Science, Technology, and Faith
Speaker:
Aaron Dominguez
30 Oct 2019
7:00 PM
South Ballroom, Memorial Union
Co-sponsors:
- Sigma Xi
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Aaron Dominguez is the Provost at the Catholic University of America, a particle physicist, and a devout Catholic. He will speak about how faith is part of what inspires him to study the origins of the universe in his own research in experimental high-energy physics. Dominguez served previously as the Associate Dean for Research and Global Engagement and a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). He has a strong history of research and grant activity, including a National Science Foundation CAREER grant and a cooperative agreement with the NSF for $11.5 million. Sigma Xi Lecture Series