College of Arts and Sciences Spring 2025 Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture Series

The College of Arts and Sciences presents the Spring 2025 Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture Series, which kicks off on Wednesday, March 26, with “As Our Scientific Understanding of Time Changes, Does Time Change Too?” featuring Jimena Canales, associate faculty, Harvard University, and vice chairperson of the American Council of Learned Societies. The series continues on Monday, April 7, with “Bioelectrocatalysis for Electrosynthesis” featuring Shelley D. Minteer, professor of chemistry and director of Kummer Institute Center for Resource Sustainability, Missouri University of Science and Technology. 

Spring 2025 Series 

Wednesday, March 26 | 12:30 pm – 2 pm | Harriman Hall, Room 137
“As Our Scientific Understanding of Time Changes, Does Time Change Too?”
Featuring Jimena Canales, Vice Chairperson, American Council of Learned Societies
Presented by the Department of Philosophy

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Monday, April 7, 2025 | 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Charles B. Wang Center, Lecture Hall 2
“Bioelectrocatalysis for Electrosynthesis” 
Featuring Shelley D. Minteer, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Director of the Kummer Institute Center for Resource Sustainability, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Presented by the Department of Chemistry

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About Sir Run Run Shaw

Sir Run Run Shaw was an entertainment mogul and philanthropist who, in the 1960s and 1970s, presided over East Asia’s largest movie studio and produced hundreds of popular movies. In 1985, the Shaw Foundation Hong Kong Limited made a gift of HK$1 million to the Stony Brook University College of Arts and Sciences through the stewardship of CN Yang, Einstein Professor of Physics, and President Marburger. This gift was used to establish the Sir Run Run Shaw Endowment, one of the earliest endowments established by the Stony Brook Foundation. The endowment proceeds support lectures in the College of Arts and Sciences. 

Applications are now being accepted for the 2025-26 academic year series. Visit the Sir Run Run Shaw Lecture Series web page.