“Brain Stories” to Be Focus of Dialogue At First “UB At Sunrise” Program

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The dean of the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine and a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the UB Department of English are teaming up to present the first program in the 1997-98 “UB at Sunrise” series.

Louis J. Goldberg, D.D.S., Ph.D. -- the dean -- and Diane R. Christian -- the English professor -- will present “Brain Stories: A Spirited Dialogue Between Art and Science About Ideas of Consciousness” at 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18.

The program will be held in the Center for Tomorrow on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.

Goldberg, a neurophysiologist and professor of oral biology, and Christian, a mythologist and internationally recognized filmmaker, will talk about brains, stories and what and how we know. Among questions they will pose are: Is consciousness a biological process like digestion, or is it the soul of the divine? Or both? Or neither?

"UB at SUNRISE" is a series of breakfast programs jointly produced by the UB Alumni Association and UB's Office of Conferences and Special Events, News Services and Office of Publications. It also is supported by the Office of University Development and Office of Public Service and Urban Affairs.

The price of the program, which will include a full breakfast, is $10 for UB Alumni Association members and $12 for all others.

For more information, contact the alumni association at 829-2608. Ticket orders must be received by Tuesday, Sept. 16.