brandeis university 2015 2016 jack, joseph and morton mandel center for the humanities all events are held in the mandel center for the humanities, room 303, from noon to 1:00 pm. These events are for members of the faculty and invited guests. thursday, september 17, 2015 steve van hooser, biology “Nature and Nurture: How Genes and Experience Build Brain Circuits” thursday, november 12, 2015 judy herzfeld, chemistry “Taming Quantum Mechanics for Chemistry” thursday, february 18, 2016 paul garrity, biology “Molecular Basis of Sensory Transduction and Behavior” thursday, march 31, 2016 james bensinger, physics Bridging the Two Cultures lecture series office of communications © brandeis university 2015 f209 “The Universe, the Higgs Boson and All That”