Friday, September 11, 2026, 3:00 p.m. | Waksman Auditorium, Piscataway
Seminars
Messing Lecture
An annual endowed Fall lecture honoring Dr. Joachim “Jo” Messing, longtime Waksman Director and pioneer of modern molecular genetics.
Witkin Lecture
An annual Spring lecture honoring Dr. Evelyn M. Witkin, pioneering geneticist and longtime Waksman scientist.
Waksman Trainee-Invited Seminars
A seminar series that gives Waksman graduate students and postdoctoral researchers the opportunity to select and host distinguished scientists whose work they find especially compelling.
The Purpose of Science Lecture Series
The Purpose of Science Lecture Series: Conversations on Science, Society, and Responsibility brings scientists, journalists, policymakers, and other public voices to Rutgers for open discussion of consequential questions at the intersection of science, ethics, and society.
The series seeks to foster intellectual curiosity, open inquiry, interdisciplinary dialogue, and scientific responsibility.
All Upcoming Seminars
Wednesday, December 02, 2026, 4:00 p.m. | Waksman Institute Auditorium, Piscataway