Pubology - Ann Arbor

10/16/2025

“Finding Purpose in an AI-Driven Economy”

RSVP at https://luma.com/i3qmy0k7 for Dr. Vic Strecher’s presentation at Pubology on November 18! You won’t want to miss this one!

10/10/2025

Save the date - Pubology is coming back soon! We will be meeting at Cantina Ann Arbor on Tuesday, November 18 from 7-9p. More details, including our speaker, their topic, and how to register will be coming out soon.

03/21/2024

CHEERS! 🍻 Thank you for another awesome year of Pubology! Here's a recap of our topics from 2023-24. What should we talk about next year? 🧐

03/21/2024

03/18/2024

Get excited for the last Pubology of the academic year on TUESDAY, MARCH 19!🍺 Word on the street is Dr. Joseph M. Dunne from Concordia University Ann Arbor is very excited!

For years now, scientific discoveries and new technologies have made it possible for human beings to alter the genetic makeup of organic life of all kinds. These changes may seem benign when it comes to making pesticide resistant crops or larger tomatoes, but how should we think about such technologies when applied to human beings? Is such engineering ethical, and does altering human DNA carry with it potential risks or unforeseen problems? How does the ability to manipulate a person’s genetic make up square with our understanding of what it means to be human? Join us Tuesday, March 19 for our next Pubology with Dr. Jospeh M. Dunne as we tackle the question, “Can genetic engineering make us more than human?"

❓Can genetic engineering make us more than human?
📅 Tuesday, March 19
⏰ 6:30p
📍 Pizza House (618 Church St.)
🍕 Free Pizza!
🍺 Beverages for purchase
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St. Paul Lutheran Church Ann Arbor

03/12/2024

We are eager to welcome Dr. Dunne to next week's Pubology - Ann Arbor as he tackles the question, "Can genetic engineering make us more than human?" 🦾👀🧠

Joseph M. Dunne is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Concordia University Ann Arbor. He holds a PhD in Philosophy and is a certified healthcare ethics consultant through the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. When he is not teaching philosophy, reading fiction, or writing to ensure he gains tenure, he spends most of his free time playing video games (in the winter) or playing outside (in the summer) with his wife and three young kids.

📅 Tuesday, March 19
⏰ 6:30p
📍 Pizza House
🍕 Free Pizza!
🍺 Beverages for purchase
🗣

St. Paul Lutheran Church Ann Arbor

03/07/2024

Cheers! Get excited for the next Pubology - Ann Arbor! 🍻
❓ Can genetic engineering make us more than human? With Dr. Joseph Dunne

For years now, scientific discoveries and new technologies have made it possible for human beings to alter the genetic makeup of organic life of all kinds. These changes may seem benign when it comes to making pesticide resistant crops or larger tomatoes, but how should we think about such technologies when applied to human beings? Is such engineering ethical, and does altering human DNA carry with it potential risks or unforeseen problems? How does the ability to manipulate a person’s genetic make up square with our understanding of what it means to be human? Join us Tuesday, March 19 for our next Pubology - Ann Arbor with Dr. Jospeh M. Dunne as we tackle the question, “Can genetic engineering make us more than human?”

📅 Tuesday, March 19
⏰ 6:30p
📍 Pizza House
🍕 Free Pizza!
🍺 Beverages for purchase

03/04/2024

Pics from our February Pubology with Patrick McNally, "Is there extraterrestrial life?" Cheers to all who joined us! 🍻

Save the date for our next Pubology on Tuesday, March 19 with Dr. Joseph Dunne, "Can genetic engineering make us more than human?"

📆 Tuesday, March 19
⏰ 6:30p
📍Pizza House (618 Church Street)

02/13/2024

📍LOCATION CHANGE: PIZZA HOUSE! (618 Church St.)
(The Original Cottage Inn was recently purchased and closed.)

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ONE WEEK until our next Pubology—"Is there extraterrestrial life?" 🛸

Let's get to know our speaker, Patrick McNally! ⤵️

Patrick McNally has worked in the aerospace industry developing spacecraft, rovers, and instruments for over 45 years. With degrees in aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan, Patrick is a “rocket scientist.” His own curiosity and perseverance has taken him inside the space shuttle, next to the Galileo Spacecraft and Probe, and on the Dream Chaser crew vehicle. Instruments and tools developed by Patrick and teams he has led have made possible a variety of space missions as small as cubesats and the Mars Pathfinder Rover and as large as the International Space Station and the James Webb Space Telescope.

Catch Patrick at Pubology next week! Details below:
📅 Tuesday, Feb. 20
⏰ 6:30p
📍 Pizza House (location change!!🚨)
🍕 Free! Our treat
🍺 Available for purchase
💒 Hosted by University Lutheran Chapel Ann Arbor, St. Paul Lutheran Church Ann Arbor, & Emmaus Lutheran Church Ann Arbor
👥See you there, Pubology fans and !

02/08/2024

📍LOCATION CHANGE: PIZZA HOUSE! (618 Church St.)
(The Original Cottage Inn was recently purchased and closed.)

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Are we alone in the universe? What are scientists aiming to detect when looking for life outside of planet Earth? Where in the Solar System have they actually looked, and where are they planning to look next? Patrick McNally, a rocket scientist, will help us answer these questions. As Managing Director of the Space Physics Research Lab at University of Michigan (University of Michigan - Climate & Space), McNally leads a team of engineers, managers, and technicians that develop the electronics for the extraterrestrial biological laboratories doing this research. You will leave this Pubology with more curiosity about the Solar System’s amazing area of discovery and be better able to discern what you read and hear as fact or hype.

02/02/2024

📍LOCATION CHANGE: PIZZA HOUSE! (618 Church St.)
(The Original Cottage Inn was recently purchased and closed.)
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🗣 Announcing the Spring 2024 Pubology - Ann Arbor Line-Up! Cheers to our spring semester presenters and discussion leaders:

🛸🛰 Patrick McNally of the Space Physics Research Lab at University of Michigan and U-M Climate and Space

🔧🧬 Joseph M. Dunne of the Philosophy Department at Concordia University Ann Arbor