Future at Work: Design Dialogues for 2030 - LivestreamNow more than ever, the future of work is in question and we are left wondering how will it look not only tomorrow, but also in 10 years and beyond. Vitra and swissnex SF are partnering to explore this question and rethink our own workplace environments. Commencing September 24th, we ...
This event MAY be held online. See the weblink. It currently says to check Facebook, but we were unable to find any mention of this seminar or the entire speaker series on Facebook. No link was provided at the web page.Speaker: Moied Wahid, ExperianThis speaker was originally scheduled for March ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
How Climate Change is Worsening California's Fires and What to do About it - Livestream2020 is already California's worst wildfire season on record, and it's only September. A perfect storm of events conspired to spark the August 2020 California fires - a persistent heat dome, a tropical storm, rare summer lightning storms, and dry conditions.Via Zoom, environmental scientist and climate journalist Dana Nuccitelli will ...
Where: Cost: Free
COVID-19 - Tracing the Evolution of the Virus Genome - LivestreamDavid Haussler, distinguished professor of biomolecular engineering, discusses the role of the open source SARS-CoV-2 genome browser in tracing the evolution of the COVID-19 virus with Russ Corbet-Detig, assistant professor of biomolecular engineering, and postdoctoral researcher Jason Fernandez. Join the conversation to learn how this work impacts each of us.
This could be considered the century of computational mathematics. One consistently encounters it in the most diverse fields, from epidemiology to neuroscience, e-commerce and physics, even internet art, and of course artificial intelligence, as well as in current affairs like domestic politics (Russian interference in US elections) and foreign politics ...
As our nation prepares for a major election, After Dark takes a month-long look at some key factors that influence personal and collective decision making - and the effect these influences have on the democratic process.“Fake news" has become troublingly well established. But how did we get here? Dig into ...
To mark Sea Otter Awareness Week, we’ve put together a NightSchool curriculum all about your favorite fluffy-furred, tool-using, urchin-eating marine mammal endemic to the Pacific Coast. Get a peek into the Academy’s Mammalogy collections and learn how researchers use scientific collections to study sea otters with collection manager Moe Flannery. ...
