{"id":14726,"date":"2026-04-14T09:59:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T13:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/?p=14726"},"modified":"2026-04-14T09:59:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T13:59:40","slug":"join-us-on-april-21-at-5-pm-for-the-lavoie-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/join-us-on-april-21-at-5-pm-for-the-lavoie-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Join Us on April 21 at 5 pm for the Lavoie Lecture!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This year&#8217;s Anna E. Lavoie Memorial Lectureship will feature Ann Houston &#8217;92, SVP of External Research and Corporate Development at a Biotech start-up focused on rare and metabolic diseases.<br><br>The Anna E. Lavoie Memorial Lectureship was established by Teresa Lavoie, J.D., Ph.D. &#8217;89, in honor of her late mother. The lectureship aims to inspire Providence College students to explore a broad range of career opportunities in the sciences through engaging with distinguished scientists and professionals.<br><br>The lecture will take place in the Science Complex, Room 206 at 5:00 pm and there will be a light reception following the lecture. Register <a href=\"https:\/\/events.blackthorn.io\/en\/3iofXW6\/2026-anna-e-lavoie-memorial-lectureship-4a6XUTMBxh\/overview\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/events.blackthorn.io\/en\/3iofXW6\/2026-anna-e-lavoie-memorial-lectureship-4a6XUTMBxh\/overview\">here<\/a> today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/Lavoie-Lecture-Spring-2026-Poster-FINAL-1-682x1024.png\" alt=\"Photo of a woman with straight hair, wearing a white sweater, smiling warmly against a stone wall.\" class=\"wp-image-14727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/Lavoie-Lecture-Spring-2026-Poster-FINAL-1-682x1024.png 682w, https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/Lavoie-Lecture-Spring-2026-Poster-FINAL-1-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/Lavoie-Lecture-Spring-2026-Poster-FINAL-1-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/Lavoie-Lecture-Spring-2026-Poster-FINAL-1-1024x1536.png 1024w, https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/Lavoie-Lecture-Spring-2026-Poster-FINAL-1-1320x1980.png 1320w, https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/Lavoie-Lecture-Spring-2026-Poster-FINAL-1.png 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year\u2019s Anna E. Lavoie Memorial Lectureship will feature Ann Houston \u201992, senior vice president of External Research and Corporate Development at a biotech start up focused on rare and metabolic diseases. Established by Teresa Lavoie, J.D., Ph.D. \u201989 in honor of her late mother, the lecture will begin at 5:00pm in the Science Complex, Room 206.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upcoming-events","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14728,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14726\/revisions\/14728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}