September 21, 2010

Illinois Institute of Technology
3300 South Federal Street, Chicago, IL, United States

By the year 2035, it is estimated that our world’s dependent relationship with liquid fossil fuels will reach a staggering 110 million barrels a day, with the largest increase in consumption coming from the current developing world. Increased concern over global climate change and rising competition for dwindling fossil fuel resources will require scientifically advanced and environmentally friendly solutions to solve our worsening energy supply problems.

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September 7, 2010

Northwestern University Chicago Campus, Baldwin Auditorium
303 E Superior St, Chicago, IL, United States

More than 30,000 personnel and nearly 45,00 response vessels have been dispatched to aid in the clean up of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. One question still looms, “What are the long term effects on the environment from the spill?”

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The Chicago Council on Science and Technology Presents

Street Corner Science: Ask a Nobel Laureate

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May 6, 2010

Northwestern University Chicago Campus, Hughes Auditorium
303 East Superior Street, Chicago, IL, United States

The idea that millions of years ago the earth was a frozen planet with mountains of towering ice and blankets of snow hundreds of feet thick is not a new one, but is that really how our world once looked? Two Geophysicists from the University of Chicago don’t think so.

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Grand Challenges Summit

The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Grand Challenges are a grouping of critical problems that must be addressed and solved in order to maintain the United States’ national security, quality of life and sustainable future.

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April 17, 2010

Northwestern University Chicago Campus, Rubloff Hall
222 E Huron St, Chicago, IL, United States

The Chicago Council on Science and Technology (C2ST) in partnership with the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) Chicago Chapter have come together to bring you its first ever all-day Women in Science Symposium 2010: Building an Identity. The symposium, to be held on April 17th, 2010 will allow women scientists, at the academic, industry and government levels, to better recognize the number and diversity of their counterparts; create a sense of solidarity, and; broaden the spectrum of opportunities for women in Chicagoland.

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