Many events are being cancelled due to concerns related to COVID-19. While we strive to make sure information here is accurate, please check the host's website for up to date event details.
Nursery Series: Growing Plants from Cuttings - CANCELEDCome learn the secrets of cloning plants by cutting off branches and encouraging them to root! Meghan Steinharter (Fort Funston and Oceana Nurseries Manager) and Robin Binaoro (Associate Nursery Manager) will discuss the science behind clonal propagation: what's going on inside the plant and how rooting hormones work. There will ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Donations encouraged
59th Annual Wildflower Show - CANCELEDFor over half a century this Wildflower Show has been one of the largest on the Northern and Western Hemispheres with over 600 species and varieties of wildflowers. This is truly an event that generations of families can remember.The Museum partners with the Monterey Bay Chapter of the California Native ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost:
Ten Weeks to Crush the Curve - LivestreamThe president says we are at war with the coronavirus. It’s a war we should fight to win.The economy is in the tank, and anywhere from thousands to more than a million American lives are in jeopardy. Most analyses assume that both the pandemic and the economic setback must play ...
COVID-19: Mental Health and Well-being for Ourselves and Our Children - LivestreamThree leading Berkeley psychologists will discuss effective approaches and strategies for dealing with the anxiety, stress and uncertainty that are inherent parts of the COVID-19 crisis, for children and adults alike.Frank Worrell is a professor in Berkeley’s Graduate School of Education. He is an expert on the challenges of learning ...
Where: Cost: Free
California Health Care's Response to the Pandemic - LivestreamCalifornia was the first state to shelter in place, and the Bay Area began sheltering even earlier. While this appears to have reduced the rate of growth in COVID-19 cases, the nation’s largest state still is severely challenged by the global pandemic. Many hospitals are overcrowded, the numbers of patients ...
Where: Cost: Free
What's Math Got To Do With It? - LivestreamJoin us virtually for a conversation with the engagingly clear Berkeley mathematics professor Edward Frenkel - a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a fellow of the American Mathematical Society, the winner of the Hermann Weyl Prize in mathematical physics, and the author of Love & Math, ...
Where: Cost: Free
Starry Messengers: Analyzing Stardust to Decipher the Cosmic Element Factory - LivestreamStardust grains formed in the death throes of stars can be found today in meteorites. Some of these grains formed up to around three billion years prior to the solar system and are the oldest solids on Earth. Furthermore, these bona fide stellar remnants represent the sole samples that allow ...
Where: Cost: Free
How the Chabot Observatory Helped Apollo 13 Return to Earth - LivestreamOn the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 13 Mission, learn how Chabot Observatory played a role in bringing home the crew on April 17, 1970. As the spacecraft limped back to Earth after its oxygen tank exploded, there came a pivotal moment when NASA needed its precise position via telescope. ...
