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March 4, 2025  |  6 - 8 p.m. EST

What If Fungi Win? A Conversation with Dr. Arturo Casadevall

Dr. Arturo Casadevall, a world-renowned infectious disease researcher and chair of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, will discuss his latest book “What If Fungi Win?” with Emily Kwong, host of NPR’s Short Wave science podcast.

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Inauguration Parade for U.S. President Calvin Coolidge , Washington DC, March 4, 1925
Parade, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. From Library of Congress; Harris & Ewing, photographer.
bike riders racing on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.
Bike race on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. From Library of Congress; Carol M. Highsmith, photographer.
people with signs, marching for civil rights on Washington, D.C. (1963) Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2003654393/
Civil rights march in Washington, D.C., 1963. Warren K. Leffler, photographer; From the U.S. News & World Report Collection. Library of Congress.
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Street performers on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. From Library of Congress; Carol M. Highsmith, photographer.
inaugural parade and band on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC
President Roosevelt's inaugural parade, Washington, D.C. Underwood & Underwood, publishers. From Library of Congress
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Festival on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. From Library of Congress. Carol M. Highsmith, photographer.
Woman Suffrage Parade, Washington, DC 1913. Collections of the Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/item/2013648100/)
Suffragette parade on Pennsylvania Ave., Washington D.C., March 3. Underwood & Underwood.