At the heart of the human quest for understanding lies a paradox: the more we discover, the more we realize how much is yet unknown. From a young age, Marcelo Gleiser writes of his attunement to this paradox: "Growing up in Rio de Janeiro, I couldn’t possibly neglect the vast expanse of the Atlantic Ocean right in front of me...To me the beach was a portal into the unknown. I marveled at the joining of the ocean and the sky at the horizon, the huge ships emerging from behind top-first, proof of the curvature of the Earth. There was more to it than just the sand and the waves. There was a vast network of living creatures underneath the surface, mysterious and unreachable."

On April 8th, join the Collegium Institute for a Magi Project evening conversation sponsored by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation with recent Templeton Prize-Winning Physicist Marcelo Gleiser of Dartmouth College, moderated by renowned chemist and spiritual writer Michelle Francl of Bryn Mawr College, as they discuss science and discovery, beauty and the unknown, and their immersive journeys into the mysteries of the universe.

This event is cosponsored by the The Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement at Dartmouth (ICE), Villanova Department of Humanities, Institute for Religion and Science at Chestnut Hill College, Cosmos and Creation of Loyola University in Maryland, Society of Catholic Scientists, Penn Department of Neuroscience and Penn's Mahoney Institute of Neurosciences.

Date: Thursday, April 8, 2021

Time: 7:00 PM ET

Registration: Registration is free and open to the public. To register, please click here
If you have any questions, please feel free to send an email to collegiuminstitute@gmail.com.