Please join us at the next Science Cafe "Cornell to Washington: how mindless eating works in government" April 2nd, 3:30-4:30pm at the Kennedy Library.

Cal Poly Students Rock Out

Check out this fun YouTube video about nano by Cal Poly Students...Ferromagnetic Funk Fluid (a.k.a Evil Porcupine), Alex Stanley and Ryan Satchet, Cal Poly Records 2009
Note: Go to ~5 minutes to get the song.

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!

Ethics of Cyberweapons

Dr. Neil Rowe will be speaking on the Ethics of Cyberweapons as part of the Cal Poly Technology & Ethics Lecture Series. The talk will discuss the ethical issues related to warfare using cyberweapons: software weapons (viruses, hacking, etc.).

When: Friday, April 10, 11am-12:30pm
Where: Philips Hall, Room 124 (5:124)

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Type is everywhere >> March 11th

Join top graphic experts at Cal Poly's Kennedy Library for “The Science of Type: Original Typeface Designs in the Digital Age,” the latest in the Science Café series.

The event is free, open to the public and set for Wednesday, March 11, 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the library’s second floor Café Lounge. The speaker is Christopher Slye of Adobe Systems.

• Date: Wednesday March 11th
• Time: 4:30pm — 5:30pm
• Speaker: Christopher Slye, Adobe Systems
• Moderator: Lorraine Donegan, Graphic Communication
• Location: Kennedy Library, 2nd floor Café Lounge

Image credit:
University Archives, Kennedy Library
Cal Poly Printing Press, c. 1960s