The Speakers and Issues Series seeks to bring engaging speakers to campus to enrich the university community by exploring
thought-provoking issues in science, politics, culture and current
events of local to international importance.

Dr. Marcella Fierro - Retired Chief Medical Examiner

Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 7pm
Akin Auditorium

 Fierro is the retired chief medical examiner for the Commonwealth of Virginia and retired professor emeritus at Virginia University. She is the model for the Kay Scarpetta character in Patricia Cornwell’s crime fiction. Admission is free; donations are welcome. For more information, call (940) 397-4259.

Dr. Mark Puder - Harvard Medical School

Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 7pm
Akin Auditorium

 Puder, an MSU alumnus, teaches at Harvard Medical School and was recently appointed the William E. Ladd Chair in Surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital. Puder’s research includes the prevention and treatment of liver injury to children on soybean oil-based food supplements by using a fish oil-based supplement. He received the Stanley J. Dudrick Research Scholar Award from the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition for that work. Admission is free; donations are welcome. For more information, call (940) 397-4259.