Harrington Lectures
An "annual lecture on liberal education" was named in 1966 in honor of Elbert Harrington, Professor of Speech and long-time Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences (1945-1970).
Each year a faculty committee in Arts & Sciences recommends to the dean the name of a faculty member to deliver the Harrington Lecture. The faculty member must be a teacher and scholar in the best liberal arts tradition "whose achievement warrants recognition by the entire College." The annual lecture must be non-technical, blending insight into liberal education with the faculty member's work as a scholar.
Recent Lectures
| 2012 | Karen Koster |
Connections, Conundrums, and the Meaning of Life |
| 2011 | Randy Quevillon |
Scholars of Community in the Community of Scholars |
| 2010 | Brian Bedard |
Dreaming Dakota: Image and Story |
| 2009 | Timothy Heaton | Getting Along: Case Studies in Science-Culture Conflict |
| 2008 | Jose Flores | Research in Mathematical Ecology and the Struggle for Existence |
| 2007 | Dona Davis | Science and Serendipity: Reflections on an Anthropological Career |
| 2006 | Barbara Arneson Yutrzenka | Reason, Rights and Raspberries |