November 6, 2003

Newsbriefs

A few more days remain for employees to get flu shots from the Health Service this fall.

The last day for Evanston is today (Nov. 6), from noon to 4 p.m. in Norris University Center, Ohio State Room.

Tickets for the flu shots can be purchased with a WildCARD at the Norris Center Box Office.

In Chicago flu shots will be given from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 17 and noon to 4 p.m. Nov. 19 in Abbott Hall, Human Resources Conference Room, first floor. Tickets for the flu shots can be purchased at the Bursar’s Office in Abbott Hall. Bursar’s office hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The flu shot is $20 and a valid WildCARD must be presented.

Harvard University Professor Evelynn Hammonds will deliver the annual Allison Davis Lecture at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13. She will speak on “The New Science of Race in the U.S., 1900-1940.”

Sponsored by the department of African American Studies, the free and public lecture will take place in the McCormick Tribune Center Forum, 1870 Campus Drive, Evanston.

Hammonds is professor of the history of science and African and American Studies at Harvard. Her research explores medicine, public health and the ways in which race and gender affect science studies.

For more information, call (847) 491-5122.