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Where does morality come from? Isn't science rapidly approaching a complete explanation of nature? Do you ever have doubts about your worldview? Where can I find meaning and fulfillment?

College students around the world are asking themselves and their friends these questions, but there is often no real place to explore these questions alongside brilliant faculty and leading thinkers. 

Veritas Forums are university events that engage students and faculty in discussions about life's hardest questions and the relevance of Jesus Christ to all of life.

Veritas Forums are created and hosted by campus student organizations, connected to a network of 70 campuses nationwide, and supported by the national Veritas Forum team.


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Recent Events

Recent Events

Complements or Contradictions:
Faith and Science According to an MIT Physicist

Ian Hutchinson - Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering, MIT

 

Monday, April 15, 2013 at 7:00 PM
CEMEX Auditorium

 


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We are anticipating a full house for Ian Hutchinson's presentation!  The Forum is free and open to the public, but to give Stanford students the first opportunity to see Ian Hutchinson, ID-holders will be given priority seating.

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Ian Hutchinson

Professor of Nuclear Science and hutchinsonEngineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ian Hutchinson received his bachelor’s in Physics from Cambridge University, followed by his Ph.D. at the Australian National University. As a Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT, his research interests include controlled fusion and plasma physics. He has been an advisor to the Canadian government, and Head of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT. He is the author of the Principles of Plasma Diagnostics and Monopolizing Knowledge.

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History at Stanford

Stanford Poor Right

In 2012, The Veritas Forum at Stanford looked at how we should respond to poverty. Do we have an obligation to the poor when we're choosing things like our vocation, classes, and groceries? And if we do, how should that obligation change the way we make those decisions? Join Nathan GeorgeNishan de Mel, and Debbie Hall in a thoughtful discussion in "Making Money, Spending Money: What Do We Owe to the Poor?"

Stanford Lennox Right

In 2011, The Veritas Forum at Stanford hosted Oxford mathematician John Lennox in a discussion moderated by Ray F. Cowan, MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. Throughout history, countless ideas have thrived only to be later supplanted.  What, if anything, is worth believing in? Come hear Dr. Lennox draw from his experiences with atheism and theism in Eastern Europe in "Axioms and Inferences: A Mathematician Thinks About Faith."