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MEDIA CONTACT: Andrew LaPlant
561-297-3022,
alaplant@fau.edu
FAU Hosts
Pulitzer-Prize-Winning Science Writer
Deborah Blum to Speak at the Frontiers of
Science Lecture Series
BOCA RATON, FL (March 11,
2004) –
The Florida Atlantic
University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
will present a lecture by Deborah Blum entitled,
“Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science
of Affection.” The lecture will take place
Thursday, March 25 at 4 p.m. in the Charles E. Schmidt
Biomedical Science Center, Room 126 on the Boca Raton
campus, 777 Glades Road.
Blum is a professor of
journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
She was the 1992 Pulitzer Prize winner for a series
she wrote entitled, “The Monkey Wars.”
Before becoming an instructor for the University of
Wisconsin, Blum spent close to 15 years in
California, where she became the first full-time
science writer for The Sacramento Bee.
Blum’s lecture will
discuss the ethical issues and dilemmas of primate
research that are addressed in her latest novel
“Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science
of Affection.” The novel explains the research
of University of Wisconsin professor Harry Harlow,
who is best known for his study of love and affection
using infant Rhesus monkeys.
In addition to writing and
publishing several critically acclaimed books, Blum
serves as president of the National Association of
Science Writers and is on the board of Agriculture
and Natural Resources of the National Research
Council. She has also written for The Los Angeles
Times, The New York Times and The Washington
Post.
This is the final lecture of a
four-part Frontiers in Science lecture series. The
Frontiers in Science Series, which is free and open
to the public, is sponsored by the Charles E. Schmidt
College of Science, with support from FAU’s
Lifelong Learning Society Endowed Professorship. For
more information, please call Joan Gove at
561-297-2954 or email jgove@fau.edu.
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