Presidential Lectures

Presidential Lectures are a series of free public colloquia spotlighting groundbreaking research across four themes: neuroscience and autism science, physics, biology, and mathematics and computer science. These curated, high-level scientific talks feature leading scientists and mathematicians and are designed to foster discussion and drive discovery within the New York City research community. We invite those interested in these topics to join us for this weekly lecture series.

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Past

Mar27

Quantifying Hidden Order Out of Equilibrium

Portrait photo of Paul Chaikin

Paul Chaikin, Ph.D.Silver Professor of Physics, New York University

Lecture
March 27, 2019
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Mar13

Hunting for Dark Matter with the XENON Project

Portrait photo of Elena Aprile

Elena Aprile, Ph.D.Professor, Physics, Columbia University

Lecture
March 13, 2019
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Mar06

Directed Aging and Nature’s Greedy Algorithms

Sidney Nagel in front of a chalkboard

Sidney Nagel, Ph.D.Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor in Physics, University of Chicago

Lecture
March 6, 2019
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Feb27

Learning to Count in String Theory

Portrait photo of Shamit Kachru

Shamit Kachru, Ph.D.Professor of Physics and Director, Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stanford University

Lecture
February 27, 2019
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Feb20

Measurements of Time in Astronomy

Portrait photo of Ruth Angus

Ruth Angus, Ph.D.Associate Research Scientist, Astronomical Data, CCA, Flatiron Institute

Lecture
February 20, 2019
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Feb13

Reflections on Human Origins Since Darwin’s Conjectures

Portrait photo of Richard Leakey

Richard E. Leakey, FRSProfessor, Chair, Turkana Basin Institute, Stony Brook University

Lecture
February 13, 2019
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