Upcoming Events For Special Lectures and Events

Part of the Our Universe Revealed Lecture Series

The challenges of energy poverty

Dr. Abigail Mechtenberg
University of Notre Dame…

Searching for the "Wow!": The art, craft, and joy of writing about science

September 29 (Stanford, 7:30 p.m. kickoff)
1 p.m.
101 Jordan Hall of Science

Amy Ellis Nutt, science reporter for The Washington Post

Washington Post reporter Amy Ellis Nutt writes about neuroscience and mental health, and will share how to cultivate the sense of wonder that is at the heart of all great science articles. She’ll also describe the techniques for writing them. Nutt is the author of three books, including two New York Times’ bestsellers, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing in 2011. She has taught at Columbia and Princeton and was a Nieman Fellow in Journalism at Harvard.…

Part of the Our Universe Revealed Lecture Series

It all started with a Big Bang

Prof. Grant Mathews
University of Notre Dame…

Part of the College of Science Lynch Lecture Series

Heart of Darkness

with Prof. Jeremiah P. Ostriker
Charles A. Young Professor Emeritus,
Department of Astrophysical Sciences
Princeton University

In the last 100 years, an extraordinary amount has been discovered about the universe. It wasn’t until the 20^th…

Cracking the Brain's Mysteries: Novel strategies to cure neurodegenerative diseases

October 13 (Pittsburgh, 2:30 p.m. kickoff)
11 a.m.
101 Jordan Hall of Science

Kevin Vaughan, associate professor of biology

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Part of the Our Universe Revealed Lecture Series

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Prof. Christopher Kolda
Department of Physics
University of Notre Dame…

Part of the Our Universe Revealed Lecture Series

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Mr. Miguel Correa
Graduate Student
Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame…

Envy-Free Division

November 10 (Florida State, 7:30 p.m. kickoff)
1 p.m.
101 Jordan Hall of Science

David Galvin, associate professor of mathematics

Can a group of friends cut up a cake, so that no one is envious of someone else's portion? Can three people who’ve just leased a three-bedroom apartment assign rooms and rent, so that no one feels like someone else has gotten a better deal? These questions have many hard-to-quantify factors. Learn an envy-free division process that’s easy to implement, and answers these and many related questions. It was discovered by Forest Simmons and Francis Su about 20 years ago, but has its roots in a 90-year-old result in topology.…

Part of the Our Universe Revealed Lecture Series

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Mr. Sam Potier
Graduate Student
University of Notre Dame…