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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">For Immediate Release:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>
<b>February 16, 2018</b><br>
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Contact: Nancy Bridges<br>
</span><a href="mailto:sjoslin@mbl.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">nbridges@mbl.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">;
508-289-7281 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Science Historian to Speak on Russia at Marine Biological Laboratory Falmouth Forum, March 2</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Woods Hole, MA</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> – Emeritus
Professor L</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">oren R. Graham</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">,
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">considered the leading authority on contemporary science and technology in Russia,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
will share some of </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">his most interesting memories, his relationship with intelligence agencies – American and Soviet – and his observations on the changes in Russia
he has witnessed for over half a century </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL)
</span><a href="http://www.mbl.edu/falmouth-forum" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Falmouth Forum</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">,
Friday, March 2. Graham’s lecture, titled “Visiting Russia over Half a Century,” will be held at 7:30 PM in the MBL’s Lillie Auditorium, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole. The free series is presented by the
</span><a href="http://www.mbl.edu/associates" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">MBL Associates</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
and offered as a cultural connection between the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Cape Cod community. Free parking is available in any MBL lot.
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Graham is
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Professor Emeritus of the History of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
and has regularly visited Russia and the USSR over more than 50 years. As an exchange student he studied at Moscow University, and has returned to Russia many times to do research or participate in joint Russian-American projects. His trips there number about
200, some as long as an academic year, others just a few days. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Graham received his Ph.D. in History from Columbia University, and a Doctor of Letters
<i>honoris causa</i> from Purdue University. He specializes in the history and sociology of science, and is considered the leading authority on contemporary science and technology in Russia, outside that country. He is a fellow of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the American Philosophical Society, and a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Natural Science.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Professor Graham has written numerous books (translated in over a dozen languages) and articles on the history of Russian Science.
His <i>Science and Philosophy in the Soviet Union</i> was nominated for the National Book Award. In 1996 he received the George Sarton medal of the History of Science Society, and in 2000 the Follo Award of the Michigan Historical Society for his contributions
to the state's history. In 2012 the Russian Academy of Sciences awarded him a medal for "contributions to the history of science."
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Professor Graham's presentation is supported by the Herman T. Epstein Memorial Endowment.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The MBLWHOI Library will offer an open house of the
</span><a href="http://www.mblwhoilibrary.org/collections/rare-books-and-mbl-archives" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Marine Biological Laboratory Rare Books Collection
</span></b></a><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue"> </span></u></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">prior to the lecture from 6:15 to 7:15
PM in the Grass Reference Room, Lillie Building 2nd floor, located at 7 MBL Street. Library staff will display books and artifacts including T.H. Morgan’s Nobel Prize.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The 2018 season continues with the following presentations. Visit
</span><a href="http://www.mbl.edu/falmouth-forum" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">mbl.edu/falmouth-forum</span></b></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
for details and updated information.<br>
<br>
<b>April 6, 2018 </b><br>
<b><i>Antarctica: Glacial History and the Future of Sea Level</i></b><br>
Mark Kurz, Senior Scientist and NOSAMS Director, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">May 4, 2018
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>
Film Presentation - </span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Inspiration for Action -
<i>From Iraq and Afghanistan to Rwanda and our own Cape community, filmmaker Beth Murphy shares her powerful journey through storytelling and its impact. </i></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>
Beth Murphy, </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Director/Producer and Founder of Principle Picture</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The
</span></i><a href="http://www.mbl.edu"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Marine Biological Laboratory</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> (MBL) is dedicated to scientific
discovery – exploring fundamental biology, understanding biodiversity and the environment, and informing the human condition through research and education. Founded in Woods Hole, Massachusetts in 1888, the MBL is a private, nonprofit institution and an affiliate
of the </span></i><a href="http://www.uchicago.edu"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">University of Chicago.</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>
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The Falmouth Forum is sponsored by the MBL Associates who provide a vital connection between the MBL and the community. MBL Associates create and host local educational and cultural programs, sponsor promising students and early career investigators, and volunteer
their time to the MBL. Learn more at </span></i><a href="http://mbl.edu/associates" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">mbl.edu/associates</span></i></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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