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Big Bang, Nobel Prize & Alien Life at Trinity UniversityBig Bang, Nobel Prize & Alien Life at Trinity University

Astrophysicist and Nobel Laureate in Physics John C. Mather

The Distinguished Lecture Series at Trinity University continues tonight with Astrophysicist and Nobel Laureate in Physics John C. Mather discussing “From the Big Bang to the Nobel Prize and on to James Webb Space Telescope and the Discovery of Alien Life”. The lecture is Monday [Read it all...]

Tonight: From the Big Bang to Broadway - How Things EvolveTonight: From the Big Bang to Broadway – How Things Evolve

Robert Hazen

If you are into science fiction, odds are you are into science as well and Trinity University has a free lecture tonight that’s a real winner for science fans. Robert M. Hazen, senior staff scientist at the Carnegie Institution’s Geophysical Laboratory and Clarence Robinson Professor of Earth Science at George Mason University, will [Read it all...]

SA Current: Reviews of Slasher & Captain PiledriverSA Current: Reviews of Slasher & Captain Piledriver

The titular slasher on the set with Rachel Joseph and Jaime Mire.

The San Antonio Current sent Steven G. Kellman to a showing of Slasher at Trinity University’s AtticRep and he filed his review last week. The play, by SMU grad Allison Moore is set in Austin, but San Antonio’s staging is the closest [Read it all...]

Horrifying meets Hilarious: Slasher at Trinity's AtticRepHorrifying meets Hilarious: Slasher at Trinity’s AtticRep

Fans of genre-related theater have a an abundance of offerings this weekend. Not only can you see The Life & Death of the Amazing Captain Piledriver at the Overtime Theater which opens tonight, but you can also look for Slasher at Trinity University’s AtticRep.

Here’s what the theater company has to say about the production:

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Ekaterina Sedia closes out Reality Hackers seriesEkaterina Sedia closes out Reality Hackers series

Scholar and fantasist Ekaterina Sedia

Clear off your calendar for the final lecture in Trinity University’s astoundingly cool Reality Hackers lecture series — fantasy author and genetics scholar EKATERINA SEDIA.

Sedia’s lecture on genetic modification and copyright takes place tomorrow, Thursday, April 22, in Trinity’s Chapman Auditorium. It starts at 7 p.m.

Moscow-born Sedia’s [Read it all...]

McKinney and Bartle geek up your Thursday nightMcKinney and Bartle geek up your Thursday night

Richard Bartle: Creator of virtual worlds

Looking for a little intellectual stimulation tomorrow night? You may have to flip a coin to figure out where you end up.

You’ve got two pretty solid choices — and they’re both free.

First, SAPD officer-turned-horror writer JOE MCKINNEY will be speaking at the SAN ANTONIO WRITERS GUILD’S [Read it all...]

Made in SA: Aaron DelwicheMade in SA: Aaron Delwiche

"Blows Against the Empire" fan Aaron Delwiche

AARON DELWICHE is the curator of the fantastic REALITY HACKERS lecture series going on this spring at Trinity University. Aaron, a professor in the school’s communication department, has rounded up a mind-meltingly cool gaggle of futurists, technology-focused critics and science fiction writers to take [Read it all...]

io9's Annalee Newitz Coming to SA!io9′s Annalee Newitz Coming to SA!

Geeks Unite! Annalee Newitz is a must-see at Trinity University Wednesday night.

io9 Editor-in-Chief, journalist, author, and hacker Annalee Newitz will visit San Antonio’s Trinity University as part of the school’s “Reality Hackers” lecture series, this Wednesday, March 10 at 7pm in the Fiesta Room. Her talk is entitled “Curse of the Meatsack: Biohacking, [Read it all...]

Pulitzer Winner Lectures on the Collapse of SocietiesPulitzer Winner Lectures on the Collapse of Societies

Jared Diamond, professor of geography at UCLA, will present the Trinity University DeCoursey Lecture for the 2009-2010 academic year at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1, in Laurie Auditorium. The title of his talk is Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. His presentation is free and open to the public.

The ruined cities, temples, [Read it all...]