Upcoming Events
C2ST achieves its mission by hosting relevant, independent, and credible public STEM programs across all scientific fields at locations throughout Chicagoland. With nine out of ten program attendees’ expectations fulfilled, our supporters agree that C2ST is accomplishing its mission of increasing the public’s understanding of science and technology.
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Check out below what programs we have planned and discover what we’ve hosted in the past.
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April 4, 2018
3:15 pm
– 4:30 pm
Perlstein Hall Auditorium, Illinois Institute of Technology
10 West 33rd Street, Chicago, IL, USA
Program Series:
Climate, Energy, and Environment
Part of Illinois Institute of Technology’s Wanger Institute for Sustainability Energy Research (WISER) 2018 Distinguished Lectureship Series
For most of our existence, humans have been sustained by solar energy harnessed on the same timescale as its use. Only in the last two centuries have we become dependent on fossil resources. Read more…
December 14, 2017
Alliance Française de Chicago
54 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL, USA
Program Series:
Climate, Energy, and Environment
Join us for a discussion on strengthening our future energy security through the adoption of advanced energy solutions that will diversify the U.S. economy, increase resiliency and reliability, and mitigate the global impacts of climate change.
IIT 2017 Darsh T. Wasan lecture with Dr. John P. Holdren
Join Illinois Institute of Technology for their 2017 Darsh T. Wasan lecture. John P. Holdren, Teresa & John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy, Harvard Kennedy School and Professor of Environmental Science & Policy, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University will deliver this year’s lecture on “Global Climate Change and U.S. Interests: What We Know. What We Expect. What We Should Do.” Read more…
April 20, 2017
Illinois Institute of Technology, McCormick Tribune Campus Center, McCloska Auditorium
3201 South State Street, Chicago, IL, USA
Program Series:
Climate, Energy, and Environment
Watch the event highlights here!
Antarctica is the coldest, highest and driest of all seven continents. It is one and a half times the areal size of the continental United States, with the vast majority of its landmass covered in thick ice sheets.
March 22, 2017
Perlstein Hall Auditorium, Illinois Institute of Technology
10 West 33rd Street, Chicago, IL, USA
Program Series:
Climate, Energy, and Environment
Geological storage of carbon dioxide has the potential for significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
While the fundamental scientific underpinnings of CO2 storage build on a century-long exploration of the physics of multiphase flow in porous media, there are aspects that remain unexplored and warrant further investigation. Read more…
November 17, 2016
IIT Downtown Campus Auditorium
565 W Adams St, Chicago, IL, USA
Program Series:
Climate, Energy, and Environment
To prevent an increase in global average temperatures that would pose unacceptable risks to life on Earth, we must rapidly and significantly reduce emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
