Bill Hawley, an expert on mosquito-borne illness will kick off the Graduate School’s Distinguished Alumni Speaker Program on Wednesday Oct 5 at 4:00 in Jaqua 101. Bill got his PhD in Biology from the UO and has traveled the world since, studying mosquitoes and the problems they cause, for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Entomology Branch in the Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria (hello, Zika!).

All grads (in fact, ALL people – including community members) are invited. In this general audience presentation, he will speak about having a career outside of academia, among other things.

Read more here: https://around.uoregon.edu/content/graduate-school-launches-distinguished-alumni-speaker-series

There are other opportunities to meet with Bill while he’s here!

Please contact Jessica Wilson in Biology (wilson21@uoregon.edu) to find out more.