28 Oct 2014 9:38 AM PT
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Mayim Bialik is headed to the heartland to Saint Louis University to speak at the Great Issues Committee meeting on October 30th.
The Great Issues Committee strives to stimulate insightful, provocative debate on current issues that will inform and educate as a service to the Saint Louis University community. All speakers are meant to engage the community, both within the university and citywide, in a healthy and informative debate and discussion over numerous current issues and events garnering national attention.
The Great issues Committee has had an impressive list of speakers including Mitch Albom, Dr. Atul Gawande, Dr. Hawa Abdi, Morris Dees, Eric Alva, Donna Brazil, Ralph Nader, Ehud Barak (Former Prime Minister of Israel), Ben Stein, Fr. Jon Sobrino, Nadine Strossen (President of the ACLU), John Bul Dau, Mary Robinson (First Female President of Ireland), General Wesley Clark, Bob Woodward, Rebecca Walker, Paul Begala, Anya Kamentez, Bill Nye, Mike Huckabee, Vicente Fox ( Former President of Mexico ), Fr. Mark Ravizza, Tracy Kidder, Elie Wiesel, and Cornel West.
The former Blossom-star, Bialik, who currently plays Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler on CBS’ The Big Bang Theory, holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from UCLA, where her research examined the role of oxytocin and vasopressin in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in adolescents with Prader-Willi syndrome. She also holds an honorary doctorate from Boston University in Humanities for her writings.
Doors open at 6:40 PM at the Busch Student Center, Wool Ballroom located at 20 North Grand Boulevard in Rooms 170-173 Lower Level on October 30, 2014. Contact with any further questions about the event or its facilities.
We will try to bring you any results from this meeting once it has taken place.