Upcoming Events
FAU 2021 Virtual Frontiers in Science Lecture Series - Apr 2
Join us at the 2021 virtual FAU Frontiers in Science lecture series, beginning Friday, January 15 and running through Friday, April 23. We have experts this season from a range of scientific disciplines who are speaking about: understanding the big bang, chance in the making of the planet and life, inequities in infancy, mathematical puzzles, the discovery of early human species, how economic collapse from Covid-19 is creating the future faster, and more! We’ve brought them to you from across the globe and from right here in our own community. We hope these lectures move you to deeper learning, explain your world, ignite your discussions, and bring the richness of the sciences to you.
This year's virtual talks require registration. The RSVP page and link to each talk is found below with each speaker and also listed on the science.fau.edu/frontiers website.
Frontiers in Science Speakers
January 15 - "Understanding the Big Bang: The Universe Beyond Einstein"
Ivan Agullo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Physics, Louisiana State University
Time: 4:00 p.m.
January 22 - "Human Health Assessment and Rehabilitation: What Does the Future Hold?"
Christopher Rhea, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Kinesiology, University of North Carolina Greensboro
Time: 4:00 p.m.
January 29 - "Homo naledi and the Rising Star Cave"
Marina Elliot, Ph.D., Biological Anthropologist, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Time: 4:00 p.m.
February 5 - "Inequities in Infancy: Race and Infant Health and Development"
Brenda Jones Harden, Ph.D., Alison Richman Professor for Children and Families, University of Maryland
Time: 4:00 p.m.
February 12 - "A Series of Fortunate Events: Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You"
Sean Carroll, Ph.D., Vice President for Science Education at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Head of HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, and the Balo-Simon Chair of Biology at the University of Maryland
Time: 4:00 p.m.
February 19 - "Covid, Cities, and Climate: How the Next Technologies are Happening Faster"
Peter Newman, Ph.D., Professor of Sustainability at Curtin University (Perth, Australia), and Co-ordinating Lead Author with IPCC
Time: 7:00 p.m.
April 2 - "Mathematical Puzzles"
Peter Winkler, Ph.D., William Morrill Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, Dartmouth College
Time: 4:00 p.m.
April 23 - "A New Horizon in Precision Oncology - Proteogenomics"
Henry Rodriguez, Ph.D., Director, Office of Cancer Clinical Proteomics Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Senior Scientific Officer
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Keep your eye out for our "pop-up" talks later in the spring that we will add to the Frontiers' schedule.
Contact [email protected] with any questions.