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February 12, 2001

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An Evening Event with Lori Andrews at the Chicago Historical Society February 27

On Tuesday, February 27, from 6:00-7:00 p.m., law professor and bioethicist Lori Andrews will host her first nationwide appearance inaugurating the release of her newest book, Body Bazaar: The Market for Human Tissue in the Biotechnology Age (co-authored with Dorothy Nelkin).

The public is invited hear Andrews and other experts discuss the scientific, ethical and legal issues surrounding the Chicago Historical Society’s genetic testing project, “Wet With Blood,” for authentication of President Lincoln’s artifacts. Part of the Historical Society’s collection at issue is a cloak allegedly worn by Mary Todd Lincoln the night her husband was assassinated that may contain his blood. Questions to be addressed include whether it is appropriate to perform genetic tests on Abraham Lincoln’s DNA that might reveal the presence of diseases or disorders and whether such tests would violate the privacy of existing family members.

The event will be held at the Chicago Historical Society, located at Clark Street and North Avenue and is free. It is sponsored by the Chicago Historical Society (www.chicagohistory.org) and the Institute for Science, Law & Technology, Illinois Institute of Technology (www.kentlaw.edu/islt).


THE DISTINGUISHED LABOR LEADER LECTURE SERIES

Community Organizing for Change: Organized Labor’s Role

On Tuesday, February 27, Chicago-Kent's Institute for Law and the Workplace and the Chicago Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, will host the third annual Distinguished Labor Leader Lecture, "Community Organizing for Change: Organized Labor’s Role." The lecture will be given by Michael Fitzgerald, business manager and financial secretary of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local #134, and will take place in the Governor Richard B. Ogilvie Auditorium at 12:00 noon.

All students, faculty and staff are invited to attend the lecture and the reception immediately following.


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