Join us for an informal discussion about a scientific topic. Anyone is welcome, although seating may be limited. We will meet the first Wednesday of each month at The South Campus Gateway Landmark Movie Theater (location subject to change)
The Next Cafe:
| Date: | July 1, 2009 A special time for families: 2 pm (doors open at 1:30 pm) |
| Speaker: |
Scott Gaudi, Assistant Professor of Astronomy
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| Title: | The Search for Other Worlds and Life in the Universe |
| Summary: | We are privileged to live in a remarkable time. For the first time in human history, we are beginning to glimpse answers to some of our oldest questions: Are there other worlds out there? Are there other solar systems like ours? Do those systems contain Earthlike planets? Do those planets harbor life? Dr. Scott Gaudi will provide a guided tour of the golden age of the exploration of extrasolar worlds and the search for extraterrestrial life, focusing on the hunt for analogs to our solar system, and the search for the "pale blue dot": another world just like our own. |
| More about our speaker: | Scott Gaudi earned his BS from Michigan State University, and his MS and PhD from The Ohio State University. He was a Hubble Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study, and a Menzel Fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, before joining the faculty at Ohio State in 2006. He was named one of Astronomy magazine's "10 Rising Stars of Astronomy" in 2008, and he was recently awarded the 2009 Helen B. Warner Prize from the American Astronomical Sociey. |
*** You can purchase drinks and food at the Theater ***
Park in the Gateway parking ramp:
$3 for the first hour
$1 for each additional hour with a daily max of $7
Upcoming Speakers:
| August 5, 2009 | Steve McKee | Hands-on native animals |
| Note: An event for families and at a special time: 2pm | ||
| There will be no September Science Cafe. We will resume in October. | ||
Previous Speakers:
| June 3, 2009 | Kenneth Hale and Lane Wallace | Prescription Stimulants as Cognitive Enhancers: Pharming to Get By or Welcomed New Method of Improving Brain Functioning? |
| May 6, 2009 | Jay Hobgood | Hurricane Activity in a Changing Climate |
| April 1, 2009 | Clay Marsh | Personalized Health Care: A Disruptive and Transforming Innovation |
| March 4, 2009 | William J. Mitsch | Protecting New Orleans from Hurricanes: Restoring the Ecosystem Services of Wetlands |
| February 4, 2009 | Jeff McKee | Darwin's Prescient Insights on Human Evolution |
| January 7, 2009 | Brian McHale | Learning from Science Fiction |
| December 3, 2008 | Marti Andrews | Holiday time! How to enjoy the season without busting your diet |
| October 29, 2008 | Fritz Scheuren | Trust but Verify in Elections |
| October 1, 2008 | Robert Buerki | The Conscience Clause and American Pharmacy |
| August 6, 2008 | Dr Dave | Whiz Bang Science Show |
| July 2, 2008 | Dale Gnidovec | Snails and trilobites and mastodons, oh my! Fossils in your back yard. |
| June 4, 2008 | Jessica Hanzlik | Women in White Coats: Gender Equality in the Laboratory |
| May 7, 2008 | Fred Cope | Stem Cells: The Ethical, Political, and Clinical Realities |
| April 2, 2008 | Gordon Aubrecht | The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: What do they have to tell the world? |
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