Contact information
Name:
Elaine Reynolds
Phone:
610-330-5654
Email:
reynolde@lafayette.edu
Categories:
When:
Monday, February 13, 2017 - 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Where:
Oechsle Auditorium
Presenter:
Dr. Atul Gawande
Price:
Free
Celebrate 15 Years of the Village Movement
with Dr. Atul Gawande
Monday, February 13, 2017 at 5 p.m.
Oechsle Auditorium
Atul Gawande, renowned surgeon, public health researcher, and author of four New York Times best-selling books on health issues, will be the guest speaker at a live simulcast for members of the Village on College Hill and the Lafayette community. Dr. Gawande is also a staff writer for The New Yorker and a professor both at Harvard's School of Public Health. and Harvard's Medical School He is a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship. Dr. Gawande’s simulcast discussion, entitled “Being Mortal’s Villages: The Value of Community Choice As We Grow Older,” will focus on aging, living life with purpose, and how we can live out our later years with vigor among others who are also aging. It will be moderated by Robin Young of NPR's Here and Now. A reception with light refreshments will follow the program. Please join us for what promises to be a informative and fascinating evening.
Sponsored by:
Lafayette College Aging Studies Program and the Village on College Hill