Dr. James Bradley, professor emeritus of biological sciences at Auburn University, is the featured speaker for the Oct. 8 Thursdays at the U program at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire – Barron County.
Dr. James Bradley
Bradley’s presentation, “The Galápagos Islands: Then and Now,” will run from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the Blue Hills Lecture Hall in Ritzinger Hall and also will be livestreamed at ricelaketv.com.
When and how were the Galápagos Islands formed? Are they still forming and how did they become populated with such a variety of living things? And why were they crucial to the formulation of Charles Darwin’s “great idea”?
Bradley will discuss the answers to these questions, as well as past threats to the islands, ongoing restoration efforts and his experiences from a recent visit.
After graduating from Rice Lake High School in 1966, Bradley earned his bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from UW-Madison and his Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Washington in Seattle. He taught cell biology, bioethics and the human odyssey — an interdisciplinary program exploring the connections between science and the humanities — at Auburn University.
Bradley is the author of two books on biotechnology and human values and is the editor of a volume celebrating the life and legacy of Charles Darwin. He divides his time between Wisconsin and Alabama, where he enjoys gardening, fishing, cooking, hiking and protesting injustice with his wife, Sue.
The Thursdays at the U weekly series is free and open to the public thanks to support from the UW-Eau Claire – Barron County Foundation. Neither seating reservations nor parking permits are needed for in-person attendees.
While in-person attendance is encouraged, most presentations in the series are livestreamed and archived on the Thursdays at the U webpage.
The next program in the series will be Oct. 15, with Dr. Robert Birmingham presenting “Indian Mounds of Wisconsin.”
For more information, contact Laura Holden at 715-788-6207 or holdenlk@uwec.edu.
