The Institute for the Science of Origins (ISO) and Siegal Lifelong Learning will host the second lecture in their fall season of the Origins Science Scholars series Tuesday, Oct. 22, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center ballroom.
Ben Monreal, associate professor of physics, will present “How Giant Telescopes Will Find New Earths.”
Monreal will discuss how giant telescopes hold the key to discovering new earth-like planets in other star systems.
About the Origins Science Scholars series
Origins Science Scholars is ISO’s signature public outreach series. It meets seven weeks in a row on Tuesday evenings.
The schedule for each of the events will be as follows:
- 5:30 to 6 p.m.—Coffee and cookies
- 6 to 7 p.m.—Lecture and Q&A
- 7 to 8 p.m.—Dinner and discussion
Monreal’s lecture is the first in a series of three Origins Science Scholars talks on exoplanets and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), co-sponsored by Case Western Reserve University’s Emeriti Academy.
The other talks on exoplanets will be by Corbin Covault, professor and co-chair of the Department of Physics. He will present the following lectures:
- “Intelligent Life on Other Planets: What are the Odds?” Oct. 29; and
- “SETI and Beyond: What Comes Next?” Nov. 5.
Covault’s lectures will take place at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
Registration for a single lecture costs $44 for Lifelong Learning members or $52 for nonmembers. The full series costs $211 for Lifelong Learning members and $231 for nonmembers. The price includes parking and dinner.
A limited number of spots are available to students free of charge at every lecture. To inquire, contact Patricia Princehouse evolution@case.edu.