Seminar Schedule
2025-2026 science seminar Schedule
Upcoming Presentation is on February 19th
The enlightenment, philosophy, mysticism, and the origins of modern science: how have ancient ideas shaped the way we see the natural world?
Dave Love
Ideas from the ancient world continue to frame the way that humans study and understand the natural world. Modern science has many of its origins in spiritual traditions and philosophies no longer considered to be part of scientific practice. This talk will introduce some examples of these linkages from ancient to modern times and provide a space for discussion.
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, September 4 | Kevin Powell | Playing Tic-Tac-Toe on a Boolean Lattice |
| Thursday, September 11 | Jared Breakall | Mixing what shouldn’t Mix: The Sauce-y Chemistry of Emulsions |
| Thursday, September 18 | Hike to the S | Hike to the S |
| Thursday, October 2 | Kari Arnoldsen | When Math Goes Wrong |
| Thursday, October 9 | Richard Lambert | Stat Wars Episode I: The Dark Side of Data |
| Thursday, October 23 | Doug Gilbert | The Art of Engineering Design |
| Thursday, October 30 | Keith Steurer | Leadership vs. Management: Why should they be different? |
| Thursday, November 6 | Jon Pugmire's students | Double Star Observations |
| Thursday, November 13 | Larry Smith | The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Thursday, November 20 | Kate Baustian (invited by Scott Meek) | Sanpete Groundwater/Precipitation Study |
| Thursday, January 22 | Kevin Powell | Polynomial Magic |
| Thursday, January 27 | Kevin Powell | Throwing a 4-dimensional Ball, Drinking From a Klein Bottle, and Homological Algebra |
| Thursday, February 19th | Dave Love | The enlightenment, philosophy, mysticism, and the origins of modern science: how have ancient ideas shaped the way we see the natural world? |
| Thursday, February 26, 2026 | Michael E. Olson | El Nino in Ephraim |
| Thursday, March 12, 2026 | Adam Teichert | |
| Thursday, March 19, 2026 | Lindsay Chaney | |
| Thursday, March 26, 2026 | Riley Bradshaw | |
| Thursday, April 9, 2026 | Jon Pugmire | Double Stars and Gaia |
| Thursday, April 16, 2026 | Jeannie Kleinhans | Science Podcasts: What are they good for? |