Speaker Series

Ursinus welcomes Jon Cherry ’08, PhD and Assistant Professor of Pathology at Boston University to speak about repetitive traumatic brain injury and its  contribution to CTE pathogenesis.

The annual Ursinus College Career Fair will be held on February 19, 2025 from 12 noon - 2 p.m. in the Floy Lewis Bakes Field House.

The Parlee Center for Science and the Common Good presents a screening of Never Rarely Sometimes Always, a story of two teenagers faced with an unintended pregnancy and a lack of local support who travel across state lines on a fraught journey of friendship, bravery, and compassion.

The Parlee Center for Science and the Common Good presents Dr. Carlene Allana Denis, a senior physician at Valley Forge OBYGYN. During this talk, she will discuss how the Dobbs v. Jackson decision dramatically altered the healthcare landscape and what we can do now. 

Presented by the Parlee Center for Science and the Common Good. Picture a Scientist chronicles the groundswell of researchers who are writing a new chapter for women scientists.

The Parlee Center for Science and the Common Good, Gender and Women and Sexuality Studies, and the Dept. of Philosophy and Religion have collaborated to bring Moira Donegan, a leading feminist writer of the millennial generation, to campus for a two-day visit, this Sept. 10-11

Okunsola Amadou
 
Founder and CEO, Jamaa Birth Village 

The Ursinus College Parlee Center for Science and the Common Good presents Riley Black, prolific writer and author. In this talk, Riley will discuss what transpired during the million years between impact and life’s recovery as well as how she turned this tale into her award-winning book The Last Days of the Dinosaurs.

Anne, an undergraduate, needs an abortion. But in 1960’s France, it’s illegal

Carlene Allana Denis, MD, FACOG
Senior Physician, Valley Forge OBGYN
President, Medical Staff Committee, Phoenixville Hospital

Casper Voyles, PhD
GATHER Fellow, Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health

A Documentary on Women in Science
Despite the minimal news coverage, sexual harassment and gender inequality against women are no less prevalent in science than they are in pop culture and corporate America.