Isaac Record to deliver 2018–19 Distinguished Honors Graduate Lecture

The Honors College at the University of Maine will present the TIAA 2018–19 Distinguished Honors Graduate Lecture with Isaac Record ’03 on Sept. 25.

Record, an assistant professor of practice at Michigan State University’s Lyman Briggs College, will discuss “Life, the University and Everything: My Romp Across Disciplines in Pursuit of Answers,” at 3:30 p.m. in Hauck Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Record directs the Collaborative Experiential Learning Laboratory at Michigan State University and teaches courses in philosophy of science, science and technology studies, and critical making. His research seeks to situate our epistemic and ethical circumstances within a network of values, capabilities, and material and social technologies.

Record holds a Ph.D. and master’s degree from the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at the University of Toronto, and bachelor’s degrees in electrical engineering and computer engineering from UMaine.

The Distinguished Honors Graduate Lecture series is a collaboration between TIAA and the Honors College. Each year, the lecture highlights the accomplishments of a UMaine Honors graduate. The event serves as an opportunity to recognize the individual’s accomplishments, vision and connection with the Honors College and UMaine.