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'Pandemic19': Behind the Scenes with Frontline Doctors - LivestreamLearn about the making of a timely new documentary that reveals a side of the coronavirus pandemic often unseen by most people.Pandemic19 is a short documentary film that captures the story of three doctors in the United States fighting COVID-19 from pre-to-post surge, told through their own reflective, humanizing voices, while ...
Winter rains bring the return of the Garden's resident newts for their epic migration to our Japanese Pool for mating season! Learn about the fascinating adaptations and lives of these native animals with Dr. Paul Licht, UC Botanical Garden Director Emeritus. He will share his wealth of knowledge about the ...
Learn about some of the common species, wildlife injuries, and ailments they see at Wild Care, a wildlife rehabilitation center situated on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. From Bald Eagles to Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, learn why wildlife rehabilitation is important and how you can reduce your impact on our wild neighbors. This program will ...
Where: Cost: Free
Talking about chronic illness, care, and Covid - LivestreamJoin Academy-Award Nominated Filmmaker Jennifer Brea and anthropologist and writer Megan Moodie for an evening of conversation and reflection on chronic illness, the global crisis of care, and Covid-19.As the numbers of the chronically ill grow rapidly worldwide due to what is being called “long Covid,” there is much to ...
Where: Cost: Free
What You Need to Know about the COVID Vaccines - LivestreamWith two vaccines approved for emergency use in the U.S., the next major hurdle in the fight against the pandemic will be getting people immunized. In the U.S. alone, distributing vaccines to over 300 million people will present an unprecedented logistical challenge. The accelerated pace of vaccines development has given ...
Where: Kansas CityCost: Free
January LASER EventRichard Halpern (Cultural Historian, NY University, Retired) on "What is Tragedy good for?"Christian Kohler (Lawrence Berkeley Labs) on "Environmental Building Technologies"
NOTE: SCHEDULE CHANGE TO 6:30 STARTThe history of eugenics is often characterized as a cautionary tale of life in the bad old days, when assumptions about genetic determinism provided a respectable veneer of “pseudoscience” that enabled barely submerged racism, xenophobia, and blatant discrimination against those with disabilities to take root ...
Where: Cost: Free
After Dark Online: VaccinesThe coronavirus vaccine has arrived - and along with it, a lot of questions. How do we know it's effective? How do we know it's safe? Who will get it, and when? Tonight, we’ll be joined by UCSF Chair of the Department of Medicine Dr. Bob Wachter and UCSF Chair ...
Where: Cost: Free
NightSchool: Arctic Life - LivestreamArctic explorers join us from the northern polar regions to talk about life found there - from microorganisms that live in sea ice to belugas and wolverines - and why biodiversity research and conservation in this region have never been more critical.EVENT HIGHLIGHTSIñupiaq Inuit wildlife and conservation biologist Victoria Buschman ...
