Rev. Dr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, the director of education for the National Catholic Bioethics Center, will deliver two guest lectures Monday, Aug. 22, on bioethics and moral issues. The lectures, at the academic building auditorium, are free and open to the public.\nDr. Pacholczyk's first lecture, at 10 a.m., is titled: "In Vitro Fertilization and the Challenges of Teaching about Moral Approaches to Infertility."\nHis second lecture, at 2 p.m., is "The Science and Ethics of Stem Cell Research."\nRev. Dr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk is a priest of the diocese of Fall River, MA. As an undergraduate he earned degrees in philosophy, biochemistry, molecular cell biology, and chemistry, and did laboratory research on hormonal regulation of the immune response. He later earned a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Yale University, where he focused on cloning genes for neurotransmitter transporters which are expressed in the brain. He also worked for several years as a molecular biologist at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Fr. Tad studied for 5 years in Rome where he did advanced work in dogmatic theology and in bioethics, examining the question of delayed ensoulment of the human embryo.\nA flyer with complete information is available in PDF form here (images/stories/frtad.pdf).