Former U. S. Sen. Bill Bradley will speak at UNLV on Feb. 2 as part of the Barrick Lecture Series.

His talk, "Building a Stronger Civil Society," is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall. The event is free, but tickets are required. Tickets will be available at the Performing Arts Center box office at Ham Concert Hall beginning Jan. 24. For more information, call 895-3801.

Bradley, D-N.J., was elected three times to the Senate, the last time being in 1990. When he left the Senate, he was the third-ranking Democrat on the finance committee and also served on the energy and natural resources committee and the special committee on aging.

In 1995, he announced that he would not seek re-election, but would remain active in private life. Since leaving office, he has been named vice chairman of J.P. Morgan & Co.'s International Council and is serving as a senior adviser to the firm, focusing on international issues, including economic policy, savings and investment issues, and challenges affecting emerging nations.

Bradley also has joined the ranks of CBS News where he is a contributor who explores the lives of Americans today and the events that affect them.

He also has accepted appointments at both the University of Maryland at College Park and at Stanford University. At Maryland, he accepted an appointment as the Distinguished Leadership Scholar for the Academy of Leadership and will serve as the chair of the academy's board of advisers. At Stanford, he was named the Payne Distinguished Professor at the Institute for International Studies for the 1997-98 academic year.

During Bradley's years in the Senate, he followed four guiding principles -- restoring economic and personal security for American families, strengthening civil society in ways that go beyond government, protecting the natural heritage, and rethinking America's role in the world.

Bradley graduated with honors from Princeton and Oxford universities and was a Rhodes Scholar for 10 years. A three-time All-American at Princeton, he was also an Olympic gold medalist. He went on to become an NBA basketball player for the New York Knicks and was a member of two NBA championship teams.

He is the author of a recent best-selling memoir, "Time Present, Time Past."

The Barrick Lecture Series, funded through a grant from philanthropist Marjorie Barrick, presents nationally and internationally known speakers from a variety of fields each year at UNLV. Presentations are free and open to the public.

For additional information, call 895-3801.