The 60-Second Lectures
Each semester faculty from the School of Arts and Sciences take a minute to share ideas and opinions on topics from poetry and politics to physics, fractions and fly fishing. During the month of April, join us for 60 seconds of instruction-and even a little fun.
Stiteler Plaza
Locust Walk and 37th Street
11:55 a.m.
Rain Location: Houston Hall Bistro
This program is free and open to the public.
April 1
Evelyn Thomson
Assistant Professor of Physics
"Particles from Proton Collisions in 60 Seconds"
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April 8
Robert Ghrist
Andrea Mitchell University Professor
"Why Is Mathematics Useful?"
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April 15
Paul Cobb
Associate Professor of Islamic History
"Crusading, Then and Now"
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April 22
Joshua Plotkin
Martin Meyerson Assistant Professor in Interdisciplinary Studies
"On the Stability of Life"
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Watch 60-Second Lectures from previous semesters.