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Lonsdale Magaro Build Scholarship

Congratulations again on your offer of admission to the University of Austin's undergraduate degree program!

As an incoming student, you’re invited to apply for the prestigious Lonsdale Magaro Build Scholarship. This award recognizes exceptional promise in builders, innovators, and leaders, providing a $100,000 grant over four years in addition to a free-tuition.

Recipients of the Lonsdale Magaro Build Scholarship must demonstrate: superior academic achievement, strength in STEM, commitment to the United States’ founding Enlightenment principles, a willingness to pursue truth with boldness and courage, and the entrepreneurial spirit to create, build and lead enterprises that will advance the American polity.

Please complete this application to be considered for a Lonsdale Magaro Build Scholarship.

Webinar Dates and Descriptions

Liberalism and Conservatism – Oct 29
Loren Rotner explores two classic essays by Irving Kristol and Friedrich Hayek that raise enduring questions about freedom, virtue, and the character of political life.

Crypto + Bitcoin – Oct 3
Thomas Hogan introduces the fundamentals of Bitcoin—decentralization, proof-of-work—and the evolution of the broader crypto ecosystem.

The Declaration of Independence – Nov 6
Chris Nadon examines Jefferson’s Declaration, probing its philosophical ideals, contradictions, and its confrontation with slavery.

Aeschylus’ Agamemnon – Nov 12
Isabella Reinhardt discusses the drama of King Agamemnon’s return from Troy, analyzing Aeschylus’ use of myth, imagery, and his influence on modern writers.

Shakespeare vs. Aristotle – Nov 19
Patrick Gray compares Shakespearean tragedy with Aristotle’s Poetics, questioning the ethics of tragedy, violence, and human suffering.

How AI Thinks – Dec 1
Clint Staley demystifies AI models, including ChatGPT’s word embeddings, image recognition (CNNs), and diffusion models for art and video.

Why Classical Music is Good for You – Dec 3
Ben Crocker examines what makes classical music work, what sets it apart from other forms, and why it ought to be a part of any great education.

Capitalism – Dec 10
Carlos Carvalho, president of University of Austin, traces the history of capitalism, highlighting private property, markets, profit motives, and their influence on society.

Causality, Machine Learning, and Public Policy – Dec 15
David Puelz introduces causal inference, statistical frameworks, and machine learning applications for policy decisions.

Plato’s Republic – Jan 4
Alex Priou examines justice vs. power in Plato’s seminal work, asking why we should be just in an unjust world.