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Book Talk: Samuel Wilkinson Yale School of Medicine at Yale Whitney Humanities Center
Whitney Humanities Center 320 York Street, New HavenHumanities Quadrangle (HQ) 276 6:00 pm Book Discussion about Purpose: What Evolution and Human Nature Imply about the Meaning of Our Existence, featuring author Samuel Wilkinson in conversation with Nii Addy, Laura Bridgewater, and John Morley Samuel Wilkinson discusses the evolutionary forces that spur us to be our altruistic selves and what inspired his fascination […]
Barnum Museum’s Uncovering the Secrets of an Egyptian Mummy and Coffin: at The Bijou
Bijou Theater 275 Fairfield Avenue, BridgeportJoin us at the historic Bijou Theatre in Downtown Bridgeport for the premier showing of the Barnum Museum’s multi-award-winning documentary “Uncovering the Secrets of an Egyptian Mummy and Coffin: The Quest to Restore Personhood.” This 30-minute film tells the story of “Ipy’s mummy” and Pa-en-bes’ coffin, sharing the secrets hidden within hieroglyphs, inscriptions, and facial […]
Nita Farahany “The Battle for Your Brain: Ethical, Legal, Social Implications of New Technologies” at The Quick Center in Fairfield
Quick Center for the Arts 200 Barlow Road, FairfieldAn Open VISIONS Forum at Fairfield University Nita Farahany, JD, PhD, is a leading scholar on the ethical, legal, and social implications of emerging technologies, including developing neurotechnologies that interface with the human brain or nervous system. She is a professor of law and philosophy at Duke University and the faculty chair of the Duke […]
Lecture: Inside the Head of a Collector at Fairfield University
Fairfield University, Barone Campus Center 1073 North Benson Road, FairfieldOn Tuesday, October 22 at 5 p.m., Shirley M. Mueller, MD will present a lecture in the Barone Campus Center’s Dogwood Room. An internationally known collector and scholar of Chinese export porcelain, Dr. Mueller is also board-certified in Neurology and Psychiatry. This unique conjunction of interests led her to explore the “neuroeconomics” of collecting in […]
Talk: “Catastrophe Ethics: How to Choose Well in a World of Tough Choices” in Fairfield
Martire Center Theater 5401 Park Avenue, FairfieldDr. Travis Rieder, bioethicist at Johns Hopkins, will speak on his new book. "Catastrophe Ethics: How to Choose Well in a World of Tough Choices" "My most enduring research... has involved the overarching theme of “catastrophe.” In particular, I’m concerned with how to engage in ethical reasoning about our own, individual lives in a time […]
Little Scientists: Space is the Place at Niantic Children’s Museum
Niantic Children's Museum 409 Main Street, NianticBlast off to learn about the moon, the planets, and our solar system. Create craters, make moon sand, learn about constellations, and find out what it’s like to be an astronaut. Five-week series of 1-hour programs Thursdays, Oct. 17 – Nov. 14 at 10am For 3-5 year olds who are ready to attend alone $55 […]
STEAM Scene: CRAZY CIRCUITS for Grades 2-3 at Westport Library
The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road, WestportLearn the basics of circuitry to make a spinning pinwheel and other fun projects! More in-depth projects are available for older students' workshops, such as light-up cards and different switches. Registration is required. This listing is for grades 2-3. Your child must be in second or third grade to participate in this workshop. Children registered […]
Marine Sciences Seminar: Sustainable Fisheries: Tim O’Donnell at UConn Avery Point
UConn Lowell P. Weicker Jr. Building 1080 Shennecossett Rd, GrotonGloucester Marine Genomics Institute Inc. Using eDNA to support fisheries assessment and conservation in Massachusetts Sustainable fisheries management relies on monitoring surveys that accurately represent fish stock abundance, distribution, and dynamics, especially among shifting ocean conditions. Environmental DNA (eDNA) measures genetic material shed by an organism into the surrounding water, revolutionizing our ability to identify […]
Lecture: Making & Selling Prints in the Age of Rembrandt at Fairfield University
Fairfield University, Barone Campus Center 1073 North Benson Road, FairfieldJoin us on Tuesday, November 19 at 5 p.m. for a lecture by Nadine Orenstein, PhD., Drue Heinz Curator in Charge of the Department of Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art: “Rare and Everywhere: Making & Selling Prints in the Age of Rembrandt.” One of the most creative and inventive etchers of his day, […]
Yale Peabody Museum to Launch Speakers Bureau Series
Koffee? 104 Audubon St, New HavenThe Yale Peabody Museum’s Speakers Bureau is kicking off its 2024-2025 programing with an evening of Lightning Talks at Koffee?, located on Audubon Street, Wednesday, November 20 at 5:30 pm. Each graduate student will have five minutes and five slides to describe an important aspect of their studies. Listen to rapid-fire talks, engage with early-career […]
Agrarian Studies Colloquium: Lloyd Sy “Buffalo Bird Woman Makes a Garden: Memory and Native Horticulture” at Yale
Yale Agrarian Studies 230 Prospect Street, New HavenLloyd Sy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Yale University. Sy is a literary historian specializing in American literature of the long nineteenth century, especially Native/Indigenous literatures and environmental humanities. He is currently completing a book project about deforestation in American letters between 1830 and 1920. Broadly, it argues that Native […]
New exhibition, Mind/Matter: The Neuroscience of Perception, Attention, and Memory’ at Yale Peabody
The ability to remember a loved one, perceive a beautiful sunrise, or read these words resides within a three-pound organ in your skull. The brain is the center of our humanity, the machine that powers every human endeavor, accomplishment, and feeling. And yet, how it works remains one of the greatest mysteries of science. “Mind/Matter: […]