New Bedford Science Cafe
Love science? Love beer? Whether its either, neither, or both, please join us for our free monthly events.
New Bedford Science Cafe held on a Tuesday* of each month from 6-8 pm at
Greasy Luck, 791 Purchase Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
*Usually a Tuesday but with a few exceptions (see below)
New Bedford Science Cafe held on a Tuesday* of each month from 6-8 pm at
Greasy Luck, 791 Purchase Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
*Usually a Tuesday but with a few exceptions (see below)
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Upcoming Cafes
April 2, 2019: Peter Haas, robotics engineer and Associate Director of the Humanity Centered Robotics Initiative at Brown University, who will be discussing "Are Robots Stealing Our Jobs? What to be scared of, and what not." Previous Cafes March 6, 2019: Megan Winton, marine scientist and PhD candidate at the School for Marine Science and Technology, who will be discussing "You're gonna need a bigger dataset: How statistics are shedding light on he secret lives of sharks." February 5, 2019: Seth Garfield, aquaculturist at Cuttyhunk Shellfish Farms, who will be discussing "Down on a watery farm: lessons learned by a local shell-fisher and the hurdles that lie ahead." January 8, 2019: Laurel Schaider, research scientist at the Silent Spring Institute, who will be discussing “PFAS contaminants in the nation's drinking water supplies. Where these chemicals come from, how they affect our health, and what we can do to reduce our exposure.” December 4, 2018: Heather Goldstone, NPR science editor and host of Living Lab Radio, who will be discussing “Climate Change in the News; The good, the bad and the ugly.” November 6, 2018: The Mindful Brain - Professor Aminda O'Hare will be discussing "How mindfulness shapes the brain: A case for practicing compassion." O'Hare is an Associate Professor of Psychology studying cognitive neuroscience at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. October2, 2018: Youth Football and Cognitive Impairment - Laney Evers and Bobby Abdolmohammadi will be discussing "Youth football and the risks of repetitive brain trauma in young athletes. Evers and Abdolmohammadi are research scientists at Boston University School of Medicine's Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) center. September 4, 2018: Food Sustainability through Aquaculture - Professor Michael Tlusty will be discussing "Aquaculture as one solution to feeding the next 2 billion; Stepping stones to food sustainability." July 10, 2018: Bees vs. Pesticides - Entomologist Wayne Andrews will be discussing "Bees vs. Pesticides; Time to un-poison our landscape. (And no, bee colony collapse disorder isn't due to only a virus.)" June 12, 2018: Sustainable Farming - Eva Sommaripa will be discussing "Good Food, Good Earth; Harnessing Microbes & Nutrients." Eva is New England's celebrated cultivator of Eva's Garden and a leader in sustainable farming practices. May 1, 2018: Massachusetts Earthquakes - John Ebel will be discussing "Massachusetts Earthquakes: Where, Why, and When?" Dr. Ebel is a professor of Geophysics in the department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Boston College and a senior research scientist at the Weston Observatory of Boston College. April 3, 2018: Landing the Mars Rover - Mike Bramble will be discussing "The Contest of Mapping a Suitable Landing Site for the Mars 2020 Rover." Bramble is a planetary geologist and Ph.D. candidate at Brown University. March 6, 2018: Sustainable Building - Kathryn Duff will be discussing "Sustainable House, Sustainable Community: Efficient, Healthy, and Biophilic." Duff is the founder and director of studio2sustain in New Bedford an a leader in environmentally minded design. February 6, 2018: Ocean Wind Turbines - Dr. Anthony Ucci and Paul Vigeant will be discussing "The Intricacies of Building and Installing Ocean Wind Turbines." Ucci is a professor of Engineering at Bristol Community College and Vigeant is the Director of the New Bedford Wind Energy Center. January 9, 2018: Synthetic Biology - Dr. James Griffith, former Chair of Medical Laboratory Science at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Dr. Griffith will be discussing "Synthetic biology: miracle or monster? Redesigning microorganisms into life forms that make rubber, saffron, vanillin (used in vanilla extract), rice, fuels, and much much more. December 12, 2017: Fisheries Management - Cassie Canasta, Debra Duarte, and Robert Wildermuth are graduate students at the School of Marine Science and Technology (SMAST), University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. They will be discussing successful fisheries management, and how to think beyond the fish. November 14, 2017: Invasive Species - Dr. Jennifer Koop is an assistant professor of Biology at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. She will be discussing invasive species in the Galapagos including how they arrived and research to stop them. October 11, 2017: Dr. Tayhas Palmore is a professor of engineering and a professor of chemistry at Brown University. She will be discussing ways in which she is working to capture CO2 and convert it into biofuels, green plastics, and other products. September 19, 2017: Particle Physics - Dr. Grant O'Rielly is an associate professor of physics at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He will be discussing particle colliders, Higgs-Boson, and hints of a new mystery particle. July 11, 2017: Cybersecurity- Dr. Joel Brenner is a Senior Research Fellow at MIT’s Internet Policy Research Initiative. He served as the head of U.S. counterintelligence under the Director of National Intelligence and as the inspector general and senior counsel of the National Security Agency. He will discuss cybersecurity and how we are to protect the digital systems that control nearly every facet of our lives June 13, 2017: Soil Science - Peter Fletcher and Maggie Payne, a certified soil scientist and a researcher with USDA, respectively, discussed "Hidden in the Dirt: South Coast soils past and present." May 2, 2017: Advances in Fishing Gear - Dr. Pingguo He from SMAST, UMass-Dartmouth, discussed “Advances in fishing gear; Listening to fish & talking to fisherman for the sake of sustaining our fragile fisheries.” |
What is a Science Café? There are dozens, if not hundreds, worldwide. They are informal gatherings, often at a pub or restaurant, between a scientist and a group of interested people. These events offer the chance for the public to question experts in a scientific field. New Bedford Science Café was launched to foster a greater appreciation of science and its enrichment of our world. Café-goers range from techies to those who have little exposure to science but are curious about the evening's topic.
The gap between science and society continues to widen as scientific fields expand and accelerate. The Café is a way for people to keep pace. These events are FREE (except for the beer and food) and open to the public, in an effort to attract a wide audience interested in scientific discussion in a relaxed setting. Want more Science Cafe information, please visit these sites: www.sciencecafes.org https://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/science-cafes |
