Prof DeVoogd completes lecture tour

Prof DeVoogd, an advisor to the Asian University for Women (AUW), is a leading specialist in neurobiology of learning and memory in songbirds. He and his partner, Robin Beckhard, are actively engaged in promoting the AUW among members of the US academic community who may consider teaching at the university when it opens its doors in January 2008.

During his stay in Bangladesh, Prof DeVoogd spoke to an audience of over 250 students, physicians and medical faculty at the University of Science and Technology in Chittagong. He also spoke at Chittagong University, Dhaka University and Jahangirnagar University and the Bangladesh Zoological Society.

"I am deeply impressed by the vision and dedication of all those who are planning this university [AUW]. I am confident that colleagues in American colleges and universities will be excited about participating in its teaching and in helping to make it a center of excellence in South Asia," said Prof DeVoogd.

The Asian University for Women is being set up in Chittagong under international auspices through a special charter granted by parliament of Bangladesh.