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Serving Science (CUNY Science Cafe)

About the Science Cafe


Science cafés aim to promote scientific literacy beyond the walls of academia. They do so by creating settings for informal researcher-led discussions with an after-work crowd about selected newsworthy scientific topics. Set up as monthly gatherings in casual settings such as restaurants or pubs, science cafés invite established investigators to share information and insights about specific research topics, in plain language and inclusive conversation. »

Location: Kouzan Restaurant, 685 Amsterdam Avenue (UWS)

Cover Charge: $10. Includes one drink. Seating is limited, so arrive early. 

For those wishing to stay for dinner, Kouzan will offer a 10% discount on dinner after each presentation.


You can listen to past Serving Science events at the CUNY Radio Podcast Archive HERE .

 

New York Times (11/16/2009)

A Look at CUNY's focus on science initiatives, including Serving Science - HERE


 







Serving Science

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CUNY's own Vice Chancellor for Research, Dr. Gillian Small, and independent science consultant, Dr. Beth Schachter describe the process of setting up Serving Science with reflections on the success on our science café's inaugural year in the August 2009 newsletter of the American Society of Cellular Biologists (ASCB).

The article may be downloaded HERE <pdf>

Featured Speakers

  Marco Tedesco Dr. Marco Tedesco

Dr. Marco Tedesco, Assistant Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the City College of New York (CCNY) has emerged as one of the world’s leading geophysicists.  He is the Director of the Cryospheric Processes Laboratory at CCNY, as well as a Fellow of the Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, operated jointly by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Maryland.  In 2005, he received the NASA Outstanding Research Associate Peer Award and the URSI Young Scientist Award.  His National Science Foundation and NASA-funded research investigating how climate interacts with the cryosphere has appeared in many prestigious scientific journals, as well as in National Geographic.  Professor Tedesco’s research focuses on analyzing ice-melting trends in Greenland and the Antarctic, using satellite data and ground based microwave technologies.  His findings suggest a complex interaction between ice-melting trends and atmospheric variability. 

Please join us at Kouzan restaurant on Oct. 4th to hear Professor Tedesco present his lecture: Glacial Meltdown and the Impact of Global Warming.


Serving Science Calendar


Fall 2010 Series

Glacial Meltdown and the Impact of Global Warming
Speaker: Dr. Marco Tedesco
Monday, Oct. 4, 2010, 6-7 PM

Judge and Jury: Psychology in the Courtroom
Speaker: Dr. Margaret Bull-Kovera
Monday, Nov. 1, 2010, 6-7 PM 
 

Bird Culture and Dolphin Intelligence: How we learn from animal behavior
Speaker: Dr.Ofer Tchernikovksi and Dr. Diana Reiss
Monday, Dec. 6, 2010, 6-7 PM

Spring 2010 Series

A Tale of Two Obes-Cities:Comparing London and New York City's Responses to Childhood Obesity.
Speaker: Dr. Nicholas Freudenberg
Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, 6-7 PM

Sensing and Sense-ability: Monitoring a Changing Environment.
Speaker: Dr. Fred Moshary
Monday, Mar. 1, 2010, 6-7 PM

Protein amyloids in yeast infections, sherry, mad cow disease, ale, and alzheimers.
Speaker: Dr. Peter Lipke
Monday, April 5, 2010, 6-7 PM

Unlocking molecular secrets in food crops to eradicate global malnutrition.
Speaker: Dr. Eleanore Wurtzel
Monday, May 3, 2010, 6-7 PM

Fall 2009 Series

Spring 2009 Series Archive

 Fall 2008 Series Archive


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