Making Headway: An Evening of Scientific Advances and Musical Interludes
Hal Lewis

The Dan Lewis Foundation proudly presents Making Headway: An Evening of Scientific Advances and Musical Interludes


DLF INFOTAINMENT FUNDRAISER WILL STREAM ON MARCH 26, 2026


The Dan Lewis Foundation will stream a program filled with up-to-date information about brain regeneration and terrific music on Thursday, March 26th. The event will be co-hosted by Dr. Jonathan LaPook, Chief Medical Correspondent for CBS News and Dr. David Margulies, biomedical and biotechnology writer and innovator and co-founder of the Dan Lewis Foundation. The musical performers will be Low Strung, a tremendous group of cellists who arrange and perform classic rock on their acoustic cellos and the Yale Symphony Orchestra playing two pieces from their 2025 season repertoire. The program will stream at 5:00 P.M. (Pacific), 6:00 P.M. (Mountain), 7:00 P.M. (Central), 8:00 P.M. (Eastern). This free program will be approximately one hour in length.


The link to the event, which will activate on Thursday, March 26th at the above time(s) is: https://youtube.com/live/N3q_F2ipO1w?feature=share . This link will also be posted on the DLF website: danlewisfoundation.org .


In late June, a similar program will be presented with additional information about the neuroscience and biotechnology of brain regeneration. This program will feature the Bill Hill Jazz Project and jazz pianist and Pulitzer Prize winning opera composer, Anthony Davis. Details of that event will be distributed in mid-June.


We hope you will join us for this event. An informative and enjoyable program is promised!\

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