Some of the most painful lessons are learned in hindsight. André Ricciardi, the “idiot” in Sundance Award-winning doc André Is an Idiot, learned how important colonoscopies are only by failing to get one in time. See a screening of the doc that poignantly (and amusingly) captures Ricciardi’s final journey, along with a panel of experts from UT-Austin’s College of Natural Sciences discussing the “art and beauty of scientific inquiry: humankind’s weird, messy, brilliant way of navigating the world.” Bring a hankie. – Kat McNevins
