The Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science
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The Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science is a series of Saturday-morning lectures begun in 1995 by a group of Penn State Eberly College of Science faculty in the Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry. It was an innovative move for our college because these lectures were designed for the enjoyment and education of average citizens rather than for a specialized audience composed exclusively of scientists, as were our other annual lectures at that time. This initial year was such a huge success that Dean Gregory Geoffroy decided to adopt the lecture series as a college-wide project and to provide it with a budget, from funds provided by Pfizer, which would allow us to upgrade the series in ways designed to enhance its public-outreach mission.
The 2012 Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science ran from 21 January to 25 February 2012. Designed as a free minicourse for the enjoyment and education of residents in Central Pennsylvania communities, the lectures took place on six consecutive Saturday mornings from 11:00 a.m. to about 12:30 p.m. on the Penn State University Park campus.