Is faith relevant for life & learning at OSU?
Carmen House Winter Symposium is an annual gathering of various events and audiences in the university community, exploring the possibility of the relevance of faith in Christ for life and learning at Ohio State. The symposium brings together people from diverse backgrounds to promote dialogue around the questions that matter.
2026 event details forthcoming
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2026 event details forthcoming •••
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Veritas Forum: Finding Hope in Suffering
Muslim and Christian Physicians discuss Faith, Neuroscience, and Endurance.
Date: Thursday, February 6, 2025
Time: 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: Hitchcock 131 (map)
Cost: Free, open to public
Description: Life can be hard. Sometimes pain can feel like too much. Sometimes we might wonder how we can find and maintain hope. Come and consider how discoveries in brain science, and insights from faith and spirituality, could guide us toward an enduring hope in the midst of suffering.
Speakers:
Dr. Curt Thompson
Dr. Asma Mobin-Uddin
Moderated by:
Seuli Brill, MD from OSU College of Medicine
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Graduate Students: Special Breakfast with Curt Thompson, MD
Date: Friday, February 7, 2025
Time: 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Location: COhatch Gateway 1581 North High St. (map)
Cost: Free, RSVP required
Description: Dr. Curt Thompson weaves together an understanding of interpersonal neurobiology (IPNB) and a Christian view of what it means to be human — to educate and encourage others as they seek to fulfill their intrinsic desire to feel known, valued and connected.
Dr. Thompson will be offering wisdom and advice for Christian students in the grind of graduate school at a public, secular university like Ohio State.
Speakers:
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Faculty Roundtable: Shame in the Academy?
Muslim and Christian physicians discuss shame in the academic setting.
Date: Friday, February 7, 2025
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Location: The Ohio State University Faculty Club (map)
Cost: Free, RSVP required
Description: How might the academy have its own system of honor and shame? What are the implications of the experience of toxic shame for the life of a professor? How might one’s religious or non-religious perspectives relate to the experience of shame?
Our keynote presenters will address questions such as these as a start to table discussions.
Speakers:
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