Tag Archives: Lyman Briggs College

Lyman Briggs instructor Arthur Ward to speak on the impact of low health literacy in America

Posted on February 13, 2014 by

UPDATE: This event has been canceled. Low Health Literacy: Blame to go Around Event flyer: Ward Flyer The past few decades of nation-wide research has shown indisputably that the health literacy of the American public is dangerously low, and that … Continue reading →

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Lyman Briggs Instructor Sebastian Normandin, PhD, will discuss the healing potential of breath at February Brownbag

Posted on January 17, 2014 by

“Enlightened” Breath: Breathing and Biomedicine Event flyer: Normandin Flyer In his famous essay “What is Enlightenment” the philosopher Emmanuel Kant argued enlightenment consisted in “man’s emergence from his self-imposed immaturity.” In his presentation, Dr. Normandin proposes that the same process is … Continue reading →

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Dr. Mark A. Largent, Associate Dean of Lyman Briggs College, joins Brownbag Webinar Series

Posted on September 4, 2013 by

Reye’s Syndrome: A Medical Mystery and a Modern Dilemma Event flyer: Largent Flyer Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, parents and physicians were terrified by the emergence of an apparently new ailment that left hundreds of children dead every year … Continue reading →

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