If you’ve ever checked a weather report or turned a map upside down to orient it, then you know the value of a good model. So does George Schatz, the Morrison Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Northwestern University. He is among the leading authorities on developing computer models and simulations used by researchers to help explain and predict the properties of things like DNA or nanoparticles. SiS asked him to tell us more about his work.
Archive for November, 2009
How Things Look When They’re Small Can Make a Big Difference
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009Heilborn Symposium
Jan 7, 2010The 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.
ITA’s Marketing Roundtable
Dec 2, 2009Please join us at ITA’s Marketing Roundtable on Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 from 8:30-10:30am.
What did you think of “Water: The New Oil?”
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009Did you join us on Thursday, November 12th to see Commissioner Debra Shore discuss water conservation and sustainability? Please take a minute to give us your feedback.
Illinois Science Teachers Association Annual Conference
Nov 12, 2009The 2009 ISTA Conference Committee is looking forward to an information-packed and fun-filled fall Science Education Conference. It will be held at the Pere Marquette Hotel and the nearby Peoria Civic Center, November 12-14, 2009. The theme is “The Evolution of Science Education…from so Simple a Beginning”.
From Reading to Writing Life Code, Northwestern University Silverstein Lecture Series
Nov 4, 2009Join Northwestern University for their Silverstein Lecture Series as Juan Enriquez, managing director of Excel Venture Management and accomplished writer, businessman, and academic, explores what is possible using this new technology, and how it stands to revolutionize our lives.
When Crocs Ate Dinosaurs
Dec 6, 2009C²ST 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.
