HarvardSpeak LA -- “Updates on the Search for Alien Tech Near Earth” with Prof. Avi Loeb
Prof. Avi Loeb will return to HarvardSpeak LA to give an update on his current research on recently discovered anomalous interstellar objects. The event will be moderated by Neil B. Morganbesser AB ’86.
Sunday, February 7, 2027 @ 10:00-11:15am
Virtual Event via Zoom (details sent after registration)
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Cost: No charge
Contact: Neil Morganbesser, nmorganbesser@gmail.com
About our Speaker:
Abraham (Avi) Loeb is the Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard and a bestselling author of 8 books on a wide range of topics, including black holes, the first stars, the search for extraterrestrial life and the future of the universe. Prof. Loeb is the Director of the Institute for Theory and Computation at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and also serves as the head of the Galileo Project. From 2011-2020, Prof. Loeb was Harvard’s longest serving Chair of the Department of Astronomy and was the Founding Director of Harvard’s Black Hole Initiative. He has been selected by TIME magazine as one of the most influential people in space. In 2024, Prof. Loeb was ranked #3 in publication record and impact of research among all astronomers worldwide by ScholarGPS, and his latest TED talk was among the top 10 most popular TED talks in 2024. His February 2025 HarvardSpeak LA talk to the Harvard Club of Southern California was one of the most widely attended and popular programs of the series.
As background reading for the participants, Prof. Loeb recommends several of his essays, which can be accessed at https://avi-loeb.medium.com.
About HarvardSpeak LA:
HarvardSpeak LA is a program designed to bring preeminent Harvard faculty and researchers to discuss current topics of interest with the Harvard Club of Southern California through one-hour webinars, consisting of a presentation or discussion followed by Q&A. In 2025-26, HarvardSpeak LA featured Harvard professors speaking on California wildfires (Loretta Mickley), extraterrestrial intelligence (Avi Loeb), the demise of Jim Crow (Randall Kennedy), conservatives at Harvard (Harvey Mansfield), civil discourse at Harvard (Ned Hall), America's governing crisis (Theda Skocpol), the latest developments in genetics (Joel Hirschhorn), Shakespeare and Marlowe (Stephen Greenblatt), and fairness in the workplace (Iris Bohnet), and in 2026 HarvardSpeak LA has included Prof. Robert Waldinger (on what keeps us happy and healthy), Prof. Harvey C. Mansfield (on his two Harvard books), Prof. Cass Sunstein (on his theory of the nudge) and former HLS Dean Martha Minow (on predicates for constitutional self-governance).
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