September 12 – December 5, 2017

Where did we come from? How did the universe begin? How did galaxies, stars and planets form? How did life begin? How did intelligent, rational beings arise? And, from such humble beginnings, how did we develop a mind that can ask these big questions?

The topic of ‘origins’ will be explored in 2017 Honors Colloquium and will include speakers whose work pursues answers to these important questions. Please join us as we provide a forum to shed light on our current best understanding of humanity’s place in the cosmos.

Coordinators: Dawn Cardace, Joel Chandlee, Holly Dunsworth, Albert Kausch, and Alycia Moseley Austin

Speakers

Videos of presentations are available on the speaker pages linked below, unless otherwise noted.

• The Birth of Being: From the Big Bang to Babies - Hakeem Oluseyi
  September 12, 2017
• Tomorrow and Beyond: 40 Years of the Jane Goodall Institute - Jane Goodall
  September 19, 2017
  (Video not available)
• Milestones in the Story of Us: Why, When and How Did We Come to Be? - Meave Leakey
  September 26, 2017
• Genesis: The Scientific Quest for Life’s Origins - Robert Hazen
  October 3, 2017
• The Golden Age of Solar System Exploration - Emily Lakdawalla
  October 10, 2017
• The Origins of Cellular Life - Jack Szostak
  October 17, 2017
• Are We Alone in the Universe? - Paul Davies
  October 24, 2017
• The Dynamic Unconscious Mind - Heather Berlin
  November 14, 2017
• The Search for Another Earth - Sara Seager
  November 28, 2017
• The Nature of Human Consciousness - Anil Seth
  December 5, 2017