Science and Mathematics Education Institute
Science Cafe
Science Cafes National Site
Upcoming Science Cafe:
Science Cafe's Located at
http://www.lbbrewing.com/index.html
Free and open to the public.
Sponsored by the FHSU Science and Mathematics Education Institute
Previous Science Cafe's
"Collaboration with Soil - Exploring the Art in Agriculture"
Dr. Rhonda Janke, Kansas State University
"Crash and Burn: The Impact of Near-Earth Objects"
Dr. Paul Adams, Fort Hays State University
"Vonnegut's View: Citizens and Science"
Dr. Darrell Hamlin, Fort Hays State University
Science Cafe Video
"Citizen Science: Science of, by and for People"
Dr. Paul Adams & Ms. Megan Adams
Science Cafe Video
"Pushing or Probing: The Inexact Science of Political Polling"
Bret Zolinger, FHSU Sociology and Social Work Dept
Chapman Rackaway, FHSU Political Science Associate Professor
"Curious About Curiosity"
Dr. John Heinrichs, FHSU Department of Geosciences Chair
Video Link to "Curious About Curiosity"
"Of Mussels and Men"
Curtis Wolf, Kansas Wetlands Education Center
"Astrobiology Through a Microscope: Extremophiles in our Cosmo"
Dr. Samuel Zwenger, FHSU Biological Sciences
Kansas From 88,000 Feet: FHSU's High-Altitude Balloon Launch
Dr. Jack Maseberg and Dr. Paul Adams
Still Image Video
Balloon Launch Video
"Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Universe"
Dr. Bharat Ratra
"Neutrinos and the OPERA Experiment"
Dr. Eric Deyo
"The Future is Now: Science Fiction Authors & Invention"
Dr. Bradley Will, Associate Professor of English/Assistant Dean of Arts & Sciences
"NASA: Dollar$ and $en$e"
Randy Gish, Johnson Space Center, ret
"Weather Extremes: Natural or Not" - -
Dr. John Heinrichs, Fort Hays State University, Geoscience Department
"Bag It: The Damaging Effects of Plastic Bags on our Ecosystem"
Keegen Olson & Delphine Brisson-Burns
"Using Social Networking Sites: How Facebook Usage is Impacting Us"
Dr. John Raacke & Dr. Jennifer Bonds-Raacke
"Space: The Final Frontier, NASA's Next Ten Years"
Dr Paul Adams, Fort Hays State University
"Peak Oil: What is the World Energy Outlook"
Dr. Keith Miller, Kansas State University, Department of Geology
"Embracing the Honeybee"
Greg Swob
"Dust World"
Dr. Paul Adams, Fort Hays State University
"Auger North"
Dr. Nick Solomey, WSU Department of Physics
"Who's Afraid of Frankenfoods (and why)"
Dr. Larry Davis, Kansas State University, Professor of Biochemistry
"The Face of Mars: A Critical Look"
Dr. John Heinrichs, Fort Hays State University, Geoscience Department
"Can Citizens Prevent Global Warming?"
Dr. Bob Mosil - 1985 Nobel Peace Prize Winner/Woodrow Wilson Scholar
"God, Darwin and Gobal Warming?"
Kenneth Miller, Brown University Biologist
"Why Fear Snakes? What's Fact, What's Fiction, What's Evolution?"
Brian Bartels, Museum Educator, Sternberg Museum
"What is a Pelican doing in Kansas? Cheyenne Bottoms: Sights and Sounds of Bird Migration"
CJ Wolf
"Where Does Kansas stand on common core standards?"
Sally Cauble, Kansas Board of Education, District 5
"Super Darn Radar"
Mark Garret, Fort Hays State University
"Nanotechnology: How small is that? Is it dangerous?"
Dr. Cathy Clewett, Fort Hays State University
"2012: The End of Time?"
Dr. Paul Adams, Fort Hays State University
"Wonder Drugs gone bad" the dark side of antibiotics
Jon Hauxwell, M.D.
"Violence in Women"
Dr. Janett Naylor, Fort Hays State University, Psychology
"Satellites and Strange Space Clouds"
Dr. Dianne Robinson, Hampton University, VA
"Using Genomics to Address Environmental Change"
Dr. Mike Herman, Kansas State University, Biology
"Mankind's Giant Leap"
Dr. Paul Adams, Fort Hays State University
"How Stable Isotopes in Bird Feathers Give Us a Sense of Place in Time"
Dr. Dave Rintoul, Kansas State University Division of Biology
"Exoplanet Discovery"
Dr. Paul Adams, Fort Hays State University
"Bioethics: How Science and Ethics Intersect"
Dr. Carl E. Miller, Fort Hays State University, Philosophy
"The Large Hadron Collider"
Dr. Phil Baringer, KU Physics, LHC Researcher
"Academic Freedom"
Dr. Darrell Hamlin, Fort Hays State University
"Mosasaurs, Plesiosaurs, and Sea Monsters: Oh My!"
Mike Everhart
"Wind + Alternative Energies"
Dr. Ruth Douglas Miller, KSU Electrical Engineering Department