Good afternoon. And a very, very warm welcome to each and every one of you to georgetown. And to this special program in honor of the first lady of ukraine, Olena Zelenska. [applause] she has become the visible face of a society shattered by war, doing all that she can to help the ukrainian people stand their ground against russias unprovoked aggression which continues to rain death and destruction on civilians. Theres the kidnapping of ukrainian children from their families. And a determination to stamp out ukraines independence, freedom and identity. We also come together today to renew our individual and collective commitment to support ukraine. As president zelenskyy said, human morality must win this war. Everyone in the world who values freedom, who values human life, who believes that people must win, our success depends not only on us ukrainians, he said, but on the people to the extent they exist through the entire moral space of this world. We want to preserve that moral spac
Announcer and now, please welcome to the stage, executive director of the Georgetown Institute for women, peace and security. [applause] good afternoon. And a very, very warm welcome to each and every one of you to georgetown. And to this special program in honor of the first lady of ukraine, Olena Zelenska. [applause] she has become the visible face of a society shattered by war, doing all that she can to help the ukrainian people stand their ground against russias unprovoked aggression which continues to rain death and destruction on civilians. Theres the kidnapping of ukrainian children from their families. And a determination to stamp out ukraines independence, freedom and identity. We also come together today to renew our individual and collective commitment to support ukraine. As president zelenskyy said, human morality must win this war. Everyone in the world who values freedom, who values human life, who believes that people must win, our success depends not only on us ukrainia
In the 2017 lecture series on neuror neuror neuroscience and society. Our first lecture on the brain and video games was held in lecture in r third september will be on meditation. O please keep an eye out for the announcement date. The Dana Foundation is a private supports brainat research through grants, publications, and educational this one. Ike weve last five years, partnered with them to present n annual lecture series on neuroscience and society. This is the 20th lecture in the series. Ere grateful for the Dana Foundations support of this series and for deborahs the series in our scientific responsibility, human rights, and law program. Deborah. That, charlie, and welcome. It seems to me as though hardly not goes by that there is some story that i see either in he newspaper or on the evening news about the opoid crisis. Thinking about that today and leafing through the front sure enough, on the page of the metro section of the Washington Post is a story how of maryland and virgi
Second in 2017 Foundation Series on science in the society. The first lecture this year on the brain and video games was held in march and the third in september will be on meditation so please keep an eye out for the announcement date. The foundation is a Philanthropic Organization that supports Brain Research programs, publications and Educational Programs like this one. For the last five years, weve partnered with the foundation to present an annual lecture series on society and by my count this as the lecture in a series. We are grateful for the Dana Foundation support of the series and for the leadership in the series and our scientific responsibility human rights and law program. Thank you. Welcome. It seems to me hardly a day goes by there isnt a story i see either in a newspaper or o the n the evening news about the Opioid Crisis. And as i was thinking about that today, sure enough on the front page of the Washington Post is a story abouhas a story about he governors of marylan
Second in 2017 Foundation Series on science in the society. The first lecture this year on the brain and video games was held in march and the third in september will be on meditation so please keep an eye out for the announcement date. The foundation is a Philanthropic Organization that supports Brain Research programs, publications and Educational Programs like this one. For the last five years, weve partnered with the foundation to present an annual lecture series on society and by my count this as the lecture in a series. We are grateful for the Dana Foundation support of the series and for the leadership in the series and our scientific responsibility human rights and law program. Thank you. Welcome. It seems to me hardly a day goes by there isnt a story i see either in a newspaper or o the n the evening news about the Opioid Crisis. And as i was thinking about that today, sure enough on the front page of the Washington Post is a story abouhas a story about he governors of marylan