Occupy Wall Street: What is it and what should we make of it? As requested by many students, we will have an opportunity to hear from and speak with two Cornell Professors, Chris Barrett and Bob Hockett, about this movement that has been so prominent in the news this year.
What is scientism, and how is it set apart from ‘science’ proper? What, if anything, sets scientific knowledge apart from other ways of knowing? How should our scientific practices relate, if at all, to attempts to understand the world in other ways? What sorts of evidence can or should we use in pursuing understanding of the […]
Dr. Ian Hutchinson is a Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT and author of Monopolizing Knowledge.
Facebook delivers constant connection, but does it help us in our quest for community? What is the future of friendships when they are increasingly mediated by digital technologies and commercial interests? Felicia Song, assistant professor at Louisiana State University, offers critical reflections on social media’s influence on contemporary social practices and more broadly, technology’s role […]
Dr. Ecklund will speak with about her recent research on the religious beliefs of scientists, now published as Science vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think, and also about the relationship between her scholarly work and her faith. Her first book Korean American Evangelicals: New Models for Civic Life was published by Oxford University Press. Friday […]
Iris Liang (’07) is the founder and Director of Operations of Videre, a microfinance organization based out of Dallas that works with entrepreneurs and small business owners in South Sudan and Ghana. She will share her experiences working in microfinance as well as her thoughts on faith in the business context.
Christians are called to be faithful. But are we also called to be fruitful? Although some believe that faithfulness is all that matters, others disagree. For our last Friday Conversation, we will be discussing the very practical matter of the role of planning in business and ministry, and we are are very privileged to have as our […]
"One of the best of the new generation of jazz piano players."-Bruce Crowther, Jazz Journal International Winner of the 2002 Great American Jazz Piano Competition and a past guest on Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz, New York City based pianist/composer Deanna Witkowski has been heralded for her “consistently thrilling” playing and her “boundless imagination” (All Music […]
