Category: Research News
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CatholicTech faculty at Humanity 2.0
The Pontifical Academy of the Sciences hosted a Humanity 2.0 conference at the Vatican, bringing together engineers and business owners together to discuss solutions on how to align artificial intelligence with human flourishing. Specifically, they asked the questions: what is stopping humans from flourishing, and how can we create solutions for this? Matthew Sanders, CEO…
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Dr. Santos presents at Congress on Integral Ecology
Dr. Lílian Santos recently presented at the Congress on Integral Ecology, organized by Expanded Reason Institute at Universidad Francisco de Vitoria in Madrid, Spain. The conference took place June 10-12, and focused on the ecological question of the convergence of interest and dialogue between different sciences, technology, philosophy, and theology. The conference’s goal was to respond…
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Dr. Kevin Greenman on Harnessing AI for Scientific Discovery
Dr. Kevin Greenman, CatholicTech professor, recently presented at The Society of Catholic Scientists at their 2024 Conference: “Critical Issues at the Interface of Science and Faith.” His topic, “Harnessing AI for Scientific Discovery,” focused on the achievements, opportunities, and ethical implications of AI development. Greenman began by noting that AI has become much more mainstream…
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CatholicTech Faculty joins MolSSI Fellowship
Professor Kevin Greenman, Ph.D., is joining the first class of Faculty Fellows at the Molecular Sciences Software Institute (MolSSI). As part of this fellowship, Prof. Greenman will be collaborating with fellows at other universities for the next 2 years to create new curricular recourses, while integrating programming, data, and computational education into their courses. This…
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Dr. Lílian Santos speaks at Research Event in Mexico
Dr. Lílian Santos, faculty member at CatholicTech, professor of Bioethics at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolurm, and Research Scholar at the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics and Human Rights, recently presented at “Research Land” – the largest clinical research conference in Mexico, organized by APEIC (Asociación de Profesionales Epecialistas en Investigació Clinica A.C.). Dr. Santos presented…
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Professor Negreiros on the “Power and Beauty of Geomagnetic Storms”
You may have heard that the Earth recently underwent a very strong geomagnetic storm, the strongest one in about two decades. Most geomagnetic storms are caused by several eruptions on the sun, known as “coronal mass ejections” (or CME for short). These eruptions are the forceful release of magnetic field lines and solar plasma from…
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Fr. Michael Baggot speaks at University of Edinburgh Thomistic Institute of Bioethics and Human Rights
Fr. Michael Baggot, LC, was one of the keynote presenters at on conference by the Edinburgh chapter of the Thomistic Institute and the Albertus Institute titled “Evolution and Theism.” Read more about Fr. Baggot’s presentation here!
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Professor Rodrigo Negreiros Explores “Fast Pulsars, Neutron Stars, and Astrophysical Strange Quark Matter Objects” in Latest Study
Dr. Rodrigo Negreiros, Professor of Astrophysics and Computational Sciences at CatholicTech, has had his latest work accepted for publication. In Fast Pulsars, Neutron Stars, and Astrophysical Strange Quark Matter Objects, Dr. Negreiros explores neutron stars, which are formed when massive stars lose fuel and collapse, leaving behind “cosmic leftovers.” He also explores fast pulsars–essentially, speedy…
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Bishop Kennedy honored at St. Thomas University
It’s usually not too difficult to get Bishop Arthur Kennedy to chat, speak, or address a topic. There are a few of them that he clearly relishes. Those you can tell by a wry smile or a slight twinkle in his eye. The press release from St. Thomas University in St. Paul, Minnesota, announced his…