Hertha Sponer Event

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Location: LoveAuditorium, LSRC

2:30 PM– Unveiling the English version of Hertha Sponer’s biography, sponsored by the Physics Department and Arts and Sciences

• Opening session (15 min) – Opening remarks by Dean Laurie Patton, introduced by Dean Robert Calderbank

• Presentation of the Biography – Short Remarks by Vice Provost Nancy Allen, and introductions by Professor Daniel Gauthier (5 min)
  • Dr. Marie Ann Maushart, author of the original biography of Hertha Sponer, in German (8 min)
  • Dr. Brenda Winnewisser, the principal organizer and editor of the translation of Sponer’s biography (6 min)
  • Dr. Ralph Morris, English translator (6 min)
  • Presentation of the hard copy and paper copy, questions (15 min)

3:30 PM – Reception outside of the Love Auditorium

4:30PM– Hertha Sponer Presidential Lecture

“SUGAR-‐COATED CELLS: THE GOOD NEWS AND THE BAD NEWS”

Carolyn R. Bertozzi, PhD

The T.Z. and Irmgard Chu Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley