Post Tagged with: "Science Cafe"

Dr. Sarah Wyatt, Professor of Environmental and Plant Biology, explores gravity—through the perspective of plants—in a Science Café on Jan. 22 at 5 p.m. in the Baker Center Front Room. Gravity is responsible for keeping life on Earth grounded, literally, and with the advent of space travel we now have […]

Science Café presents Dr. Scott Moody on “Endangered Species of Amphibians: Why Their Survival is Vital to Our Health,” Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 5 p.m. in the Baker Front Room. Moody is Associate Professor of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Attend the event […]

Café Conversations presents Dr. Haley Duschinski on “Imagining International Justice” on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 5 p.m. at the Baker Center Front Room. Community is a word that means something different in every language. Justice, however, is a word that carries the same meaning no matter the culture. Duschinski, Associate […]

. Science Café presents Dr. John Kopchick on “Growth Hormone: Too Much or Not Enough?” on Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 5 p.m. in the Baker Front Room. “Hormones do many things to our body starting before birth and continuing until death,”says Kopchick, the Goll-Ohio Eminent Scholar and Distinguished Professor of […]

First in a Series on Macro-Evolution Darwin and his successors wrote the first chapters on evolution by looking at small changes in species over relatively short periods of time, usually described as natural selection. Scientists developed the Modern Synthesis to describe gradual evolution following the discovery of the DNA molecule, […]

Join Dr. Deb McAvoy, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, as she turns the Front Room into a test driver laboratory, complete with video displays, and tests the reactions times of drivers, with the help of the audience. This Science Café discussion, “Roadway Design for Dummies,” is Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 5 […]

Join Dr. Alycia Stigall, Associate Professor of Geological Sciences, as she and her collection of fossils invade the Front Room during her Science Café discussion, “Fossil Invasion! Studying ancient species to help predict consequences of modern invasive species,” on Wednesday, Nov. 6, at 5 p.m. in the Baker Front Room. […]