Cornel West, professor of the practice of public philosophy at Harvard University and a prominent public intellectual, delivered the 25th annual Hesburgh Lecture in Ethics and Public Policy at 4 p.m. April 12 (Friday) in O’Laughlin Auditorium in Saint Mary’s College’s Moreau Center for the Arts.

The Hesburgh Lecture is a signature event of the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies.