2025 Lecture Series: Susan Casey at Viridian

Uncovering the Ocean's Secrets

For two decades (and counting), Susan Casey has embedded with marine scientists as
they endeavor to solve the ocean’s many mysteries. Is the giant squid a ferocious
predator or a shy opportunist? What is it like at the bottom of the Mariana Trench? Why
are ancient marine microbes the source of our next-generation medicines? Did life begin
at a deep-sea hydrothermal vent? In this talk, Casey unveils the latest discoveries and
the technologies making them possible—and explains why a deeper understanding of
the undersea world is essential if we hope to thrive in the world above.

Book Signing

Immediately following the lecture, there will be a book signing with Susan Casey. A limited number of the speaker’s books will be available for purchase at the venue. 

This event is free to attend with registration.

NHMU Lecture

Susan Casey will also speak at NHMU in Salt Lake City at 7 p.m. on March 24.

About the Speaker

Photo by Rennio Maifredi

Susan Casey is the author of the “The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of theOcean,” and “The Devil’s Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America’s Great White Sharks.” Both books are New York Times bestsellers, with “The Wave” named oneof 2010’s Most Notable Books. Her latest book, “Voices in the Ocean: A Journey Into the Wildand Haunting World of Dolphins,” was published by Knopf Doubleday in August 2015, and became a New York Times bestseller in its first week on sale. Voices was also chosen as one of Amazon’s Best Books of 2016. Casey is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist who has served as the Editor-in-Chief of O, The Oprah Magazine, and whose work has been featured in the Best American Science and Nature Writing, Best American Sports Writing, and Best American Magazine Writing anthologies; and has appeared in Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, Outside, and National Geographic. She lives in New York City and Maui.

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2025 Lecture Series Sponsors

Founding Underwriter

R. Harold Burton Foundation

Underwriter

Cultural Vision Fund

Gold Sponsors

Karen & Ken Buchi 
Curt and Mary Crowther 
M Lazy M Foundation 
Rio Tinto Kennecott

Silver Sponsors

The DiFiore Family Foundation 
Diana George 
Paula Swaner Sargetakis and Joe Sargetakis | Frog Bench Farms 
The Wolf Clark Foundation