LEWISTON – A lecture and panel discussion on identity and genes will take place at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4, at Bates College.

“Does Your Identity Fit Your Genes?” will be presented in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Ave., by the Bates College Office of Multicultural Affairs.

Afterward, seven members of the Bates community, including students, faculty and staff from different geographic areas and ethnicities, will describe what DNA tests have revealed about their own origins and what impact these results have on their definitions of identity.

In the lecture opening the event, Dr. Rick Kittles, associate professor of medicine at the University of Chicago’s Division of Biological Sciences, will present his pioneering work in tracing the ancestry of African-Americans via DNA testing.

The public is invited to attend the presentation at no cost. For more information, please call the Office of Multicultural Affairs at 207-786-8376.