Archive for January, 2009

Using Scientific Research to Fix Science Education

Mar 11, 2010

Join C²ST as Professor Silverstein discusses how SWEPT programs can utilize existing scientific resources to improve teacher education and the quality of student science learning in Chicago and other cities.

Storing Alternative Energies

Feb 18, 2010

Join C²ST and a panel of experts as they discuss state-of-the-art solar, battery, and Smart Grid technologies that might one day redefine our understanding of energy use and storage.

Heilborn Symposium

Jan 7, 2010

The Chicago Council on Science and Technology in partnership with Northwestern University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy presented the Heilborn Lectures from January 6-8, 2010.

When Crocs Ate Dinosaurs

Dec 6, 2009

C²ST and paleontologist Paul Sereno held film screening and Q&A on When Crocs Ate Dinosaurs, an intense scientific journey that breathes life into these long extinct terrors — and recreates a lost world few even imagined existed.

Stem Cells & Nanotechnology: The Tools of Regenerative Medicine

Dec 2, 2009

Dr. Jack Kessler & Dr. Samuel Stupp discussed the future of nanotechnology and stem cell research and how together, they may one day reverse and treat many injuries and diseases.