Dr. Dunston’s lecture on 9/9/10, was titled, “Abandonment, Dismemberment and Reawakening: The History and Legacy of Howard University”. Dr. Dunston began her lecture by adding on the lecture of the past week by Dr. Carr. Dr. Dunston commented on the importance of wisdom and sharing that wisdom. Dr. Dunston then continued by speaking about her work on the Human Genome Project and how from the Human Genome project, there is so much that can be learned about mankind. Dr. Dunston continued her lecture on the importance of our (the students) role in shaping the world. Dr.Dunston also spoke about how Howard University is an institution that is reawakening the process of taking knowledge and turning it into wisdom. Being a Biology major, the science that Dr.Dunston’s lecture was based on was truly amazing and interesting to me. The work of the human genome project is something that has moved the world of medicine ahead by many years. Knowing the sequence of the human genome now allows us to see some genetic expressions that predispose different people to different conditions. Dr. Dunston spoke about how we are entering an era of personalized medicine where our personal genetic information can be decoded and medicines formed specifically for a person’s genes would be able to be produced. Dr. Dunston’s pure passion for teaching, and discussing knowledge was truly inspiring and capturing. Though time did go over, many students, including myself, stayed later to participate in a question and answer session with Dr. Dunston who took all the questions that she was allowed and further extended the topic from which she lectured on.
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