New programs from the Jackson Science Cafe this spring:
March 21--Dr. Meghan Milbrath, MSU, Pollinators
April 18--Russ Mason, Michigan DNR
May 16--Dr. Keith Riles, UM Physics Professor, Gravitational Waves
Presentations are at the Grand River Brewery and start at 6pm. Please come early to order food. Many arrive at 5pm to eat dinner.
Jackson Science Cafe
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An informal venue for learning about current topics in Science presented by leading researchers in their fields.
Supported by Michigan Space Grant Consortium and Jackson Community College
Past discussions include:
SEPT. 29, 2011: "The Universe Inside You: where do all of the atoms in your body come from?" by Wolfgang Bauer, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
OCT. 6, 2011: "Radiation and Radioactivity" by David Morrissey, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and faculty member
Great news for continuing the popular Science Cafe series in the fall of 2012 and beyond: Dahlem Nature Center in Jackson has agreed to be one of our partners. Now to find some funding sources...
Tonight!
We expect to be really full so arrive early if you can
March 1st
"Ice and Water" Climate change, glaciers, and rising sea levels. Dr. Henry
Pollack, Professor of Geophysics, Univ of Michigan.
This is the last one for the season
This Thursday, Feb 2nd
Wildlife diseases in Michigan game and nongame species. Dr. Steve Schmitts
and Dr. Russ Mason, Wildlife Disease Facility, Michigan DNR. Send this to
your hunting friends!
This Thurs- Dec 8th, LIGO presentation, show and tell devices, Starts at 6pm but arrive early for dinner/good seating.
http://www.ligo-la.caltech.edu/LLO/overviewsci.htm
We have the room starting at 5pm.
This Thurs- Dec 1, Prof Jim Diana who is a fisheries biologist, will talk about the future of the Great Lakes
This coming Thurs is Steve Hamilton and I just heard him on NPR last week.
Nov 17th is our next SciCafe. Dr Steve Hamilton from MSU will present on the Kalamazoo oil spill
10/07/2011
09/25/2011
Current science headline plus some relevant jokes...
- We don't allow faster than light neutrinos in here, said the bartender. A neutrino walks into a bar.
- Neutrino. Knock knock.
- A. To prove particles can travel faster than light
Q. Why did the neutrino cross the road?
CERN scientists break the speed of light world news - Nothing in the universe is faster than the speed of light – or is it? Scientists at CERN in Geneva say they have discovered sub-atomic particles that move even faster than…
08/27/2011
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08/06/2011
NOV. 10, 2011: "The Future of the Great Lakes" by James Diana
Director, Michigan Sea Grant College Program
Professor of Fisheries and Aquaculture
School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan
Jim Diana Ph.D. | School of Natural Resources and Environment | University of Michigan '
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