Wednesday, March 26

Michael Balick
"Ancient Wisdom and Modern Medicine: Plants, People, and Cultures in the Tropical Rainforest"
University Center Ballroom
7:00 PM

Sponsored by the Joseph J. Napolitano Memorial Lecture

A leading ethnobotanist, Michael Balick, Ph.D., discusses the study of plants used in traditional healing by indigenous cultures. In particular, he describes his work since 1987 with a naprapathic physician in Belize. Dr. Balick is also vice president for botanical science at the New York Botanical Garden, where he cofounded the Institute of Economic Botany.

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Adelphi University
Ruth S. Harley University Center
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Garden City, NY 11530-0701