Profs & Pints DC: Nature's Hidden Logic

Name: Profs & Pints DC: Nature's Hidden Logic
Start: 2026-11-16T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-11-16T20:30:00-05:00
Location: Penn Social

Mon, Nov 16 · 6:00 PM Penn Social · Penn Quarter

a look at how natural selection and evolution are being harnessed to solve today’s problems, with Owen Jones, professor of law and of biological sciences at Vanderbilt University and author of Force of Nature: Understanding Evolution's Deepest Logic—and Putting It to Use.

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