Next Conversation: Ideas that Shape Tomorrow

Our picture of the universe is changing fast. It is expanding faster than we thought, its laws are stranger than we imagined, and its unraveling mysteries are constantly defying our current explanations. What happens when science challenges the stories we've long told about our place in the cosmos—and how can the sciences and humanities learn from each other as our understanding evolves?

-Moderator Sean Carroll, nationally recognized physicist and host of the popular podcast Mindscape, brings insights from modern cosmology and the nature of time, helping us make sense of a universe that is stranger and more surprising than we ever expected with three distinguished panelists:
-Adam Riess, Nobel Prize–winning astronomer whose work revealed the accelerating expansion of the universe, shares what it's like to discover something that fundamentally alters our cosmic story.
Philosopher Jenann Ismael explores how ideas like choice, perspective, and responsibility fit into a universe governed by deep physical laws.
-Classicist Karen ní Mheallaigh looks to the ancient world, showing how earlier cultures wrestled with the cosmos—and what their questions can still teach us today.

Registeration in advance is required: https://web.cvent.com/event/06fb71ce-cbd5-4087-b86e-befbbcf26fac/regProcessStep1; space is limited. Event is free.

This conversation is part of the Next Conversations, a series of discussions designed to inspire wonder, reflection, and possibility—bringing cutting-edge science into dialogue with the arts and humanities to explore the future for discovery, creativity, and the human experience.

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Laura R Stott
Co-hosted with: Office of Student Life, Peabody Student Affairs, Student Life at SAIS, Advanced Academic Programs (AAP) Office of Student Affairs, Carey Student Engagement , Office of Graduate Biomedical Education, SON Student Affairs

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