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  • Go Big Read Capstone Event: April 15-16

    Posted on March 30, 2011

    The Go Big Read Capstone event, “Who Owns My Body and Where is it Now?” will be held April 15-16 at the […]

  • Colloquium: Bruno Strasser on “Collecting Experiments: The New Production of Biomedical Knowledge”

    Posted on March 28, 2011

    As we near the Go Big Read capstone event, the UW community is still discussing topics relevent to The Immortal Life of […]

  • Henry Louis Gates on “African American Lives”

    Posted on March 25, 2011

    A full house turned out for Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr’s talk last night in Mills Concert Hall. Gates, Alphonse Fletcher University […]

  • An Evening with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

    Posted on March 21, 2011

    Go Big Read looks forward to welcoming Henry Louis Gates, Jr to Mills Hall, Mosse Humanities Building, on March 24th at 7:30 […]

  • Last Two Weeks of Informing Consent Exhibit

    Posted on March 21, 2011

    As you plan your next two weeks on the west side of campus, please keep in mind that the popular “Informing Consent: […]

  • Literary Science Writing

    Posted on March 14, 2011

    One of the most gripping aspects of “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” is how well Skloot, a science writer, covers both […]

  • Video of HeLa Cells Multiplying

    Posted on March 4, 2011

    “They kept growing like nothing anyone had seen, doubling their numbers every twenty-four hours, stacking hundreds on top of hundreds, accumulating by […]

  • Henrietta Lacks Study Tools

    Posted on March 4, 2011

    Whether you’re a teacher, a discussion leader, or an interested reader, it’s helpful to have some study tools when reading a multidisciplinary […]

  • New Reviews of Henrietta Lacks

    Posted on March 1, 2011

    While Rebecca Skloot travels around the country on her book tour, readers are still tweeting, blogging, and writing reviews of her book. […]

  • Returning the Favor

    Posted on February 23, 2011

    After reading the book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, many wonder how the descendants of Henrietta are doing today and how […]

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