Symposium Schedule

8:15-9:30 a.m. | Coffee and Danish

9:30 a.m. | Welcome | Rev. Kail Ellis, OSA
Dean Emeritus, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Associate Professor, Political Science; Symposium Director, Villanova University

Session I: Mendel as Polymath

9:45-10:30 a.m. | Beyond Peas - Gregor Mendel’s “Other” Sciences:  Contributions to Astronomy and Meteorology

• Edward Guinan, Professor, Department of Astrophysics and Planetary Sciences, Villanova University

10:30-11:15 a.m. | Bees and Peas: How Apiology Shaped Mendel’s Thinking

• Gene Kritsky, Dean, Behavioral and Natural Sciences; Professor, Department of Biology, Mount St. Joseph’s University

11:15-11:30 a.m. | Mendel at the Smithsonian Museum

• Ondřej Dostál, Director, Mendel Museum, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Session II: Pope Francis' Encyclical: Laudato Si’ 

11:30a.m. -12:15 p.m. | An Explication of the Encyclical as it relates to Climate Change and Sustainability

• Daniel Castillo, Department of Theology, Loyola University Maryland

12:15-12:45 p.m. | Q & A Period

12:45-1:30 p.m. | LUNCH

Session III: Laudato Si’: The Science and Social Sciences

1:30-2:15 p.m. | Climate Change: The Science. What it is; what’s at risk; what to do about it?

• Richard Alley, Evan Pugh Professor, Department of Geosciences, Penn State University

2:15-3:00 p.m. | Responding to Climate Change: Laudato Si' and the Strange Convergences of Sociology and Religion

• Rev. Michael Agliardo, SJ, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Loyola University Chicago

3:00-3:45 p.m. | Round Table Discussion with Speakers and Audience

• Moderator: Amanda Grannas, Associate Vice Provost for Research, Villanova University