Regina M. Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A., is the 18th Surgeon General of the United States. As America's doctor, she provides the public with the best scientific information available on how to improve their health and the health of the nation. In this lecture, Dr. Benjamin will discuss her recommendations for a ...
Since Fall 2002, the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering has hosted the Silicon Valley Leaders Symposium (SVLS). The Symposium hosts industry and technology leaders to talk about business and technology trends. It also features prominent leaders who discuss broader societal and political issues that shape our life and society.Speaker: Raghib ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
The Data and Compute-Driven Transformation of Modern ScienceModern science is undergoing a profound transformation as it aims to tackle the complex problems of the 21st Century. It is becoming highly collaborative; problems as diverse as climate change, renewable energy, or the origin of gamma-ray bursts require understanding processes that no single group or community has the skills ...
Dr. Brian Nosek is a renowned social psychologist and scholar of unconscious bias, i.e. thoughts and feelings that are outside of a person's conscious awareness. In this talk, Dr. Nosek will explain what research has to say about where unconscious biases come from and how to measure them. He will ...
James Webb Space Telescope: Science Opportunities and MissionJames Webb Space Telescope: Science Opportunities and MissionAstrophysics Colloquium by John Mather (NASA GSFC)-Nobel Winner!The James Webb Space Telescope, the planned successor for the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space Telescope, is making excellent technical progress. It will carry four instruments to cover the wavelength range from 0.6 to ...
The Sun's outer atmosphere or corona is heated to millions of degrees, considerably hotter than its cool surface or photosphere. Explanations for this long-standing enigma typically invoke the deposition in the corona of non-thermal energy generated by the interplay of convection and magnetic fields. However, the exact physical mechanism driving ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Mammal Teeth with Ron CaubleRon will present an expanded version of the lesson he gives on mammal teeth to new employees, covering extant, terrestrial mammals with emphasis on carnivores. A $10 prepaid fee will be charged, and the attendees will be given several skull parts to keep. The course will start at 7 P.M.
