Spring Quarter Science Cafe's

We have a couple of great Science Cafés lined up to launch the spring quarter.
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APRIL 2: CORNELL TO WASHINGTON: HOW MINDLESS EATING WORKS IN GOVERNMENT

On Thursday, April 2, we will be hosting national bestselling author
Brian Wansink from 3:30-4:30pm, for an informal talk about his recent
stint in the US Department of Agriculture in relation to his work as
expert in nutritional science, behavior and food psychology

For more information, see: http://www.mindlesseating.org/
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APRIL 8: NANOCAFE: IS SMALL THE NEW BIG?

Wednesday, April 8, 3:30 - 4:30pm we will be hosting a Science Café on nanotechnology, featuring Frank Kusiak from the Berkeley Lawrence Hall of Science and the NISE Network (Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network).

Sponsored by the Department of Materials Engineering and the National
Science Foundation's "Nanodays" program, Kusiak will give a talk on
"Nano 101." Cal Poly professors Kathy Chen (Materials Engineering) and
Jane Lehr (Women's and Gender Studies, Ethnic Studies) will facilitate
hands-on demos of nanotechnology and a discussion of how
nanotechnology affects our lives.

For more on Nanodays or on Frank Kusiak, see:
http://www.nisenet.org/nanodays
http://www.nisenet.org/users/fkusiak

Please join us!