This year’s Alexander M. Cruickshank Lecture (public lecture) will be delivered by Prof. Sean Carroll

Theoretical physicist, philosopher, and science advocate—Sean Carroll’s research focuses on some of the most foundational questions about quantum mechanics, spacetime, cosmology, and complexity. He is the Homewood Professor of Natural Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University, Fractal Faculty at the Santa Fe Institute, and the host of the polymath podcast Mindscape.

URI’s annual Alexander M. Cruickshank Lecture, which is endowed by the trustees of the Gordon Research Conferences and named to honor the former director Dr. Alexander Cruickshank who was also the former head of Chemistry at URI.

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Schedule for 2025 Alexander M. Cruickshank Lecture

Monday, March 3

4:30pm :  Physics Colloquium, Bliss Hall, Room 190

Tuesday, March 4,

10:00am-12:00pm – Meeting with Groups : AstroSpace, East Hall, Room 217

Engineering, Math, Computer Science, Chemistry

1:00pm-3:00pm – Meeting with Groups: AstroSpace, East Hall, Room 217

Harrington School, Philosophy, English, History, Political Science

6:00pm: Reception and Book Signing, Beaupre Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences, Room 100

7:00pm: Cruickshank Lecture by Sean Carroll; Beaupre Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences, Room 100