CONWAY, Ark. (March 9, 2017) – Dr. Graham Banes will speak
on "In the Realm of the Red Ape: Among Borneo's Last Orang-Utans" on Monday,
March 13, at 7 p.m., in Mills A in the Mills Social Sciences Center at Hendrix
College.
The lecture is free and open to the public. Banes’
appearance is sponsored by the American Chemical Society Club, Biochemistry/Molecular
Biology Club, Hendrix Biological Society, Psychology Club, Neuroscience Club,
ESTEEM, and the Anthropology/Sociology Club.
For more information, contact Hendrix chemistry professor
Dr. Tom Goodwin at 501-450-1252 or goodwin@hendrix.edu.
About Dr. Graham
Banes
Since fall 2016, Banes is a visiting scientist in the School
of Veterinary Medicine at the University of
Wisconsin - Madison, where he directs the Molecular Ecology and Evolution
Laboratory at Henry Vilas Zoo. He
concurrently maintains an honorary appointment at the Chinese Academy of
Sciences and Max Planck Society Partner
Institute for Computational Biology in Shanghai, People's Republic of
China. His research has been featured on television by the BBC and on ITV and
Channel 4 in the UK, and on PBS in the USA; most recently as part of the
documentary, 'Sex in the
Wild'. Banes currently serves as director and trustee of The Orang-utan
Conservation Genetics Trust and as chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee
of the Orang Utan Republik Foundation. For more information, visit www.grahamlbanes.com.
About Hendrix College
Hendrix College is a private liberal arts college in Conway,
Arkansas. Founded in 1876 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church since
1884, Hendrix is featured in Colleges
That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think about Colleges
and is nationally recognized in numerous college guides, lists, and rankings
for academic quality, community, innovation, and value. For more information,
visit www.hendrix.edu.