Talk about science with scientists in the Origins Science Scholars Program, presented by Siegal Lifelong Learning and the Institute for the Science of Origins (ISO).
This unique program offers community members an opportunity to engage with leading scholars in the rapidly developing areas of origins science. Each evening begins with a presentation by a world-class researcher followed by dinner and a discussion with the speaker.
Next Session Dates: Tuesdays, April 14, 21, 28 and May 5, 12, 19, 2026
5:30-8 p.m. ET
Full Series cost: $283 (price includes dinner)
Per Lecture cost: $69 (price includes dinner)
Members receive 15% discount. (Emeritus faculty receive member discount)
Session will be held in Thwing Center Room 101 at CWRU with the exception of April 28 which will be held in Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom A
Dinner included. Parking is not included in the program fees.
Parking in either Lot 29 or the Lot 55 is recommended.
https://case.edu/parking/garages-lots
Tuesday, April 14
THE 2025 NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY: METALLIC ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS - MODERN MOLECULAR SPONGES
Burcu Gurkan, Kent H. Smith Professor II, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, CWRU
Tuesday, April 21
Title
Hari Padma, Frederick Reines Assistant Professor of Physics, CWRU
Tuesday, April 28
MATERIALS FOR CARBON CAPTURE AND CONVERSION
Burcu Gurkan, Kent H. Smith Professor II, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, CWRU
Tuesday, May 5
BACTERIOPHAGES: THE BIOLOGY AND PHYSICS OF EARTH'S MOST ABUNDANT BIOLOGICAL ENTITIES
Krista Freeman, Assistant Professor of Physics, CWRU
Tuesday, May 12
Title
Hari Padma, Frederick Reines Assistant Professor of Physics, CWRU
Tuesday, May 19
ENGINEERING BETTER VIRUSES TO ATTACK THE BACTERIA THAT INFECT US
Krista Freeman, Assistant Professor of Physics, CWRU