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SNO Distinguished Lecture Series: Upcoming Talk

The SNO Distinguished Lecture for Spring 2008 will be presented by Bruce McEwen of the Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology at the Rockefeller University. His talk, entitled ``Stress and Health,'' will be held at 7pm, April 3, 2008 in the Maxwell auditorium. Dr. McEwen's visit is also being sponsored by the Center for Health and Behavior. A reception with refreshments immediately follows. Parking is available in the Irving garage. You can download a flyer here.

There will also be a reception Thursday at 3:30pm in 3213 Weiskotten Hall.

There was a journal club hosted at the Experimental Psychology Proseminar Friday, March 28, at 3pm in the Allport Room (530C) Huntington Hall. If you missed it but would like to catch up on the readings before the talk, they can be found here:

McEwen, B. S. (1998). Protective and damaging effects of stress mediators. New England Journal of Medicine, 338, 171-9. [pdf]
McEwen, B. S. & Wingfield, J. C. (2003). The concept of allostasis in biology and biomedicine. Hormones and Behavior. 43, 2-15. [pdf]

Past Talks

Anna Rose Childress, April 27, 2007
Simon LeVay, September 29, 2006
Larry Abbott, April 7, 2006
Carol Barnes, September 30, 2005
Mary Beth Hatten, April 22, 2005
John Maunsell, October 1, 2004