This event has been rescheduled from 7 pm Feb. 20. Dr. Patrick Beldio (sculptor, theologian, and professor) will discuss his sculpture "The New Being" and his book, The Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram: Co-Creator of the Integral Yoga (2025), which was inspired by the sculpture. Dr. Beldio is a scholar and teacher of comparative theology with a focus on Hinduism, Sufism, and Christian spirituality. He currently teaches in the Theology/Religion Department at the University of Scranton. This event is sponsored by The Roger and Janie Dowdy Endowment for Initiatives in Peacebuilding through Spirituality and the Arts.

Join Dr. Annette Vee from the University of Pittsburgh for a fascinating exploration of the historical roots of AI-generated writing. This public talk, open to all, will take place on March 17 in Schewel – Sydnor Performance Hall. While AI tools like ChatGPT have recently brought automated writing into the spotlight, the quest to mechanize writing dates back centuries. From 18th-century androids to 19th-century spiritualism to 20th-century computer science, past attempts to automate writing have always reflected deeper ideas about intelligence and what it means to be human.