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African Culture in the Americas - Wande Ablmobola
8:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Wande Abimbola is Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Future Issues in Corporate Wellness and Related Benefit Programsl - Harold Kahler
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Harold Kahler is the Exective Director of WELOA (Wellness Counsels of America). From the University Lectures Program archive.

The Mechanics of Plant Evolution: Form, Function, and Engineering - Karl Niklas
8:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Karl Niklas is Professor of Botany at Cornell University, associate curator of the New York Botanical Garden and author of over 100 articles. From the University Lectures program archive.

Plight of the Native American - Jim Barnes
3:30 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Jim Barnes is Professor of Comparative Literature at Northwest Missouri State and editor of the Chariton Review. His books include A Season of Loss and The American Book of the Dead. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Technology and Disabled People - Ronald Grooms
All Day – - Ronald Grooms is a Disabled User Services Specialist and assistant professor in the Computation Center at Iowa State. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Nanotechnology and the Frontiers of the Possible - K. Eric Drexler
8:00 PM – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Eric Drexler is a researcher in nanotechnology, a technology based on self-replicating molecular machines, computers smaller than living cells and microscopic machines. He is a visiting scholar in the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University and President of the Foresight Institute. He is author of Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology and co-author of The Ecology of Computation. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Facing Physical Challenge - Bill Demby
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Bill Denby lost both his legs in Vietnam and returned to become a nationally-ranked disabled track and field competitor. Dupont's Seattle Foot now permits him to play stand-up basketball again. He counsels the disabled and recently won the "Victory Award" from the Kennedy Center for facing a physical challenge and turning his life around. From the University Lectures Program archive.

The Patchwork Quilt of American Evangelism - Randall Balmer
8:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Randall Balmer is an Assistant Professor at Columbia University. He is author of A Perfect Babel of Confusion: Dutch Religion and English Culture in the Middle Colonies and Mine Eyes Seen the Glory: A Journey into the Evangelical Subculture in America. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Poetry Reading - Deborah Digges and Stanley Plomly
8:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Deborah Digges is a professor at Tufts University and visiting professor at New York University. Her books include Vesper Sparrows and the upcoming A Natural History of Southern Missouri. Stanley Plumly is the Director of Creative Program at the University of Maryland. His books include In the Outer Dark and Giraffe..From the University Lectures Program archive.

Earth Day: 20 Years Later - John Madson
8:00 PM – Campanile Room, Memorial Union - John Madson is author of Out Home, Up on the River, and Where the Sky Began. From the University Lectures Program archive.