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—Roundtable Dispatch—
Prof. Alan C. Love Presentation
September 21, 2024
ALSO NOT upcoming but RECENTLY in December 2023, a Diálogos Dinner sponsored by The Octet Collaborative at MIT featured Alan C. Love, Professor in the...
Welcome
Cambridge & Boston faculty are the majority of our guests at each Roundtable dinner & discussion of science faith & philosophy. Presentations and the exchange of ideas and experiences over superb hospitality at the Harvard Faculty Club and at the Samberg Center at MIT are critical & integral to bringing scholars "to the table" to take quality time to bring added depth to each other's personal and professional lives.
Roundtable evenings are possible thanks to The John Templeton Foundation and other contributors to The Leadership Connection such as Cornerstone Commissioning.
Roundtable Chairs:
- Anne McCantsHistory, MIT
- Mark RamseyerHarvard Law
- Peter MartelliHealth Admin., Suffolk
- Danny YamashiroChaplain, MIT
- Nathan BarcziChaplain, MIT
- David ThomFounder, Faculty Roundtables
Past Events
—Past Event—
Nov 28 2023 our Science and the Origin of Life Roundtable featured Chemistry Professors James Tour, Rice University and Lee Cronin, University of Glasgow
November 28, 2023
“The central conundrum about the origin of life - that, as an accidental event, it seems so very improbable - is not one that science has yet resolved. Claiming credit prematurely - claiming, in effect, that current science holds all the answers - may stunt the growth of the new ideas that a resolution may require.” -Fitness of the Cosmos for Life, Cambridge University Press, 2007, from the Forward: The improbability of Life by George Whitesides, Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Research Professor, Harvard University -What did faculty say about this Roundtable? And how are these evenings conducted at The Harvard Faculty Club? Click again to read more!
—Past Event—
In Our Genes or In Our Genesis? Where do you look for clues to the mysteries of life and the universe?
December 08, 2022
Philosopher and Theologian William Lane Craig and Harvard Biology Professor David Haig
—Past Event—
Immortality
November 01, 2022
Boston University Professor of Astronomy Michael Mendillo, retired academic and novelist Larry Constantine , Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary Professor Sean McDonough