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Science Café | Turning into Stone: From Life to Death to the Ultimate Fossil, Dec. 2

Dr. Alycia Stigall

Science Café presents Dr. Alycia Stigall on “Turning into Stone: A tale from life to death to the ultimate fossil,” at 5 p.m. on Wed., Dec. 2 in the Baker Center Front Room. “There is this very complicated series of steps required from being a creature that’s alive to being […]

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November 1, 2015 at 4:00 pmEvents

Science Café | Wyatt on ‘Anatomy of a Spaceflight,’ Oct. 7

Dr. Sarah Wyatt outside Porter Hall

Science Café  presents  Dr. Sarah Wyatt, Professor of Environmental and Plant Biology, on “Anatomy of a Spaceflight” on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 5 p.m.,  in the Baker Center Front Room. In January, after months of preparation, Wyatt and her students sent seedlings to the International Space Station in order to […]

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October 7, 2015 at 10:30 pmEvents

Science Café | Mathematician Todd Eisworth ‘To Infinity and Beyond!’ Sept. 9

Dr. Todd Eisworth

Science Café  presents Dr. Todd Eisworth, Associate Professor and Chair of Mathematics, on “To Infinity and Beyond!” on Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 5 p.m.,  in the Baker Center Front Room. “I got hooked thinking about what infinity means when I was in college,” he says. “If you think of all the […]

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September 1, 2015 at 10:00 pmEvents

Science Cafe | Rage Against the von Neumann Machine: 3D Printing, Sept. 23

Science Cafe | Rage Against the von Neumann Machine: 3D Printing, Sept. 23

Science Café  presents Dr. Timothy Cyders, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, on “Rage Against the von Neumann Machine: 3D Printing, the Future and You” on Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 5 p.m.,  in the Baker Center Front Room. 3D printing and other additive manufacturing techniques are being used to improve traditional forms […]

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September 1, 2015 at 6:30 pmEvents

Science Café 2015-16 Kicks off on Sept. 9

Science Café 2015-16 Kicks off on Sept. 9

Science Café 2015-16 kicks off on Sept. 9 with Dr. Todd Eisworth, Associate Professor and Chair of Mathemetics at Ohio University. Science Cafés are held on Wednesdays at 5 p.m. in the Front Room at Baker University Center. Café events are free and open to students, faculty and staff. Both […]

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August 1, 2015 at 3:25 pmEvents

A&S TV | The Origin of the Building Blocks

Dr. Carl Brune

By Lori Price Dr. Carl Brune, a nuclear astrophysicist at Ohio University, talks about “Cosmic Cooking–the Origin of the Elements” on A&S TV’s presentation of Science Café. He begins by quizzing the audience to identify the basic definition of an element, choosing definitions as a basic unit of matter and […]

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April 22, 2015 at 7:50 pmResearch

Science Café | ‘I’d Like to Give Blood But,’ March 18

Science Café | ‘I’d Like to Give Blood But,’ March 18

Science Café presents Dr. Christopher France on “I’d like to give blood but…” on Wednesday, March 18, at 5 p.m. in the Baker Front Room. According to the Red Cross every two seconds, someone in the United States needs blood. This translates to more than 41,000 blood donations every day. […]

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March 18, 2015 at 7:34 pmEvents