Over the past few years, our group has utilized photoredox catalysis to access highly-reactive radical intermediates. Our broader aims are centered on utilizing these intermediates to deliver structural motifs that are commonly found in drugs and agrochemicals. This lecture will include recent findings that have enabled us to overcome inherent ...
Modeling the Non-Linear Universe using Cosmological Simulations Current and upcoming cosmological surveys are turning their eyes towards the late time universe in an attempt to answer fundamental questions about the structure of our world and the physical laws that govern it. Given the non-linear nature of the observables studied by these surveys, perturbative modeling approaches have limited ...
The ground state variational principle is arguably the most important tool in quantum chemistry, as it allows one to diagnose and correct problems in approximate ground state wave functions. Indeed, this principle is relied upon directly or indirectly by essentially every method in quantum chemistry, from density functional theory to ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Using New Technologies to Create Safe Marine EnvironmentsThere is an accelerating effort among ocean scientists, advocates and technologists to harness new technologies for marine conservation. These technologies, which include satellite sensors, drones and artificial intelligence, can be used to monitor and manage marine ecosystems, discovering new coral reefs, identifying illegal or unsustainable fishing fleets, and exposing destructive ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members, $8 Students
The World on FireThink this is a record fire year? Given all the news coverage lately it may be surprising that the number of fires and acres burned in the United States is actually down this year from 2017. But the intensity and nearly year-round timing of the fires in the American West has entered ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
Odd Salon: ExploreStories of investigators and travelers, of restless adventurers and inquisitive minds on the threshold of discoveryTamar Baskind ~ Of Cures and Circumnavigation; the Explorations of Jeanne BaretArthur Kay ~ You’re Not the Boss of Me: the Pre-Raphaelites Explored Whatever They Darn Well Liked in ArtMatt Mills ~ 40,000 Miles, A Century ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 - $25
San Francisco Orchid Society MeetingSkills Session: begins at 7:00pGeneral Meeting: begins at 7:30pmSkills Session: hands-on demonstrations of re-potting or other skills related to growing orchidsSpeaker: Every month we have a different guest lecturer - see our website for more info (http://www.orchidsanfrancisco.org)Plant Opportunity Table: A variety of orchids are available to all attendees at each ...
A fish of many scales: Managing threatened and endangered fish species in the West Coast Region The California Current Ecosystem produces abundant ecosystem goods and services including fisheries, recreation, tourism, energy production, climate regulation, pollution control, and transportation. This highly productive ecosystem is fueled by cyclic upwellings of cold, nutrient-rich water. Although occasional extinction of species is natural, extinctions are currently occurring at a rate that ...
To help protect climate, California is currently pursuing 40 and 80% reductions in anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions (below 1990 levels) by 2030 and 2050, respectively. While carbon dioxide from fossil fuel consumption is estimated from sales tax receipts, non-CO2 GHG emissions are much more difficult to account for accurately and ...
Home to our country's largest agricultural economy, California employs an estimated 500,000-800,000 farmworkers, many of them immigrants. As federal immigration policy shifts, this key sector of California's economy faces a massive and fundamental challenge to maintain its seasonal workforce. Join Karen Ross, Secretary of the California Department of Food ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Bioinspired Designs from Gripping Geckos, Bouncing Bugs, Leap’n Lizards, and Smart Squirrels As human technologies take on more of the characteristics of Nature, Nature becomes a better teacher. The field of Biologically Inspired Design is becoming a leading paradigm for the development of new technologies. BioMotion Science has figured prominently in advancing our understanding. Geckos climbing with hairy toes has resulted in ...
Through Two Doors at OnceIn the early 1800s, Thomas Young performed a homespun experiment with a sunbeam split into two, and challenged our understanding of the nature of light. He had done the first ever double-slit experiment. With the birth of quantum mechanics, starting in the early 1900s, this experiment - now done with ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Feedback-driven outflows, from star-forming clouds to star-forming galaxiesStar formation "feedback" takes many forms, with the common feature that energy created by young stars is returned to the interstellar environment from which they were born, and that this strongly affects evolution of the surrounding gas on a range of scales. Radiation feedback (both ionizing and non-ionizing) from OB ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Signal Integrity and How It Fits in Your CareerThe large amount of processed digital information and the ever-increasing data rate create a dire need for signal integrity (SI) engineers. By 2021, the monthly global Internet traffic is predicted to reach 278 exabytes, the same amount of data if every individual in the world has a 32 GB IPod ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
8th Annual San Francisco Green Film FestivalNumber of Films Forecast: 50 films in 8 daysNumber of Guest Speakers/Filmmakers Forecast: 100+ guest speakers including filmmakers, environmental experts, and global partners.Venues: Venues across San Francisco including Opening & Closing Nights at the Castro Theatre, with additional screenings at Cowell Theater at Fort Mason Center, YBCA, Koret Auditorium at ...
How do pets affect their humans? From mental health to microbiome, we are significantly altered by animals in our care. Explore the complex relationships between humans and our non-human companions at After Dark: Pets. And yes, there will be cute animals.Presentations Pets, People, and Personality With Heike Winterheld 7:30 p.m. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: 17.95 advance, 19.95 door, AD members free
Cafe InquiryMeet up with rationalists, skeptics, and freethinkers south of San Francisco.Cafe Inquiry is a social event hosted by the Center for Inquiry|San Francisco.For more information or if you have questions please email sf@centerforinquiry.net
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Fermented NightlifeTonight we’re breaking down the science of fermentation, showing you the chemical magic behind cider to kimchi and everything in-between.Co-presented by JCCSFDiscover fermented food traditions from around the world with a series of talks presented by the JCCSF: Mariko Grady of Aedan Fermented Foods will give a demo and talk ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
Astro Night: Fantastic Worlds and How to Find ThemSince the first exoplanet discovery in 1995, astronomers have discovered and characterized more than 4000 planets orbiting stars other than our own Sun. In this talk, I will take us on a tour of these thousands of unique and fascinating worlds discovered in the past 2 decades. I will discuss ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: f
Friday, 09/07/18
Beginner PhotographyThis class is for those who have an interest in getting better photographs with their cameras. It is designed to take beginners who are using the “Auto†mode most of the time and want to use the other features to improve their results. The approach will be to make the course ...
New Frontiers in Language Technology for Minority LanguagesProfessor Kevin Scannell (Computer Science, Saint Louis University) will discuss some of the challenges faced by minority language communities when developing advanced languages technologies such as machine translation and speech recognition, and strategies for meeting those challenges. Most of the talk will focus on Irish and Celtic languages, but will ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Bio-Inspired Metal-Coordination Crosslinking: Easy Access to Broad Dynamics When Engineering Polymer Gel MechanicsEfforts to engineer polymer material mechanics are increasingly coupled to the design of transient crosslink dynamics. We have sought to gain a deeper understanding of how polymer gel mechanical properties can be controlled over multiple hierarchical time-scales via design of bioinspired metal-coordinate crosslink structure on multiple length-scales. By ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Collaborative control and autonomy for traffic optimizationUrban and suburban communities are experiencing rapid growth in both population and density, adding considerable strain on transportation infrastructure. This in turn detracts from quality of life through the consequent increased commuter delays, energy consumption, and pollution associated with transit. While autonomous vehicle technology promises to improve traffic conditions through ...
Catalytic carbene transfer reactions commonly rely on diazoalkanes as storable precursors to reactive transition metal-bound carbenes. A well-established limitation of these reagents is their poor stability in the absence of electron-withdrawing substituents. As a consequence, there are few catalytic processes that are amenable to the use of non-stabilized carbene equivalents ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
First Friday Family Night at CuriOdysseyFamilies with small children can swing into the weekend with music, science, food and fun! On the first Friday of every month, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m., parents and kids celebrate together at CuriOdyssey. Dance to live music including soul, funk and jazz of the 60’s and 70’s. Purchase ...
Where: San MateoCost: $12.50-9.50 / Free with Admission / Members Free
From STEM to STEAM: How an Engineer Wrote a Play How can software engineering inspire work in theater and film? After spending more than a decade at Hewlett Packard, learn how Susan Marie Frontczak’s background in engineering, math and performing arts helped her create an acclaimed living history portrayal of world-renowed scientist Marie Skłodowska Curie. Join ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
8th Annual San Francisco Green Film FestivalNumber of Films Forecast: 50 films in 8 daysNumber of Guest Speakers/Filmmakers Forecast: 100+ guest speakers including filmmakers, environmental experts, and global partners.Venues: Venues across San Francisco including Opening & Closing Nights at the Castro Theatre, with additional screenings at Cowell Theater at Fort Mason Center, YBCA, Koret Auditorium at ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 per screening
Green Glam SFGreen Glam SF: Live & Party Consciously...Are you fashionably mindful of our planet? Join us at the Green Glam SF to celebrate Community, our achievements and look forward to climate action!An official Affiliate Event of the Global Climate Action Summit 2018. Official, Elegant, Green!Join us!www.GreenGlamWorld.com
Where: San FranciscoCost: $40-500
Towards a Robotic Architecture: From 3-D Printing to Life on MarsDrawing from inspirations of Towards a Robotic Architecture (ORO Editions), this talk and presentation features Petr Novikov, Head of Research and Development at Asmbld, on the state-of-the-art technology that is being researched and developed to create buildings on the “Red Planet.â€Towards a Robotic Architecture presents a comprehensive overview of developments in ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: MI and AIA Members $10; Public $15
'Passage to Mars'Prepare yourself for an adventure! Before man makes it to Mars, he must conquer the Arctic. 'Passage to Mars' is the incredible true story of six men led by Dr Lee who embark on a treacherous, 2,000-mile journey across the forbidding ice of the Northwest Passage - an alien voyage ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Saturday, 09/08/18
Bird Walk & Kent Island Restoration Day, Saturday, September 8th, 2018Join the Greater Farallones Association, Marin County Parks, and renowned ornithologist and marine biologist Peter Pyle for a day of restoration and exploration on Bolinas Lagoon’s Kent Island. After an early birding walk, we’ll remove invasive plants that interfere with normal tidal flow. As we work, we will learn about ...
Discover the world of drones with flight simulation, real flight training in the Museum’s Drone Plex, exploration of historical aircraft and more!Launch an adventure into multi-rotor flight accessible for the youngest aspiring drone aces!  Drone Rangers is designed for children ages 5-10 and includes a range of explorations into remotely ...
Where: San CarlosCost: $69 – $59 Members
Hayward Fault 150th Anniversary of Great Quake tour Tule PondsFree tours of the Hayward Fault (registration required), with lecture, activities, and tour included. Children welcome, under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. Wear comfortable shoes.
Where: FremontCost: Free
Plants for Beginners: Seeds and FruitThey’re in cracks in the sidewalk and they make up entire forests-plants are everywhere! Did you know that you can learn a lot about plants with some basic knowledge? We’ll take a walk around the upland garden at a botanist’s pace (slooowly) using the native plants to learn easy-to-remember plant ...
Where: AlvisoCost: Free
Wine Country Nature & Optics FestivalOver 30 Bay Area nature organizations will be participating along with 12 leading binocular and scope companies from across the U.S. Displays, demonstrating, artisians, live education birds, and optics experts will be on hand with the latest binocular and telescope technology. This is the only time in 2018 all the ...
Where: SonomaCost: Free
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Hawk TalkThe Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Conditions permitting, a banding volunteer will bring up a newly banded hawk, talk about the banding program, and release the hawk in front of the crowd. ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Trekking the ModelJoin a Ranger or docent on a guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5-acre hydraulic model of the San Francisco Bay and Delta. Discover the stories of the two major operations that took place at this location between 1942 - 2000.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Regional Parks Garden Open HouseAll are welcome to join us for this special opportunity to learn about California’s spectacular plant diversity, natural history and ethnobotany. Many interpretative stations will be located throughout the Garden where docents, volunteers, Friends and staff will give short presentations and answer questions. Visit as many stations as you like. ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
8th Annual San Francisco Green Film FestivalNumber of Films Forecast: 50 films in 8 daysNumber of Guest Speakers/Filmmakers Forecast: 100+ guest speakers including filmmakers, environmental experts, and global partners.Venues: Venues across San Francisco including Opening & Closing Nights at the Castro Theatre, with additional screenings at Cowell Theater at Fort Mason Center, YBCA, Koret Auditorium at ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 per screening
Sunday, 09/09/18
Climate Science for 200,000 humans -- hands-on!The Mobile Climate Science Labs will be presenting hands-on demonstrations at the annual Solano Avenue Stroll, with 200,000 plus attending. Climate science is a serious matter, absolutely; but it is also of field of discovery that families love to personally take part in. Together, we'll be exploring the invisible world where global warming takes place. ...
Where: AlbanyCost: free
Draw Majestic Elk and Epic Landscapes!In September, join Marley Peifer to hike out on Tomales Point in Marin County and see the elk herds during their rut! The Tule elk will be on their most dramatic behavior this time of year and we will get an opportunity to document it in our journals. We will ...
The size, strength and skills of the ocean's top predators are simply one of a kind. This month we celebrate National Wildlife Day with those animals that rule the ocean in Top Predators: Orcas and Sharks! Come learn more at Marine Science Sunday - fun educational programs for kids and adults! ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Hawk TalkThe Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Conditions permitting, a banding volunteer will bring up a newly banded hawk, talk about the banding program, and release the hawk in front of the crowd. ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Aero Workshop: Water RocketsPut your engineering skills to the test in the Aero Workshop! Each session is a special 2-hour mini design challenge designed for children ages 8-12. Each workshop centers on a particular problem in aerospace illustrated by a pair of hands-on experiences. Participants then work in small teams of 3-5 to ...
Where: San CarlosCost: Free with admission
'Spirit of Discovery'San Francisco Premiere - Walter Munk’s brilliant scientific “failures†and pursuit of daring exploration have changed the way we understand our Blue Planet and literally helped save western civilization. His work in oceanography pioneered our modern understanding of tides, ocean circulation, and surf forecasting. Now, at age 96, Walter is ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
8th Annual San Francisco Green Film FestivalNumber of Films Forecast: 50 films in 8 daysNumber of Guest Speakers/Filmmakers Forecast: 100+ guest speakers including filmmakers, environmental experts, and global partners.Venues: Venues across San Francisco including Opening & Closing Nights at the Castro Theatre, with additional screenings at Cowell Theater at Fort Mason Center, YBCA, Koret Auditorium at ...
