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  • Our Universe Revealed with Saurja DasGupta

    Saurja DasGupta, PhD
    Tuesday February 3rd 2026 - 6:30 pm ET
    Leighton Auditorium, Main Branch, St. Joseph County Public Library

    About the speaker: Saurja DasGupta, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at University of Notre Dame

    More details to follow.

  • Co-creation: On Emergence and The Creative Work

    Mark Sniadecki, MFA
    Tuesday March 3rd 2026 - 6:30 pm ET
    Leighton Auditorium, Main Branch, St. Joseph County Public Library

    The notion of artistic inspiration—of catching lightning in a bottle, or a sudden epiphany seemingly out of nowhere—feels mysterious but is rooted in the very nature of our universe. Through recombination, iteration, and concatenation, our material world is constantly surprising us with unexpected and unpredictable phenomena. In this short but wide-ranging talk, Mark Sniadecki will explore connections between art-making, biological evolution, and the concept of emergence.
    About the speaker: Mark Sniadecki, MFA in Studio Art (Digital Art) from IU-Bloomington, Assistant Professor of Integrated New Media Studies, Department of Computer Science and Informatics at IU South Bend

  • The Future of Biodiversity and Why It Matters

    Paulo Martins Sobrinho, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate
    Tuesday April 7th 2026 - 6:30 pm ET
    Leighton Auditorium, Main Branch, St. Joseph County Public Library

    Move, adapt, or decline. These are the possible responses left for most species facing current environmental challenges. Although planetary changes and species extinctions have always been part of Earth’s history, this one is different, especially because it is human-caused and there is something we can do about it.
    About the speaker: Paulo Martins Sobrinho, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame
    More details to follow.

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