The Endless Frontier

Documentary Film + Panel Discussion

October 21, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. MT

Denver Museum of Nature & Science

Hosted by the Institute for Science & Policy in partnership with 

The Aspen Institute, Colorado School of Public Health and Colorado State University

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The Endless Frontier tracks three scientists as their work moves between labs and field sites, from neurorobotics in Utah to immunology in New Jersey to ocean science in the South Pacific. Their research underpins the medicines, technologies, and environmental knowledge that shape our everyday lives. At this moment when the world needs scientific innovation more than ever, America’s research enterprise is under growing pressure. Funding uncertainty, institutional constraints, and political instability are reshaping the lives of the very people charged with imagining a better future.  

The Endless Frontier shows how the American research system is fueled by brilliance and persistence but strained by sacrifice and burnout. The documentary sounds an important alarm, making clear what we all could lose if the system fails.  

This event is hosted by the Institute for Science & Policy at the Denver Museum of Science, in partnership with the Aspen Institute’s Science & Society Program and Colorado School of Public Health. Following the film, there will be a panel discussion with Elizabeth Carlton, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health at the Colorado School of Public Health, Cassandra Mosely, Vice President for Research at Colorado State University, and Patrick O'Connor, Director of Earth and Space Sciences and Senior Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. The discussion will be moderated by one of the film's executive producers, Aaron Mertz, biophysicist and Founder and Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Science & Society Program.

Tickets are $15 for Museum members and $18 for non-members. Get your ticket today!