Presidential Lectures

Neuroscience & Autism
Brain and Body: Communication and Connection

This series explores how brain–body signaling shapes function and health. Talks highlight interoceptive pathways and the molecular and circuit mechanisms linking systems from gut and immune pathways to behavior and disease.

Physics
Black Holes

This series explores black holes across scale—from stellar remnants to supermassive giants. Topics include imaging, gravitational waves, the information paradox, and fluid analogs, showing how black holes illuminate fundamental physics and extreme environments.

Biology
Folding the Future: The Structural Biology Revolution

This series explores breakthroughs in structural biology—from protein prediction to new imaging tools—and how they’re transforming drug discovery, synthetic biology, and our understanding of cells.

Math & Computer Science
Randomness

This series explores how chance drives discovery—from random walks and algorithms to Fourier analysis and complex systems—with applications from card shuffling to fair voting.