Dorothy Roberts News

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.

The Audio Publishers Association has announced finalists for the 2023 Audie Awards®, the premier awards program recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment. Winners across 26 competitive categories will be revealed at the Audie Awards Gala on March 28. The ceremony will be streamed to the public from Chelsea Piers’ Pier Sixty in NYC. 

New Science, New Solutions: Changing the Future for At-Risk Youth, hosted actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith, will join leading thinkers to explore new approaches to one of society's most intractable problems.

New Science, New Solutions: Changing the Future for At-Risk Youth, hosted actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith, will join leading thinkers to explore new approaches to one of society's most intractable problems.

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.