Clinical Conference
June 6, 2008
Aging Parents in the Family System
Roberta Gilbert, MD
9:30-3:30
Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church
3401 Nebraska Avenue, NW Washington, DC
Individuals are living longer than they did in the past. As a result, many people become active as their parents make decisions about relocation, care, loss of a spouse, and loss of independence. It is an opportune time for the adult child to work on differentiation of self. Bowen Theory offers guidelines in thinking about these years of life, not only for the older person but for the entire family system.
Thursday Professional Lecture
June 5, 2008
New Tools, New Universes:
How Photography Changed Our Universe
from One of Stars to One of Galaxies
David Dvorkin, PhD
Curator, National Air and Space Museum
7:30 PM
Georgetown Family Center
What kind of universe do we live in? This question has been posed in all ages, on all continents, and in all languages, but the first person to speculate about the form and structure of the universe based on direct observation and statistical analysis was William Herschel in the late 18th century. He could not decide, however, if the universe was composed of the stars we see in the sky or if it was a much faster collection of systems of stars. This question was debated throughout the 19th and well into the 20th century, when it was finally answered by the observations and analysis of Edwin Hubble. Here we will explore this debate and how the application of photography was an essential ingredient in the solution.
