Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman

Science Education for the 21st Century: Using the Insights of Science to Teach Science
Sunday, May 3, 1:30 P.M.
Spanos Theatre, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

Dr. Wieman will address the failures of traditional educational practices, even as used by "very good" teachers, and the successes of newer practices, showing how these results are consistent with findings from cognitive science. The event is free and open to the public.

ETHICS OF FACEBOOK

Continuing the Technology and Ethics Lecture Series, the Ethics + Emerging Technologies Group holds its third talk on Monday, May 4, from 2-3:30 p.m., in the Graphic Arts Building, Room 103. The talk is free and open to the public.

Anthony F. Beavers, philosophy professor at the University of Evansville and visiting scholar at Indiana University, will explore less-obvious ethical issues arising from Facebook, the increasingly-popular social networking site. These go beyond the usual privacy concerns and include new worries such as whether Facebook redefines friendship in helpful or harmful ways, how its news feed influences which relationships will develop or will not, its impact on our sense of purpose and self-identity, and more.

For more information and a flyer, visit http://ethics.calpoly.edu/.

NanoCafe Pictures

Check out the great photos Kathy Chen's students took of the NanoCafe!
http://picasaweb.google.com/dr.kathchen/NanoCafe?authkey=Gv1sRgCO63tLKZroq0NQ&feat=directlink

Thank you Cal Poly!

Our last event of the year was fantastic. NanoCafe was a huge success with 78 participants, a carbon balloon nanotube, 6 tables of interactive nano examples, and more.

Thank you to all the speakers, moderators and students, plus a special thanks to all the library staff, students and faculty, that have made this inaugural year of the Science Cafe an amazing experience!!!

More to come Fall 2009! Stay tuned...

NanoCafe and Nanotube Ballons Oh My!

is small the new big?
find out at the nanocafe tomorrow, wednesday, april 7th, 3:30pm-4:30pm at kennedy library. there will a nanotube ballon display that will indicate you have found the right place, speakers, and hands on activities. it should be a blast! see you there!

NanoCafe

Please join us next Wednesday!

WHAT: Just how small is "nano" anyhow, and why should you care? Is nanotechnology here yet? Could you be using nano products right now without even knowing it?

WHO: Cal Poly faculty Kathy Chen (Materials Engineering) and Jane Lehr (Women's & Gender Studies and Ethnic Studies) and special guest Frank Kusiak. Kusiak is an informal science educator and nanotech outreach specialist at Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science. His background is in instructional design and education via computer gaming and robotics.

WHEN: April 8, 3:30-4:30 pm

WHERE: Kennedy Library Second Floor Cafe Lounge. The Science Cafe is free and open to the public.

HANDS ON! As part of the Café event, on Wednesday morning, Kathy Chen and students in materials engineering will create a hanging, giant model nanotube made out of balloons in the Library, and guide participants in simple demos of nanotechnology during the cafe.

Are you ready?

Well this weeks even with Brian Wansink was a huge success with more than 60 participants. Are you ready for next week?

Science Cafe - How mindless eating works in government

Join us tomorrow for the Science Cafe at 3:30pm on the 2nd floor of library. Brian Wansink's discussion is titled "How mindless eating works in government." There will be a Healthy Foods and Used Sporting Equipment Drive in the Pac Plaza after his presentation.