Tripathi to discuss value of higher education at Newman lecture series

President Satish Tripathi will discuss “The Value of Higher Education: A Personal and Public Good” in the next installment of the Bridge Lecture Series on June 24.

Tripathi’s talk is part of the annual summer lecture series sponsored by the UB Newman Center.

“This series is an opportunity for those of us who serve in ministry to the university at the Newman Center to meet and learn from the faculty and administration of the university,” says Debbie Brown, pastoral associate at the Newman Center.

Brown says the topics of the lectures differ, which is consistent with the approach of Newman Director Msgr. J. Patrick Keleher, who wants to encourage “learning, growing and expanding our mission.”

“One of the things we say is if you see a topic you don’t know anything about, that’s the one you should go to,” says Brown. “Don’t go to the talk you know everything about. Go to the one where you can learn.”

All talks are held at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays at the Newman Center, 495 Skinnersville Road across from the Creekside Village apartments on the North Campus.  The remainder of the schedule:

• July 8: Robert J. Smolinski, associate professor of clinical orthopaedics and head team physician for the UB Bulls, “International Medical Missions: Surgery around the World.”
• July 15: Michael J. Poulin, associate professor of psychology, “New Insights from the Science of Compassion.”
• July 22: Matthew Grizzard, assistant professor of communication, “The Surprising ‘Moral’ Influence of Media.”
• ·July 29: Kathryn D. Bass, associate clinical professor of surgery and director of the Level 1 Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Center, Women & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, “Pediatric Trauma Systems: How Clinical Protocols and Serendipity Yield Innovation.”
• Aug. 5: Graham Hammill, professor and chair, Department of English, and incoming vice provost for graduate education and dean of the Graduate School, “What Crises in the Humanities?”
• Aug 12: Msgr. James Patrick Keleher, director, UB Newman Center, “The Most Important Number in the Bible.”

For more information, contact the Newman Center at (716) 636-7495 or visit its website.