Speaker LinkedIn Posts — Internal Use
Science & Religion: The New Nexus
Speaker announcement series for LinkedIn — one per day, July 17–23, counting down to the event.
How to use: Post one card per day in the order below. Copy the matching caption, attach the PNG, and put the registration link (demographicsandpolicy.com/scienceandreligion) in the first comment — LinkedIn limits reach on posts with outbound links in the body. The event is free with limited seating, so every caption closes on that urgency.
Posting schedule
| Date | Speaker | Session | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Jul 17 | Marshall Toplansky | Moderator · Panel 2: Reactions to the Journeys | Announce_MarshallToplansky.png |
| Sat, Jul 18 | Joel Kotkin | Moderator · Panel 1: Personal Journeys | Announce_JoelKotkin.png |
| Sun, Jul 19 | Anthony Lemus | Panelist · Panel 1: Personal Journeys | Announce_AnthonyLemus.png |
| Mon, Jul 20 | Daniele Struppa | Keynote | Announce_DanieleStruppa.png |
| Tue, Jul 21 | Ashwin Rangan | Panelist · Panel 1: Personal Journeys | Announce_AshwinRangan.png |
| Wed, Jul 22 | Fr. Gregory Bishay | Panelist · Panel 1: Personal Journeys | Announce_GregoryBishay.png |
| Thu, Jul 23 | Ponthea Zahraii | Panelist · Panel 1: Personal Journeys | Announce_PontheaZahraii.png |
Graphics & captions
FRI, JUL 17
Marshall Toplansky
Moderator · Panel 2: Reactions to the Journeys
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For a century we've been told science and faith are opposites. One week from Friday, we ask a different question.
Marshall Toplansky, Research Fellow at the Chapman University Center for Demographics & Policy, moderates the second panel of Science & Religion: The New Nexus — students and lay people responding to four scientists' personal journeys of faith.
📅 Fri, July 24 · 4:00 PM · Bush Conference Center, Chapman University
Free to attend — dinner and parking included. Seating is limited. Register at the link in comments.
#ScienceAndReligion #TheNewNexus #ChapmanUniversity #FaithAndReason
SAT, JUL 18
Joel Kotkin
Moderator · Panel 1: Personal Journeys
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What happens when scientists talk openly about faith?
Joel Kotkin, Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures and Executive Director of the Chapman Center for Demographics & Policy — co-author of the report "Is There a New Religious Revival?" — moderates Panel 1 of Science & Religion: The New Nexus: four scientists on how their work led them toward faith, not away from it.
📅 Fri, July 24 · 4:00 PM · Bush Conference Center, Chapman University
Free to attend — dinner, parking, and a printed copy of the report included. Register at the link in comments.
#ScienceAndReligion #TheNewNexus #ChapmanUniversity #ReligiousRevival
SUN, JUL 19
Anthony Lemus
Panelist · Panel 1: Personal Journeys
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Trained in astrophysics. Holder of numerous patents. A person of faith.
Anthony Lemus, Professor and Director of Industry Relations at Chapman's Fowler School of Engineering, joins Panel 1 of Science & Religion: The New Nexus to share how a life in engineering shaped — not shook — his faith.
📅 Fri, July 24 · 4:00 PM · Bush Conference Center, Chapman University
Free to attend — seating is limited. Register at the link in comments.
#ScienceAndReligion #TheNewNexus #ChapmanUniversity #Engineering
MON, JUL 20
Daniele Struppa
Keynote
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Our keynote: a mathematician on whether an expanding understanding of the universe can deepen, rather than displace, faith.
Daniele Struppa — President Emeritus of Chapman University and Parker Kennedy Chair in Mathematics — opens Science & Religion: The New Nexus with the question at the heart of the evening.
This Friday. One keynote, two panels, open Q&A, and dinner with the speakers.
📅 Fri, July 24 · 4:00 PM · Bush Conference Center, Chapman University
Free to attend — seating is limited. Register at the link in comments.
#ScienceAndReligion #TheNewNexus #ChapmanUniversity #Mathematics
TUE, JUL 21
Ashwin Rangan
Panelist · Panel 1: Personal Journeys
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A career at the center of the digital world — ICANN, Walmart, Rockwell — and a lifelong journey in the Hindu tradition.
Ashwin Rangan joins Panel 1 of Science & Religion: The New Nexus to reflect on faith and reason from the perspective of a global technology leader.
📅 Fri, July 24 · 4:00 PM · Bush Conference Center, Chapman University
Free to attend — seating is limited. Register at the link in comments.
#ScienceAndReligion #TheNewNexus #ChapmanUniversity #Technology
WED, JUL 22
Fr. Gregory Bishay
Panelist · Panel 1: Personal Journeys
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A Ph.D. in robotics. A life at the altar.
Fr. Gregory Bishay, Coptic Orthodox priest and computer engineer who has served churches in Egypt and the U.S., joins Panel 1 of Science & Religion: The New Nexus — living proof that the laboratory and the liturgy can belong to one life.
📅 Fri, July 24 · 4:00 PM · Bush Conference Center, Chapman University
Free to attend — seating is limited. Register at the link in comments.
#ScienceAndReligion #TheNewNexus #ChapmanUniversity #FaithAndReason
THU, JUL 23
Ponthea Zahraii
Panelist · Panel 1: Personal Journeys
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Tomorrow: the next generation's voice on where AI, science, and faith meet.
Ponthea Zahraii — software engineer in robotics, machine learning, and 3D perception, Chapman engineering graduate and valedictorian — closes our speaker series for Science & Religion: The New Nexus.
Last call: the event is tomorrow, and seating is first-come, first-served.
📅 Fri, July 24 · 4:00 PM · Bush Conference Center, Chapman University
Free to attend — register now at the link in comments.
#ScienceAndReligion #TheNewNexus #ChapmanUniversity #AI #NextGen