The Science Scene

Monday, April 6

"AI, Creative Destruction and the Job Market." Emory Economics' Kafoglis Nobel Laureate Lecture Series features Canadian economist Peter Wilkinson Howitt, professor emeritus at Brown University. Howitt and Philippe Aghion were jointly awarded the 2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for "the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction." At 2:45 pm in White Hall, Room 208. Free and open to the public.

Monday, April 13

"Go Instead Where there is No Path: Paleoanthropology, History and Community in Central Africa." Paleoanthropologist Jessica Thompson, formerly on the faculty at Emory and now at Yale, will deliver the Armelagos/Brown Lecture. More than 20 years ago, Thompson took a road trip from southern to eastern Africa. These two parts of Africa are hotspots for human origins research but what grabbed her attention was all that space between. Since that time, Thompson has devoted her career to unlocking the secrets of how, and how long ago, ancient people lived in this region. Results include some of Africa's oldest ancient human DNA, the world's oldest adult cremation pyre, and some of the most ancient evidence for how humans used fire to control their environments. At 1 pm in Emory's Anthropology Building, Room 206.

Thursday, April 23

"The Infectious Diseases We Choose." Ben Lopman, professor of epidemiology at Rollins School of Public Health, will present the 2026 John F. Morgan, Sr., Distinguished Faculty Lecture. Lopman's work focuses on vaccines for enteric and respiratory diseases, with a particular emphasis on diarrheal diseases caused by norovirus and rotavirus. At 5 pm in Convocation Hall. A reception will fall. Advance registration is required.

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