Star Authors Come to Philly This Spring
by Stephi Wild - Dec 18, 2025
The Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation has announced its Spring 2026 Author Events Series, featuring a lineup of acclaimed writers, thinkers, and creators shaping today's most vital conversations.
April at the American Museum of Natural History Includes OUR GENES, OURSELVES and SLIDE SLAM
by BWW News Desk - Apr 15, 2014
Our Genes, Ourselves: What Can Our DNA Tell Us?
Wednesday, April 23, 7 pm
LeFrak Theater
$15 ($13.50 seniors, students)
$12 Members
What can our individual genomes tell us about ourselves? From shedding light on our ancestry to the potential for personalized medicine, what are the risks and rewards of getting your DNA sequenced? This program brings together Spencer Wells, geneticist and director of the Genographic Project from National Geographic and IBM; Rebecca Cann, cell and molecular biologist at the University of Hawaii; Dorothy Roberts, professor of law and sociology at the University of Pennsylvania Law School; and Robert Darnell, physician and investigator at Rockefeller University, to discuss the methods, results and implications of mapping our individual genomes.