Jackson Science Cafe

Jackson Science Cafe An informal venue for learning about current topics in Science presented by leading researchers in their fields.

Supported by Michigan Space Grant Consortium and Jackson Community College

Past discussions include:
SEPT. 29, 2011: "The Universe Inside You: where do all of the atoms in your body come from?" by Wolfgang Bauer, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University

OCT. 6, 2011: "Radiation and Radioactivity" by David Morrissey, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and faculty member

of the National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab, Michigan State University

NOV. 17, 2011: "The Kalamazoo Oil Spill and Michigan's Energy Policy" by Steve Hamilton, Professor of Ecosystem Ecology & Biogeochemistry , Michigan State University

Dec. 1, 2011: "The Future of the Great Lakes" by James Diana
Director, Michigan Sea Grant College Program
Professor of Fisheries and Aquaculture
School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan

DEC. 8, 2011: "Looking for Ripples in the Fabric of Space-Time: LIGO- the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory" by Keith Riles, Professor of Physics, University of Michigan

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02/26/2016

New programs from the Jackson Science Cafe this spring:
March 21--Dr. Meghan Milbrath, MSU, Pollinators
April 18--Russ Mason, Michigan DNR
May 16--Dr. Keith Riles, UM Physics Professor, Gravitational Waves

Presentations are at the Grand River Brewery and start at 6pm. Please come early to order food. Many arrive at 5pm to eat dinner.

04/12/2012

Great news for continuing the popular Science Cafe series in the fall of 2012 and beyond: Dahlem Nature Center in Jackson has agreed to be one of our partners. Now to find some funding sources...

03/01/2012

Tonight!
We expect to be really full so arrive early if you can
March 1st
"Ice and Water" Climate change, glaciers, and rising sea levels. Dr. Henry
Pollack, Professor of Geophysics, Univ of Michigan.
This is the last one for the season

01/31/2012

This Thursday, Feb 2nd
Wildlife diseases in Michigan game and nongame species. Dr. Steve Schmitts
and Dr. Russ Mason, Wildlife Disease Facility, Michigan DNR. Send this to
your hunting friends!

11/28/2011

This Thurs- Dec 1, Prof Jim Diana who is a fisheries biologist, will talk about the future of the Great Lakes

11/13/2011

This coming Thurs is Steve Hamilton and I just heard him on NPR last week.

11/01/2011

Nov 17th is our next SciCafe. Dr Steve Hamilton from MSU will present on the Kalamazoo oil spill

10/07/2011
Current science headline plus some relevant jokes...- We don't allow faster than light neutrinos in here, said the bart...
09/25/2011

Current science headline plus some relevant jokes...

- We don't allow faster than light neutrinos in here, said the bartender. A neutrino walks into a bar.

- Neutrino. Knock knock.

- A. To prove particles can travel faster than light
Q. Why did the neutrino cross the road?

world news - Nothing in the universe is faster than the speed of light – or is it? Scientists at CERN in Geneva say they have discovered sub-atomic particles that move even faster than…

NOV. 10, 2011: "The Future of the Great Lakes" by James Diana Director, Michigan Sea Grant College Program Professo...
08/06/2011

NOV. 10, 2011: "The Future of the Great Lakes" by James Diana
Director, Michigan Sea Grant College Program
Professor of Fisheries and Aquaculture
School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan

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