The Chapel was filled to capacity on Monday night to hear Steven Pinker’s lecture “The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature.” Pinker was invited to give the annual Plant Lecture, which recognizes outstanding scientists as guest lecturers on campus.

Steven Pinker, Harvard College professor and Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University, will give the James S. Plant Distinguished Scientist Lecture at Hamilton on Monday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m. in the College Chapel. His lecture, titled “The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature” is free and open to the public.

Dr. David Suzuki, scientist and broadcaster gave the James S. Plant Distinguished Scientist Lecture at Hamilton College on Monday, Jan. 22. His lecture was titled “The Challenge of the 21st Century: Setting the Real Bottom Line.” Suzuki is well known as the host of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's popular science television series, "The Nature of Things." Suzuki’s eight part series, A Planet for the Taking won an award from the United Nations. An internationally respected geneticist, he also heads the David Suzuki Foundation, which, since 1990 has worked to find ways for society to live in balance with the natural world.

Scientist and broadcaster Dr. David Suzuki will give the James S. Plant Distinguished Scientist Lecture at Hamilton College on Monday, Jan. 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel. His lecture, titled “The Challenge of the 21st Century: Setting the Real Bottom Line,” is free and open to the public.