The 33rd Annual David M. Mason Lecturers in Chemical Engineering at Stanford University will be presented by Lehigh President Alice P. Gast. She will give two presentations April 28th-30th, 2008, the first entitled "Why Complex Fluids Are So Simple and Interesting" focusing on her research experiences, and the second "The American Research University in a Flat World". The lectures are named in honor of the late David M. Mason, who was Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry at Stanford University.