The role of Instagram in diversifying women in STEM - LivestreamWhat does a scientist look like? We investigate the power of social media in shaping the vision of diverse female scientists using the popular Instagram page Women Doing Science as a case study. This social media platform has featured photos and stories from over 800 international women in STEM between 2018 and 2022. We ...
Kabir Peay’s research is filling critical gaps in our understanding of how mycorrhizal fungi respond to climate change through his use of large-scale DNA sequencing, biogeographic modeling, and manipulative experiments. Mutualisms forged by mycorrhizal fungi critically affect the resistance and resilience of forest trees faced with climate change, which impacts ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Algal Solutions for a Sustainable FutureWith the world's population approaching 10-billion people by 2050, society will be facing a significant increase in the demands placed upon its food production system as well as a major expansion of the human-built environment. At the same time, society must reduce its detrimental impacts on climate, energy use, land ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Rebooting the Human Genome: New Variant Discovery in the Era of Complete GenomesGenomic scientist Karen Miga, assistant professor of biomolecular engineering at UC Santa Cruz, was named one of the 100 most influential people of 2022 by TIME magazine for her work co-leading an international team of scientists known as the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) Consortium to complete the first gapless sequence of a ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: Free
National Geographic Women Explorers celebrate International Women’s DayOn International Women’s Day, join five inspiring women explorers as they share their work to understand rainforest conservation, citizen science, ethnobotany and the environmental impacts of deep-sea mining, and how this shared knowledge can empower us all to protect the natural world.·     Katlin L. Bowman, oceanographer·     Julia DeMarines, astrobiologist·     Maria ...
Delivering a conference talk is a killer way to increase community knowledge, get jobs, and get free drinks at the bar, but only if you don’t put your audience to sleep first! In this experiential workshop, you will learn to structure your technical content so you can engage your audience in ...
Where: Cost: Free
Emoji for EveryoneOver the past decade, emoji have become integral to digital communication and are currently used by 92% of the world’s online population. Emoji have not only become a friendly mode of self-expression 😂, but also a crossroad of culture, creativity, and the struggle for inclusion and equity.  In recent surveys, most ...
 * We ask that attendees be vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19 and wear a mask while indoors at the event. Extra masks will be provided.  Thank you.                           ...
Where: Los Altos HillsCost: Free
Thursday, 03/09/23
A Star is BornThe birth of stars is one of the most complex problems challenging modern astrophysics. Understanding their origins is of fundamental importance to many areas of astronomy, from exoplanet studies to cosmology. While the study of the initial conditions of star formation in molecular clouds has accelerated during the past couple of ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
A Conversation with Senator Josh Becker on Climate Change, Equity, and California’s Sustainable Future - PostponedSenator Becker has played a significant role in California's efforts to expand renewable energy sources, develop electric vehicle infrastructure, and decarbonize buildings. In addition, he has been at the forefront of climate equity efforts, working to ensure that marginalized communities are not disproportionately impacted by climate change and are able ...
Where: Cost: Free
Formed Too Fast: Massive Galaxies at Cosmic DawnThe pace of galaxy growth in the early Universe offers one of the strongest and most accessible tests of the Lambda-CDM cosmological fremawork. A growing number of surprisingly massive galaxies are now being found in the first billion years after the Big Bang that pushed the limits of theoretical predictions. ...
Growing the capacity of the clean energy grid to ensure resilience, sustainability, and equity is one of society’s biggest challenges. This series will explore how we can meet the demands of a decarbonizing economy and upgrade infrastructure with new, smarter technology and strategies, at scale. How can we reduce inequities ...
Where: Cost: Free
EXPO: Environmental Careers for YouthSonoma Environmental Education Collaborative (SEEC) presents: Environmental Careers for YouthProgram includes: Speakers + Job Fair + Resume HelpAge: Highschool and upPanelists include:Clint McKayIndigenous Education Coordinator, Pepperwood PreserveKaren LopezGrizzlyCorps Fellow, Sonoma Resource Conservation DistrictGreg DesmundRecreation Supervisor, Sonoma County Regional ParksTheodora BlockResearch Program Manager, Canine CompanionsAttend in person or online by registering, ...
Light pollution affects birds in many ways, disrupting the natural cycle of dark and light and influencing the behavior and physiology of wildlife. Join us to learn about how artificial lights at night affect the health of birds. Murry Burgess will share her current research that includes a field experiment ...
Where do the boundaries between the built and natural worlds blur? If you look, you can see the ties between these two ecologies in everything from nonhuman species that inhabit urban environments to design that responds to more powerful weather systems. Tonight at After Dark, explore how we can recognize ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Nightlife: UnladylikeThey broke rules, stereotypes, and glass ceilings. In honor of Women’s History Month, hear the inspiring stories of fearless Academy scientists from the past who challenged the status quo.SCHEDULE OF EVENTSBuzzed Bios African Hall8 PMGrab a cocktail and sip along as Kel Larkin, Institute for Biodiversity Science & Sustainability (IBSS) ...
The 2022 Netflix “docuseries†Ancient Apocalypse, hosted by former journalist and author Graham Hancock, has provoked a firestorm of discussion in the press and social media. In this series, the host claims that comets destroyed an advanced civilization that existed during the Ice Age and whose survivors were the progenitors ...
Sonoma State University Astronomy Public Viewing Nights - CANCELEDJoin members of the Sonoma State Physics - Astronomy department for public astronomy viewing. See weblink for map to the site.Event is weather dependent. Check the weblink prior to attending for last minute cancelations.
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Saturday, 03/11/23
Community discussion: Bolinas Lagoon, Duxbury Reef, and the Bolinas Field StationPlease join Audubon Canyon Ranch and College of Marin (COM) for a presentation and discussion of the current and future science and state of Bolinas Lagoon, Duxbury Reef, and COM’s Bolinas Field Station. Post-presentation field trip led by Gwen Heistand and Joe Mueller.Please bring your binoculars for the field trip.SPEAKERSGwen ...
Children, teenagers, and families are invited to attend the FREE science festival to spark wonder and curiosity about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.The sponsors, exhibitors, and volunteers welcome you to the North Bay Science Discovery Day. The goals are to inspire kids to pursue STEM education and careers by engaging ...
Where: Santa RosaCost: Free
EV Ride and Drive: Electrify your Ride Curious about Electric Vehicles?Experience electric vehicles and take one for a test drive or ride. At this event you’ll have the opportunity to sit in, ride, or drive electric vehicles to experience the joy of switching to electric firsthand. Have all your questions answered about the vehicles, charging, and the ...
Where: SunnyvaleCost: Free
Family Nature Walks - Foothills Nature PreserveEnvironmental Volunteers’ Family Nature Walks program is designed to help students and their families get to know our local open space areas. Small family groups will be guided by a knowledgeable environmental educator during an exploration of a local open space. These small groups will be introduced to fun nature-based ...
Where: Los AltosCost: Free
Recent Advancements in Finance and 'Finance and Python' Course on Maven - LivestreamAbdullah Karasan, University of Maryland, will host a webinar that will be about recent advancements in financial modeling, in particular, the applicability of the data-dependent models in finance. He will also introduce a course on the Maven platform titled "Finance and Python". You can think of this course as a first ...
Where: OnlineCost: free
Stories from Plants and ContinentsGarden visitors are invited to experience a collection of presentations by students from Professor Kim Anno’s California College of the Arts Parks, Environment, and Leisure design class. “Stories from plants and the continents†will be a series of 5-minute stories inspired by the global collections of the UC Botanical Garden ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free with admission
Nocturnal: IlluminationNocturnal is a new program at Chabot Space & Science Center created for adults 21+ to enjoy an evening exploring the intersection of art and science in an atmosphere filled with unique multi-media experiences, art installations, music and curated activities all while enjoying music, drinks and a fun-filled evening that ...
Where: OaklandCost: $20
Sunday, 03/12/23
Drop-in at the Charleston Slough Observation DeckDrop-in anytime between 9 am and 11 am to bird with us! SCVAS volunteers will be stationed at the Charleston Slough observation deck with binoculars to help you identify the huge variety of shorebirds and ducks that call the Bay Area home. No RSVP required.
Neurophysiological and mental ailments such as epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer's disease affect millions of lives and cost the US economy more than $100 billion yearly in lost productivity. Efforts to understand the biophysical cause of these disorders have revealed the two extreme spectra of excessive (pathological) synchronization of ...
In 2021, the United States established a national goal to protect at least 30% of lands and waters by 2030 (also known as “30x30â€). The Biden Administration’s sweeping vision for achieving this goal - titled Conserving and Restoring America the Beautiful - is centered around tackling three pressing challenges in ...
A Heartbreak StarIn this talk, I will describe tidal wave breaking on the surface of a massive "heartbeat" star. Each periapse passage in this eccentric binary system, tides with amplitudes so large that they lose phase coherence and break are raised. The chance to view this process in action gives us a ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Investigating the summer 2022 harmful algal bloom in San Francisco Bay: impacts and contributing factorsHarmful algal blooms (HABs) pose growing threats worldwide to biological resources, human health, and regional economies, and over the last decade HABs have emerged as a high priority water quality management issue in San Francisco Bay (SFB). Despite SFB being highly-enriched in nitrogen and phosphorus, monitoring over several decades indicated ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
The Doctor Who Wasn’t There: Technology, History, and the Limits of Telehealth - LivestreamThe Holter monitor, a portable box that has broadcasted the electrical activity of human hearts for nearly 75 years, has become such a common object in clinical medicine that few pause to consider its origins. Indeed, as a succession of newer Wi-Fi - and Cloud-enabled devices, smartphone apps, and other ...
Where: Cost: Free
Programmable adiabatic demagnetization: preparing low energy states by simulated coolingThe ability to prepare ground states of many-body Hamiltonians on quantum devices is of central importance for a variety of tasks and applications in quantum computation and quantum simulation. In this talk I will describe a simple, flexible, and robust protocol to prepare low-energy states of arbitrary Hamiltonians on either ...
Dr. Shannon Yan received her B.S. in Chemistry from National Taiwan University. She then pursued her Ph.D. in Chemistry at UC Berkeley with Prof. Ignacio Tinoco, Jr. and studied ribosome translation dynamics using mass spectrometry and force spectroscopy with optical tweezers. During postdoc with Prof. Carlos Bustamante, also at UC ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Illuminating Dark Matter with AcceleratorsNearly a century after discovering Dark Matter, we have an impressive understanding of its astronomical and cosmological properties but remarkably little knowledge of its fundamental nature. One leading paradigm postulates new fundamental particles that were in thermal equilibrium with ordinary matter in the early universe - thermal relics - where ...
Ali Zaidi serves as Assistant to the President and National Climate Advisor. In this role, he leads the White House Climate Policy Office, which coordinates policy development and President Biden’s all-of-government approach to tackle the climate crisis, create good-paying, union jobs, and advance environmental justice. Zaidi is a longtime advisor ...
In this one-hour Berkeley Boosts webinar hosted by Berkeley Law Executive Education, Elham Tabassi, Chief of Staff in the Information Technology Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will join Brandie Nonnecke and Tejas Narechania, co-directors of the Project on Artificial Intelligence, Platforms, and Society at the ...
Join the 36th annual celebration of our own homegrown holiday! March 14th (3/14) commemorates the irrational, transcendent, and never-ending ratio that helps describe circles of all sizes. Explore math-inspired activities and presentations, then join our pi parade and eat a free piece of pie. Come for the STEAM and stay ...
Every cell contains a biochemical record of four billion years of Earth-life coevolution. Our mitochondria were once free-living bacteria. Each unit of the electron transport chain that we use to breathe oxygen was borrowed from older microbial machinery. Aerobic respiration is a medley of pieces of older anaerobic respiratory pathways ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
The Physics of the Cult Movie InterstellarChristopher Nolan’s cult science fiction film Interstellar (2014) sprang from a treatment co-authored by physicist Kip Thorne, and so had real science - both firm and speculative - embedded in it from the outset. The film’s venue is what Thorne calls “The Warped Side of our Universeâ€: objects and phenomena ...
Speaker: Bruce McCandliss, Stanford UniversityRoom 126
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Astronomy Beginner's Forum - LivestreamIf you're new to astronomy and are perhaps considering getting your own telescope but are not sure where to start, maybe we can help!This event is an on-line meeting where you can chat with representatives of SJAA as well as other new astronomy enthusiasts. We'll share general tips and answer ...
